Josaiah Stewart

Former defensive end at Michigan. 2024: 8.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DE · Michigan · Sr.

6′1″ · 245 lb · Everett, MA

CFB Index 85 · #30 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceLos Angeles — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 26, #90 overall

Recruiting

3★

EDGE recruit

No. 749 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina

Statement game6 tackles · 5 TFL · 4 sacksat Georgia Southern (FBS) · W 28-8

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Michigan. 2024: 8.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2021.
Transferred from Coastal Carolina to Michigan in 2023.
Drafted round 3 by the Los Angeles in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan, 30 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #90 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202111 games

Signed with Coastal Carolina3-star out of Everett
All-Sun Beltfirst

20229 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202313 games

Entered the portal

202411 games

All-Big Tensecond

2025

Drafted by Los Angelesround 3, pick 90

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#749 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #90

Los Angeles · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

2024

Sherrone Moore

Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

#90Rd 3 · Pick 26

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

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

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

85All-Conference level #30 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#25 / 2892 · 99th pct

8.5

Tackles for loss#41 / 2892 · 98th pct

13.0

QB hurries#68 / 2892 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#937 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles#1219 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	1.4	1.0	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.9	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	1.7	1.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.8	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #30 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Michigan	33	22	13.0	8.5	--	--	--
2023	Michigan	33	19	8.5	5.5	2	--	--
2022	Coastal Carolina	34	16	9.0	3.5	1	--	--
2021	Coastal Carolina	43	24	15.5	12.5	--	--	--
Career		143	81	46.0	30.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 13–10

at Ohio State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Doman — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 68 LONG · K. Mullings — 116 rush yds (32 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 30-10vs Fresno State	5	5	3.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 2	L 12-31vs Texas	4	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 28-18vs Arkansas State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 27-24vs USC	4	3	3.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 6	L 17-27@ Washington	4	4	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 7-21@ Illinois	6	2	1.5	0.5	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	W 24-17vs Michigan State	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 17-38vs Oregon	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 15-20@ Indiana	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 50-6vs Northwestern	2	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 14	W 13-10@ Ohio State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		33	22	13.0	8.5	—