Josh Knight

Wide receiver for Marshall. 2016: 62 catches, 631 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Marshall · #8

6′1″ · Fort Pierce, FL

Marshall 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2144 nationally · Signed with Marshall

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Marshall. 2016: 62 catches, 631 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Marshall in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Marshall, 688 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 128 yds vs Florida Atlantic.Florida Atlantic · W 27-212016

2013

Signed with Marshall2-star out of Fort Pierce Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2144 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Doc Holliday

Marshall

Played his entire career under Doc Holliday.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Doc Holliday — 26-13 over that span.

2014Marshall13-1HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2015Marshall10-3HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2016Marshall3-9HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (88th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#63 / 524 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#108 / 524 · 75th pct

Long catch#138 / 524 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#142 / 524 · 73rd pct

631

Yards / catch#445 / 524 · 15th pct

10.2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	65.6	12.1	0.6
Road4g	6.0	43.0	7.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.0	65.0	13.3	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	51.0	7.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Marshall	62	631	10.2	5	--
2015	Marshall	3	44	14.7	0	--
2014	Marshall	2	13	6.5	0	--
Career		67	688	10.3	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 62–0

vs Morgan State

1 rec · 24 yds

Dominant 62-point win at home against Morgan State.

With C. Litton — 309 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 1 rush yds (2 car) · K. Vedvik — 44 AVG · 50 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 62-0vs Morgan State	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 3	L 38-65vs Akron	7	118	16.9	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 28-59vs Louisville	2	6	3.0	0	5
Wk 5	L 27-43@ Pittsburgh	6	49	8.2	1	15
Wk 7	W 27-21vs Florida Atlantic	9	128	14.2	1	65	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 8	L 24-27vs Charlotte	10	94	9.4	0	23
Wk 9	L 14-24@ Southern Miss	6	47	7.8	0	21
Wk 10	L 14-38@ Old Dominion	6	34	5.7	0	20
Wk 11	W 42-17vs Middle Tennessee	6	73	12.2	1	30
Wk 12	L 14-31@ Florida International	6	42	7.0	0	18
Wk 13	L 6-60vs Western Kentucky	3	16	5.3	0	16
Total		62	631	10.3	5	65

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