Former wide receiver at Florida. 2022: 29 catches, 577 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 223 lb · Monmouth Junction, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 8 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Florida. 2022: 29 catches, 577 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Justin Shorter
Beats you over the top. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 155 rec yds, 7 receptions against Tennessee, Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida, 1,552 receiving yards — drafted at #150 overall by Buffalo.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
BuffaloEntering 4th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (83rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (8th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 41.7 | 26.8 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 6.0 | 109 | 19.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 57.9 | 26.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.5 | 86.0 | 17.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former five-star. Now #218 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Florida | 29 | 577 | 19.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida | 41 | 550 | 13.4 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida | 25 | 268 | 10.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 12 | 137 | 11.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 110 | 1,552 | 14.1 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Florida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Florida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Florida | -- | -- | 34 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 1 | 9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 9 | 34 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 29–26
vs Utah
2 rec · 25 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With A. Richardson — 168 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 106 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD · J. Crawshaw — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-26vs Utah | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-26vs Kentucky | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-28vs South Florida | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-38@ Tennessee | 7 | 155 | 22.1 | 0 | 39 | Season-high 155 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 52-17vs Eastern Washington | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 1 | 75 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-17vs Missouri | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-45vs LSU | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 1 | 51 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-42@ Georgia | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 41 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31@ Vanderbilt | 8 | 106 | 13.3 | 0 | 28 | |
| Total | 29 | 577 | 24.2 | 2 | 75 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Joseph Ngata’s 2021 season.
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Derry’s path through Monmouth.
Blayne Taylor
Matches Joshua on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to James Bostic's graduate season at Ohio (2022).
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Player DNA