#26

Joshua Cobbs

Senior defensive back on Louisiana Tech's 2025 roster.

DB · Louisiana Tech · Sr. · #26

6′2″ · 205 lb · West Monroe, LA

Returning to Louisiana Tech for 2026

The story

4 defensive back on Louisiana Tech's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Joshua Cobbs

DB · Louisiana Tech · Sr · #26

Third year in the Louisiana Tech secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Kennesaw State, Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Sonny Cumbie — 16-22 over that span.

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2024Louisiana Tech5-8HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana Tech8-5HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

Tackles#2550 / 2975 · 13th pct

Solo tackles#2560 / 2975 · 12th 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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+2g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisiana Tech	13	6	0.5	2	--	--
2024	Louisiana Tech	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Louisiana Tech	2	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		16	7	0.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 24–0

vs SE Louisiana

1 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With J. Hoyet Chance — 48 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 59 LONG · T. Kukuk — 130 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 23.2 · 48 rush yds (16 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week