 and broke the Texas A&M running back record for the bench press with an amazing lift of .At the 2005 NFL Combine, he topped all fullbacks when he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.69 (the only fullback under 4.8) and did 27 bench press repetitions with .Although Joseph went undrafted in the 2005 NFL Draft, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints on April 27, 2005.