Player Dossier

2015-2017

Penn State

Josh McPhearson

RB • 5'10" • 197 lbs • Columbia, MD, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Josh McPhearson leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

0

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8348

Madison · Dallas, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Josh McPhearson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State. Josh McPhearson leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Quick Answers

Josh McPhearson quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Maryland
Recruit profile
3-star · Madison · SMU
High school pipeline
Madison · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 39 · Class 2017

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State00000-
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State1000050
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State7000050

Related Context

Josh McPhearson played RB for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Josh McPhearson recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Penn State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

0

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Akron: 0. Iowa: 0. Indiana: 0. Northwestern: 0. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 0. Maryland: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

— vs Maryland

Result
Sat 11/25@ MarylandW 66-3
Sat 11/18vs NebraskaW 56-44
Sat 11/11vs RutgersW 35-6
Sat 10/7@ NorthwesternW 31-7
Sat 9/30vs IndianaW 45-14
Sat 9/23@ IowaW 21-19
Sat 9/2vs AkronW 52-0

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Penn State

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State000
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State000

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Maryland

Week 6 · W 38-14 · Conference game

Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

0

Scrimmage Yards

0 takeover

0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.

#2

@ Maryland

Week 13 · W 66-3 · Conference game

0

Scrimmage Yards

0 takeover

Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.

#3

vs Nebraska

Week 12 · W 56-44 · Conference game

0

Scrimmage Yards

0 takeover

Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.

#4

vs Rutgers

Week 11 · W 35-6 · Conference game

0

Scrimmage Yards

0 takeover

Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.

#5

@ Northwestern

Week 6 · W 31-7 · Conference game

0

Scrimmage Yards

0 takeover

Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Penn State

0 primary output · efficiency · 0 usage

50

#2

2017 Regular Season · Penn State

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Penn State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games