Joshua Kalu: DB · Nebraska · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Joshua Kalu
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Nebraska. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Wisconsin — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-36vs Arkansas State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-42@ Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-38vs No. 9 Wisconsin | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-56vs No. 9 Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 25-24@ Purdue | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-31vs Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-54@ Minnesota | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 44-56@ No. 13 Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-56vs Iowa | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL47 tackles · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Riley
Pass share
55.8%
459 pass / 364 run
Plays / game
68.6
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Nebraska, 113 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
