#29

J.K. Britt

Senior safety for North Carolina. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

S · North Carolina · Sr. · #29

6′0″ · 200 lb · Newnan, GA

North Carolina 2018 alumnus

The story

4 safety for North Carolina. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Carolina, 124 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

North Carolina

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Larry Fedora.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Larry Fedora, all balanced offenses — 13-23 over that span.

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (86th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (19th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#223 / 2662 · 91st pct

Tackles#361 / 2662 · 86th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2101 / 2662 · 19th pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	5.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.6	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	North Carolina	64	44	0.5	2	1	--
2017	North Carolina	53	34	1.5	1	1	--
2016	North Carolina	7	5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		124	83	2.0	3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 49–26

vs Western Carolina

4 TOT · 3 SOLO

Dominant 23-point win at home against Western Carolina.

With A. Ratliff-Williams — 15 rush yds (3 car) · N. Elliott — 308 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 6 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week