Redshirt junior defensive lineman on North Carolina's 2026 roster.
6′5″ · 261 lb · Kinshasa · St. Thomas More
The numbers
sacks · 2025
6 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 tackles, at Charlotte
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on North Carolina's 2025 roster.
Joseph Mupoyi
Joseph Mupoyi has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Duke — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Freddie Kitchens → Bill Belichick. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Penn State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–6
vs Richmond
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 20-3@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-6vs Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-38vs Clemson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-21@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-32vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
North Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · North Carolina
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Carolina · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #28 · 2026 recruiting class #19
2025 Redshirt Junior Season at North Carolina Appeared in six games Recorded 3 solo tackles and 4 assists 2024 Redshirt Sophomore Season at Penn State Appeared in two games Named the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week twice (Ohio State - 11/2; Boise State - 12/31) 2...
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