Josh Whyle

#81 · TE · Sr. · Cincinnati6′6″ · 250 lb · Cincinnati, OH · LaSalle

Josh Whyle: TE · Cincinnati · #81.

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Josh Whyle

TE · Cincinnati · Sr · #81

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Fourth year in the Cincinnati receiving corps. All-AAC in 2022 was the second season with an honor. One game to point at: 70 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Temple — Week 12, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Cincinnati in the news

Cincinnati beats Texas Tech for first top-10 win since 2021Yahoo Sports Oct 24
$1M Sorsby lawsuit pendingFront Office Sports Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Cincinnati	32	326	10.2	3	35
2021	Cincinnati	26	332	12.8	6	31
2020	Cincinnati	28	353	12.6	6	30
2019	Cincinnati	2	51	25.5	0	32
Career		88	1,062	12.1	15	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-31@ No. 19 Arkansas	5	38	7.6	0	17
Wk 2	W 63-10vs Kennesaw State	3	36	12.0	1	17
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Miami (OH)	2	21	10.5	0	17
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Indiana	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 31-21@ Tulsa	2	4	2.0	1	2
Wk 6	W 28-24vs South Florida	2	32	16.0	0	17
Wk 8	W 29-27@ SMU	4	53	13.3	0	35
Wk 9	L 21-25@ UCF	3	29	9.7	1	14
Wk 10	W 20-10vs Navy	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 11	W 27-25vs East Carolina	2	18	9.0	0	11
Wk 12	W 23-3@ Temple	7	70	10.0	0	19	Season-high 70 yds
Total		32	326	10.2	3	35

Signature game

Week 9 · 2022

L 21-25

at UCF

3 rec · 29 yds · 1 TD

With M. Fletcher — 44.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20 · B. Bryant — 298 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.6

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · SMU · 2nd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.30Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 35 yds to the SMU 20 for a
Week 5 · Tulsa · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 2 yds for a TD, (Ryan Coe KICK)
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.58Bryant to Whyle: a 17-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 14 yds for a TD, (Ryan Coe KICK)
Week 11 · East Carolina · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.40Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 11 yds to the ECaro 37 for a
Week 12 · Temple · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.38Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 19 yds to the Temp 27 for a

4 more plays

Week 8 · SMU · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 9 yds to the SMU 36 for a
Week 1 · Arkansas · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 17 yds to the Cincy 42 for a
Week 12 · Temple · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.02Evan Prater pass complete to Josh Whyle for 11 yds to the Cincy 44 for a
Week 1 · Arkansas · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Ben Bryant pass complete to Josh Whyle for 9 yds to the Cincy 40 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Luke Fickell — 42-9 over that span.

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2020Cincinnati9-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2021Cincinnati13-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 53 (#43 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

53Rotational starter #43 of 132 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#270 / 636 · 57th pct

7.1%

EPA / target#301 / 636 · 53rd pct

0.71

Catch rate#464 / 636 · 27th pct

71.4%

Yards / catch#482 / 636 · 24th pct

10.2

Explosive rate#609 / 636 · 4th pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#32 / 158 · 79th pct

Rec yards#48 / 158 · 70th pct

326

Rec TDs#50 / 158 · 62nd pct

Long catch#79 / 158 · 49th pct

Yards / catch#104 / 158 · 34th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 53rd percentile

Explosive rate

73rd → 4th percentile

Catch rate

45th → 27th percentile

TD rate

97th → 57th percentile

Yards / catch

53rd → 24th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	22.2	12.4	0.2
Road5g	4.2	38.8	8.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	23.2	9.3	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	37.4	11.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

50.2%

416 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

63.8

13 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

53 · #43 of 132 TEs · 2022

Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.

Josh Whyle

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Cincinnati, drafted

2018

2020 9 games

2022 11 games

2023