Josh Kelly

#3 · WR · Sr. · Texas Tech6′1″ · 195 lb · Fresno, CA · San Joaquin Memorial

Josh Kelly: WR · Texas Tech · #3.

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Josh Kelly

WR · Texas Tech · Sr · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The six seasons span three programs and five head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, Lee Marks, Jake Dickert and Joey McGuire. The first one came in 2024: All-Big 12. A game that shows it: 156 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Abilene Christian — Week 1, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Texas Tech in the news

West Virginia reveals depth chartYahoo Sports Nov 3
Big 12 commissioner resignsOct 30
Booster dismisses McGuire hot seatOn3 Oct 28
Booster criticizes Texas Tech after lossHeartland College Sports Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Texas Tech	89	1,023	11.5	5	41
2023	Washington State	61	923	15.1	8	51
2022	Fresno State	12	207	17.2	0	60
2021	Fresno State	52	778	15.0	3	69
2020	Fresno State	22	330	15.0	1	71
2019	Fresno State	1	−10	−10.0	0	--
Career		237	3,251	13.7	17	71

Season	Team
2024	Texas Tech	--	--	--	29
2023	Washington State	1	3	8	--
2022	Fresno State	--	--	--	--
2021	Fresno State	3	20	--	--
2020	Fresno State	2	8	225	--
2019	Fresno State	--	--	--	--
Career		6	31	233	29

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-51vs Abilene Christian	10	156	15.6	1	35	Season-high 156 yds
Wk 2	L 16-37@ Washington State	9	95	10.6	0	37
Wk 3	W 66-21vs North Texas	2	36	18.0	1	26
Wk 4	W 30-22vs Arizona State	10	89	8.9	1	20
Wk 5	W 44-41vs Cincinnati	8	111	13.9	0	29
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Arizona	5	27	5.4	0	12
Wk 8	L 35-59vs Baylor	9	76	8.4	0	32
Wk 9	L 34-35@ TCU	7	19	2.7	0	9
Wk 10	W 23-22@ No. 11 Iowa State	8	127	15.9	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 27-41vs No. 21 Colorado	8	106	13.3	0	35
Wk 13	W 56-48@ Oklahoma State	4	31	7.8	0	14
Wk 14	W 52-15vs West Virginia	9	150	16.7	0	41	150-yard receiving day
Total		89	1023	11.5	5	41

Signature game

Week 10 · 2024

W 23-22

at Iowa State

8 rec · 127 yds · 2 TD

A close one, won by 1 on the road.

With B. Morton — 237 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 43.4 · J. Burgess — 39.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Iowa State · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.56Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 35 yds for a TD (Gino Garcia KICK)
Week 3 · North Texas · 2nd and 21 · Q1 · EPA +3.56Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 26 yds to the UNT 47 for a
Week 2 · Washington State · 4th and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 20 yds to the WSU 49 for a
Week 2 · Washington State · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 37 yds to the WSU 48 for a
Week 14 · West Virginia · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 25 yds to the WVU 36 for a
Week 10 · Iowa State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 19 yds for a TD (Gino Garcia KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · North Texas · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.08Morton to Kelly: a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Iowa State · 4th and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 8 yds to the ISU 49 for a
Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 35 yds for a TD (Gino Garcia KICK)
Week 4 · Arizona State · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Behren Morton pass complete to Josh Kelly for 20 yds for a TD (Reese Burkhardt KICK)

Teams and coaches

2019Fresno State4-8HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

2024Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 84 (#20 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

84All-Conference level #20 of 466 · 2024?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (81st percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#113 / 610 · 81st pct

97.7%

Explosive rate#186 / 610 · 70th pct

18.6%

EPA / target#187 / 610 · 69th pct

1.03

Yards / catch#328 / 610 · 46th pct

11.7

TD rate#370 / 610 · 39th pct

4.7%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#5 / 541 · 99th pct

Rec yards#22 / 541 · 96th pct

1023

Rec TDs#101 / 541 · 78th pct

Long catch#362 / 541 · 32nd pct

Yards / catch#390 / 541 · 28th pct

11.5

Fumbles lost#197 / 221 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

79th → 69th percentile

Explosive rate

74th → 70th percentile

Catch rate

46th → 81st percentile

TD rate

61st → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

75th → 46th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	8.0	103	13.5	0.4
Road5g	6.6	59.8	8.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	85.7	12.1	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	7.5	84.8	10.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Pass share

53.6%

536 pass / 464 run

Plays / game

76.9

13 games

Team sack rate

4.0%

551 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

84 · #20 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #20 at the position.

Josh Kelly

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Style of play

Fans

Texas Tech in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Six seasons, three schools

Moves

2019 3 games

2023 12 games

2024 12 games