Josiah Price

#82 · TE · Michigan State6′4″ · Greentown, IN · Eastern Jr & Sr

Josiah Price: TE · Michigan State · #82.

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Josiah Price

TE · Michigan State · #82

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Third year in the same receiving corps at Michigan State. One game to point at: 65 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Illinois — Week 10, 2016.

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.

Michigan State in the news

Spartan Stadium renovation plans evolvingThe Detroit News Oct 27
Oregon hires Jay Johnson as OCOct 27
Milvojevic, Patterson out for UCLA gameDetroit Free Press Oct 24
$10M donation to MSU athleticsLansing State Journal Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Michigan State	38	387	10.2	5	26
2015	Michigan State	23	267	11.6	6	31
2014	Michigan State	26	374	14.4	6	67
Career		87	1,028	11.8	17	67

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 18 Notre Dame	2	24	12.0	0	23
Wk 4	L 6-30vs No. 11 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 No. 2 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 No. 2 Ohio State	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 13	L 12-45@ No. 8 Penn State	6	63	10.5	0	23
Total		38	387	10.2	5	26

Signature game

Week 13 · 2016

L 12-45

at Penn State

6 rec · 63 yds

With R. Shelton — 5 rec · 74 yds · 15 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.3 · J. Hartbarger — 46.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 58 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.58Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 17 yds to the Wisc 35 for a
Week 10 · Illinois · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.51Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 26 yds to the Illin 47 for a
Week 1 · Furman · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 21 yds for a TD, (Michael Geiger KICK)
Week 9 · Michigan · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 11 yds to the Mich 47 for a
Week 7 · Northwestern · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Brian Lewerke pass complete to Josiah Price for 15 yds for a TD, (Michael Geiger KICK)
Week 5 · Indiana · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 2 yds for a TD, (Michael Geiger KICK)

4 more plays

Week 6 · BYU · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 18 yds to the BYU 36 for a
Week 9 · Michigan · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 8 yds to the MchSt 28 for a MICHIGAN Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Delano Hill) to the MchSt 43 for a
Week 11 · Rutgers · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 4 yds for a TD, (Michael Geiger KICK)
Week 11 · Rutgers · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Josiah Price for 2 yds for a TD, (Michael Geiger KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (95th percentile). Strength: td rate (91st percentile). Concern: yards / catch (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#34 / 674 · 95th pct

0.96

TD rate#59 / 674 · 91st pct

10.6%

Catch rate#64 / 674 · 91st pct

80.9%

Explosive rate#471 / 674 · 30th pct

8.5%

Yards / catch#510 / 674 · 24th pct

10.2

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

74th → 95th percentile

Explosive rate

16th → 30th percentile

Catch rate

27th → 91st percentile

TD rate

98th → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

43rd → 24th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. 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

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

2016 season

Head Coach

Mark Dantonio

Pass share

44.5%

369 pass / 461 run

Plays / game

69.2

12 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

402 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

38 catches in 11 games, more catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Josiah Price

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Signature game

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Awards

Starter

Five seasons at Michigan State

2012