#28

Josh Liddell

Defensive back for Arkansas. 2017: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 50 tackles.

DB · Arkansas · #28

6′1″ · 211 lb · Pine Bluff, AR

Arkansas 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1126 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive back for Arkansas. 2017: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arkansas in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Arkansas3-star out of Dollarway

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1126 national

CFB

College

Arkansas

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Bret Bielema

Arkansas

Played his entire career under Bret Bielema.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bret Bielema, all run-leaning offenses — 19-19 over that span.

2015Arkansas8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2016Arkansas7-6HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas4-8HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#666 / 2682 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#711 / 2682 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2274 / 2682 · 8th pct

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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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.5	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arkansas	50	29	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
2016	Arkansas	63	35	2.0	0.0	4	2	--
2015	Arkansas	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
Career		113	64	2.0	0.0	5	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2017

W 39–38

vs Coastal Carolina

7 TOT · 5 SOLO

Edged out Coastal Carolina at home in a shootout.

With T. Hammonds — 119 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Kelley — 264 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 6 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week