#40

Josiah Coatney

Senior defensive tackle for Ole Miss. 2019: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

DT · Ole Miss · Sr. · #40

6′4″ · 325 lb · Douglasville, GA

Ole Miss 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1097 nationally · Signed with Chapel Hill

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Ole Miss. 2019: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Chapel Hill in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 174 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Recruited3-star out of Chapel Hill

2016

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Holmes C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1097 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Matt Luke.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Luke — 15-21 over that span.

2017Ole Miss6-6HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#192 / 2688 · 91st pct

Sacks#514 / 2688 · 77th pct

2.0

Tackles#767 / 2688 · 71st pct

Tackles for loss#940 / 2688 · 63rd pct

3.5

Solo tackles#1011 / 2688 · 61st pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road5g	4.6	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Ole Miss	46	23	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2018	Ole Miss	63	23	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Ole Miss	65	24	8.0	3.5	--	--	--
Career		174	70	15.5	6.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 40–29

vs SE Louisiana

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out SE Louisiana at home in a shootout.

With J. Ealy — 95 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · M. Corral — 239 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · -28 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week