Joe Joe Headen: S · Old Dominion · #24.
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Joe Joe Headen
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Old Dominion: Bobby Wilder and Ricky Rahne. On tape: 7 tackles against Marshall, Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Old Dominion | 57 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | Old Dominion | 30 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Old Dominion | 31 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2017 | Old Dominion | 36 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
| Career | 154 | 87 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42@ Wake Forest | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 47-7vs Hampton | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-45@ Liberty | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-35vs Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ UTEP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-20@ Marshall | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 20-43vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-20vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 47-24@ Florida International | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-16vs Florida Atlantic | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-17@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-34vs Charlotte | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
57tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL57 tackles · 1 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Pass share
46.5%
420 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
75.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
57 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #319 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Old Dominion, 154 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Wilder → Ricky Rahne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
