Joshua Donald
Louisville Cardinals
85
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Joshua Donald is the projected starter at NT for Louisville Cardinals.
Redshirt senior · #95
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Louisville Starting Lineup
- LDE
- NTJoshua DonaldThis player
- DT
- RDE
- WLB
- MLB
- STAR
- LCB
- SS
- FS
- RCB
- RES
Top defensive linemen in the ACC
Up next for Louisville
Louisville plays Georgia Tech away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.
Why this rating?
On a 82-rated defense; 77th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 85 after depth penalty.
Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 23% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 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 31WSTANTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 52-24
Oct 17WSYRTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 34-26
Oct 9WFSUTKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 44-20
Sep 26LWAKETKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 30-27
Sep 19WSMUTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 41-31
Sep 6LMISSTKL 4
- TKL
- 4
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 41-38
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | WSTAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | WSYR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | WFSU | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | LWAKE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | WSMU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | LMISS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joshua Donald's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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