Player Dossier

2019-2023

UCLA

Josiah Norwood

WR • 5'8" • 175 lbs • Santa Margarita, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Josiah Norwood reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Josiah Norwood built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Santa Margarita, CA wearing No. 14, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Josiah Norwood's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.6996

Santa Margarita Catholic · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Josiah Norwood, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UCLA. Josiah Norwood reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
334
Receptions
27
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Josiah Norwood quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · WR
Career Receiving Yards
334
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 17 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
San Diego State
Recruit profile
2-star · Santa Margarita Catholic · UCLA
High school pipeline
Santa Margarita Catholic · 44 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
178 receiving yards · WR 529th (top 52%) · Pac-12 76th (top 40%) · National 715th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA1-00100
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA0-00-
2021 Regular SeasonUCLA3432042.9
2022 Regular SeasonUCLA611124147.3
2023 Regular SeasonUCLA712178258.6

Related Context

Josiah Norwood played WR for UCLA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josiah Norwood recorded 334 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

UCLA paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 73.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

25.4

Efficiency

73.1

Usage

9.6

Consistency

29.2

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 87. North Carolina Central: 15. Utah: 17. Oregon State: 8. Stanford: 34. Arizona State: 11. California: 6

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 2 by 100. North Carolina Central: 1 by 100. Utah: 1 by 100. Oregon State: 1 by 53.3. Stanford: 5 by 45.3. Arizona State: 1 by 73.3. California: 1 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins45.3 · Games = 3 · +34.8 vs Losses
Losses10.5 · Games = 4 · -34.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Utah

Result
Sun 11/26vs CaliforniaL 7-33166606
Sun 11/12vs Arizona StateL 7-171111111011
Sun 10/22@ StanfordW 42-75346.86.8009
Sun 10/15@ Oregon StateL 24-36188808
Sat 9/23@ UtahL 7-141171717117
Sat 9/16vs North Carolina CentralW 59-71151515015
Sat 9/9@ San Diego StateW 35-1028743.543.50181

Player Story

Josiah Norwood story

Josiah Norwood built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Santa Margarita, CA wearing No. 14, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Josiah Norwood's career was his receiving role: 27 catches, 334 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josiah Norwood's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    UCLA

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA0
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA00
2021 Regular SeasonUCLA3252.2932
2022 Regular SeasonUCLA12465.76.992
2023 Regular SeasonUCLA17873.19.654

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San Diego State

Week 2 · W 35-10

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

87

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

87 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Bowling Green

Week 1 · W 45-17

63

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

63 receiving yards with a 84 efficiency score.

#3

vs Hawai'i

Week 1 · W 44-10

17

Receiving Yards

70.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

17 receiving yards with a 56.7 efficiency score.

#4

@ Colorado

Week 4 · W 45-17 · Conference game

25

Receiving Yards

51.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 8 · W 42-7 · Conference game

34

Receiving Yards

50.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 45.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · UCLA

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2023 Regular Season · UCLA

58.6

178 primary · 73.1 efficiency · 9.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · UCLA

47.3

124 primary · 65.7 efficiency · 6.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games