#52

Josh Banderas

Linebacker for Nebraska. 2016: 93 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Nebraska · #52

6′3″ · Lincoln, NE

Nebraska 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

ILB recruit

No. 249 nationally · Signed with Nebraska

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Nebraska. 2016: 93 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Nebraska in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Nebraska, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Nebraska4-star out of Southwest

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#249 national

CFB

College

Nebraska

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Nebraska9-4HC: Mike Riley · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#108 / 2668 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#284 / 2668 · 89th pct

8.0

QB hurries#245 / 2668 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#382 / 2668 · 85th pct

Sacks#1186 / 2668 · 53rd pct

0.5

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.9	0.7	0.0	0.0
Road6g	7.5	0.5	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.9	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	9.8	1.0	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Nebraska	93	40	8.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		93	40	8.0	0.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 24–17

vs Minnesota

11 TOT · 6 SOLO · 2 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With T. Armstrong — 217 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.2 · 61 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · T. Newby — 85 rush yds (16 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week