Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Kent State
Joel Cordoba
DB • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Plainfield, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joel Cordoba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
69
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
- 1
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Player Story
Joel Cordoba built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from Plainfield, NJ wearing No. 21, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Joel Cordoba's career was his defensive production: 66...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Joel Cordoba, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kent State. Joel Cordoba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 66
- TFL
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Joel Cordoba quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 66
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Bowling Green
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Plainfield · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Plainfield · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 66 tackles · DB 63rd (top 7%) · Mid-American 31st (top 6%) · National 324th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 11 | 66 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45.4 |
Related Context
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Joel Cordoba played DB for Kent State. Across 1 tracked season, Joel Cordoba recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kent State paired 3.5 primary output with 27.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 1.5 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
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
27.4
Usage
5.1
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Merrimack: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Buffalo: 0. Florida State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Toledo: 0. Bowling Green: 1.5. Akron: 0. Central Michigan: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Merrimack: 7 by 39.2. Texas Tech: 7 by 29.2. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma: 6 by 25. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 5 by 20.8. Bowling Green: 13 by 65. Akron: 13 by 50. Central Michigan: 5 by 25.8. Northern Illinois: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
65 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | @ Northern Illinois | W 35-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/20 | vs Central Michigan | L 16-28 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/12 | @ Akron10+ tackles | W 42-35 | 13 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Bowling Green10+ tackles | W 24-21 | 13 | 7 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Toledo | L 10-45 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Massachusetts | W 42-6 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Oklahoma | L 0-44 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Florida State | L 10-66 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Buffalo | L 28-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Texas Tech | L 14-62 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Merrimack | W 21-17 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Joel Cordoba story
Joel Cordoba built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from Plainfield, NJ wearing No. 21, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Joel Cordoba's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Kent State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Joel Cordoba's production has multiple signals. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State.
The arc is straightforward: Joel Cordoba moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 3.5 | 27.4 | 5.1 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 9 · W 24-21 · Conference game
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Merrimack
Week 1 · W 21-17
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Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 100 Central Michigan
Week 13 · L 16-28 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
39.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 117 Akron
Week 12 · W 42-35 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
37.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 37.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 14 · W 35-31 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
30.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 30.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kent State
3.5 primary output · 27.4 efficiency · 5.1 usage
45.4
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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