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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025South Florida
Josh Celiscar
DL • 6'3" • 292 lbs • Winter Haven, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Celiscar shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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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: 2022 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- UCF • Texas A&M • South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Josh Celiscar built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Winter Haven, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with South Florida, Texas A&M, and UCF. The clearest part of Josh Celiscar's...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Josh Celiscar, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UCF. Josh Celiscar shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 169
- TFL
- 24.5
- Sacks
- 10
- QB hurries
- 19
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Josh Celiscar quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · DL
- Career Tackles
- 169
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 57 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Winter Haven · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Winter Haven · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DL 101st (top 10%) · American Athletic 124th (top 20%) · National 1,170th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | UCF | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 9 | 14 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | UCF | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 63.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 13 | 35 | 6.5 | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | 63.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 13 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 68.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 8 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 8 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2025 Postseason | South Florida | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Florida | 13 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 48.8 |
Related Context
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Josh Celiscar played DL for UCF, Texas A&M, and South Florida. Across 6 tracked seasons, Josh Celiscar recorded 11 receiving yards and 169 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
UCF paired 16 primary output with 27.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCF, Texas A&M, South Florida.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · South Florida
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
20.1
Usage
6.5
Consistency
52.3
Best Game by takeover score
Boise State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Old Dominion: 0. Boise State: 2.5. Florida: 0.5. Miami: 0. South Carolina State: 0. Charlotte: 0. North Texas: 1. Florida Atlantic: 2. Memphis: 1. UTSA: 0. Navy: 1. UAB: 2. Rice: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7. Boise State: 2 by 33.3. Florida: 4 by 21.7. Miami: 5 by 20.8. South Carolina State: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 1 by 14.2. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 24.2. Memphis: 1 by 14.2. UTSA: 4 by 16.7. Navy: 4 by 26.7. UAB: 2 by 28.3. Rice: 2 by 28.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Boise State
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Boise State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/17 | vs Old Dominion | L 10-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs RiceSplash game | W 52-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ UABSplash game | W 48-18 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Navy | L 38-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/7 | vs UTSA | W 55-23 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Memphis | L 31-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 48-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | @ North Texas | W 63-36 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | vs Charlotte | W 54-26 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs South Carolina State | W 63-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Miami | L 12-49 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Florida | W 18-16 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Boise StateSplash game | W 34-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Celiscar story
Josh Celiscar built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Winter Haven, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with South Florida, Texas A&M, and UCF. The clearest part of Josh Celiscar's career was his defensive production: 169 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 1 interception across 57 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh Celiscar'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.
- 1
UCF
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Texas A&M
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
South Florida
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202020212021202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | UCF | 9.5 | 18 | 5.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 9.5 | 18 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | UCF | 17.5 | 26 | 8.6 | 8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 17.5 | 26 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 16 | 27.1 | 14.6 | -1.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 3.5 | 21.6 | 6.6 | -12.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 3.5 | 21.6 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -3.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | South Florida | 12 | 20.1 | 6.5 | 12 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Florida | 12 | 20.1 | 6.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kansas
Week 6 · L 22-51 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Navy
Week 5 · L 30-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 2 · L 14-20
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Havoc Plays
80.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Tulsa
Week 5 · L 26-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 64 Boise State
Week 1 · W 34-7
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · UCF
16 primary output · 27.1 efficiency · 14.6 usage
68.3
#2
2021 Postseason · UCF
63.1
17.5 primary · 26 efficiency · 8.6 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · UCF
63.1
17.5 primary · 26 efficiency · 8.6 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
17
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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