#10

Joey Hobert

Former wide receiver at Texas State. 2024: 70 catches, 680 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Texas State · Sr. · #10

5′11″ · 180 lb · San Clemente, CA

CFB Index 69 · #78 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTexas State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 693 nationally · Signed with San Juan Hills

Statement game13 rec · 141 yds · 1 TDvs Georgia Southern (FBS) · W 45-24

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

Hobert has looked like a stud today. Glad to see our other WRs besides Hawkins getting recognition!r/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas State. 2024: 70 catches, 680 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Juan Hills in 2020.
Transferred from Utah Tech to Texas State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas State, 1,798 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 141 yds vs Georgia Southern.Georgia Southern · W 45-242023

2020

Recruited3-star out of San Juan Hills

2022

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

202311 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltsecond

202412 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#693 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Jake Spavital

Texas State

2023–2024

G.J. Kinne

Texas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Washington State1-3HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning

2021Washington State7-6HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced

2023Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

69Quality starter #78 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (94th percentile). Strength: rec tds (93rd percentile). Concern: yards / catch (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#190 / 610 · 69th pct

8.6%

Catch rate#305 / 610 · 49th pct

90.0%

EPA / target#368 / 610 · 40th pct

0.79

Explosive rate#412 / 610 · 32nd pct

11.4%

Yards / catch#482 / 610 · 21st pct

9.4

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#30 / 541 · 94th pct

Rec TDs#34 / 541 · 93rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Rec yards#122 / 541 · 78th pct

680

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rush yards#192 / 299 · 35th pct

Long catch#376 / 541 · 29th pct

Yards / catch#480 / 541 · 11th pct

9.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

53rd → 40th percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 32nd percentile

Catch rate

55th → 49th percentile

TD rate

78th → 69th percentile

Yards / catch

50th → 21st percentile

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.6	54.1	9.6	0.6
Road5g	6.2	60.2	9.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.6	61.4	9.4	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	50.0	9.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #78 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #78 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	70	680	9.7	8	--
2023	Texas State	76	895	11.8	8	--
2021	Washington State	15	192	12.8	1	--
2020	Washington State	3	31	10.3	0	--
Career		164	1,798	11.0	17	--

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	3	6	--	52	--
2023	Texas State	1	-1	--	32	--
2021	Washington State	--	--	5	29	--
2020	Washington State	--	--	25	--	--
Career		4	5	30	113	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–27

vs Lamar

6 rec · 91 yds · 2 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. McCloud — 238 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.9 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · I. Mahdi — 156 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Lamar · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +4.02Joey Hobert 37 Yd pass from Jordan McCloud (Mason Shipley Kick)
Week 3 · Arizona State · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.70J.McCloud pass complete. Catch made by J.Hobert for 26 yards. Tackled by E.O'Neal at ASU 35.
Week 12 · Southern Miss · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Jordan McCloud pass complete to Joey Hobert for 26 yds to the USM 44 for a 1ST down Southern Miss Penalty, Defensive Offside (Andrew Stein) declined for a 1ST down
Week 14 · South Alabama · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Jordan McCloud pass complete to Joey Hobert for 18 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 5 · Sam Houston · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Jordan McCloud pass complete to Joey Hobert for 2 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 1 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Joey Hobert 30 Yd pass from Jordan McCloud (Mason Shipley PAT failed)
Week 7 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Jordan McCloud pass complete to Joey Hobert for 30 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 2 · UTSA · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.79J.McCloud pass complete. Catch made by J.Hobert for 24 yards. Tackled by Z.Morris at UTSA 48.
Week 6 · Troy · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Jordan McCloud pass complete to Joey Hobert for 28 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 14 · South Alabama · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Jordan McCloud pass complete to Joey Hobert for 24 yds to the USA 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week