No. 40 – Detroit Lions | |
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Position: | Safety |
Personal information | |
Born: | Austin, Texas, U.S. | February 5, 2001
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | College Station (College Station, Texas) |
College: | Northwestern (2019–2021) Notre Dame (2022) |
Undrafted: | 2023 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Player stats at PFR |
Brandon Joseph (born February 5, 2001) is an American football safety for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Northwestern and Notre Dame.
Joseph grew up in College Station, Texas and attended College Station High School. He was named Class 5A All-State as a senior after recording 95 tackles with 10 passes broken up and five interceptions. [1] Joseph initially committed to play college football at Texas Tech, but ultimately decommitted to sign with Northwestern. [2] He is of Antiguan and Italian descent. [3]
Joseph redshirted his true freshman season. As a redshirt freshman, Joseph was named first team All-Big Ten Conference and the conference Freshman of the Year. [4] He was rated the nation's best strong safety by Pro Football Focus. [5]
For the 2022 season, Joseph transferred to Notre Dame. [6]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
2019 | Northwestern | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Northwestern | 9 | 9 | 52 | 28 | 24 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 | 80 | 54 | 26 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | Notre Dame | 10 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 35 | 31 | 166 | 101 | 65 | 1.0 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 0+3⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 202 lb (92 kg) | 30+7⁄8 in (0.78 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.62 s | 1.56 s | 2.64 s | 4.22 s | 6.84 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) | 17 reps | |
Sources: [7] [8] |
Joseph was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2023. [9] He was waived on August 29, 2023 and re-signed to the practice squad. [10] [11] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 30, 2024. [12]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
2023 | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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