Junior tight end for UCLA. 2025: 4 catches, 40 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 258 lb · Peachtree City, GA · Starr’s Mill HS / James Madison
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
4 catches · 1 TD · 10 per catch
Best game: 1 rec, 14 yds, 1 TD, at Texas State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 tight end for UCLA. 2025: 4 catches, 40 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Josh Phifer
Josh Phifer arrived at UCLA from James Madison. The receipt: 20 rec yds, 1 receptions against Old Dominion — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Deshaun Foster → Tim Skipper. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UCLA
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Bob Chesney — 21-6 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | James Madison | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 63-27vs Old Dominion | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 20 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 52-20@ Texas State | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-10vs App State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bowl | L 34-51@ Oregon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 20 |
2 more on the roster · UCLA team page