Josh Knight

#8 · WR · Marshall6′1″ · Fort Pierce, FL · Fort Pierce Central

Josh Knight: WR · Marshall · #8.

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Josh Knight

WR · Marshall · #8

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Marshall since. On tape: 128 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Florida Atlantic, Week 7, 2016.

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.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Marshall	62	631	10.2	5	65
2015	Marshall	3	44	14.7	0	21
2014	Marshall	2	13	6.5	0	7
Career		67	688	10.3	5	65

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 3 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	10.2	5	65

Signature game

Week 3 · 2016

L 38-65

vs Akron

7 rec · 118 yds · 2 TD

With C. Litton — 413 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 53.1 · K. Davis — 4 rec · 52 yds · 43 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Akron · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.64Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 25 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 3 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 39 yds to the Akron 36 for a
Week 3 · Akron · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 21 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 8 · Charlotte · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.64Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 18 yds to the Charl 47 for a
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 9 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 5 · Pittsburgh · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 15 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)

4 more plays

Week 9 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 21 yds to the SoMis 36 for a
Week 12 · Florida International · 2nd and 1 · Q4 · EPA −2.04Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 4 yds to the FlaIn 27 MARSHALL Penalty, Offensive holding (Justin Hunt) to the FlaIn 37
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 30 yds to the MTnSt 15 for a
Week 8 · Charlotte · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.82Chase Litton pass complete to Josh Knight for 22 yds to the Marsh 42 for a

Teams and coaches

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (88th percentile). Concern: epa / target (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#185 / 674 · 73rd pct

73.2%

TD rate#241 / 674 · 64th pct

5.6%

Explosive rate#290 / 674 · 57th pct

12.7%

Yards / catch#578 / 674 · 14th pct

9.2

EPA / target#580 / 674 · 14th pct

0.23

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

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 2016. 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

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

2016 season

Head Coach

Doc Holliday

Pass share

53.0%

438 pass / 389 run

Plays / game

68.9

12 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

425 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

62 catches in 11 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Josh Knight

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Starter

Four seasons at Marshall

2013