Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Kentucky
Josh Ali
WR • 6'0" • 193 lbs • Hollywood, FL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Josh Ali reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
Josh Ali built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Josh Ali's career was his receiving role: 129 catches,...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Josh Ali, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Kentucky. Josh Ali reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,451
- Receptions
- 129
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Josh Ali quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,451
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Carrollwood Day · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Carrollwood Day · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2021 Receiving yards rank
- 601 receiving yards · WR 145th (top 15%) · SEC 15th (top 7%) · National 161st (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 32.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 32.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8 | 10 | 115 | 1 | 33.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 13 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 54.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 13 | 19 | 181 | 2 | 54.6 |
| 2020 Postseason | Kentucky | 11 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 75.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 48 | 459 | 1 | 75.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 10 | 41 | 601 | 6 | 75.5 |
Related Context
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Josh Ali played WR for Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Ali recorded 30 rushing yards, 1,451 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Kentucky paired 477 primary output with 60.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 60.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Kentucky
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
43.4
Efficiency
60.9
Usage
39.4
Consistency
61.7
Best Game by takeover score
Ole Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 18. Auburn: 98. Ole Miss: 88. Mississippi State: 22. Tennessee: 38. Missouri: 44. Georgia: 35. Vanderbilt: 15. Alabama: 52. Florida: 32. South Carolina: 35
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 4 by 30. Auburn: 9 by 72.6. Ole Miss: 7 by 83.8. Mississippi State: 2 by 73.3. Tennessee: 4 by 63.3. Missouri: 3 by 97.8. Georgia: 5 by 46.7. Vanderbilt: 3 by 33.3. Alabama: 4 by 86.7. Florida: 6 by 35.6. South Carolina: 5 by 46.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins25.6 · Games = 5 · -32.6 vs Losses
Losses58.2 · Games = 6 · +32.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ole Miss
Best efficiency game
97.8 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/2 | vs NC State | W 23-21 | — | 4 | 18 | 2.2 | 4.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 12/6 | vs South Carolina | W 41-18 | — | 5 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Florida | L 10-34 | — | 6 | 32 | 6.7 | 5.30 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Alabama | L 3-63 | — | 4 | 52 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 33 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Vanderbilt | W 38-35 | — | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Georgia | L 3-14 | — | 5 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Missouri | L 10-20 | — | 3 | 44 | 11.8 | 14.70 | 1 | 26 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Tennessee | W 34-7 | — | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Mississippi State | W 24-2 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Ole Miss | L 41-42 | — | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ AuburnHigh volume | L 13-29 | — | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 10.90 | 0 | 33 |
Player Story
Josh Ali story
Josh Ali built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Josh Ali's career was his receiving role: 129 catches, 1,451 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 30 rushing yards across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 30 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 283 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh Ali's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Kentucky | 25 | 55.5 | 5.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 25 | 55.5 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 115 | 57.1 | 9.2 | 90 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 233 | 63.1 | 24.4 | 118 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 233 | 63.1 | 24.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Kentucky | 477 | 60.9 | 39.4 | 244 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 477 | 60.9 | 39.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 601 | 77.1 | 22.4 | 124 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 56-16
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
164
Receiving Yards
99.1 takeover
164 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Mississippi State
Week 4 · L 13-28 · Conference game
61
Receiving Yards
93.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
61 receiving yards with a 81.3 efficiency score.
#3
vs Ole Miss
Week 5 · L 41-42 · Conference game
88
Receiving Yards
91.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
88 receiving yards with a 83.8 efficiency score.
#4
@ Auburn
Week 4 · L 13-29 · Conference game
98
Receiving Yards
90.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
98 receiving yards with a 72.6 efficiency score.
#5
vs Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 37-30 · Postseason
52
Receiving Yards
90.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Kentucky
477 primary output · 60.9 efficiency · 39.4 usage
75.5
#2
2020 Regular Season · Kentucky
75.5
477 primary · 60.9 efficiency · 39.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
75.5
601 primary · 77.1 efficiency · 22.4 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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