Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2015TCU
Josh Doctson
WR • 6'4" • Mansfield, TX, USA
Alpha targetExplosive finisher
Josh Doctson reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · TCU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wyoming • TCU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
Josh Doctson built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with TCU and Wyoming. The clearest part of Josh Doctson's career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Wyoming
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2016
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 22
- Overall
- No. 22
- NFL Team
- Washington
Josh Doctson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · TCU. Josh Doctson reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 3,178
- Receptions
- 215
- Touchdowns
- 34
Featured Highlight
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Josh Doctson TCU Highlights
2015 · TCU · Player Highlight
Josh Doctson college highlights at TCU.
- Season
- 2015
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Josh Doctson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- TCU · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 3,178
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · TCU
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mansfield Legacy · Wyoming
- High school pipeline
- Mansfield Legacy · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2016 · Round 1 · Pick 22 · Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Class 2015
- 2015 Receiving yards rank
- 1,327 receiving yards · WR 11th (top 2%) · Big 12 2nd (top 2%) · National 11th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Wyoming | 11 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 47.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Wyoming | 11 | 32 | 361 | 4 | 47.2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | TCU | 10 | 36 | 440 | 4 | 59.6 |
| 2014 Postseason | TCU | 13 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 70.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | TCU | 13 | 59 | 959 | 9 | 70.2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | TCU | 10 | 79 | 1,327 | 14 | 88.9 |
Related Context
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Josh Doctson played WR for Wyoming and TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Doctson recorded 6 rushing yards, 3,178 receiving yards, and 34 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with TCU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
TCU paired 1,327 primary output with 91.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 83.7 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wyoming, TCU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma 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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2014 Postseason · TCU
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
78.3
Efficiency
83.7
Usage
20.8
Consistency
51.3
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 59. Samford: 19. Minnesota: 64. SMU: 53. Oklahoma: 76. Baylor: 60. Oklahoma State: 225. Texas Tech: 76. West Virginia: 29. Kansas State: 53. Kansas: 38. Texas: 115. Iowa State: 151
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. Ole Miss: 6 by 65.6. Samford: 2 by 63.3. Minnesota: 6 by 71.1. SMU: 5 by 70.7. Oklahoma: 6 by 84.4. Baylor: 5 by 80. Oklahoma State: 7 by 100. Texas Tech: 4 by 100. West Virginia: 3 by 64.4. Kansas State: 4 by 88.3. Kansas: 1 by 100. Texas: 7 by 100. Iowa State: 9 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins79.8 · Games = 12 · +19.8 vs Losses
Losses60 · Games = 1 · -19.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Iowa State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Ole Miss2+ TD | W 42-3 | — | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 2 | 27 |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Iowa State100 receiving yards · High volume | W 55-3 | — | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 1 | 29 |
| Fri 11/28 | @ Texas100 receiving yards | W 48-10 | — | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 16.40 | 1 | 38 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Kansas | W 34-30 | — | 1 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Kansas State | W 41-20 | — | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ West Virginia | W 31-30 | — | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Texas Tech2+ TD | W 82-27 | — | 4 | 76 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 51 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Oklahoma State100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 42-9 | — | 7 | 225 | 32.1 | 32.10 | 2 | 84 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Baylor | L 58-61 | — | 5 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Oklahoma | W 37-33 | — | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ SMU | W 56-0 | — | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 1 | 22 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Minnesota2+ TD | W 30-7 | — | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 2 | 17 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Samford | W 48-14 | — | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Josh Doctson story
Josh Doctson built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with TCU and Wyoming. The clearest part of Josh Doctson's career was his receiving role: 215 catches, 3,178 receiving yards, 34 touchdowns, and 6 rushing yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with TCU. 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 6 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across TCU and Wyoming.
The arc is straightforward: Josh Doctson 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
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Wyoming
2011
Opening stop
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TCU
2012-2015
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Wyoming | 393 | 59 | 17.1 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Wyoming | 393 | 59 | 17.1 | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | — | — | -393 |
| 2013 Regular Season | TCU | 440 | 82.7 | 16.6 | 440 |
| 2014 Postseason | TCU | 1,018 | 83.7 | 20.8 | 578 |
| 2014 Regular Season | TCU | 1,018 | 83.7 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | TCU | 1,327 | 91.2 | 28.8 | 309 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas Tech
Week 4 · W 55-52 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
267
Receiving Yards
99.6 takeover
267 receiving yards with a 98.9 efficiency score.
#2
@ Colorado State
Week 14 · W 22-19 · Conference game
129
Receiving Yards
97 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
129 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Oklahoma State
Week 8 · W 42-9 · Conference game
225
Receiving Yards
95.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
225 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Iowa State
Week 7 · W 45-21 · Conference game
190
Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
190 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs West Virginia
Week 9 · W 40-10 · Conference game
184
Receiving Yards
89.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
184 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · TCU
1,327 primary output · 91.2 efficiency · 28.8 usage
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#2
2014 Postseason · TCU
70.2
1,018 primary · 83.7 efficiency · 20.8 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · TCU
70.2
1,018 primary · 83.7 efficiency · 20.8 usage
Milestones
10
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
11
2+ TD games
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