Receiver, UCF (from Monmouth), 2023–⁠26

Joshua Derry

Number
No. 5
Height
5′9″
Weight
182 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Baltimore, MD

Joshua Derry plays receiver for UCF, after Monmouth (2023–⁠25). Last time out, at Oklahoma State: 11 catches, 84 yards, 1 TD, a career high in catches. Derry leads UCF in receiving yards this season.

2026 so far

28 catches, 304 yards, 2 TD

Last game: 11 catches ★, 84 yards, 1 TD at Oklahoma State, L 28–⁠42

Next game: vs. BYU, Oct 24

Game by game this season, receiving yards
  1. 45BCU
  2. 9@PITT
  3. 24GAST
  4. 41TCU
  5. 101@HOU
  6. 84@OKST

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

11catches, career highat Oklahoma State, 2026227receiving yards, career highat Maine, 20244receiving touchdowns, career highat Fordham, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Monmouth33612.0125
2024Monmouth6091715.3594
2025Monmouth731,10115.11375
2026UCF2830410.9249
Career1642,35814.42194

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2024Monmouth110–––
2025Monmouth–––5420
Career1105420

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2023Monmouth5WRFr.
2024Monmouth5WRSo.
2025Monmouth5WRJr.
2026UCF5WRSr.5′9″182

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2025Monmouth (FCS)1050.8395th (n=1040)0.4687.611%
2026UCF370.6071st (n=829)0.4322.310%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2026 UCF 6 games, 28 catches, 304 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Bethune-CookmanW 73–⁠6345026–
Sep 12atPittsburghL 7–⁠122906–
Sep 19vs.Georgia StateW 44–⁠30224017–
Sep 26vs.TCUW 21–⁠13341022–
Oct 3atHoustonL 17–⁠277101149–
Oct 10atOklahoma StateL 28–⁠421184115–
2025 Monmouth 12 games, 73 catches, 1,101 yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29atColgateW 42–⁠39710304912
Sep 6atFordhamW 49–⁠2810144467–
Sep 13atCharlotteL 35–⁠427110238–
Sep 20vs.VillanovaW 51–⁠3381772758
Oct 4vs.Delaware StateW 49–⁠38542016–
Oct 11atTowsonW 42–⁠316670356
Oct 18vs.Stony BrookW 49–⁠2171091418
Oct 25atHamptonW 28–⁠10223020–
Nov 1atBryantW 35–⁠747802515
Nov 8vs.New HampshireL 13–⁠34573132–
Nov 15atNorth Carolina A&TW 63–⁠19240229–
Nov 22vs.UAlbanyL 24–⁠3110135125–
2024 Monmouth 10 games, 60 catches, 917 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29atEastern WashingtonL 27–⁠42564148–
Sep 7vs.LafayetteL 35–⁠404711380
Sep 14atMaineW 51–⁠227227294–
Sep 21vs.Florida InternationalW 45–⁠427108032–
Oct 19vs.BryantW 55–⁠1778303631
Oct 26vs.TowsonL 14–⁠26649018–
Nov 2atRhode IslandL 28–⁠376100024–
Nov 9atNew HampshireL 20–⁠33552018–
Nov 16vs.VillanovaW 40–⁠336651323
Nov 23atStony BrookW 55–⁠47798026–
2023 Monmouth 2 games, 3 catches, 36 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 30vs.LehighW 49–⁠7224025–
Oct 21atElonL 26–⁠28112112–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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