#52

Joah Cash

Senior defensive lineman for Tulsa. 2024: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.

DL · Tulsa · Sr. · #52

6′2″ · 220 lb · Savannah, GA

CFB Index 27 · #345 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Tulsa for 2026

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 2294 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Tulsa. 2024: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2020.
Transferred from Coastal Carolina to Tulsa in 2025.

His career, year by year

Joah Cash

DL · Tulsa · Sr · #52

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons at Tulsa, two different head coaches: Chad Staggs and Tim Beck. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 sacks against Virginia — Week 4, 2024.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning

2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced

2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #345 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (20th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1999 / 2892 · 28th pct

Tackles#2276 / 2892 · 20th pct

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.0
Road6g	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #345 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #345 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Coastal Carolina	16	10	3.0	2.0	1	--	--
2023	Coastal Carolina	13	8	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Coastal Carolina	15	6	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		44	24	6.0	3.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 55-27@ Jacksonville State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 40-21vs William & Mary	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-20@ Temple	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 4	L 24-43vs Virginia	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-37vs Old Dominion	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-39@ James Madison	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 24-38@ Troy	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 6-26vs Georgia Southern	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 48-27@ Georgia State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 15-44@ UTSA	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		16	10	3.0	2.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

16Tackles

10Solo

3TFL

2Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

16 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 21 sack
Week 41 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Tulsa

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Tulsa

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -1 net (21 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Tulsa · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #84 · 2026 recruiting class #93

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2024 production profile sits closest to Ben Bell’s 2021 season.

Ben Bell

79%match

Louisiana Tech · 2021

Khairi Manns

James Madison · 2024

All-Sun Belt

77%

Grant Trueman

Eastern Michigan · 2022

76%

Carl Jones

UCLA · 2022

75%

Jaylon Allen

Memphis · 2021

73%

Matches Ben on

Sack rate

Hurry rate

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Swayze Bozeman's junior season at Southern Miss (2022).

Swayze Bozeman

90%match

Southern Miss · 2022

John Marshall

Navy · 2022

All-AAC

85%

Eli Ennis

UAB · 2025

83%

Kivon Bennett

Arkansas State · 2022

All-Sun Belt

82%

Nelson Paul

SMU · 2022

80%

Matches Swayze on

Class year

Hurry rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Joah Cash

D'Vion Harris

Colorado · 2023

79%

Randolph Kpai

New Mexico · 2024

79%

Ronn Hardin

Eastern Michigan · 2025

76%

Jaylen Hudson

Wake Forest · 2022

76%

Ky'won McCray

New Mexico · 2025

70%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

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