Junior tight end for Eastern Michigan. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 242 lb · Los Angeles, CA · Loyola
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 numbers
receiving yards · 2026
12 catches · 6.8 per catch
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 6 rec, 44 yds, vs Sacramento State
Swing playSwung Eastern Michigan from 6% to 35% to win.Eastern Michigan at Texas State · 52-27
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 tight end for Eastern Michigan. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
His career, year by yearHow he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Receptions: 36th percentile.
The full scouting readJoshua Long
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Second year in the Eastern Michigan receiving corps, same address the whole way. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 44 rec yds, 6 receptions against Sacramento State, Week 1, 2026.
82 REC YDS · 12 REC · 0 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2025)
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 5-10 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (7th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 5.5 | 39.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.0 | 27.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-MAC
Based on 2025: #2 of 12 Mid-American TEs
49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 37 | 357 | 9.6 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 49 | 439 | 9.0 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 28–17
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-17vs Sacramento State | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs San José State | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35@ Michigan State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 12 | 82 | 6.0 | 0 | 17 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Eastern Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Eastern Michigan
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Eastern Michigan · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #103 · 2026 recruiting class #106
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Will Gragg’s 2019 season.
Matches Will on
Differs from Will on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Chase Curtis’s path through TCU.
Matches Chase on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jack Pedersen's sophomore season at UCLA (2025).
Matches Jack on
Player DNA
EMU: 2026: Selected to the 2026 Phil Steele MAC First Team (TE)…2025: Earned All-MAC Second Team…Played in all 12 games, starting 10…Caught 37 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns…Posted a season-long 27-yard reception against Louisiana (Sept. 20)…Had a career game against Northern Illinois...
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