Last confirmed: UConn, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 232 lb · Sinking Springs, PA · Wilson
Junior Joseph: LB · UConn · #11.
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Junior Joseph
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Junior Joseph has played for two head coaches in three seasons at UConn. One game to point at: 14 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against East Carolina — Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
91 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20vs Holy Cross | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 18-38@ Virginia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-41vs East Carolina | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 28-49@ SMU | 11 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-70vs Memphis | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-24@ Temple | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14vs Tulsa | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-52vs Missouri | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-37vs South Florida | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-49@ No. 14 UCF | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 16-39vs Boston College | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-22@ Cincinnati | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 91 | 55 | 6.5 | 4.0 | — | 3 |
Week 7 · 2017
W 28-24
at Temple
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 11 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
91tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups91 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Randy Edsall
Pass share
46.8%
421 pass / 478 run
Plays / game
74.9
12 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
471 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
91 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UConn, 172 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Paul Pasqualoni, Bob Diaco, and Randy Edsall. Multi-era developmental context.
