Josh Little: DL · Florida International · #96.
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Josh Little
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the Florida International defensive front. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Rice — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida International | 25 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Florida International | 15 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Career | 40 | 23 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-38vs Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-24vs Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-31@ No. 21 Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-9vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-21vs Middle Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 36-17vs Rice | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | W 38-17@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-28vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-32vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%2 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries25 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Butch Davis, all run-leaning offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
44.8%
383 pass / 472 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
403 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Florida International, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
