Mountaineer Football Announces Safety Addition
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – (March 21, 2024) - West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown has announced that Jaheem Joseph, a 5-foot-10, 190-pound, redshirt junior safety from Miami, Florida, has signed a grant-in-aid and will transfer to WVU from Northwestern. He will have two years to complete his two years of remaining eligibility.
Jaheem Joseph, S, 5-10, 190, r-Jr., Miami, Fla./Monsignor Edward Pace/Northwestern
2023 (r-So.) – Northwestern
- Played for coach David Braun at Northwestern
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Helped lead the Wildcats to an 8-5 record, including a 5-4 mark in the Big Ten and a win over Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl
- Saw action in 13 games and started six
- Finished with 24 tackles, including 18 solo stops, tied for the team lead with three interceptions and had a pass breakup
- Tied for No. 14 in the Big Ten in interceptions
- Season-high two interceptions against Utah
- Season-high six tackles, including five unassisted and a pass breakup at Wisconsin
- Finished with five tackles, including four solo stops and an interception at Illinois
- Registered three solo tackles against Maryland
- Saw action in two games, starting one, and recorded nine tackles and a pass defended
- Set a career-high and led the team logging nine total tackles, while also setting career-highs with seven solo tackles and a pass breakup in his first career start against Duke (9/10)
- Appeared in nine games and totaled four tackles
- Made an appearance against Maryland, finishing with a tackle
- Four-year letterwinner and 2019 team captain for coach Anthony Walker Sr. at Monsignor Edward Pace High
- Finished career with 147 tackles, five forced fumbles, five interceptions and seven receptions allowed
- Also played baseball for two seasons and competed in track and field for two years
- Helped lead Monsignor Edward Pace to the state baseball championship
- Named to the honor roll in every semester of high school
Personal
- Son of Antoine and Regla Johnson
- One of four children (3 brothers, 1 sister)
- Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in education and social policy at Northwestern in March 2024
- Will be pursuing a master’s degree in sport management at WVU
