Player Dossier

2022-2025

Tennessee

Joshua Josephs

DL • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Kennesaw, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Joshua Josephs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.5

Efficiency

22.8

Consistency

44.4

Season Value

23.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Joshua Josephs, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee. Joshua Josephs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Tennessee paired 13.5 primary output with 22.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

22.8

Usage

5.5

Consistency

44.4

Best Game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 2. Unknown: 3. Georgia: 1. UAB: 1. Mississippi State: 1.5. Arkansas: 0. Alabama: 0.5. Kentucky: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Vanderbilt: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Syracuse: 7 by 49.2. Unknown: 1 by 34.2. Georgia: 4 by 26.7. UAB: 1 by 14.2. Mississippi State: 9 by 52.5. Arkansas: 3 by 12.5. Alabama: 2 by 13.3. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Wins0.9 · n=5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · n=4 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half1.7 · n=5 · +1.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · n=5 · -1.6 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 11/29vs VanderbiltL 24-4532000
Sat 11/1vs OklahomaL 27-3310000
Sat 10/25@ KentuckyW 56-3421000
Sat 10/18@ AlabamaL 20-37210.5000
Sat 10/11vs ArkansasW 34-3131000
Sat 9/27@ Mississippi StateW 41-34931.5000
Sat 9/20vs UABW 56-2410001
Sat 9/13vs GeorgiaL 41-4443100
Sat 9/6vs Unknown11111
Sat 8/30vs SyracuseW 45-2675110

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Tennessee

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee5.513.24.3
2023 PostseasonTennessee8.515.34.23
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee8.515.34.20
2024 PostseasonTennessee13.522.96.35
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee13.522.96.30
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee922.85.5-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Florida

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

#2

Alabama

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#3

Vanderbilt

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.9 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

3

Primary metric

Game with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#5

LSU

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · Tennessee

13.5 primary output · 22.9 efficiency · 6.3 usage

29.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Tennessee

29.7

13.5 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Tennessee

23.9

9 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 5.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8993

North Cobb · Kennesaw, GA

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

101

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 41 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
101