Josh Cuevas

#80 · TE · Sr. · Alabama6′3″ · 256 lb · Los Angeles, CA

Josh Cuevas: TE · Alabama · #80.

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Josh Cuevas

TE · Alabama · Sr · #80

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Came to Alabama by way of Washington. A game that shows it: 80 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Oklahoma — Week 12, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Alabama in the news

Alabama dismisses Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.Yahoo Sports Oct 28
LSU's Kiffin calls out SECHeavy Oct 28
Alabama DB suspended for gameSaturday Down South Oct 24
Coleman-Williams out vs TennesseeThe Tuscaloosa News Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Alabama	37	411	11.1	4	32
2024	Alabama	16	218	13.6	1	43
2023	Washington	4	164	41.0	1	57
Career		57	793	13.9	6	57

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 5 Georgia	2	24	12.0	0	12
Wk 6	W 30-14vs No. 16 Vanderbilt	3	35	11.7	0	18
Wk 7	W 27-24@ No. 14 Missouri	2	28	14.0	0	21
Wk 8	W 37-20vs No. 11 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 No. 11 Oklahoma	6	80	13.3	1	25	Season-high 80 yds
Bowl	W 34-24@ No. 8 Oklahoma	3	35	11.7	0	23
Bowl	L 3-38vs No. 1 Indiana	4	35	8.8	0	16
Total		37	411	11.1	4	32

Signature game

Week 12 · 2025

L 21-23

vs Oklahoma

6 rec · 80 yds · 1 TD

With T. Simpson — 326 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.4 · B. Doud — 45 yards per punt · 4 punts · 49 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.41T.Simpson pass complete short right to J.Cuevas caught at OU 20, for 25 yards to the OU 00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 9 · South Carolina · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 3 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 4th and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 18 yds to the VAN 17 for a
Week 2 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Austin Mack pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 3 yds for a TD (Peter Notaro KICK)
Week 1 · Florida State · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 27 yds to the FSU 33 for a
Week 1 · Florida State · 2nd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.07Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 2 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)

4 more plays

Week 12 · Oklahoma · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.92T.Simpson pass complete short right to J.Cuevas caught at OU 48, for 20 yards to the OU 27 (R.Spears-Jennings)
Week 9 · South Carolina · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.84Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 5 yds to the ALA 48 for a
Week 8 · Tennessee · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +1.79Ty Simpson pass complete to Josh Cuevas for 15 yds to the ALA 38 for a
Week 11 · LSU · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.66Simpson to Cuevas: a 32-yard pass.

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%

Teams and coaches

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

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

2025Alabama11-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 64 (#26 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

64Quality starter #26 of 156 · 2025?

Ascending12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road5g	2.6	26.8	10.7	0.4

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Pass share

53.4%

523 pass / 456 run

Plays / game

65.3

15 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

504 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

37 catches and 1 carry in 12 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

64 · #26 of 156 TEs · 2025

Josh Cuevas

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Four seasons, three schools, drafted

Moves

2023 7 games

2024 10 games

2026