#34

Kendall Joseph

Senior linebacker for Clemson. 2018: 76 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

LB · Clemson · Sr. · #34

6′0″ · 225 lb · Belton, SC

Clemson 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 586 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Clemson. 2018: 76 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clemson in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 279 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Clemson3-star out of Belton-Honea Path

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#586 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 41-3 over that span.

2016Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Clemson12-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#41 / 2662 · 98th pct

Tackles#212 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Sacks#255 / 2662 · 89th pct

3.5

Solo tackles#380 / 2662 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#535 / 2662 · 79th pct

5.5

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	6.4	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road5g	5.0	0.5	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	0.2	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	6.1	0.6	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Clemson	76	37	5.5	3.5	1	--	--
2017	Clemson	96	36	5.0	0.5	1	1	--
2016	Clemson	107	60	12.5	3.5	--	1	--
Career		279	133	23.0	7.5	2	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week