CFB Zeitgeist Score
66
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 83rd percentile.
Josh Meredith
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
725 REC YDS · 57 REC · 3 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Washington State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Washington State
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -13 net (28 in / 41 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #71
WR · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12
Josh Meredith
- 4
- #18
- 6-0 | 193 lb
- San Diego, CA
Heisman Heat
#2700
<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
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+14400%
Up 14400% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Washington State
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8393 | No. 1485 recruit | HighSchool | Washington State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State -> -- | 3-star | Withdrawn |
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 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (725).
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 Washington State
Composite
0.8393
#1485 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
PENDINGThe 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 Meredith
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 Meredith
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving yards (total)
725
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #88 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 84th
Why it matters
#88 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 725 yards on 57 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 725 (84th)
HIGH · n=57 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#243 / 531
- Receiving TDs#222 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 8 at Virginia — 108 receiving_yards_total
Result L 20-22
The week the volume broke through — put up 108 yds at Virginia.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
725Rec yards
57Receptions
3Rec TDs
Per game
55.8Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
725Rec yards
57Receptions
3Rec TDs
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 725.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Josh Meredith's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Washington State, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
57 93rd
YDS
725 92nd
YPR
12.7 57th
TD
3 82nd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10vs Idaho | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-13vs San Diego State | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-59vs Washington | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 48 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Ole Miss | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-22@ Virginia | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 1 | 32 | Season-high 108 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7vs Toledo | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 40 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-10@ Oregon State | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-24@ James Madison | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 14 | W 32-8vs Oregon State | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Bowl | W 34-21@ Utah State | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Total | 57 | 725 | 12.9 | 3 | 48 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Washington State7-6HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 57 | 725 | 12.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 61 | 783 | 12.8 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 57 | #78/1110 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 725 | #94/1107 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #206/1111 | 82nd pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.7 | #479/1106 | 57th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 19.1% | #104/1137 | 91st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 48 | #298/1105 | 73rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 12.2% | #122/1137 | 89th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.9% | #132/1137 | 88th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 9.7% | #108/1137 | 91st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.9% | #127/1137 | 89th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.7% | #117/1137 | 90th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 8.2% | #220/1137 | 81st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th 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
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 62.0 | 16.7 | 0.3 |
| Road7g | 4.7 | 50.4 | 9.7 | 0.1 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 4.7 | 63.7 | 14.6 | 0.3 |
| Losses6g | 4.0 | 46.5 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 52.7 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 59.3 | 14.0 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
66Solid starter
Elite: receptions (85th). Strength: rec yards (83rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
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 · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Josh MeredithWashington StateSean WilsonDelaware· 94% simRyan DavisUtah· 90% simAnthony Evans IIIMississippi State· 90% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Long catch
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Slot Technician
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Keelan Marion’s 2025 season.
Keelan Marion
89%match
#2
Jared Brown
All-Sun Belt
87%
#3
Ronnie Bell
All-Big TenNFL Rd 7
83%
#4
Kyri Shoels
82%
#5
Jordan Watkins
NFL Rd 4
81%
Matches Keelan on
EPA / play (adj)
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Keelan on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen McDonald’s path through Merrimack.
Jalen McDonald
99%match
#2
DeVontres Dukes
97%
#3
Joshua Harris
95%
#4
Dazz Newsome
NFL Rd 6
95%
#5
Na'eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding
95%
Matches Jalen on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to John Paul Richardson's senior season at TCU (2024).
John Paul Richardson
88%match
#2
Omari Kelly
All-Conference USA
84%
#3
Trell Harris
82%
#4
Kyre Duplessis
82%
#5
Jalon Calhoun
All-ACC
81%
Matches John on
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Pass share
48.7%
407 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
64.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.1%
327 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Jake Dickert
Washington State
2023
Jake Dickert
Washington State
2025era →
Jimmy Rogers
Washington State
Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Dickert → Jimmy Rogers. 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.
HometownSan Diego, CA
Height6'0"
Weight193 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey18
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWashington State
ConferencePac-12
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 | Washington State | WR4 | #2700 | #2566 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2023 | Washington State | WR4 | #1858 | #2111 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | Washington State | WR4 | #3367 | #3316 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2021 | Washington State | WR4 | #4153 | #4272 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 6-0 | 193 lb | San Diego, CA |
| 2024 | Washington State | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 6-0 | 193 lb | San Diego, CA |
| 2023 | Washington State | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 6-0 | 193 lb | San Diego, CA |
| 2022 | Washington State | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 6-0 | 193 lb | San Diego, CA |
| 2021 | Washington State | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 6-0 | 193 lb | San Diego, CA |