#16

Josiah Johnson

Senior tight end for Oklahoma State. 2023: 22 catches, 166 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · Oklahoma State · Sr. · #16

6′5″ · 235 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 36 · #112 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceOklahoma State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 522 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Oklahoma State. 2023: 22 catches, 166 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oklahoma State, 669 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs Cincinnati.Cincinnati · W 45-132023

20228 games

Signed with Oklahoma State3-star out of DeSoto

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#522 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Massachusetts1-11HC: Walt Bell · Balanced

2020Massachusetts0-4HC: Walt Bell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Massachusetts1-11HC: Alex Miller · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Massachusetts1-11HC: Don Brown · Run-heavy

2023Oklahoma State10-4HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

36Below cohort / limited sample #112 of 137?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / target (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#416 / 639 · 35th pct

77.8%

TD rate#435 / 639 · 32nd pct

3.7%

Explosive rate#594 / 639 · 7th pct

3.7%

Yards / catch#602 / 639 · 6th pct

7.8

EPA / target#617 / 639 · 4th pct

0.14

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 35 · 76th pct

Receptions#76 / 160 · 51st pct

Rush TDs#13 / 32 · 31st pct

Long catch#112 / 160 · 29th pct

Rec TDs#108 / 160 · 23rd pct

Rec yards#125 / 160 · 21st pct

166

Rush yards#26 / 32 · 16th pct

Yards / catch#155 / 160 · 3rd pct

7.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

4th → 4th percentile

Explosive rate

15th → 7th percentile

Catch rate

33rd → 35th percentile

TD rate

7th → 32nd percentile

Yards / catch

7th → 6th 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.1	16.6	9.3	0.1
Road3g	1.7	11.0	6.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	12.7	5.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	18.0	11.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #112 of 137 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #112 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oklahoma State	22	166	7.5	1	--
2022	Massachusetts	23	162	7.0	0	--
2021	Massachusetts	11	115	10.5	3	--
2020	Massachusetts	11	90	8.2	0	--
2019	Massachusetts	13	136	10.5	2	--
Career		80	669	8.4	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 29–21

vs Kansas State

3 rec · 31 yds

With A. Bowman — 235 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 68.5 · 14 rush yds (5 car) · B. Presley — 3 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.1 · 11 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · BYU · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.12Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 14 yds to the BYU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 29 yds for a TD (Alex Hale KICK)
Week 6 · Kansas State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -2.05Josiah Johnson run for no gain to the KSU 40
Week 8 · West Virginia · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.60Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 10 yds to the OKST 32 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.27Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 14 yds to the USA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Alabama · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.08Gunnar Gundy pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 11 yds to the OKST 30 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Oklahoma · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA -1.01Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for no gain to the OKST 38
Week 10 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.89Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 1 yd to the OKST 39
Week 12 · Houston · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.87Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 11 yds to the HOU 4 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Kansas State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +0.84Alan Bowman pass complete to Josiah Johnson for 7 yds to the OKST 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-13vs Central Arkansas	2	8	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	L 7-33vs South Alabama	2	25	12.5	0	14
Wk 4	L 27-34@ Iowa State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 6	W 29-21vs Kansas State	3	31	10.3	0	18	Season-high 31 yds
Wk 7	W 39-32vs Kansas	2	7	3.5	0	5
Wk 8	W 48-34@ West Virginia	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 9	W 45-13vs Cincinnati	1	29	29.0	1	29
Wk 10	W 27-24vs Oklahoma	4	13	3.3	0	7
Wk 12	W 43-30@ Houston	3	21	7.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 40-34vs BYU	2	17	8.5	0	14
Bowl	W 31-23vs Texas A&M	1	3	3.0	0	3
Total		22	166	8.5	1	29

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology