Benz Josue: LB · Georgia Southern · #5.
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Benz Josue
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Georgia Southern. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Georgia State — Week 9, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 40 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 30 | 19 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 73 | 43 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-25vs Gardner-Webb | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-38@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-45@ No. 20 Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-28vs Louisiana | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Troy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-41@ South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-21vs Georgia State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 8-28vs No. 21 Coastal Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-30@ Texas State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-34vs No. 14 BYU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-27@ App State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups40 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Whitley
Pass share
35.4%
267 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
62.9
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
299 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #357 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tyson Summers, Chad Lunsford, and Kevin Whitley. Multi-era developmental context.
