Originally a 2nd round (46th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2010.
TRANSACTIONS
Originally a 2nd round (46th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2010.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
As a rookie in 2010, played in 6 games and was inactive for 10…Contributed 11 tackles (8 solo)…Made NFL debut with 1 solo tackle vs. Chicago (10/3)..Had a season-high 5 solo tackles at Green Bay (12/26).
COLLEGE
Joseph played in 41 games with 27 starts – 18 at right defensive tackle and 9 at nose guard – at East Carolina…Registered 143 tackles (57 solo) with 6.5 sacks for minus 47 yards, 29.5 stops for losses totaling 96 yards and 20 quarterback pressures…Recovered and forced 3 fumbles…Deflected 2 passes and blocked 3 kicks…Also carried once for a 1-yard touchdown vs. Southern Mississippi in 2009…In 2009, he was an All-Conference USA 1st-team choice by the league’s coaches…Started all 14 games at right defensive tackle, leading a unit that ranked 2nd in the conference and 27th nationally vs. the run (120.3 yards per game), led the league in scoring defense (21.9 points per game) and ranked 3rd in total defense (378.3 yards per game)…Recorded a career-best 60 tackles (22 solo) with 3 sacks for minus 17 yards…Led the team and ranked 6th in the conference with 13.0 stops for losses of 39 yards and tied for the team lead with 14 quarterback pressures…In 2008, earned All-Conference USA honorable mention…Missed most of fall camp with a back sprain, but played in all 14 games, starting the final 9 at nose guard…Contributed 43 tackles (22 solo) with 2.5 sacks for minus 23 yards, 8 stops for losses of 34 yards and 1 quarterback pressure…Forced a fumble, blocked 2 kicks and deflected a pass…In 2007, Joseph was a consensus Freshman All-Conference USA 1st-team selection by the league’s coaches and media…Played in all 13 games, sharing right defensive tackle duties with Khalif Mitchell.
OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY
Attended the Rookie Halloween Party at Tomorrows’ Children’s Fund, a pediatric cancer center at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Served meals at the Food Bank for New York City’s Community Kitchen in Harlem to help celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with those in need of a hot meal in New York City.
Attended Giants Kickoff Luncheon benefitting Hackensack University Medical Center.
PERSONAL
Lettered 4 times for Sante Fe High School in Gainesville, Fla.…Two-time All-State Class AAA selection, adding All-Region honors as a senior…Excelled as a weight man for the school’s track team…Lettered 3 times in the sport, helping the team advance to the state finals, as he competed in the shot put and discus events…A 3-time member of Sante Fe’s weightlifting team, he captured the Florida State Weightlifting Championship as a junior with a 415-pound bench press and a 320-pound clean jerk…Communications major…Son of Ernestine Johnson…Born Linval Clement Joseph on Oct. 10, 1988 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
