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Safety, West Virginia, 2012–15
Karl Joseph
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Orlando, FL
- Born
- Sep 8, 1993, in Orlando, Florida
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Karl Joseph played safety at West Virginia (2012–15). The Oakland Raiders took Joseph in the first round, No. 14 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | West Virginia | 2 |
| 2013 | West Virginia | 1 |
| 2014 | West Virginia | 1 |
| 2015 | West Virginia | 5 |
| Career | 9 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012N | 13 | 76 | 28 | 104 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 2013N | 12 | 56 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015E | 8 of 13 | 12 | 3 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: 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 | West Virginia | 8 | S | |
| 2013 | West Virginia | 8 | S | |
| 2014 | West Virginia | 8 | S | |
| 2015 | West Virginia | 8 | S | 5′11″ |
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 West Virginia 3 games with an interception on file, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Georgia Southern | W 44–0 | 3 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Maryland | W 45–6 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | at Oklahoma | L 24–44 | 1 |
2014 West Virginia 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29 | at Iowa State | W 37–24 | 1 |
2013 West Virginia 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | atOklahoma | L 7–16 | 1 |
2012 West Virginia 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13 | at Texas Tech | L 14–49 | 1 |
| Dec 1 | vs. Kansas | W 59–10 | 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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2016 | Pro day 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅝″ | |
| Weight | 205 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| Bench press | 19 repsW |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 58 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 58 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Oakland Raiders | 15 | 72 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 45 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | Oakland Raiders | 9 | 44 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 58 | 287 | 3 | 5 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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