Josh Oliver

TE · San José State 2018 · #89

Last confirmed: San José State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · 250 lb · Paso Robles, CA

Josh Oliver: TE · San José State · #89.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Josh Oliver

TE · San José State · Sr · #89

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Josh Oliver has played for two head coaches in four seasons at San José State. On tape: 158 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Hawai'i, Week 5, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	San José State	56	709	12.7	4
2017	San José State	35	296	8.5	1
2016	San José State	3	26	8.7	1
2015	San José State	4	36	9.0	1
Career		98	1,067	10.9	7

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 38-44vs UC Davis	8	86	10.8	0	18
Wk 2	L 0-31@ Washington State	5	51	10.2	0	15
Wk 3	L 22-35@ No. 20 Oregon	6	41	6.8	1	14
Wk 5	L 41-44vs Hawai'i	8	158	19.8	1	70	Season-high 158 yds
Wk 6	L 30-42vs Colorado State	4	46	11.5	0	23
Wk 7	L 3-52vs Army	2	19	9.5	0	11
Wk 8	L 13-16@ San Diego State	6	53	8.8	0	18
Wk 9	W 50-37vs UNLV	5	60	12.0	1	18
Wk 10	L 9-24@ Wyoming	5	66	13.2	0	26
Wk 11	L 24-62@ No. 14 Utah State	2	62	31.0	0	38
Wk 12	L 12-21vs Nevada	3	25	8.3	1	20
Wk 13	L 13-31@ Fresno State	2	42	21.0	0	29
Total		56	709	12.7	4	70

Signature game

Week 5 · 2018

L 41-44

vs Hawai'i

8 rec · 158 yds · 1 TD

With J. Love — 451 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · B. Crawford — 47.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +5.36Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 70 yds to the Hawa 5 for a
Week 9 · UNLV · 3rd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 17 yds to the UNLV 47 for a
Week 1 · UC Davis · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.27Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 17 yds to the UCDav 39 for a
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 14 yds for a TD, (Bryce Crawford KICK)
Week 11 · Utah State · 2nd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 38 yds to the UthSt 6 for a
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 1st and 15 · Q2 · EPA +2.73Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 26 yds to the SJSt 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Oregon · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.67Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 7 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 9 · UNLV · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 2 yds for a TD (Bryce Crawford KICK)
Week 13 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Michael Carrillo pass complete to Josh Oliver for 29 yds to the FRESNOST 34 for a FRESNO ST Penalty, personal foul (Keiti Iakopo) to the FrsSt 19 for a
Week 10 · Wyoming · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.26Josh Love pass complete to Josh Oliver for 26 yds to the SJSt 48 for a

Teams and coaches

2015San José State6-7HC: Ron Caragher · Run-leaning

2016San José State4-8HC: Ron Caragher · Run-leaning

2017San José State2-11HC: Brent Brennan · Run-leaning

2018San José State1-11HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#318 / 702 · 55th pct

12.7

EPA / target#405 / 702 · 42nd pct

0.46

TD rate#421 / 702 · 40th pct

4.2%

Explosive rate#488 / 702 · 31st pct

8.4%

Catch rate#575 / 702 · 18th pct

58.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#2 / 109 · 99th pct

Rec yards#6 / 109 · 95th pct

709

Long catch#6 / 109 · 95th pct

Rec TDs#20 / 109 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#38 / 109 · 65th pct

12.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

32nd → 42nd percentile

Explosive rate

4th → 31st percentile

Catch rate

45th → 18th percentile

TD rate

22nd → 40th percentile

Yards / catch

11th → 55th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.6	75.0	12.5	0.6
Road6g	4.3	52.5	15.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	66.8	11.4	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	51.3	15.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Pass share

56.3%

447 pass / 347 run

Plays / game

66.2

12 games

Team sack rate

8.0%

502 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

56 catches in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Josh Oliver

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at San José State, drafted

His moves

2015 4 games

2019