Johnathan Joseph
Defensive Back (2002-2003)

Johnathan Joseph grew up in Rock Hill South Carolina graduating from Northwestern High School in Rock Hill.  

 

Joseph began his college football career at Coffeyville Community College in 2003 under Head Coach Jeff Leiker. Joseph was ranked the 31st-best JUCO player in the nation by College Football News and earned All-Conference honors. Joseph's 2003 stats included recording three interceptions, one for a touchdown, and 43 tackles. He also recorded a sack and two pass break-ups.

 

After Coffeyville, Joseph transferred to the University of South Carolina, where he played for the Gamecocks Football Team in 2004 and 2005. He started at cornerback in his first two games of the 2004 season, recording two tackles in his first game against Vanderbilt and forcing a fumble. In his second game, Joseph broke his foot during the first quarter against the Georgia Bulldogs and spent the remainder of the year rehabilitating his injury.

 

Coming back from injury, Joseph was scheduled to have a big season in 2005 for South Carolina. Joseph finished the season with 55 tackles, four interceptions, and nine broken-up passes.  Joseph was a criminal justice major at the University of South Carolina.

 

At the 2006 NFL combine, Joseph ran an impressive 4.31 40-yard dash and was projected as a high-round pick.

 

Joseph was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round (24th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.  He was the third cornerback taken in that year’s draft.

 

Over his NFL career, Joseph played 15 years total with the Cincinnati Bengals, the Houston Texans, the Tennessee Titans, and the Arizona Cardinals.

 

Joseph’s NFL stats include starting 192 games out of the 211 he played while totaling 670 tackles and 32 interceptions in his career.  In the postseason, Joseph started 9 of the 10 games played while totaling 43 tackles and 2 interceptions.

 

Joseph currently resides in the Houston Texas area. Joseph has three children; Jay’vion, Johnathan II, and Danae.  Joseph credits his father for molding him into the man he is today and instilling the core values he has.