Joshua Long

#9 · TE · Jr. · Eastern Michigan6′5″ · 242 lb · Los Angeles, CA · Loyola

Receiving yards3839th of 107 tight ends Last gameL 20–24at Ohio · Oct 24

Nextvs Central MichiganWed Nov 4 · 7:30 pm ET

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Worth knowing

Joshua Long was second-team All-MAC in 2025.

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 10, middle 10, right 13.

Joshua Long

TE · Eastern Michigan · #9

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Second year in the Eastern Michigan receiving corps. First career honor, 2025: All-MAC. On tape: 114 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Akron, Week 6, 2026.

383 receiving yards · 42 catches · 2 receiving TD

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Mason SchreckBuffalo · 2016 · 91% season match
Matt WeiserBuffalo · 2015 · 84% season match
Matt BushmanBYU · 2017 · 81% season match
Tyler FortenberryArkansas State · 2025 · 80% season match
Max KlareOhio State · 2025 · 80% season match

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Eastern Michigan	42	383	9.1	2	30
2025	Eastern Michigan	37	357	9.6	3	27
Career		79	740	9.4	5	30

Last game (Wk 8): 17 receiving yards, 4 catches.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-17vs Sacramento State	6	44	7.3	0	17
Wk 1	L 21-27vs San José State	5	34	6.8	0	12
Wk 2	L 7-35@ Michigan State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	L 10-54@ Wisconsin	3	14	4.7	0	8
Wk 4	W 29-3vs Lindenwood	2	35	17.5	0	19
Wk 5	W 38-14@ Massachusetts	5	37	7.4	1	13
Wk 6	W 25-23@ Akron	9	114	12.7	0	24	Season-high 114 yds
Wk 7	L 14-34vs Toledo	7	84	12.0	1	30
Wk 8	L 20-24@ Ohio	4	17	4.3	0	10
Total		42	383	9.1	2	30

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 7 · 2026

L 14-34

vs Toledo

7 rec · 84 yds · 1 TD

With D. Hull — 46.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20 · N. Kim — 214 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 29.6

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Toledo · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Kim to Long: a 16-yard pass.
Week 7 · Toledo · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Kim to Long: a 30-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Toledo · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Kim to Long: a 15-yard pass.
Week 6 · Akron · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Kim to Long: a 13-yard pass.
Week 5 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Kim to Long: a 13-yard pass.
Week 5 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Kim to Long: a 2-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 4 · Lindenwood · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Kim to Long: a 19-yard pass.
Week 6 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.09Kim to Long: a 24-yard pass.
Week 6 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Kim to Long: a 24-yard pass.
Week 4 · Lindenwood · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.46Kim to Long: a 16-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards3839thAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Receptions422ndAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch9.1tied for 81stAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs2tied for 35thAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Long catch30tied for 61stAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

159th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches422nd in the Mid-American this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

42 rec · 383 yds · 2 TD

42 of 42 receptions matched to play-by-play

53 of 53 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5317% of team targets

Catch rate

79%42 of 53 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

21% of targets (11)

100%catch rate

Air -2.0 · YAC 8.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

51% of targets (27)

85%catch rate

Air 3.8 · YAC 3.6 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

26% of targets (14)

57%catch rate

Air 12.9 · YAC 6.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

2% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 22.0 avg

79% catch rate on 53 targets · 17% of the team's targets.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 8-13 over that span.

2025Eastern Michigan4-8HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2026Eastern Michigan4-5HC: Chris Creighton · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 76 (#9 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

76All-Conference level #9 of 132?

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#56 / 569 · 90th pct

79.2%

EPA / target#307 / 569 · 46th pct

0.40

TD rate#328 / 569 · 42nd pct

3.8%

Explosive rate#466 / 569 · 18th pct

5.7%

Yards / catch#485 / 569 · 15th pct

9.4

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#2 / 107 · 99th pct

Rec yards#9 / 107 · 92nd pct

383

Rec TDs#35 / 107 · 57th pct

Long catch#61 / 107 · 42nd pct

Yards / catch#81 / 107 · 24th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

37th → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

12th → 18th percentile

Catch rate

37th → 90th percentile

TD rate

66th → 42nd percentile

Yards / catch

27th → 15th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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

2026 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	5.0	49.2	10.9	0.2
Road5g	4.4	37.2	6.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.8	45.8	9.1	0.2
Weeks 8+1g	4.0	17.0	4.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

55.8%

333 pass / 264 run

Plays / game

66.3

9 games

Team sack rate

4.2%

382 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #2 of 12 Mid-American TEs

How the All-MAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).

Joshua Long

This week

Worth knowing

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Two seasons at Eastern Michigan

2025 12 games

Joshua Long

This week

Worth knowing

21% of the catches, 20% of the yards, 17% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Two seasons at Eastern Michigan

2025 12 games