Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-26vs Middle Tennessee | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#11
Joshua Pierre-Louis
Senior defensive back on Marshall's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 182 lb · West Palm Beach, FL
CFB Index 30 · #442 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Marshall for 2026
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.
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1021 nationally · Signed with The Benjamin School
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Marshall's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to The Benjamin School in 2020.
- Transferred from West Georgia to Marshall in 2025.
Joshua Pierre-Louis
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Joshua Pierre-Louis has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Middle Tennessee, Week 2, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
20207 games
- Recruited3-star out of The Benjamin School
2024
- Signed with West Georgia3-star out of Iowa Western C.C.
202510 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff, and Tony Gibson. Multi-era developmental context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced
2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced
2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced
2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning
2026Marshall1-1HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 5.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
30 · #442 of 544 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #442 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #26 of 30 Sun Belt DBs
How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed
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.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–26
5 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With C. Heimbach — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · C. Del Rio-Wilson — 92 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.2 · 43 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Marshall
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Marshall
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +6 net (28 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #123
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Joedrick Lewis’s 2025 season.
Matches Joedrick on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Mike Harris's senior season at South Alabama (2025).
92%match
NFL Rd 6
Matches Mike on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Joshua Pierre-Louis
The secondary · Marshall
- #1Boogie Trotter73 tackles · 2025
- Cameron Smith66 tackles · 2025
- #17Daytione Smith50 tackles · 2025
- #11Joshua Pierre-Louis33 tackles · 2025
- #3Marvae Myers-Glover30 tackles · 2025
25 more on the roster · Marshall team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology