Jordan Iosefa: LB · USC · #56.
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Jordan Iosefa
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the same linebacker corps at USC. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Notre Dame — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-21vs UNLV | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-17@ No. 10 Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-37@ Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-20vs No. 19 Colorado | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-41@ Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-38vs Arizona State | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 27-34@ UCLA | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups31 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 26-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
51.6%
400 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
64.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 71 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Steve Sarkisian, Clay Helton, and Donte Williams. Multi-era developmental context.
