Player Dossier

2018-2023

Arizona State

Josh Carlson

P • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Gilbert, AZ, USA

Impact contributor

Josh Carlson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
New Mexico State • Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Player Story

Josh Carlson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a punter from Gilbert, AZ wearing No. 16, spending time with Arizona State and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Josh Carlson's career was his...

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Josh Carlson, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Josh Carlson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Josh Carlson quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona State · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
Massachusetts
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State000-
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State000-
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State000-
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1200100
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1200100
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State700100

Related Context

Josh Carlson is listed as a P for New Mexico State and Arizona State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico State, Arizona State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Valparaiso

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Valparaiso

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Nevada: 0. UTEP: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Florida International: 0. New Mexico: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Lamar: 0. Missouri: 0. Liberty: 0. Valparaiso: 0

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Valparaiso

Best efficiency game

— vs Valparaiso

Result
Sat 12/3vs ValparaisoW 65-3
Sat 11/26@ LibertyW 49-14
Sun 11/20@ MissouriL 14-45
Sat 11/12vs LamarW 51-14
Sat 10/29@ MassachusettsW 23-13
Sun 10/16vs New MexicoW 21-9
Sun 10/2vs Florida InternationalL 7-21
Sun 9/25vs Hawai'iW 45-26
Sat 9/17@ WisconsinL 7-66
Sun 9/11@ UTEPL 13-20
Fri 9/2@ MinnesotaL 0-38
Sun 8/28vs NevadaL 12-23

Player Story

Josh Carlson story

Josh Carlson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a punter from Gilbert, AZ wearing No. 16, spending time with Arizona State and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Josh Carlson's career was his field-position work: 153 punts, 6,206 punting yards, and 32 punts inside the 20 across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with New Mexico State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State and New Mexico State.

The arc is straightforward: Josh Carlson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    New Mexico State

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona State

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Massachusetts

Week 13 · W 44-27 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Kentucky

Week 12 · L 16-56

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Alabama

Week 11 · L 3-59

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Utah State

Week 10 · L 13-35

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Hawai'i

Week 8 · L 34-48

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Arizona State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games