Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 260 lb · Montclair, NJ
Josh Hines-Allen: LB · Kentucky · #41.
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Josh Hines-Allen
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at Kentucky since. On tape: 15 tackles and 2 sacks against Middle Tennessee, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
88 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 20.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-20vs Central Michigan | 10 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16@ No. 25 Florida | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs Murray State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-7vs No. 14 Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-10vs South Carolina | 8 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 14-7vs Vanderbilt | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | W 15-14@ Missouri | 11 | 9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | L 17-34vs No. 6 Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-23vs Middle Tennessee | 15 | 8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 56-10@ Louisville | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24@ No. 13 Penn State | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 88 | 56 | 20.5 | 17.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
88tackles this seasonTFL rate
23%20 TFLSack rate
19%17 sacksPD rate
5%4 pass breakups88 tackles · 20.5 for loss · 17 sacks.
3 seasons under Mark Stoops — 24-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
36.0%
295 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
63.0
13 games
Team sack rate
9.2%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
88 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Career, closed
Gone at #7 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kentucky, 216 tackles — drafted at #7 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
His career
He has a stat line in 39 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Where he ended up · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 8th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 8th NFL season
