Senior tight end for Utah State. 2025: 7 catches, 56 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 230 lb · Salt Lake City, UT
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
7 catches · 1 TD · 8 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 16 yds, 1 TD, at Vanderbilt
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Utah State. 2025: 7 catches, 56 receiving yards, 1 TD.
His career, year by yearJosh Sterzer
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Josh Sterzer has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Utah State. The receipt: 18 rec yds, 1 receptions against Air Force — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
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 | Utah State | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 20 | 202 | 10.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Utah State | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Utah State | 11 | 129 | 11.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Utah State | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 44 | 419 | 9.5 | 6 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 48–7
vs McNeese
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-16vs UTEP | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-30vs Air Force | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 18 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs McNeese | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-55@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-25vs San José State | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-25vs Boise State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 7 | 56 | 8.8 | 1 | 18 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Utah State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Utah State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jacob Jenkins’s 2024 season.
Matches Jacob on
Differs from Jacob on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Trent Pennix's senior season at NC State (2023).
Matches Trent on
Differs from Trent on
Player DNA
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