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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015West Virginia
Karl Joseph
S • 5'11" • Orlando, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Karl Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
92
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
95
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Player Story
Karl Joseph built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a safety from Orlando, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Karl Joseph's career was his defensive production: 9...
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- Committed To
- West Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2016
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 14
- Overall
- No. 14
- NFL Team
- Las Vegas Raiders
Karl Joseph, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · West Virginia. Karl Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.
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Karl Joseph West Virginia Highlights
2015 · West Virginia · Player Highlight
Karl Joseph college highlights at West Virginia.
- Season
- 2015
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Karl Joseph quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- Georgia Southern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Edgewater · West Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Edgewater · 44 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2016 · Round 1 · Pick 14 · Las Vegas Raiders
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | West Virginia | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | West Virginia | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.6 |
Related Context
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Karl Joseph is listed as a S for West Virginia. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 5 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
33.3
Usage
—
Consistency
45.6
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
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Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 3. Maryland: 1. Oklahoma: 1
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Wins2 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
Best efficiency game
60 vs Georgia Southern
Player Story
Karl Joseph story
Karl Joseph built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a safety from Orlando, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Karl Joseph's career was his defensive production: 9 interceptions across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Karl Joseph's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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West Virginia
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | West Virginia | 2 | 20 | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 20 | — | -1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 20 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | West Virginia | 5 | 33.3 | — | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia Southern
Week 1 · W 44-0
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
vs Kansas
Week 14 · W 59-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas Tech
Week 7 · L 14-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Oklahoma
Week 2 · L 7-16 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Iowa State
Week 14 · W 37-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · West Virginia
5 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · — usage
59.6
#2
2012 Regular Season · West Virginia
53.3
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · West Virginia
46.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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