Senior defensive back on Michigan State's 2025 roster.
6′1″ · 189 lb · Houston, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive back on Michigan State's 2025 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJoshua Eaton
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: G.J. Kinne and Jonathan Smith. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Nebraska, Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #72 of 77 Big Ten DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–24
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-6vs Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-40vs Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-24vs Youngstown State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-45@ USC | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-38@ Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 13-38vs UCLA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-38@ Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31vs Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-28vs Maryland | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
Michigan State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Michigan State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Michigan State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #61 · 2026 recruiting class #45
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Lee Molette III’s 2024 season.
Matches Lee on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Christian Williams's sophomore season at South Florida (2021).
Matches Christian on