Josh Moten
Josh Moten
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Josh Moten has played for two head coaches across four seasons and three programs. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 12 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer, and Charles Huff. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 61 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Marshall | 38 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | Marshall | 30 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 130 | 76 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 11 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 38–20
vs Jackson State
4 SOLO · 6 TOT
How he plays
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Southern Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Southern Miss
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +9 net (37 in / 28 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #108
DNA match
Player DNA
Perimeter Tackler
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Evan Johnson’s 2025 season.
Matches Evan on
Differs from Evan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to De'Shawn Rucker's senior season at South Florida (2024).
Matches De'Shawn on
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