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Heisman / Players / Josh Kelly /Texas Tech

Josh Kelly

WR · Texas Tech · Sr · #3

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSWashington State 2023 alumnus

WR · TEXAS TECH · BIG 12

Josh Kelly

  • 4
  • #3
  • 6-1 | 195 lb
  • Fresno, CA

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#2741

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
7782021
2072022
9232023

+19%

Modest growth (19%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#3122 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey3
Measurements6-1 | 195 lb
HometownFresno, CA
Primary teamTexas Tech

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2153 recruit
Composite rating 0.8152 HighSchool
Signed with Fresno State 2019
Origin San Joaquin Memorial Fresno, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 3-star | 0.8152 No. 2153 recruit | HighSchool | Fresno State
2018 2-star | 0.7691 No. 3122 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Texas Tech 2024
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Nov 30, 2023
Season Move Context
2024 Washington State -> Texas Tech 4-star | 0.9000 | Immediate
2023 Fresno State -> Washington State 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#2741Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2631Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Fresno State

Composite

0.8152

#2153 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Josh Kelly

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Josh Kelly

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Josh Kelly's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Texas Tech, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #2741 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 7.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 2 portal moves

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 61 8 rec TD | #55/1110 (95th pct)
Receiving yards 923 15.1 per catch | #37/1107 (97th pct)
Scrimmage yards 926 Total offensive yardage | #37/1107 (97th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnet

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
61 95th
YDS
923 97th
YPR
15.1 77th
TD
8 98th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
YDS
3 26th
YPC
3.0 36th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
8 8th
KR AVG
8.0 10th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Fresno State9-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced
2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
SeasonTeam
2023Washington State6192315.18--
2022Fresno State1220717.20--
2021Fresno State5277815.03--
Career3 loaded seasons1251,90815.311--
SeasonTeam
2023Washington State138----
2022Fresno State----------
2021Fresno State320------
Career3 loaded seasons4238----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 7.8% 13.1% pass-game share | #317/1137 (72nd pct)
Return yards 8 0 return TD | #219/238 (8th pct)
Touchdowns 8 Across offense and returns | #23/1111 (98th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 61 #55/1110 95th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 923 #37/1107 97th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 8 #23/1111 98th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 15.1 #258/1106 77th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 8 #219/238 8th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 13.1% #317/1137 72nd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 3 #299/346 14th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 3 #293/397 26th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 3.0 #254/393 36th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 1 #264/407 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 51 #260/1105 77th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 8.0 #213/236 10th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 1 #169/243 31st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 9.9% #96/1137 92nd pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 8.2% #136/1137 88th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 7.8% #227/1137 80th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.3% #290/1137 75th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 7.0% #463/1137 59th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 3.6% #764/1137 33rd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.8% #225/1137 80th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Pass share

47.6%

484 pass / 532 run

Plays / game

72.6

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.5%

336 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches
2021
Matt Wells
Texas Tech
2022
Joey McGuire
Texas Tech
era →
2023
Joey McGuire
Texas Tech

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Wells → Joey McGuire. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownFresno, CA
Height6'1"
Weight195 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey3

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Texas Tech WR4 #2741 #2631 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Washington State WR4 #423 #593 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Fresno State WR4 #1058 #913 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West
2021 Fresno State WR4 #688 #731 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Texas Tech Big 12 WR 4 No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Fresno, CA
2023 Washington State Pac-12 WR 4 No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Fresno, CA
2022 Fresno State Mountain West WR 4 No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Fresno, CA
2021 Fresno State Mountain West WR 4 No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Fresno, CA