Josh Palmer

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2020: 33 catches, 475 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Tennessee · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 210 lb · Brampton, ON

Los Angeles — drafted 2021, Rd 3, Pick 14, #77 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 832 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2020: 33 catches, 475 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2017.
Drafted round 3 by the Los Angeles in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tennessee, 1,514 receiving yards — drafted at #77 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 124 yds at Missouri.Missouri · W 24-202019

20179 games

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

2021

Drafted by Los Angelesround 3, pick 77

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#832 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #77

Los Angeles · 2021

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017

Butch Jones

Tennessee

2018–2020

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season

#77Rd 3 · Pick 14

Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#79 / 421 · 77th pct

Rec yards#110 / 421 · 74th pct

475

Receptions#125 / 421 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#148 / 421 · 65th pct

14.4

Long catch#299 / 421 · 28th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	46.0	14.1	0.2
Road5g	3.4	49.0	13.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.8	59.5	15.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	39.5	12.8	0.2

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 · 2020

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Tennessee	33	475	14.4	4	--
2019	Tennessee	34	457	13.4	1	--
2018	Tennessee	23	484	21.0	2	--
2017	Tennessee	9	98	10.9	0	--
Career		99	1,514	15.3	7	--

Season	Team
2020	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Tennessee	2	4	--	--	--
2018	Tennessee	5	27	--	--	--
2017	Tennessee	1	6	--	--	--
Career		8	37	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2020

W 35–12

vs Missouri

4 rec · 71 yds

Dominant 23-point win at home against Missouri.

With J. Guarantano — 190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 14 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · E. Gray — 105 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Florida · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Harrison Bailey pass complete to Josh Palmer for 20 yds to the Fla 35 for a 1ST down
Week 16 · Texas A&M · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.25J.T. Shrout pass complete to Josh Palmer for 14 yds to the TexAM 45 for a 1ST down
Week 16 · Texas A&M · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.02J.T. Shrout pass complete to Josh Palmer for 25 yds to the Tenn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 36 yds for a TD (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 4 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 32 yds for a TD, (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 6 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 27 yds for a TD (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 8 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 27 yds for a TD (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 5 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 33 yds to the Misso 36 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Arkansas · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 18 yds to the Ark 38 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Auburn · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.17Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 8 yds to the Tenn 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	W 31-27@ South Carolina	6	85	14.2	1	32	Season-high 85 yds
Wk 5	W 35-12vs Missouri	4	71	17.8	0	33
Wk 6	L 21-44@ Georgia	4	71	17.8	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 7	L 7-34vs Kentucky	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 8	L 17-48vs Alabama	4	57	14.3	1	27
Wk 10	L 13-24@ Arkansas	2	28	14.0	0	18
Wk 12	L 17-30@ Auburn	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 14	L 19-31vs Florida	4	36	9.0	0	20
Wk 15	W 42-17@ Vanderbilt	4	53	13.3	0	20
Wk 16	L 13-34vs Texas A&M	3	55	18.3	0	25
Total		33	475	13.8	4	36

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