Junior tight end for Central Michigan. 2022: 44 catches, 445 receiving yards, 6 TD.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Petoskey, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
3 tight end for Central Michigan. 2022: 44 catches, 445 receiving yards, 6 TD.
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 2572 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonJoel Wilson
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Five seasons at Central Michigan, two different head coaches: John Bonamego and Jim McElwain. His first career honor landed in 2022: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 75 rec yds, 8 receptions against Bowling Green, Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Central Michigan, 874 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: John Bonamego → Jim McElwain. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (86th percentile). Strength: receptions (92nd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (21st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.0 | 57.0 | 9.4 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 43.4 | 10.7 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.7 | 48.1 | 10.1 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.5 | 54.0 | 10.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Central Michigan | 44 | 445 | 10.1 | 6 | -- |
| 2021 | Central Michigan | 31 | 367 | 11.8 | 6 | -- |
| 2020 | Central Michigan | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Central Michigan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Central Michigan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 82 | 874 | 10.7 | 12 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022
W 41–0
vs Bucknell
3 rec · 28 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 41-point win at home against Bucknell.
With L. Nichols — 166 rush yds (30 car) · 2 TD · J. Bauer — 44 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.3 · 47 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 44-58@ Oklahoma State | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-38vs South Alabama | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-0vs Bucknell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-33@ Penn State | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38@ Toledo | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-17vs Ball State | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-21@ Akron | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-34vs Bowling Green | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 1 | 18 | Season-high 75 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 35-22@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 44 | 445 | 10.1 | 6 | 23 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jake Roberts’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Payne Durham's graduate season at Purdue (2022).
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Player DNA