Josh Liddell: DB · Arkansas · #28.
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Josh Liddell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the same secondary at Arkansas. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Missouri — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 0 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
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-7vs Florida A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-28vs No. 23 TCU | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 43-50vs Texas A&M | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-24vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-48@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-41@ No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-52vs No. 21 Auburn | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-37@ Ole Miss | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 39-38vs Coastal Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-33@ LSU | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-28vs No. 17 Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 45-48vs Missouri | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Total | 50 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 38-37
at Ole Miss
1 interception · 4 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Ole Miss on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL50 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Bret Bielema, all run-leaning offenses — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
42.7%
340 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
66.3
12 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
386 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arkansas, 113 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bret Bielema.
