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Joseph Manjack

Senior wide receiver for TCU. 2025: 44 catches, 579 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · TCU · Sr. · #14

6′3″ · 205 lb · Tomball, TX

CFB Index 56 · #164 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to TCU for 2026

The numbers

579

receiving yards · 2025

44 catches · 3 TD · 13.2 per catch

Backed by 9 rec · 95 yds -- top 1% catches game. -- Best game: 9 rec, 95 yds, at Houston

Swing playSwung Houston from 9% to 38% to win.Utah at Houston · 17-14

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for TCU. 2025: 44 catches, 579 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to USC in 2021.
Transferred from USC to Houston in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 75th percentile.

The full scouting read

Joseph Manjack

WR · TCU · Sr · #14

Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Donte Williams, Dana Holgorsen and Sonny Dykes. The receipt: 114 rec yds, 4 receptions against Abilene Christian — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Houston8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Pass-leaning

2023Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #164 of 485?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (81st percentile). Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#197 / 798 · 75th pct

0.58

Yards / catch#246 / 798 · 69th pct

13.2

TD rate#305 / 798 · 62nd pct

3.2%

Explosive rate#341 / 798 · 57th pct

11.3%

Catch rate#405 / 798 · 49th pct

67.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Receptions#153 / 558 · 72nd pct

Rec yards#164 / 558 · 71st pct

579

Long catch#230 / 558 · 58th pct

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#258 / 558 · 53rd pct

13.2

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#260 / 287 · 9th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

44th → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 57th percentile

Catch rate

73rd → 49th percentile

TD rate

73rd → 62nd percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 69th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

21%13 of his 62 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	54.8	13.9	0.5
Road5g	4.2	50.0	11.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	48.1	12.8	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	5.0	60.5	12.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #164 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #164 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #19 of 55 Big 12 WRs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	TCU	44	579	13.2	3	--
2024	Houston	22	351	16.0	3	--
2023	Houston	46	577	12.5	6	--
2022	Houston	14	148	10.6	1	--
2021	USC	7	67	9.6	0	--
Career		133	1,722	12.9	13	--

Season	Team
2025	TCU	2	-4	--	--	--
2024	Houston	1	-2	--	--	--
2023	Houston	2	-3	--	7	--
2022	Houston	--	--	--	--	--
2021	USC	--	--	--	--	--
Career		5	-9	--	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 30–27

vs USC

3 rec · 28 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With K. Seals — 258 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.0 · -2 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · E. Craw — 41 AVG · 50 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Abilene Christian · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.47Josh Hoover pass complete to Joseph Manjack IV for 51 yds to the ACU 25 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Abilene Christian · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.95Josh Hoover pass complete to Joseph Manjack IV for 44 yds to the ACU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Iowa State · 4&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.01(10:10) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Hoover pass complete short left to #14 J.Manjack IV caught at ISU33, for 8 yards to the ISU33 (#14 C.Willich), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "First down". CALL OVERTURNED. (Original Play: (10:10) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Hoover pass complete short left to #14 J.Manjack IV caught at ISU34, for 7 yards to the ISU34 (#14 C.Willich), out of bounds, TURNOVER ON DOWNS)
Week 1 · USC · 2&14 · Q4 · EPA +2.81(01:35) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 K.Seals pass complete short left to #14 J.Manjack IV caught at USC48, for 15 yards to the USC48, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN. #9 K.Silver injured on the play
Week 6 · Colorado · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Josh Hoover pass complete to Joseph Manjack IV for 18 yds for a TD Colorado Penalty, (Yards) declined (Nate McCashland KICK)
Week 14 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.67(11:08) Shotgun #14 J.Manjack IV sacked for loss of 10 yards to the UC44 (#44 M.Weedon) PENALTY TCU Intentional Grounding (#14 J.Manjack IV)
Week 12 · BYU · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.64(09:30) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Hoover pass complete short middle to #14 J.Manjack IV caught at BYU41, for 19 yards to the BYU41, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Arizona State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Josh Hoover pass complete to Joseph Manjack IV for 14 yds to the TCU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Iowa State · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.55(01:58) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Hoover pass complete short middle to #14 J.Manjack IV caught at ISU46, for 22 yards to the ISU43 (#31 M.Neal; #9 C.Brezina), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Abilene Christian · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.35Josh Hoover pass complete to Joseph Manjack IV for 15 yds to the TCU 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-14@ North Carolina	2	24	12.0	0	18
Wk 3	W 42-21vs Abilene Christian	4	114	28.5	0	51	Season-high 114 yds
Wk 4	W 35-24vs SMU	3	15	5.0	1	6
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Arizona State	6	83	13.8	0	32
Wk 6	W 35-21vs Colorado	5	65	13.0	1	25
Wk 7	L 28-41@ Kansas State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 17-20vs Iowa State	3	48	16.0	0	22
Wk 12	L 13-44@ BYU	3	40	13.3	0	19
Wk 13	W 17-14@ Houston	9	95	10.6	0	22
Wk 14	W 45-23vs Cincinnati	5	59	11.8	1	44
Bowl	W 30-27vs USC	3	28	9.3	0	15
Total		44	579	12.8	3	51