Patrick Joyner Jr.: DE · Kansas · #36.
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Patrick Joyner Jr.
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The five seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, Blake Anderson and Lance Leipold. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 13, 2023.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas | 16 | 11 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Utah State | 27 | 11 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Utah State | 25 | 16 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | Miami | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Miami | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 74 | 40 | 15.5 | 7.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 34-23vs Illinois | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-40@ No. 3 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 51-22vs UCF | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 32-39@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-33vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31vs No. 23 Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-16@ Cincinnati | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
 Bowl | W 49-36vs UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2023
W 51-22
vs UCF
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 29-point win at home against UCF.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
12%2 sacksTFL rate
16%2 TFLHurry rate
19%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
40%2 of 5 pressures16 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
39.0%
311 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
61.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at Miami, Utah State and Kansas, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, Blake Anderson and Lance Leipold.
