Joseph Charleston: S · Missouri · #28.
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Joseph Charleston
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The six seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Dabo Swinney and Eli Drinkwitz. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Murray State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs Buffalo | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-21vs No. 24 Boston College | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-41@ No. 25 Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-3@ Massachusetts | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-34@ No. 15 Alabama | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-23vs Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 30-34@ No. 23 South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-20@ Mississippi State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-21vs Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 23 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL44 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
44.1%
403 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #383 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Clemson and Missouri, 217 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 58 games over six seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dabo Swinney and Eli Drinkwitz.
