Joshua Iseah
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. On tape: 7 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Buffalo, Week 7, 2026.
38 tackles · 3.5 sacks
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
38 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Massachusetts | 38 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Career | 38 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 3 |
Last game (Wk 10): 4 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-21@ Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs Sacred Heart | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-14vs Stonehill | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6@ Sacramento State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-38vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-20vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 18-25@ Buffalo | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 16-35@ UConn | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-30vs Ball State | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 38 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Nov. 4 · W 31-30 vs Ball State, play by play
4 tackles, including 2 sacks, tied for the most sacks in FBS that week. Joshua Iseah hurried the quarterback twice.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss on 3rd and 11. Second quarter, tied 7-7.
Against this season: the best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
This season: disruption in the backfield — 6 tackles for loss, 3 of them sacks, in the 9 games with play by play.
How Massachusetts’s defense played that day
Ball State’s 12 drives: 7 stopped · 5 scored. While the game was within a score they held 7 of 12. The sack came with the game tied.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 5-yard loss. Fourth quarter, tied 15-15.
2 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. Joshua Iseah hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. It places 7; the box score credits 6.
6 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. It places 7; the box score credits 6.
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss on 3rd and 4. First quarter, up 7-0.
4 tackles. Joshua Iseah hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
2 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
Week 10 · 2026
W 31-30
vs Ball State
2 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Ball State at home in a shootout.
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +1 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where the impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%6 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksPD rate
8%3 pass breakups38 tackles · 6 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Pass share
43.8%
233 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
59.1
9 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
266 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 is in progress.
