Linebacker for North Texas. 2017: 36 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.
6′3″ · 229 lb · Grand Prairie, TX
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 210 nationally · Joined North Texas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 linebacker for North Texas. 2017: 36 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.
Josh Wheeler
Second year in the North Texas linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Army — Week 12, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at North Texas, 78 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Seth Littrell, all balanced offenses — 14-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | North Texas | 36 | 21 | 8.0 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | North Texas | 42 | 26 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 78 | 47 | 15.5 | 9.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2017
W 46–43
vs UAB
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 32-54@ SMU | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 46-43vs UAB | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 29-26vs UTSA | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-69@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-38vs Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-49vs Army | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 30-14@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-41@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 30-50vs Troy | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 21 | 8.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
Player DNA