Player Dossier

2012-2016

Michigan State

Josiah Price

TE • 6'4" • Greentown, IN, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Player Story

Josiah Price built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Greentown, IN wearing No. 82, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Josiah Price's career was his receiving role: 104...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8763

Eastern Jr & Sr · Greentown, IN

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Josiah Price, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State. Josiah Price reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,238
Receptions
104
Touchdowns
21

Quick Answers

Josiah Price quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,238
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 42 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Western Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Eastern Jr & Sr · Michigan State
High school pipeline
Eastern Jr & Sr · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 82 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
387 receiving yards · TE 26th (top 9%) · Big Ten 34th (top 17%) · National 335th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State0-00-
2013 PostseasonMichigan State1019056.7
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan State1016201456.7
2014 PostseasonMichigan State10327167.1
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State1023347567.1
2015 PostseasonMichigan State11439059.7
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State1119228659.7
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan State1138387573.3

Related Context

Josiah Price played TE for Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josiah Price recorded 1,238 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 387 primary output with 68.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 68.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 81.8th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

35.2

Efficiency

68.7

Usage

19.1

Consistency

60.8

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Furman: 21. Notre Dame: 24. Wisconsin: 58. Indiana: 18. BYU: 29. Northwestern: 52. Michigan: 29. Illinois: 65. Rutgers: 13. Ohio State: 15. Penn State: 63

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. Furman: 1 by 100. Notre Dame: 2 by 80. Wisconsin: 5 by 77.3. Indiana: 4 by 30. BYU: 2 by 96.7. Northwestern: 4 by 86.7. Michigan: 3 by 64.4. Illinois: 6 by 72.2. Rutgers: 3 by 28.9. Ohio State: 2 by 50. Penn State: 6 by 70

Split Comparison

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

Wins19.3 · Games = 3 · -21.8 vs Losses
Losses41.1 · Games = 8 · +21.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

100 vs Furman

Result
Sat 11/26@ Penn StateL 12-4566310.510.50023
Sat 11/19vs Ohio StateL 16-172157.57.50010
Sat 11/12vs Rutgers2+ TDW 49-03134.34.3027
Sat 11/5@ IllinoisL 27-3166510.810.80026
Sat 10/29vs MichiganL 23-323299.79.70011
Sat 10/15vs NorthwesternL 40-544521313119
Sat 10/8vs BYUL 14-3122914.514.50018
Sun 10/2@ IndianaL 21-244184.54.5018
Sat 9/24vs WisconsinL 6-3055811.611.60017
Sat 9/17@ Notre DameW 36-282241212023
Fri 9/2vs FurmanW 28-131212121121

Player Story

Josiah Price story

Josiah Price built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Greentown, IN wearing No. 82, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Josiah Price's career was his receiving role: 104 catches, 1,238 receiving yards, and 21 touchdowns across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Josiah Price's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan State

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201320142014201520152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2013 PostseasonMichigan State210719.6210
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan State210719.60
2014 PostseasonMichigan State37482.712.7164
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State37482.712.70
2015 PostseasonMichigan State26771.711.8-107
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State26771.711.80
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan State38768.719.1120

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Western Michigan

Week 1 · W 37-24

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

49

Receiving Yards

87.6 takeover

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Wisconsin

Week 4 · L 6-30 · Conference game

58

Receiving Yards

83.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 77.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Ohio State

Week 11 · L 37-49 · Conference game

72

Receiving Yards

83.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

72 receiving yards with a 96 efficiency score.

#4

@ Penn State

Week 13 · L 12-45 · Conference game

63

Receiving Yards

82.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

63 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 8 · W 56-17 · Conference game

83

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

83 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

387 primary output · 68.7 efficiency · 19.1 usage

73.3

#2

2014 Postseason · Michigan State

67.1

374 primary · 82.7 efficiency · 12.7 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Michigan State

67.1

374 primary · 82.7 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games