#10

Justin McGriff

Senior wide receiver for Utah State. 2022: 31 catches, 450 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Utah State · Sr. · #10

6′6″ · 215 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 46 · #253 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceUtah State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 232 nationally · Joined Utah State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Utah State. 2022: 31 catches, 450 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Utah State, 1,020 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 103 yds vs UNLV.UNLV · L 24-342022

20204 games

Signed with Utah State3-star out of ASA College (Miami)

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#232 national

CFB

College

Utah State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020

Frank Maile

Utah State

2021–2022

Blake Anderson

Utah State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Maile → Blake Anderson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Utah State1-5HC: Frank Maile · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Utah State11-3HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #253 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#183 / 636 · 71st pct

9.1%

Yards / catch#188 / 636 · 71st pct

13.9

EPA / target#204 / 636 · 68th pct

0.83

Explosive rate#250 / 636 · 61st pct

15.2%

Catch rate#386 / 636 · 39th pct

75.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#180 / 550 · 67th pct

14.5

Rec TDs#155 / 550 · 66th pct

Rec yards#251 / 550 · 54th pct

450

Receptions#270 / 550 · 50th pct

Long catch#363 / 550 · 33rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

89th → 68th percentile

Explosive rate

42nd → 61st percentile

Catch rate

69th → 39th percentile

TD rate

93rd → 71st percentile

Yards / catch

42nd → 71st 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	43.7	15.3	0.5
Road6g	2.5	31.3	13.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	43.0	15.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	29.8	13.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #253 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #253 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Utah State	31	450	14.5	4	--
2021	Utah State	35	414	11.8	6	--
2020	Utah State	11	156	14.2	2	--
Career		77	1,020	13.2	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 34–27

vs Air Force

1 rec · 6 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With C. Legas — 215 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.8 · 76 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · T. Vaughn — 15 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Colorado State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Cooper Legas pass complete to Justin McGriff for 32 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 13 · Boise State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Cooper Legas pass complete to Justin McGriff for 11 yds to the UthSt 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · San José State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Cooper Legas pass complete to Justin McGriff for 19 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 1 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Justin McGriff 14 Yd pass from Logan Bonner (Connor Coles Kick)
Week 4 · UNLV · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53L.Bonner pass complete to UNLV 12. Catch made by J.McGriff at UNLV 12. Gain of 12 yards. J.McGriff for 12 yards, TOUCHDOWN. PENALTY on UNLV-N.Williams, Defensive Pass Interference, 15 yards, declined.
Week 10 · New Mexico · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.49Cooper Legas pass complete to Justin McGriff for 16 yds to the NMex 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UConn · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.40Logan Bonner pass complete to Justin McGriff for 29 yds to the UthSt 39 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · BYU · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.10Cooper Legas pass complete to Justin McGriff for 28 yds to the BYU 23 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · UNLV · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.07L.Bonner pass complete to UNLV 17. Catch made by J.McGriff at UNLV 17. Gain of 40 yards. Tackled by C.Oliver at UNLV 17.
Week 11 · Hawai'i · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.03Cooper Legas pass complete to Justin McGriff for 6 yds to the UthSt 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-20vs UConn	3	53	17.7	1	29
Wk 1	L 0-55@ Alabama	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 2	L 7-35vs Weber State	3	42	14.0	0	17
Wk 4	L 24-34vs UNLV	6	103	17.2	1	40	Season-high 103 yds
Wk 5	L 26-38@ BYU	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 6	W 34-27vs Air Force	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 7	W 17-13@ Colorado State	4	63	15.8	1	32
Wk 8	L 14-28@ Wyoming	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	W 27-10vs New Mexico	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 11	W 41-34@ Hawai'i	3	15	5.0	0	7
Wk 12	W 35-31vs San José State	2	42	21.0	1	23
Wk 13	L 23-42@ Boise State	6	76	12.7	0	41
Total		31	450	14.5	4	41

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

Justin McGriff

20204 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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