Josh Jones: S · NC State · #11.
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Josh Jones
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Three seasons in the NC State secondary to date. One game to point at: 15 tackles against Miami — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
108 tackles. 8 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 3.5 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-14vs William & Mary | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33@ East Carolina | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-22vs Old Dominion | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-16vs Wake Forest | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 10-3vs Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ No. 3 Clemson | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-54@ No. 7 Louisville | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-21vs Boston College | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 20-24vs No. 19 Florida State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-20@ Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-27vs Miami | 15 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21@ North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-17vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 108 | 62 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
108tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%4 TFL108 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 8 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Dave Doeren, all run-leaning offenses — 22-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 9.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
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
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
46.8%
438 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
456 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
108 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at NC State, 108 tackles — drafted at #61 overall by the Green Bay Packers.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Doeren.
Next stop · NFL
Green Bay PackersEntering 10th NFL season
Green Bay PackersEntering 10th NFL season
