Joshuah Bledsoe: S · Missouri · #1.
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Joshuah Bledsoe
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Missouri: Barry Odom and Eli Drinkwitz. On tape: 7 tackles against LSU, Week 6, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 19-38vs No. 2 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 12-35@ No. 21 Tennessee | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-41@ No. 17 LSU | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 20-10vs Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-41@ No. 10 Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-10@ South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-0vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 50-48vs Arkansas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 14-49vs No. 12 Georgia | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 32-51@ Mississippi State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Week 6 · 2020
W 45-41
at LSU
7 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 3 solo tackles
Edged out LSU on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL41 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
51.3%
363 pass / 344 run
Plays / game
70.7
10 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Missouri, 128 tackles — drafted at #188 overall by the New England Patriots.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 6th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 6th NFL season
