Senior defensive end for Kansas. 2023: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
6′3″ · 250 lb · Homestead, FL
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.
The story
4 defensive end for Kansas. 2023: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearPatrick Joyner Jr.
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Across five seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, Blake Anderson and Lance Leipold. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kansas, 8 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: David Beaty, Les Miles, and Lance Leipold. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · 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 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| 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 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2023
W 38–33
vs Oklahoma
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| 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@ 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 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31vs 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 49-36@ UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Kofi Wardlow’s 2022 season.
Matches Kofi on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Caden Curry's senior season at Ohio State (2024).
Matches Caden on
Player DNA