#82

Josiah Price

Tight end for Michigan State. 2016: 38 catches, 387 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · Michigan State · #82

6′4″ · Greentown, IN

Michigan State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 540 nationally · Signed with Michigan State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 tight end for Michigan State. 2016: 38 catches, 387 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan State in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan State, 1,028 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Michigan State3-star out of Eastern Jr & Sr

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#540 national

CFB

College

Michigan State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

Played his entire career under Mark Dantonio.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 26-13 over that span.

2014Michigan State11-2HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Michigan State12-2HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2016Michigan State3-9HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (84th percentile). Strength: receptions (82nd percentile). Concern: long catch (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#13 / 96 · 84th pct

Receptions#17 / 96 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#26 / 96 · 73rd pct

387

Fumbles lost#1 / 22 · 73rd pct

Yards / catch#75 / 96 · 22nd pct

10.2

Long catch#79 / 96 · 17th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	31.0	11.7	0.6
Road4g	4.5	42.5	9.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	33.7	12.8	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	37.0	8.6	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Michigan State	38	387	10.2	5	--
2015	Michigan State	23	267	11.6	6	--
2014	Michigan State	26	374	14.4	6	--
Career		87	1,028	11.8	17	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 36–28

at Notre Dame

2 rec · 24 yds

Edged out Notre Dame on the road in a shootout.

With T. O'Connor — 241 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.6 · 43 rush yds (10 car) · J. Hartbarger — 38 AVG · 42 LONG · 7 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-13vs Furman	1	21	21.0	1	21
Wk 3	W 36-28@ Notre Dame	2	24	12.0	0	23
Wk 4	L 6-30vs Wisconsin	5	58	11.6	0	17
Wk 5	L 21-24@ Indiana	4	18	4.5	1	8
Wk 6	L 14-31vs BYU	2	29	14.5	0	18
Wk 7	L 40-54vs Northwestern	4	52	13.0	1	19
Wk 9	L 23-32vs Michigan	3	29	9.7	0	11
Wk 10	L 27-31@ Illinois	6	65	10.8	0	26	Season-high 65 yds
Wk 11	W 49-0vs Rutgers	3	13	4.3	2	7	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 16-17vs Ohio State	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 13	L 12-45@ Penn State	6	63	10.5	0	23
Total		38	387	10.9	5	26

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