Joel Cordoba
Kent State Golden Flashes
78
Solid

Joel Cordoba

Kent State Golden FlashesRebuilding
FSDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Joel Cordoba starting?

Joel Cordoba is the projected starter at FS for Kent State Golden Flashes.

Sophomore · #2 · 6'3", 190 lbs

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Depth at FS · Kent State Golden Flashes

  1. 1278Joel CordobaStarter
  2. 23863Clinton Robinson
  3. 31253Lionel Burns III

Kent State Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Tackling Machine

A 3-star recruit out of Plainfield, ranked #2,057 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 66 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,057 NatlTeam Share7%
Plainfield, NJ
Jersey
#2
Class
SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
190 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20256601

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8417
National Rank
#2057
High School
Plainfield
Hometown
Plainfield, NJ

Why this rating?

On a 71-rated defense; 77th-percentile production (×0.74 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
71
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 77% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.74)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LWMUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-7

Oct 3LOHIOTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 13-10

Sep 26WBALLTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 26-13

Sep 19LOSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 59-3

Sep 12WWOFTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 36-15

Sep 5LSCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 57-0

Joel Cordoba's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Tackling Machine
66 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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