Joshua Carr Jr.: LB · Southern Miss · #18.
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Joshua Carr Jr.
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the Southern Miss linebacker corps. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Troy — Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 32 | 16 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 55 | 31 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 87 | 47 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-14vs Alcorn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-21vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 37-44@ Arkansas State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 36-50vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-17vs Old Dominion | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-55@ South Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-48@ App State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-31@ Louisiana | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-41@ Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-35vs Troy | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 5.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%5 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
3%1 pass breakups32 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Will Hall — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
43.0%
365 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
70.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 87 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Will Hall.
