Joshua Eaton

Former cornerback at Texas State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Texas State · Jr. · #1

6′1″ · 185 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 42 · #200 of 327 cornersLow confidenceTexas State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former cornerback at Texas State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Transferred from Texas State to Michigan State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas State, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202311 games

Entered the portal

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Jake Spavital

Texas State

2023–2024

G.J. Kinne

Texas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Oklahoma9-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2023Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #200 of 327?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (90th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#225 / 2892 · 90th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1261 / 2892 · 55th pct

Tackles#1695 / 2892 · 40th pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.6
Road4g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #200 of 327 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	24	17	1.5	1.0	5	--	--
2023	Texas State	22	18	1.0	0.0	8	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Oklahoma	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		52	39	2.5	1.0	13	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–27

vs Lamar

1 PD · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. McCloud — 238 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.9 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · I. Mahdi — 156 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27vs Lamar	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 49-10vs UTSA	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 28-31vs Arizona State	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 5	L 39-40@ Sam Houston	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-17@ Troy	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 41-9vs Arkansas State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	L 14-24@ Old Dominion	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-23vs Louisiana	4	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-17@ UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 58-3vs Southern Miss	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 44-52vs Georgia State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		24	17	1.5	1.0	—	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology