Joshua Farmer

Former defensive lineman at Florida State. 2024: 4 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Florida State · Jr. · #5

6′3″ · 318 lb · Port Saint Joe, FL

CFB Index 44 · #251 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceNew England — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 35, #137 overall

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 650 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Florida State. 2024: 4 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida State in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the New England in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida State, 11 sacks — drafted at #137 overall by New England.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2021

Signed with Florida State3-star out of Gadsden County

202311 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

20249 games

All-ACC

2025

Drafted by New Englandround 4, pick 137

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#650 national

CFB

College

Florida State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #137

New England · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Mike Norvell

Florida State

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 2nd NFL season

#137Rd 4 · Pick 35

New EnglandEntering 2nd NFL season

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2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Norvell — 30-21 over that span.

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Florida State10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2024Florida State2-10HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #251 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#103 / 2892 · 95th pct

Sacks#177 / 2892 · 93rd pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#218 / 2892 · 92nd pct

8.0

Tackles#1494 / 2892 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1877 / 2892 · 33rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	1.2	0.6	0.0
Road3g	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	0.4	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #251 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #251 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida State	28	11	8.0	4.0	--	--	--
2023	Florida State	31	9	7.0	5.0	2	--	--
2022	Florida State	13	9	6.0	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Florida State	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		73	29	21.0	11.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 14–9

vs California

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With A. Mastromanno — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · D. Uiagalelei — 177 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.0 · 11 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Georgia Tech	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 12-20vs Memphis	5	3	2.5	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 4	W 14-9vs California	4	3	3.5	1.0	—	3.5 TFL
Wk 5	L 16-42@ SMU	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 6	L 13-29vs Clemson	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 16-23@ Duke	5	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 11-35vs North Carolina	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 41-7vs Charleston Southern	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 11-31vs Florida	3	1	1.5	1.5	—
Total		28	11	8.0	4.0	—

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