Defensive back, Massachusetts, 2012–⁠15

Joe Colton

Number: No. 25
Height: 5′10″
Hometown: Norwood, MA

Joe Colton played defensive back at Massachusetts (2012–⁠15).

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2012	Massachusetts	1
2015	Massachusetts	2
Career		3

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2012	Massachusetts	–	–	–	1	27	0
2013	Massachusetts	9	175	0	–	–	–
2014	Massachusetts	2	34	0	–	–	–
Career		11	209	0	1	27	0

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF
2012	11	28	22	50	1	0	1	2	2
2013^N	10	36	29	65	3.5	1	0	3	0
2014^E	9 of 12	33	49	82	–	–	–	–	–
2015^E	9 of 12	25	39	64	–	–	–	–	–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2012	Massachusetts	25	DB
2013	Massachusetts	25	DB
2014	Massachusetts	25	DB
2015	Massachusetts	25	DB	5′10″

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

2015 Massachusetts 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int	KR	Yds	PR
Oct 17	vs.Kent State	L 10–⁠15	1	–	–	–
Oct 24	vs.Toledo	L 35–⁠51	1	–	–	–

2014 Massachusetts 0 games with an interception on file, 2 returns, 34 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Int	KR	Yds	PR

2013 Massachusetts 0 games with an interception on file, 9 returns, 175 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Int	KR	Yds	PR

2012 Massachusetts 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int	KR	Yds	PR
Nov 10	atAkron	W 22–⁠14	1	–	–	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

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