Josh Battle is a safety at Southern Miss who has not played in Southern Miss's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Southern Miss lists 30 defensive backs this season.
Southern Miss is 3-5. Next: vs James Madison, Thu Nov 5.
Battle moves between deep coverage and the slot. Came to Southern Miss by way of Chattanooga. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against App State — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 34 | 18 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Career | 34 | 18 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34vs Mississippi State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-20vs Jackson State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-22vs App State | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-25vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-42@ South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 18-28vs Troy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 16-27vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 18 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL34 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
49.9%
454 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
445 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #30 of 42 Sun Belt Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charles Huff → Blake Anderson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
