Josiah Sa'o
Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Derek Mason and Will Healy. One game to point at: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against Illinois — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Charlotte — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brad Lambert → Will Healy. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
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 & context
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Awards
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Charlotte | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021
W 38–10
vs Gardner-Webb
0 TFL · 1 TOT
Dominant 28-point win at home against Gardner-Webb.
With C. Reynolds — 103 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 65.8 · 60 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · B. Rice — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-28vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs Gardner-Webb | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-20@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-24@ Illinois | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 45-33@ Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
How he plays
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
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.