#86

Josh Pederson

Senior tight end for UL Monroe. 2020: 32 catches, 367 receiving yards.

TE · UL Monroe · Sr. · #86

6′5″ · 235 lb · Morristown, NJ

All-ConferenceUL Monroe 2020 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for UL Monroe. 2020: 32 catches, 367 receiving yards.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2016.
Transferred from UL Monroe to UL Monroe in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

TE recruit

No. 2345 nationally · Signed with UL Monroe

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at UL Monroe, 1,191 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 65 yds at South Alabama.South Alabama · L 14-382020

2016

Signed with UL Monroe2-star out of Blue Valley North

202010 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

2021

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2345 national

CFB

College

UL Monroe

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Matt Viator

UL Monroe

Played his entire career under Matt Viator.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Matt Viator — 15-31 over that span.

2017UL Monroe4-8HC: Matt Viator · Run-leaning

2018UL Monroe6-6HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2019UL Monroe5-7HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2020UL Monroe0-10HC: Matt Viator · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: rec tds (6th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#14 / 94 · 86th pct

Rec yards#22 / 94 · 77th pct

367

Yards / catch#55 / 94 · 41st pct

11.5

Long catch#77 / 94 · 16th pct

Rec TDs#83 / 94 · 6th 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	3.0	32.8	11.4	0.0
Road5g	3.4	40.6	11.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	39.0	11.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	34.4	12.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	UL Monroe	32	367	11.5	0	--
2019	UL Monroe	43	567	13.2	9	--
2018	UL Monroe	12	121	10.1	2	--
2017	UL Monroe	12	136	11.3	0	--
Career		99	1,191	12.0	11	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Texas State · 4&17 · Q4 · EPA +3.45Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 19 yds to the TexSt 12 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Army · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 17 yds to the Army 46 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Liberty · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.06Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 21 yds to the LaMon 49 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia Southern · 4&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 22 yds to the GeoSo 17 for a 1ST down GA SOUTHERN Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Army · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 16 yds to the Army 34 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · App State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 16 yds to the LaMon 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Georgia State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.16Jeremy Hunt pass complete to Josh Pederson for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 25 yds to the GeoSo 37 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Texas State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.53Colby Suits pass complete to Josh Pederson for 9 yds to the LaMon 44 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.49Jeremy Hunt pass complete to Josh Pederson for 22 yds to the GeoSt 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 7-37@ Army	5	56	11.2	17
Wk 3	L 17-38vs Texas State	4	38	9.5	19
Wk 4	L 6-31vs UTEP	4	27	6.8	11
Wk 5	L 30-35vs Georgia Southern	3	53	17.7	25
Wk 6	L 7-40@ Liberty	2	21	10.5	21
Wk 8	L 14-38@ South Alabama	4	65	16.3	26	Season-high 65 yds
Wk 9	L 13-31vs App State	2	32	16.0	16
Wk 10	L 34-52@ Georgia State	4	37	9.3	22
Wk 13	L 20-70vs Louisiana	2	14	7.0	13
Wk 14	L 15-48@ Arkansas State	2	24	12.0	14
Total		32	367	11.6	26

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