#11

Josh Jones

Former safety at NC State. 2016: 3 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 108 tackles.

S · NC State · #11

6′2″ · Walled Lake, MI

Green Bay — drafted 2017, Rd 2, Pick 29, #61 overall

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 811 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at NC State. 2016: 3 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 108 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2013.
Drafted round 2 by the Green Bay in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at NC State, 108 tackles — drafted at #61 overall by Green Bay.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with NC State3-star out of Walled Lake Western

2017

Drafted by Green Bayround 2, pick 61

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#811 national

CFB

College

NC State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #61

Green Bay · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 10th NFL season

#61Rd 2 · Pick 29

Green BayEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dave Doeren, all run-leaning offenses — 22-17 over that span.

2014NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2015NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2016NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (98th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#37 / 2668 · 99th pct

Tackles#42 / 2668 · 98th pct

108

Passes defended#95 / 2668 · 96th pct

Interceptions#65 / 763 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#884 / 2668 · 65th pct

3.5

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th 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	9.3	0.2	0.1	0.6
Road6g	7.2	0.3	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.0	0.3	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	8.7	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	NC State	108	62	3.5	1.0	8	3	--
2015	NC State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	NC State	--	--	--	--	--	4	--
Career		108	62	3.5	1.0	8	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2016

W 28–21

at North Carolina

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With A. Cole III — 47 AVG · 52 LONG · 5 NO · J. Samuels — 59 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 15 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week