Usage / Role
15%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Mississippi State
Joseph Head Jr.
DL • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Lexington, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joseph Head Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Joseph Head Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State. Joseph Head Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Joseph Head Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Massachusetts
- High school pipeline
- Holmes County · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · DL 680th (top 63%) · SEC 383rd (top 51%) · National 3,172nd (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 32.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
Related Context
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Joseph Head Jr. played DL for Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joseph Head Jr. recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alcorn State
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
8.3
Usage
1.4
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Alcorn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Alcorn State: 0. Texas: 0. Georgia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Alcorn State: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alcorn State
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Alcorn State
Career Arc
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Mississippi State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 2.5 | 7.9 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | -2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Massachusetts
Week 10 · W 45-20
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 56-7
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Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Alcorn State
Week 3 · W 63-0
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 1 · L 29-43 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 6 Georgia
Week 11 · L 21-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
6.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
40
#2
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
40
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
32.9
2.5 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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