Joshua Eaton is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Michigan State.
Eaton erases the deep middle of the field. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: G.J. Kinne and Jonathan Smith. On tape: 4 tackles against Nebraska, Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| 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@ No. 25 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@ No. 3 Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31vs No. 25 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL19 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 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
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
49.7%
378 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
424 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #72 of 77 Big Ten DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: G.J. Kinne and Jonathan Smith.
