#18

Josh Meredith

Senior wide receiver for Washington State. 2025: 57 catches, 725 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Washington State · Sr. · #18

6′0″ · 193 lb · San Diego, CA

CFB Index 67 · #96 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Washington State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETvs DuquesneGesa Field

The numbers

725

receiving yards · 2025

57 catches · 3 TD · 12.7 per catch

Best game: 7 rec, 108 yds, 1 TD, at Virginia

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Washington State. 2025: 57 catches, 725 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Explosive rate: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

Josh Meredith

WR · Washington State · Sr · #18

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Josh Meredith has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Washington State. The receipt on tape: 108 rec yds, 7 receptions against Virginia, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Washington State7-6HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

2024Washington State8-5HC: Pete Kaligis · Run-leaning

2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #96 of 485?

High confidenceAscending10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#84 / 798 · 90th pct

18.1%

EPA / target#211 / 798 · 74th pct

0.57

Yards / catch#256 / 798 · 68th pct

13.1

TD rate#402 / 798 · 50th pct

2.4%

Catch rate#450 / 798 · 44th pct

66.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#78 / 558 · 85th pct

Rec yards#94 / 558 · 83rd pct

725

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Long catch#260 / 558 · 52nd pct

Yards / catch#291 / 558 · 47th pct

12.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

67th → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

78th → 90th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 44th percentile

TD rate

19th → 50th percentile

Yards / catch

51st → 68th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

25%21 of his 83 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.0	62.0	16.7	0.3
Road7g	4.7	50.4	9.7	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	52.7	12.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	59.3	14.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #96 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #96 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Washington State	57	725	12.7	3	--
2024	Washington State	39	477	12.2	2	--
2023	Washington State	3	53	17.7	1	--
2022	Washington State	1	5	5.0	0	--
Career		100	1,260	12.6	6	--

Season	Team
2025	Washington State	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Washington State	--	--	--	12	1
2023	Washington State	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Washington State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	12	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 36–13

vs San Diego State

8 rec · 88 yds

Dominant 23-point win at home against San Diego State.

With R. Harris — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · J. Potter — 257 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.5 · 6 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Louisiana Tech · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.63(08:56) Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete short middle to #18 J.Meredith caught at LAT10, for 23 yards to the LAT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:51, 1ST DOWN #38 J.Stevens kick attempt good (H: #98 R.Harris, LS: #46 C.Peoples)
Week 4 · Washington · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.53Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 48 yds to the WASH 23 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Toledo · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.34(14:21) Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete deep left to #18 J.Meredith caught at TOL25, for 40 yards to the TOL23 (#4 A.Smith), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Idaho · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 6 yds for a TD Washington State Penalty, UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Joshua Meredith) to the IDHO 0 (Jack Stevens KICK)
Week 8 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 32 yds for a TD (Jack Stevens KICK)
Week 12 · Louisiana Tech · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.83(05:30) Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete deep middle to #18 J.Meredith caught at LAT40, for 23 yards to the LAT37, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Louisiana Tech · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.75(04:33) Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete short left to #18 J.Meredith caught at LAT35, for 12 yards to the LAT35 QB hurried by #23 A.Jackson Jr., out of bounds at LAT35, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Utah State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.45(04:54) Shotgun #4 Z.Eckhaus pass complete short left to #18 J.Meredith caught at WSU41, for 20 yards to the WSU44 (#21 N.Flores), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · North Texas · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 4 yds to the UNT 41 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Washington · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 11 yds to the WASH 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 13-10vs Idaho	2	31	15.5	1	25
Wk 2	W 36-13vs San Diego State	8	88	11.0	0	34
Wk 3	L 10-59@ North Texas	2	6	3.0	0	4
Wk 4	L 24-59vs Washington	3	70	23.3	0	48
Wk 5	W 20-3@ Colorado State	4	60	15.0	0	23
Wk 7	L 21-24@ Ole Miss	5	30	6.0	0	9
Wk 8	L 20-22@ Virginia	7	108	15.4	1	32	Season-high 108 yds
Wk 9	W 28-7vs Toledo	4	81	20.3	0	40
Wk 10	L 7-10@ Oregon State	4	44	11.0	0	19
Wk 12	W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech	5	70	14.0	1	23
Wk 13	L 20-24@ James Madison	3	21	7.0	0	12
Wk 14	W 32-8vs Oregon State	2	32	16.0	0	22
Bowl	W 34-21@ Utah State	8	84	10.5	0	20
Total		57	725	12.9	3	48

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Catch rate says one thing, EPA says another

checked · no story

7/223rd-down conversions

0.533rd-down EPA/target

0.63Other-downs EPA/target

11 of 22 caught on third down (50.0%) — EPA/target 0.53 vs 0.63 elsewhere (7 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Washington State

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Washington State

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