Josh Magee

#1 · WR · South Alabama5′10″ · Hoover, AL

Josh Magee: WR · South Alabama · #1.

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Josh Magee

WR · South Alabama · #1

Beats you over the top. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Bill Clark and Joey Jones. First career honor, 2016: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 154 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Air Force — Bowl, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

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	South Alabama	49	822	16.8	5	76
2015	South Alabama	23	504	21.9	3	76
2014	UAB	18	342	19.0	3	81
Career		90	1,668	18.5	11	81

Season	Team
2016	South Alabama	--	--	--	--
2015	South Alabama	1	−2	45	24
2014	UAB	3	12	348	--
Career		4	10	393	24

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 1	W 21-20@ Mississippi State	7	113	16.1	1	25	154-yard receiving day
Wk 2	L 9-24vs Georgia Southern	6	50	8.3	0	25
Wk 3	L 23-28@ Louisiana	3	13	4.3	0	10
Wk 5	W 42-24vs No. 19 San Diego State	6	83	13.8	1	31
Wk 7	L 7-17@ Arkansas State	2	23	11.5	0	22
Wk 8	L 21-28vs Troy	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 10	L 35-42@ UL Monroe	7	138	19.7	1	47	138-yard receiving day
Wk 12	W 31-7vs Presbyterian	4	69	17.3	0	43
Wk 13	L 31-38@ Idaho	4	40	10.0	0	14
Wk 14	W 35-28vs New Mexico State	4	135	33.8	1	76	135-yard receiving day
Bowl	L 21-45vs Air Force	5	154	30.8	1	75
Total		49	822	16.8	5	76

Signature game

Bowl · 2016

L 21-45

vs Air Force · neutral site

5 rec · 154 yds · 1 TD

With D. Davis — 245 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.4 · B. McKee — 44.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · New Mexico State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.15Dallas Davis pass complete to Josh Magee for 76 yds for a TD, (Gavin Patterson KICK)
Week 1 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Davis to Magee: a 75-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Air Force · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.88Dallas Davis pass complete to Josh Magee for 37 yds to the AFA 27 for a
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Dallas Davis pass complete to Josh Magee for 25 yds to the GeoSo 31 for a
Week 5 · San Diego State · 2nd and 20 · Q4 · EPA +3.57Garvin to Magee: a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Dallas Davis pass complete to Josh Magee for 24 yds for a TD, (Gavin Patterson KICK)

4 more plays

Week 12 · Presbyterian · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Cole Garvin pass complete to Josh Magee for 43 yds to the Presb 26 for a
Week 1 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Dallas Davis pass complete to Josh Magee for 20 yds for a TD, (Gavin Patterson KICK)
Week 10 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Dallas Davis pass complete to Josh Magee for 47 yds to the LaMon 2 for a
Week 13 · Idaho · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.28Dallas Davis pass complete to Josh Magee for 12 yds to the SAlab 48 for a

Teams and coaches

2014UAB6-6HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2015South Alabama5-7HC: Joey Jones · Run-leaning

2016South Alabama6-7HC: Joey Jones · 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: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#41 / 674 · 94th pct

21.9%

Yards / catch#128 / 674 · 81st pct

15.5

EPA / target#283 / 674 · 58th pct

0.56

TD rate#364 / 674 · 46th pct

4.1%

Catch rate#408 / 674 · 39th pct

64.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#57 / 524 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#70 / 524 · 87th pct

16.8

Rec yards#73 / 524 · 86th pct

822

Receptions#118 / 524 · 77th pct

Rec TDs#108 / 524 · 75th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 94th percentile

Catch rate

11th → 39th percentile

TD rate

60th → 46th percentile

Yards / catch

99th → 81st percentile

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
Home5g	4.2	68.2	15.4	0.4
Road5g	4.6	65.4	12.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	72.7	14.1	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	77.2	17.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Joey Jones

Pass share

47.4%

415 pass / 460 run

Plays / game

67.3

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Josh Magee

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

All-Conference

Three seasons, two schools

2016 11 games