Former defensive back at Pittsburgh. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Troy, MI
The story
Former defensive back at Pittsburgh. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 4058 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonJosh McCarty
Josh McCarty has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt: 2 tackles against Clemson — Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 27 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-27@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-24@ North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-24vs Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 9-37@ Louisville | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-34@ Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |