Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Kent State
Joel Boamah
CB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Newark, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joel Boamah shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
Joel Boamah built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Newark, NJ wearing No. 12, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Joel Boamah's career was his defensive production: 16...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Joel Boamah, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kent State. Joel Boamah shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Joel Boamah quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hudson Catholic · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Hudson Catholic · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · CB 288th (top 61%) · Mid-American 295th (top 51%) · National 3,165th (top 51%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 55 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kent State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 21.2 | Dec 28, 2025 |
Joel Boamah played CB for Kent State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joel Boamah recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kent State paired 6 primary output with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
18.7
Usage
4.1
Consistency
67
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 2. Massachusetts: 2. Toledo: 0. Akron: 1. Northern Illinois: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 3 by 32.5. Massachusetts: 1 by 24.2. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 0 by 10. Northern Illinois: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Oklahoma
Player Story
Joel Boamah story
Joel Boamah built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Newark, NJ wearing No. 12, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Joel Boamah's career was his defensive production: 16 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Joel Boamah's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 6 | 18.7 | 4.1 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 14 Oklahoma
Week 6 · L 0-44 · Ranked opponent
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 14 · W 35-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
53.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 136 Massachusetts
Week 7 · W 42-6 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 117 Akron
Week 12 · W 42-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
20 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.
#5
@ Pittsburgh
Week 1 · L 24-55
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Havoc Plays
13.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kent State
6 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 4.1 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Kent State
39.7
0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kent State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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