Senior defensive back for Texas A&M. 2023: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 39 tackles.
6′1″ · 180 lb · Grosse Pointe Park, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1035 nationally · Signed with De La Salle Collegiate
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Texas A&M. 2023: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 39 tackles.
Josh DeBerry
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2022: Preseason All-ACC (media). One game to point at: 7 tackles, 2 TFL against Alabama — Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas A&M, 193 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jimbo Fisher → Elijah Robinson. 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
Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (82nd 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
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #53 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas A&M | 39 | 31 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 50 | 40 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 49 | 36 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Boston College | 44 | 33 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Boston College | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 193 | 146 | 18.5 | 2.0 | 21 | 6 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023
W 27–10
vs Auburn
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 PD
With N. Constantinou — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG · M. Johnson — 123 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-10vs New Mexico | 10 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 33-48@ Miami | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-3vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10vs Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-22@ Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-26vs Alabama | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-20@ Tennessee | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-17vs South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38@ Ole Miss | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 31 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Cameron Lockridge’s 2021 season.
Matches Cameron on
Differs from Cameron on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to D'Arco Perkins-McAllister's graduate season at UL Monroe (2025).
Matches D'Arco on
Player DNA