Last confirmed: Nebraska, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Houston, TX · Alief Taylor
Joshua Kalu: DB · Nebraska · #10.
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Joshua Kalu
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Joshua Kalu has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Nebraska. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Wisconsin — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-36vs Arkansas State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-42@ Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-38vs No. 9 Wisconsin | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-56vs No. 9 Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 25-24@ Purdue | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-31vs Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-54@ Minnesota | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 44-56@ No. 13 Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-56vs Iowa | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL47 tackles · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Riley
Pass share
55.8%
459 pass / 364 run
Plays / game
68.6
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Nebraska, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 26 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
