Benz Josue

Senior linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2021: 40 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 210 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

CFB Index 42 · #357 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceGeorgia Southern 2021 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2021: 40 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2786 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2017

Signed with Georgia Southern2-star out of Mountain View

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2786 national

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Lunsford → Kevin Whitley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #357 of 578?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#213 / 2743 · 90th pct

Tackles#928 / 2743 · 65th pct

Solo tackles#1072 / 2743 · 60th pct

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2743 · 52nd pct

2.5

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #357 of 578 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #357 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Georgia Southern	40	21	2.5	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Georgia Southern	30	19	4.0	2.5	1	--	--
2018	Georgia Southern	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		73	43	6.5	2.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 30–25

vs Gardner-Webb

5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With L. Wright — 177 rush yds (26 car) · 1 TD · A. Jones — 45 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 28.6 · 98 rush yds (19 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-25vs Gardner-Webb	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 6-38@ Florida Atlantic	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-45@ Arkansas	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-28vs Louisiana	6	3	1.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 6	L 24-27@ Troy	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-41@ South Alabama	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 14-21vs Georgia State	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 8-28vs Coastal Carolina	4	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-30@ Texas State	5	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 17-34vs BYU	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 3-27@ App State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Total		40	21	2.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Benz Josue

2017

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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