Player Dossier

2008-2009

Stanford

Josh Catron

FB • 6'0" • Torrance, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Josh Catron leans balanced backfield option traits and 50 efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Stanford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

Josh Catron built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a FB from Torrance, CA wearing No. 47, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Josh Catron's career was his receiving role: 7 catches, 61...

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Josh Catron, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Stanford. Josh Catron leans balanced backfield option traits and 50 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
64
Rushing yards
3
Receiving yards
61
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Josh Catron quick answers

Latest team and position
Stanford · FB
Career Scrimmage Yards
64
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Stanford
Top game
USC
Latest roster
No. 47 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
13 scrimmage yards · FB 71st (top 76%) · Pac-10 149th (top 88%) · National 1,834th (top 88%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonStanford451447267.6
2009 Regular SeasonStanford713-114020.4

Related Context

Josh Catron played FB for Stanford. Across 2 tracked seasons, Josh Catron recorded 3 rushing yards, 61 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Stanford.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Stanford paired 51 primary output with 65.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 65.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Win with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 75th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Stanford

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

12.8

Efficiency

65.1

Usage

2.9

Consistency

97.2

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 13. Washington State: 13. Oregon: 14. California: 11

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 1 by 100. Washington State: 2 by 54.2. Oregon: 2 by 58.3. California: 2 by 47.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins13 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses12.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

100 vs Arizona

Result
Sat 11/22@ CaliforniaL 16-371440175.5
Sat 11/8@ OregonL 28-352147
Sat 11/1vs Washington StateW 58-02136.5
Sat 10/11vs ArizonaW 24-2311313

Player Story

Josh Catron story

Josh Catron built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a FB from Torrance, CA wearing No. 47, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Josh Catron's career was his receiving role: 7 catches, 61 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 3 rushing yards across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 rushing yards and 77 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh Catron's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Stanford

    2008-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonStanford5165.12.9
2009 Regular SeasonStanford13500.5-38

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ USC

Week 11 · W 55-21 · Conference game

Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

68.2 takeover

14 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 7 · W 24-23 · Conference game

13

Scrimmage Yards

65.8 takeover

Win with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

13 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.

#3

@ Oregon

Week 11 · L 28-35 · Conference game

14

Scrimmage Yards

55.7 takeover

Loss with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

14 scrimmage yards and 3.1 usage.

#4

vs Washington State

Week 10 · W 58-0 · Conference game

13

Scrimmage Yards

52.3 takeover

Win with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

13 scrimmage yards and 3.4 usage.

#5

@ California

Week 13 · L 16-37 · Conference game

11

Scrimmage Yards

45.3 takeover

Loss with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

11 scrimmage yards and 3.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Stanford

51 primary output · 65.1 efficiency · 2.9 usage

67.6

#2

2009 Regular Season · Stanford

20.4

13 primary · 50 efficiency · 0.5 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games