Josh Ali

Senior wide receiver for Kentucky. 2021: 41 catches, 601 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Kentucky · Sr. · #6

6′0″ · 193 lb · Hollywood, FL

CFB Index 53 · #160 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceKentucky 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 714 nationally · Signed with Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Kentucky. 2021: 41 catches, 601 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentucky in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kentucky, 1,451 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

20173 games

Signed with Kentucky3-star out of Chaminade-Madonna

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#714 national

CFB

College

Kentucky

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mark Stoops — 40-23 over that span.

2017Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

2018Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2019Kentucky8-5HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2020Kentucky5-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2021Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #160 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (88th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#167 / 655 · 75th pct

14.7

EPA / target#212 / 655 · 68th pct

0.79

Explosive rate#282 / 655 · 56th pct

14.3%

TD rate#351 / 655 · 46th pct

5.4%

Catch rate#386 / 655 · 41st pct

73.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#10 / 273 · 88th pct

Rec yards#145 / 557 · 74th pct

601

Long catch#145 / 557 · 73rd pct

Receptions#163 / 557 · 70th pct

Yards / catch#177 / 557 · 68th pct

14.7

Rec TDs#196 / 557 · 58th pct

Rush yards#133 / 273 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#198 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	78.7	17.0	0.5
Road4g	3.5	32.2	8.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	49.6	14.3	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	70.6	13.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #160 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #160 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Kentucky	41	601	14.7	3	--
2020	Kentucky	52	477	9.2	1	--
2019	Kentucky	23	233	10.1	3	--
2018	Kentucky	10	115	11.5	1	--
2017	Kentucky	3	25	8.3	0	--
Career		129	1,451	11.2	8	--

Season	Team
2021	Kentucky	3	13	--	133	1
2020	Kentucky	3	11	--	62	--
2019	Kentucky	2	6	--	88	--
2018	Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--
Career		8	30	--	283	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 28–23

vs Chattanooga

11 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With W. Levis — 254 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 46.4 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · C. Goodfellow — 50 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · New Mexico State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +6.22Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 62 yds for a TD, (Matt Ruffolo KICK)
Week 1 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.56Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 58 yds for a TD, (Matt Ruffolo KICK)
Week 1 · UL Monroe · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 24 yds to the Kent 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.90Josh Ali run for a loss of 7 yards to the Kent 40 Josh Ali fumbled, forced by David Spaulding, recovered by SCaro Brad Johnson
Week 12 · New Mexico State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.73Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 13 yds to the Kent 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Tennessee · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 13 yds to the Tenn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Chattanooga · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Josh Ali run for 11 yds for a TD (Matt Ruffolo KICK)
Week 12 · New Mexico State · 1&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 9 yds for a TD, (Matt Ruffolo KICK)
Week 3 · Chattanooga · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 10 yds to the Kent 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UL Monroe · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.13Will Levis pass complete to Josh Ali for 23 yds to the LaMon 19 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs UL Monroe	5	136	27.2	1	58	136-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 35-28vs Missouri	2	30	15.0	0	19
Wk 3	W 28-23vs Chattanooga	5	53	10.6	0	18
Wk 4	W 16-10@ South Carolina	4	14	3.5	0	4
Wk 5	W 20-13vs Florida	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 9	L 17-31@ Mississippi State	2	9	4.5	0	5
Wk 10	L 42-45vs Tennessee	7	74	10.6	0	13
Wk 11	W 34-17@ Vanderbilt	4	58	14.5	0	24
Wk 12	W 56-16vs New Mexico State	7	164	23.4	2	62	Season-high 164 yds
Wk 13	W 52-21@ Louisville	4	48	12.0	0	16
Total		41	601	13.6	3	62

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