Josh Uche

Former linebacker at Michigan. 2019: 35 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks.

LB · Michigan · Sr. · #6

6′2″ · 250 lb · Miami, FL

New England — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 28, #60 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 701 nationally · Signed with Michigan

Statement game5 tackles · 5 TFL · 3 sacksat Illinois (FBS) · W 42-25

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Michigan. 2019: 35 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2016.
Drafted round 2 by the New England in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan, 54 tackles — drafted at #60 overall by New England.

His career

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

20163 games

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Miami Columbus

2020

Drafted by New Englandround 2, pick 60

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#701 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #60

New England · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 7th NFL season

#60Rd 2 · Pick 28

New EnglandEntering 7th NFL season

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2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 37-15 over that span.

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#32 / 2688 · 99th pct

8.5

QB hurries#30 / 2688 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#103 / 2688 · 96th pct

11.5

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1011 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles#1160 / 2688 · 56th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th 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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.1
Road6g	2.8	1.7	1.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.9	0.6	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.8	0.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Michigan	35	23	11.5	8.5	2	--	--
2018	Michigan	13	12	8.0	7.0	1	--	--
2017	Michigan	3	3	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Michigan	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		54	40	20.5	16.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2019

W 45–14

vs Notre Dame

1 TOT · 1 QB HUR

Dominant 31-point win at home against Notre Dame.

With W. Hart — 41 AVG · 57 LONG · 6 NO · H. Haskins — 149 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week