#80

Josh Cuevas

Former tight end at Alabama. 2025: 37 catches, 411 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Alabama · Sr. · #80

6′3″ · 256 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 64 · #26 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceDrafted by Baltimore — Rd 5, Pick 33, #173 overall

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

TD rate: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

411

receiving yards · 2025

37 catches · 4 TD · 11.1 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 80 yds, 1 TD, vs Oklahoma

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Alabama. 2025: 37 catches, 411 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Transferred from Washington to Alabama in 2024.
Drafted round 5 by the Baltimore in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Three seasons at Alabama, 793 receiving yards — drafted at #173 overall by Baltimore.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Florida State.Florida State · L 17-312025

20237 games

Entered the portal

202410 games

Entered the portal

2026

Drafted by Baltimoreround 5, pick 173

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #173

Baltimore · 2026

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches

2023

Nick Saban

Alabama

2024–2025

Kalen DeBoer

Alabama

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Nick Saban → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

#173Rd 5 · Pick 33

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Washington14-1HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning

2025Alabama11-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #26 of 156?

Medium-low confidenceAscending12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (86th percentile). Strength: receptions (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#108 / 798 · 86th pct

5.8%

EPA / target#243 / 798 · 70th pct

0.54

Catch rate#298 / 798 · 63rd pct

71.2%

Explosive rate#325 / 798 · 59th pct

11.5%

Yards / catch#487 / 798 · 39th pct

10.6

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#23 / 175 · 86th pct

Rec yards#34 / 175 · 81st pct

411

Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct

Rush yards#12 / 33 · 64th pct

Yards / catch#72 / 175 · 59th pct

11.1

Long catch#100 / 175 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

19%10 of his 52 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	40.3	11.7	0.3
Road6g	2.8	28.2	10.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.8	28.0	10.3	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	46.8	12.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

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

64 · #26 of 156 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Alabama	37	411	11.1	4	--
2024	Alabama	16	218	13.6	1	--
2023	Washington	4	164	41.0	1	--
Career		57	793	13.9	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 24–21

at Georgia

2 rec · 24 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Simpson — 276 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.1 · 12 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · B. Doud — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Oklahoma · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.41(06:18) Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass complete short right to #80 J.Cuevas caught at OU 20, for 25 yards to the OU 00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:13, 1ST DOWN #31 C.Talty kick attempt good (H: #38 B.Doud, LS: #45 D.Bird)
Week 9 · South Carolina · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 3 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 4&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 18 yds to the VAN 17 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UL Monroe · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Austin Mack pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 3 yds for a TD (Peter Notaro KICK)
Week 1 · Florida State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 27 yds to the FSU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida State · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.07Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 2 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Week 12 · Oklahoma · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.92(09:08) Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass complete short right to #80 J.Cuevas caught at OU 48, for 20 yards to the OU 27 (#3 R.Spears-Jennings), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · South Carolina · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.84Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 5 yds to the ALA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Tennessee · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.79Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 15 yds to the ALA 38 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · LSU · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.66(10:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 T.Simpson pass complete deep left to #80 J.Cuevas caught at LSU33, for 32 yards to the LSU24 (#42 D.Keys), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-31@ Florida State	3	31	10.3	1	27
Wk 2	W 73-0vs UL Monroe	2	14	7.0	1	11
Wk 3	W 38-14vs Wisconsin	3	22	7.3	0	9
Wk 5	W 24-21@ Georgia	2	24	12.0	0	12
Wk 6	W 30-14vs Vanderbilt	3	35	11.7	0	18
Wk 7	W 27-24@ Missouri	2	28	14.0	0	21
Wk 8	W 37-20vs Tennessee	2	33	16.5	0	18
Wk 9	W 29-22@ South Carolina	3	16	5.3	1	8
Wk 11	W 20-9vs LSU	4	58	14.5	0	32
Wk 12	L 21-23vs Oklahoma	6	80	13.3	1	25	Season-high 80 yds
Bowl	W 34-24@ Oklahoma	3	35	11.7	0	23
Bowl	L 3-38@ Indiana	4	35	8.8	0	16
Total		37	411	11.0	4	32

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology