2010 (Junior)
Started all 11 games at nose guard…a preseason All-MEAC first-team selection, Turner was voted to the All-MEAC second team following the year…ranked fourth on the team in total tackles, with 46…paced the Spartans with 12.0 tackles for loss, which tied him for 11th-most in the MEAC…ranked sixth among MEAC defensive linemen in total tackles…added a team-high seven QB hurries and recorded 2.5 sacks…posted five tackles, 1.5 for loss, and a BQ hurry in the win over N.C. A&T…had four tackles, two for loss, in the loss to Bethune-Cookman…made seven stops, half for loss, against S.C. State…tied his career high with 10 tackles at Howard…added two tackles for loss and one sack in that contest, in which NSU yielded just 1.1 yards per rush…added five tackles, 1.5 for loss, and a half sack the next week in the win over Morgan State…tallied two QB hurries in that game…had four tackles and a sack in the victory over Savannah State.
2009 (Sophomore)
All-MEAC first-team selection who started all 11 games at nose tackle…given the Walter M. Kindred Award as the team’s best defensive lineman…led all NSU defensive linemen with 46 tackles and eight stops behind the line of scrimmage…made four tackles, 1.5 for loss, and one sack in the win over BCU…was in on a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss, including half a sack, in the win over Howard…made a career-high 10 tackles in the win at DSU.
2008 (Freshman)
Played in 11 games along the defensive line…started three times at nose guard (S.C. State, Howard, Delaware State)…missed the last game due to a knee injury suffered against DSU…had 21 tackles, four for loss, and two sacks…had three solo tackles and his first career sack at William & Mary…had a career-high four stops in a game twice, at Bethune-Cookman and vs. Morgan State…recovered his only fumble of the year at S.C. State…blocked a field goal against Hampton…had his second sack of the year at Howard…made three tackles, one for a loss, against DSU.
2007 (Redshirt)
Redshirted.
High School
Played four years of football at Manchester…a first-team All-Dominion District and All-Metro selection by the Richmond Times Dispatch his senior year…named Dominion District Defensive Player of the Year after recording 87 tackles, nine sacks, five forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries…first-team All-Central Region and honorable mention all-state group AAA.
Personal
Joshual Andrew Turner…born April 20, 1989…goes by Josh…son of Jay Turner and Phyllis Smith…majoring in business.
Turner's Career Defensive Statistics
|
YEAR
|
GP
|
UT
|
AT
|
TT
|
TFL-Yds
|
Sck-Yds
|
Int-Yds
|
PD
|
FF
|
FR-Yds
|
|
2010
|
11
|
21
|
25
|
46
|
12.0-40
|
2.5-18
|
0-0
|
0
|
0
|
0-0
|
|
2009
|
11
|
14
|
32
|
46
|
8.0-19
|
2.0-7
|
0-0
|
0
|
0
|
0-0
|
|
2008
|
11
|
9
|
12
|
21
|
4.0-16
|
2.0-12
|
0-0
|
1
|
0
|
1-0
|
|
Totals
|
33
|
44
|
69
|
113
|
24.0-75
|
6.5-37
|
0-0
|
1
|
0
|
1-0
|
Turner’s Career Highs
Tackles: 10 (2x, last vs. Howard, 10-30-10)
TFL: 2.5 (vs. Howard, 10-31-09)
Sacks: 1.0 (5x, last vs. Savannah State, 11-20-10)
