Josh Moten

Senior cornerback for Southern Miss. 2025: 5 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 61 tackles.

CB · Southern Miss · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 185 lb · Waldorf, MD

CFB Index 93 · #7 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs UConnM. M. Roberts StadiumUConn by 3

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

10 PBU · 61 tackles · 1 TFL

Backed by 3 INT -- top 0.1% interceptions game. -- Best game: 3 INT, 1 PBU, 6 tackles, at Arkansas State

Swing playSwung Marshall from 48% to 69% to win.Marshall at NC State · 48-41

A pick six. Lol kill me.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Southern Miss. 2025: 5 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 61 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to National Christian Academy in 2020.
Transferred from Marshall to Southern Miss in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Passes defended: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

Josh Moten

CB · Southern Miss · Sr · #1

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Josh Moten has played for two head coaches across four seasons and three programs. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 12 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2024Marshall10-3HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

93All-America level #7 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (98th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#20 / 2975 · 99th pct

Interceptions#6 / 817 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#271 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles#387 / 2975 · 87th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Road5g	4.6	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	0.0	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 364 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

93 · #7 of 364 corners

Former four-star. Now #7 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #1 of 25 Sun Belt CBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Southern Miss	61	38	1.0	10	5	--
2024	Marshall	38	21	0.0	5	5	--
2023	Marshall	30	16	1.0	6	1	--
2022	Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		130	76	2.0	21	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Jackson State

4 SOLO · 6 TOT

With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34vs Mississippi State	12	5	0.0	—	2	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Jackson State	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-22vs App State	6	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech	4	1	0.0	—	3
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Jacksonville State	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 38-35@ Georgia Southern	3	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 22-10@ Louisiana	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 49-21vs UL Monroe	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-21@ Arkansas State	6	4	0.0	3	1
Wk 12	L 14-41vs Texas State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 35-42@ South Alabama	8	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 18-28vs Troy	3	2	0.0	—	2
Bowl	L 16-27vs Western Kentucky	3	3	0.0	—	1
Total		61	38	1.0	5	10

How he plays

Play style

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

61Tackles

38Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

10Pass def.

5INT

61 tackles. 10 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 12 PD
Week 11 PD
Week 31 PD
Week 43 PD
Week 51 INT
Week 71 INT
Week 111 PD · 3 INT
Week 142 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Southern Miss

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Southern Miss

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (38 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108

DNA match

Player DNA

Perimeter Tackler

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Evan Johnson’s 2025 season.

Evan Johnson

79%match

BYU · 2025

Jalen Mcclendon

Bowling Green · 2025

All-MAC

78%

Joshua Pickett

Duke · 2022

75%

Chris Mills

Texas State · 2022

75%

Tyon Davis

Tulsa · 2021

74%

Matches Evan on

Height

Interceptions

PD rate

Differs from Evan on

Tackle volume (higher)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to De'Shawn Rucker's senior season at South Florida (2024).

De'Shawn Rucker

86%match

South Florida · 2024

EJ Jackson

App State · 2023

85%

Jaylon King

Georgia Tech · 2023

All-ACC

85%

Fentrell Cypress

Florida State · 2023

All-ACC

85%

Damaje Yancey

Troy · 2024

83%

Matches De'Shawn on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Differs from De'Shawn on

Tackle volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Josh Moten

Zach Morris

New Mexico · 2023

94%

Keenan Garber

Kansas State · 2024

92%

Joshua Pickett

Duke · 2024

90%

Chris Graves

Ole Miss · 2025

88%

Jackson Vick

NC State · 2025

86%

The secondary · Southern Miss

#1Josh MotenCB · Sr.61 tackles · 2025
#24Josh BattleS · Sr.34 tackles · 2025
#1Champ LewisDB · Jr.16 tackles · 2025
#3Jyaire BrownDB · Sr.7 tackles · 2025
#19Malakai MurphyCB · So.5 tackles · 2025

24 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Josh Moten

2020

202313 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Perimeter Tackler

Players who play like Josh Moten

The secondary · Southern Miss