Josh Palmer

WR · Tennessee 2020 · #5

Last confirmed: Tennessee, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · 210 lb · Brampton, ON · St. Thomas Aquinas

Josh Palmer: WR · Tennessee · #5.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

DeAngelo YanceyPurdue · 2015 · 90% season match
Carrington ThompsonWestern Michigan · 2016 · 88% season match
Camden HarrisonArmy · 2019 · 88% season match
Jabril ClewisTulane · 2018 · 87% season match
Darrell Stewart Jr.Michigan State · 2019 · 85% season match

Josh Palmer

WR · Tennessee · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Four seasons at Tennessee, two different head coaches: Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. One game to point at: 85 receiving yards and 6 receptions against South Carolina — Week 4, 2020.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

News and fans

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

Tennessee in the news

Tennessee names starting QBSports Illustrated Oct 21
SEC fines Tennessee $500K for field stormingBleacher Report Oct 19
Alabama center Racin Delgatty ruled out for Tennessee gameOct 17
Smokey statue damaged at Neyland StadiumKnoxville News Sentinel Oct 14

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	Tennessee	33	475	14.4	4
2019	Tennessee	34	457	13.4	1
2018	Tennessee	23	484	21.0	2
2017	Tennessee	9	98	10.9	0
Career		99	1,514	15.3	7

Season	Team
2020	Tennessee	--	--
2019	Tennessee	2	4
2018	Tennessee	5	27
2017	Tennessee	1	6
Career		8	37

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	W 31-27@ South Carolina	6	85	14.2	1	32	Season-high 85 yds
Wk 5	W 35-12vs Missouri	4	71	17.8	0	33
Wk 6	L 21-44@ No. 3 Georgia	4	71	17.8	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 7	L 7-34vs Kentucky	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 8	L 17-48vs No. 2 Alabama	4	57	14.3	1	27
Wk 10	L 13-24@ Arkansas	2	28	14.0	0	18
Wk 12	L 17-30@ No. 23 Auburn	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 14	L 19-31vs No. 6 Florida	4	36	9.0	0	20
Wk 15	W 42-17@ Vanderbilt	4	53	13.3	0	20
Wk 16	L 13-34vs No. 5 Texas A&M	3	55	18.3	0	25
Total		33	475	14.4	4	36

Signature game

Week 6 · 2020

L 21-44

at Georgia

4 rec · 71 yds · 2 TD

With P. Brooks — 47.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20 · J. Guarantano — 215 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Florida · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Harrison Bailey pass complete to Josh Palmer for 20 yds to the Fla 35 for a
Week 16 · Texas A&M · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.25J.T. Shrout pass complete to Josh Palmer for 14 yds to the TexAM 45 for a
Week 16 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.02J.T. Shrout pass complete to Josh Palmer for 25 yds to the Tenn 47 for a
Week 6 · Georgia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 36 yds for a TD (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 4 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 32 yds for a TD, (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 6 · Georgia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 27 yds for a TD (Brent Cimaglia KICK)

4 more plays

Week 8 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 27 yds for a TD (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 5 · Missouri · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 33 yds to the Misso 36 for a
Week 10 · Arkansas · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 18 yds to the Ark 38 for a
Week 12 · Auburn · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.17Jarrett Guarantano pass complete to Josh Palmer for 8 yds to the Tenn 44 for a

Teams and coaches

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#79 / 421 · 77th pct

Rec yards#110 / 421 · 74th pct

475

Receptions#125 / 421 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#148 / 421 · 65th pct

14.4

Long catch#299 / 421 · 28th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	46.0	14.1	0.2
Road5g	3.4	49.0	13.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.8	59.5	15.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	39.5	12.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2020 season

Head Coach

Jeremy Pruitt

Pass share

43.5%

285 pass / 370 run

Plays / game

65.5

10 games

Team sack rate

9.2%

326 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

33 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

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Josh Palmer

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Tennessee in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

33 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at Tennessee, drafted

His moves

2017 9 games

2021

Where he came from