Justin Hobbs

#29 · WR · Sr. · Tulsa6′4″ · 230 lb · Overland Park, KS · Shawnee Mission West

Justin Hobbs: WR · Tulsa · #29.

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Justin Hobbs

WR · Tulsa · Sr · #29

Moves the chains on third down. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Tulsa since. A game that shows it: 82 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Houston — Week 6, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

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
2018	Tulsa	39	480	12.3	3	49
2017	Tulsa	55	830	15.1	3	69
2016	Tulsa	50	685	13.7	4	44
2015	Tulsa	32	551	17.2	2	61
Career		176	2,546	14.5	12	69

Season	Team
2018	Tulsa	--	--
2017	Tulsa	--	--
2016	Tulsa	--	--
2015	Tulsa	3	13
Career		3	13

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-27vs Central Arkansas	3	61	20.3	1	49
Wk 2	L 21-28@ Texas	2	13	6.5	0	14
Wk 3	L 20-29vs Arkansas State	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 4	L 17-31@ Temple	9	78	8.7	0	15
Wk 6	L 26-41@ Houston	4	82	20.5	0	27	Season-high 82 yds
Wk 8	L 0-23@ Arkansas	2	12	6.0	0	10
Wk 9	L 17-24vs Tulane	4	25	6.3	0	12
Wk 10	W 49-19vs UConn	2	45	22.5	1	27
Wk 11	L 21-47@ Memphis	5	59	11.8	1	28
Wk 12	L 29-37@ Navy	2	23	11.5	0	18
Wk 13	W 27-24vs SMU	5	60	12.0	0	31
Total		39	480	12.3	3	49

Signature game

Week 11 · 2018

L 21-47

at Memphis

5 rec · 59 yds · 1 TD

With T. Bennett — 45.4 yards per punt · 8 punts · 2 inside the 20 · C. Taylor II — 117 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Memphis · 3rd and 18 · Q3 · EPA +3.97Seth Boomer pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 18 yds for a TD (John Parker Romo KICK)
Week 1 · Central Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.76Luke Skipper pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 49 yds for a TD (Nathan Walker KICK)
Week 11 · Memphis · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.62Seth Boomer pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 28 yds to the Memph 40 for a
Week 6 · Houston · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.42Seth Boomer pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 27 yds to the Houst 39 for a
Week 4 · Temple · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.39Luke Skipper pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 15 yds to the Temp 40 for a
Week 10 · UConn · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.99Seth Boomer pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 27 yds to the UConn 46 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · SMU · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Seth Boomer pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 31 yds to the SMU 6 for a
Week 10 · UConn · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Seth Boomer pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 18 yds for a TD, (John Parker Romo KICK)
Week 3 · Arkansas State · 3rd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +2.00Luke Skipper pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 22 yds to the Tulsa 34 for a
Week 13 · SMU · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +1.92Seth Boomer pass complete to Justin Hobbs for 10 yds to the Tulsa 38 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 21-29 over that span.

2015Tulsa6-7HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016Tulsa10-3HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Tulsa2-10HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2018Tulsa3-9HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#331 / 702 · 53rd pct

12.5

TD rate#422 / 702 · 39th pct

4.2%

Explosive rate#433 / 702 · 38th pct

9.7%

EPA / target#578 / 702 · 18th pct

0.28

Catch rate#627 / 702 · 11th pct

55.6%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#197 / 550 · 64th pct

Rec yards#232 / 550 · 58th pct

480

Rec TDs#215 / 550 · 54th pct

Long catch#268 / 550 · 50th pct

Yards / catch#317 / 550 · 42nd pct

12.3

Fumbles lost#91 / 223 · 37th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

46th → 18th percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 38th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 11th percentile

TD rate

37th → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

77th → 53rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	42.6	16.6	0.4
Road6g	4.0	44.5	10.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	51.2	15.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	37.3	11.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Philip Montgomery

Pass share

35.5%

316 pass / 574 run

Plays / game

74.2

12 games

Team sack rate

11.0%

363 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

39 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Justin Hobbs

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

39 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at Tulsa

2014