#10

Joseph Ngata

Senior wide receiver for Clemson. 2022: 41 catches, 526 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Clemson · Sr. · #10

6′3″ · 215 lb · Folsom, CA

CFB Index 50 · #204 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceClemson 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Clemson. 2022: 41 catches, 526 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Clemson, 1,287 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 111 yds vs Boston College.Boston College · W 19-132021

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Clemson

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 45-9 over that span.

2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #204 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#253 / 636 · 60th pct

12.8

EPA / target#332 / 636 · 48th pct

0.67

Explosive rate#401 / 636 · 37th pct

10.7%

Catch rate#428 / 636 · 33rd pct

73.2%

TD rate#456 / 636 · 28th pct

3.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#177 / 550 · 67th pct

Rec yards#197 / 550 · 64th pct

526

Yards / catch#281 / 550 · 48th pct

12.8

Long catch#306 / 550 · 44th pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

73rd → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

84th → 37th percentile

Catch rate

8th → 33rd percentile

TD rate

18th → 28th percentile

Yards / catch

95th → 60th 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 · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.9	37.6	13.1	0.0
Road6g	3.0	37.5	12.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.1	44.8	14.4	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	28.0	11.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

50 · #204 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Clemson	41	526	12.8	2	--
2021	Clemson	23	438	19.0	1	--
2020	Clemson	7	83	11.9	0	--
2019	Clemson	17	240	14.1	3	--
Career		88	1,287	14.6	6	--

Season	Team
2022	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Clemson	--	--	325	--	--
Career		--	--	325	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 34–28

at Florida State

1 rec · 19 yds

Edged out Florida State on the road in a shootout.

With W. Shipley — 121 rush yds (20 car) · D. Uiagalelei — 203 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.6 · 26 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Wake Forest · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.31DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 46 yds to the WFrst 28 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Louisville · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.68DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 24 yds to the Lvile 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 38 yds for a TD, (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 7 · Florida State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.84DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 19 yds to the Clem 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tennessee · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.69Cade Klubnik pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 19 yds to the Tenn 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Furman · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.43DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 25 yds to the Furm 1 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Miami · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.24DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 13 yds to the Clem 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · North Carolina · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.18Cade Klubnik pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 16 yds to the Clem 42 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Syracuse · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.83DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 13 yds to the Clem 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.71DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Joseph Ngata for 19 yds to the Clem 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-10@ Georgia Tech	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 2	W 35-12vs Furman	3	44	14.7	0	25
Wk 3	W 48-20vs Louisiana Tech	3	54	18.0	0	41
Wk 4	W 51-45@ Wake Forest	4	84	21.0	0	46	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 5	W 30-20vs NC State	2	19	9.5	0	21
Wk 6	W 31-3@ Boston College	3	47	15.7	1	38
Wk 7	W 34-28@ Florida State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 8	W 27-21vs Syracuse	3	50	16.7	0	19
Wk 10	L 14-35@ Notre Dame	4	22	5.5	1	7
Wk 11	W 31-16vs Louisville	2	30	15.0	0	24
Wk 12	W 40-10vs Miami	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 13	L 30-31vs South Carolina	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 14	W 39-10@ North Carolina	5	46	9.2	0	16
Bowl	L 14-31vs Tennessee	8	84	10.5	0	19
Total		41	526	13.0	2	46

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

Joseph Ngata

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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