Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2024Purdue
Joseph Jefferson II
DB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joseph Jefferson II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Joseph Jefferson II built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 32, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Joseph Jefferson II's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Joseph Jefferson II, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue. Joseph Jefferson II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 33
- TFL
- 2
Quick Answers
Joseph Jefferson II quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · DB
- Career Tackles
- 33
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Crown Point · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Crown Point · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Sophomore
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DB 331st (top 34%) · Big Ten 180th (top 22%) · National 1,360th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 7 | 31 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43 |
Related Context
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Joseph Jefferson II played DB for Purdue. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joseph Jefferson II recorded 33 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Purdue paired 2 primary output with 21.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
21.3
Usage
5
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Oregon State: 1. Nebraska: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Ohio State: 0. Penn State: 1. Indiana: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 10 by 51.7. Nebraska: 9 by 37.5. Wisconsin: 6 by 25. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 3 by 22.5. Indiana: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Oregon State
Player Story
Joseph Jefferson II story
Joseph Jefferson II built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 32, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Joseph Jefferson II's career was his defensive production: 33 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Joseph Jefferson II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2022-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 2 | 21.3 | 5 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon State
Week 4 · L 21-38
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Penn State
Week 12 · L 10-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Nebraska
Week 5 · L 10-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
33.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 33.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Wisconsin
Week 6 · L 6-52 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
22.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 13 · W 35-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Purdue
2 primary output · 21.3 efficiency · 5 usage
43
#2
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
40.8
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Purdue
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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