Josiah Deguara

#83 · TE · Sr. · Cincinnati6′3″ · 240 lb · Folsom, CA

Josiah Deguara: TE · Cincinnati · #83.

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Josiah Deguara

TE · Cincinnati · Sr · #83

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Cincinnati. First career honor, 2019: All-AAC. One game to point at: 76 receiving yards and 2 receptions against East Carolina — Week 10, 2019.

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
2019	Cincinnati	39	504	12.9	7	73
2018	Cincinnati	38	468	12.3	5	38
2017	Cincinnati	11	98	8.9	0	28
2016	Cincinnati	4	47	11.8	0	28
Career		92	1,117	12.1	12	73

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-14vs UCLA	4	53	13.3	1	16
Wk 2	L 0-42@ No. 5 Ohio State	3	46	15.3	0	21
Wk 3	W 35-13vs Miami (OH)	2	42	21.0	1	27
Wk 5	W 52-14@ Marshall	3	42	14.0	1	15
Wk 6	W 27-24vs No. 18 UCF	5	64	12.8	0	22
Wk 7	W 38-23@ Houston	2	22	11.0	1	15
Wk 8	W 24-13vs Tulsa	2	24	12.0	0	21
Wk 10	W 46-43@ East Carolina	2	76	38.0	1	73	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 11	W 48-3vs UConn	5	45	9.0	2	18	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 20-17@ South Florida	2	10	5.0	0	6
Wk 14	L 24-34@ No. 17 Memphis	4	46	11.5	0	19
Wk 15	L 24-29@ No. 16 Memphis	2	22	11.0	0	12
Bowl	W 38-6vs Boston College	3	12	4.0	0	13
Total		39	504	12.9	7	73

Signature game

Week 6 · 2019

W 27-24

vs UCF

5 rec · 64 yds

A close one, won by 3 at home.

With J. Smith — 40 yards per punt · 8 punts · 50 long · M. Warren II — 133 rush yds (23 car) · 4 rec · 19 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.86Desmond Ridder pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 73 yds to the ECaro 2 for a
Week 3 · Miami (OH) · 4th and 5 · Q3 · EPA +4.25Desmond Ridder pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 27 yds for a TD, (Sam Crosa KICK)
Week 14 · Memphis · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.37Ben Bryant pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 19 yds to the Memph 44 for a
Week 11 · UConn · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Desmond Ridder pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 15 yds for a TD (Sam Crosa KICK)
Week 1 · UCLA · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Ridder to Deguara: a 16-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Ohio State · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Desmond Ridder pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 20 yds to the 50 yard line for a

4 more plays

Week 15 · Memphis · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.80Desmond Ridder pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 12 yds to the Memph 48 for a
Week 5 · Marshall · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Josiah Deguara 2 Yd Run
Week 14 · Memphis · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Ben Bryant pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 12 yds to the Memph 33 for a
Week 8 · Tulsa · 3rd and 19 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Desmond Ridder pass complete to Josiah Deguara for 21 yds to the Cincy 41 for a

Teams and coaches

2016Cincinnati4-8HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

2017Cincinnati4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Strength: long catch (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#85 / 728 · 88th pct

10.7%

EPA / target#174 / 728 · 76th pct

0.72

Yards / catch#317 / 728 · 56th pct

12.8

Catch rate#402 / 728 · 45th pct

67.9%

Explosive rate#412 / 728 · 43rd pct

10.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#3 / 128 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#4 / 128 · 95th pct

Receptions#21 / 128 · 84th pct

Rec yards#22 / 128 · 83rd pct

504

Rush TDs#4 / 20 · 80th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#44 / 128 · 66th pct

12.9

Rush yards#14 / 20 · 32nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

43rd → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 43rd percentile

Catch rate

26th → 45th percentile

TD rate

70th → 88th percentile

Yards / catch

56th → 56th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	45.6	13.6	0.8
Road7g	2.6	37.7	15.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	40.1	13.1	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	37.2	14.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

38.3%

376 pass / 606 run

Plays / game

70.1

14 games

Team sack rate

8.4%

419 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Josiah Deguara

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Cincinnati, drafted

2019 13 games

2020