Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 13 | L 21-42vs Western Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Joshua Earl
Junior defensive back on Northern Illinois's 2021 roster.
6′1″ · 194 lb · Naperville, IL
Northern Illinois 2021 alumnus
The story
3 defensive back on Northern Illinois's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJoshua Earl
He has spent two seasons in the Northern Illinois secondary. The receipt: 1 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Northern Illinois, 5 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Northern Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 14-12 over that span.
2019Northern Illinois5-7HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology