Player Dossier

2010-2014

Memphis

Joe Craig

WR • 5'11" • Gaffney, SC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Joe Craig reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Clemson • Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Player Story

Joe Craig built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Gaffney, SC wearing No. 9, spending time with Clemson and Memphis. The clearest part of Joe Craig's career was his return-game role:...

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Joe Craig, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Memphis. Joe Craig reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
430
Receptions
45

Quick Answers

Joe Craig quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · WR
Career Receiving Yards
430
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Memphis
Top game
Middle Tennessee
Latest roster
No. 9 · Class 2014
2014 Receiving yards rank
74 receiving yards · WR 663rd (top 70%) · American Athletic 91st (top 55%) · National 1,042nd (top 56%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonClemson0-00-
2011 Regular SeasonClemson2318041.4
2013 Regular SeasonMemphis1237338072.5
2014 PostseasonMemphis10142030.6
2014 Regular SeasonMemphis10432030.6

Related Context

Joe Craig played WR for Clemson and Memphis. Across 4 tracked seasons, Joe Craig recorded 5 rushing yards and 430 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Memphis paired 338 primary output with 63.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 68.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Memphis.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: BYU

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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2014 Postseason · Memphis

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

7.4

Efficiency

68.3

Usage

5.6

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 42. Austin Peay: 8. UCLA: 12. Middle Tennessee: 12. Ole Miss: 0. SMU: 0. Tulsa: 0. Temple: 0. South Florida: 0. UConn: 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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 1 by 100. Austin Peay: 1 by 53.3. UCLA: 1 by 80. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins7.8 · Games = 8 · +1.8 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 2 · -1.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

100 vs BYU

Result
Mon 12/22vs BYUW 55-481424242042
Sat 11/29vs UConnW 41-10
Sat 11/22vs South FloridaW 31-20
Sat 11/8@ TempleW 16-13
Sat 11/1vs TulsaW 40-20
Sat 10/25@ SMUW 48-10
Sat 9/27@ Ole MissL 3-24
Sat 9/20vs Middle TennesseeW 36-1721266013
Sun 9/7@ UCLAL 35-421121212012
Sat 8/30vs Austin PeayW 63-0188808

Player Story

Joe Craig story

Joe Craig built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Gaffney, SC wearing No. 9, spending time with Clemson and Memphis. The clearest part of Joe Craig's career was his return-game role: 1,309 return yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Memphis. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 5 rushing yards and 430 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson and Memphis.

The arc is straightforward: Joe Craig 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

    Clemson

    2010-2011

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Memphis

    2013-2014

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201320142014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonClemson0
2011 Regular SeasonClemson1843.36.318
2013 Regular SeasonMemphis33863.719.6320
2014 PostseasonMemphis7468.35.6-264
2014 Regular SeasonMemphis7468.35.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 3 · L 15-17

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

65

Receiving Yards

90.1 takeover

65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs UCF

Week 6 · L 17-24 · Conference game

61

Receiving Yards

86.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

61 receiving yards with a 81.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs BYU

Week 1 · W 55-48 · Postseason

42

Receiving Yards

71.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs SMU

Week 8 · L 29-34 · Conference game

43

Receiving Yards

62.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 57.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Cincinnati

Week 10 · L 21-34 · Conference game

28

Receiving Yards

59.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

28 receiving yards with a 37.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Memphis

338 primary output · 63.7 efficiency · 19.6 usage

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#2

2011 Regular Season · Clemson

41.4

18 primary · 43.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Memphis

30.6

74 primary · 68.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games