#12

Josh Love

Senior quarterback for San José State. 2019: 3,923 passing yards, 22 TD, 7 INT.

QB · San José State · Sr. · #12

6′2″ · 205 lb · Mission Viejo, CA

San José State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 quarterback for San José State. 2019: 3,923 passing yards, 22 TD, 7 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at San José State, 7,206 passing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

San José State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Ron Caragher

San José State

2017–2019

Brent Brennan

San José State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ron Caragher → Brent Brennan. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016San José State4-8HC: Ron Caragher · Run-leaning

2017San José State2-11HC: Brent Brennan · Run-leaning

2018San José State1-11HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2019San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (96th percentile). Concern: rush yards (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#7 / 177 · 96th pct

3923

Pass TDs#35 / 177 · 79th pct

Yards / att#41 / 177 · 77th pct

8.2

Fumbles lost#23 / 166 · 74th pct

Rush TDs#65 / 177 · 60th pct

Completion %#83 / 177 · 53rd pct

61.0%

Interceptions#101 / 177 · 39th pct

Rush yards#173 / 177 · 3rd pct

-88

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	294	1.5	8.0	0.2
Road6g	360	2.2	8.3	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	304	1.7	8.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	350	2.0	8.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	San José State	293	480	61.0%	3,923	8.2	22	7	141.9	--	--	--
2018	San José State	162	289	56.1%	1,963	6.8	14	9	122.9	--	--	--
2017	San José State	92	170	54.1%	928	5.5	5	7	101.4	--	--	--
2016	San José State	31	60	51.7%	392	6.5	2	5	100.9	--	--	--
Career		578	999	57.9%	7,206	7.2	43	28	127.0	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	San José State	25	-88	-3.5	3	--
2018	San José State	30	-93	-3.1	0	--
2017	San José State	19	-60	-3.2	0	--
2016	San José State	14	-41	-2.9	0	--
Career		88	-282	-3.2	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 35–18

vs Northern Colorado

224 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.7 · -2 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD

With A. Galland — 33 AVG · 40 LONG · 3 NO · I. Hamilton — 7 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 35-18vs Northern Colorado	21/31	224	2	0	7.2	86.7
Wk 2	L 16-34vs Tulsa	16/30	189	1	0	6.3	62.8
Wk 4	W 31-24@ Arkansas	32/49	402	2	1	8.2	73.5
Wk 5	L 24-41@ Air Force	19/35	198	0	0	5.7	43.6
Wk 6	W 32-21vs New Mexico	24/36	405	2	0	11.3	76.7	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 7	L 38-41@ Nevada	23/45	405	3	1	9.0	67.9	3 TD passes
Wk 8	L 17-27vs San Diego State	19/36	218	2	1	6.1	33.5
Wk 9	W 34-29@ Army	20/31	314	3	0	10.1	87.4	3 TD passes
Wk 10	L 42-52vs Boise State	29/52	438	2	0	8.4	—	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 11	L 40-42@ Hawai'i	30/45	375	2	0	8.3	—	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 13	L 35-38@ UNLV	37/56	465	3	4	8.3	—	Season-high 465 yds · 4 INTs — rough day
Wk 14	W 17-16vs Fresno State	23/34	290	0	0	8.5	—
Total		293/480	3923	22	7	8.1	66.5

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