Josh Malone

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2016: 50 catches, 972 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Tennessee · #3

6′3″ · Gallatin, TN

Cincinnati — drafted 2017, Rd 4, Pick 22, #128 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 37 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2016: 50 catches, 972 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2014.
Drafted round 4 by the Cincinnati in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Tennessee, 1,608 receiving yards — drafted at #128 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 121 yds at Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · L 34-452016

20149 games

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Station Camp

2017

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 4, pick 128

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#37 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #128

Cincinnati · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Butch Jones

Tennessee

Played his entire career under Butch Jones.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 10th NFL season

#128Rd 4 · Pick 22

CincinnatiEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Butch Jones — 25-14 over that span.

2014Tennessee7-6HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2015Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (96th percentile). Strength: rec tds (96th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#20 / 524 · 96th pct

19.4

Rec TDs#21 / 524 · 96th pct

Rec yards#41 / 524 · 92nd pct

972

Receptions#114 / 524 · 78th pct

Long catch#129 / 524 · 75th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	3.9	83.9	23.3	1.1
Road4g	3.8	54.2	13.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.4	65.2	20.4	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	90.0	20.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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	Tennessee	50	972	19.4	11	--
2015	Tennessee	31	405	13.1	2	--
2014	Tennessee	23	231	10.0	1	--
Career		104	1,608	15.5	14	--

Season	Team
2016	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Tennessee	2	11	--	--	--
Career		2	11	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 38–28

vs Florida

4 rec · 91 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Florida at home in a shootout.

With J. Dobbs — 319 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 57.2 · 80 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · T. Daniel — 43 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week