Defensive back, Rutgers (from Mercer), 2022–26
Chris Joines
- Number
- No. 20
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Winston-Salem, NC
Chris Joines plays defensive back for Rutgers, after Mercer (2022–24). Last time out, at Maryland: 5 tackles.
2026 so far
29 tackles
Last game: 5 tackles at Maryland, W 37–30
Next game: at Northwestern, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Team titles: Southern champions, 2024
Defense
* The season in progress, so far.
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mercer | 20 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2023 | Mercer | 20 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2024 | Mercer | 20 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2025 | Rutgers | 20 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2026 | Rutgers | 20 | DB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′2″ | 200 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2026 Rutgers 6 games, 29 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Massachusetts | L 21–37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | at Boston College | L 21–28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs. USC | L 35–42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Howard | W 58–7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Indiana | L 15–47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at Maryland | W 37–30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 Rutgers 4 games, 6 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 45–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Norfolk State | W 60–10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs. Iowa | L 28–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Minnesota | L 28–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Mercer 3 games, 5 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Presbyterian | W 63–10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 28 | at Wofford | W 22–3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 16 | at Alabama | L 7–52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Mercer 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Ole Miss | L 7–73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Mercer 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Auburn | L 16–42 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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