Senior tight end for Cincinnati. 2022: 15 catches, 191 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Frenchtown, 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.
The story
4 tight end for Cincinnati. 2022: 15 catches, 191 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Joey Beljan
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Joey Beljan arrived at Cincinnati from Western Kentucky. 2021 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 60 rec yds, 4 receptions against Charlotte, Week 10, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 282 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Luke Fickell.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Tyson Helton — 23-17 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (20th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 30.3 | 15.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 25.2 | 16.6 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 21.7 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
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
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 15 | 191 | 12.7 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 14 | 91 | 6.5 | 6 | -- |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 29 | 282 | 9.7 | 10 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-17@ Hawai'i | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-33@ Indiana | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 4 | W 73-0vs Florida International | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-40vs North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-7@ Charlotte | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 1 | 22 | Season-high 60 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 32-31@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bowl | W 44-23@ South Alabama | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 27 | |
| Total | 15 | 191 | 12.6 | 4 | 27 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Deyunkrea Lewis’s 2021 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Pat Freiermuth’s path through Penn State.
Matches Pat on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to John Copenhaver's junior season at North Carolina (2023).
Matches John on
Differs from John on
Player DNA