Josh Ferguson
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Illinois, 2011–⁠15

Josh Ferguson

Lettered 2012–⁠13 (school media guide)

Number
No. 6
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Naperville, IL
Born
May 23, 1993, in Naperville, Illinois

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Josh Ferguson played running back at Illinois (2011–⁠15).

Career highs

190rushing yards, career highvs. Texas State, 20142rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last at Northwestern, 201410catches, career hightwice; last vs. Purdue, 2014103receiving yards, career highvs. Southern Illinois, 2013

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Illinois14523.7013
2012Illinois753124.2051
2013Illinois1417795.5755
2014Illinois1467355.0875
2015Illinois1297085.5352
Career5052,5865.11875

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Illinois2147.0010
2012Illinois292518.7024
2013Illinois5053510.7453
2014Illinois504278.5242
2015Illinois372807.6234
Career1681,5079.0853

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2012Illinois193440
2013Illinois2370
Career213810

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Illinois6RB
2012Illinois6RB
2013Illinois6RB
2014Illinois6RB
2015Illinois6RB5′10″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Illinois1730.2190th (n=226)0.0735.621%0.08
2014Illinois2070.0938th (n=253)0.1217.824%0.24
2015Illinois1810.1456th (n=268)0.1224.725%0.05

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Illinois 9 games, 708 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.Kent StateW 52–⁠3127611211
Sep 12vs.Western IllinoisW 44–⁠0133916420
Sep 19atNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠482213312100
Sep 26vs.Middle TennesseeW 27–⁠2520830210
Oct 3vs.NebraskaW 14–⁠134500140
Nov 7atPurdueW 48–⁠141213306411
Nov 14vs.Ohio StateL 3–⁠28124905260
Nov 21atMinnesotaL 23–⁠322010507350
Nov 28vs.NorthwesternL 14–⁠241440071000
2014 Illinois 13 games, 735 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30vs.Youngstown StateW 28–⁠17114204371
Sep 6vs.Western KentuckyW 42–⁠34143212210
Sep 13atWashingtonL 19–⁠44115202240
Sep 20vs.Texas StateW 42–⁠351419024431
Sep 27atNebraskaL 14–⁠45116113290
Oct 4vs.PurdueL 27–⁠381560110790
Oct 11atWisconsinL 28–⁠38113303300
Oct 25vs.MinnesotaW 28–⁠24154813390
Nov 1atOhio StateL 14–⁠558340240
Nov 15vs.IowaL 14–⁠3092906120
Nov 22vs.Penn StateW 16–⁠145903180
Nov 29atNorthwesternW 47–⁠33159522370
Dec 26 ✦vs.Louisiana TechL 18–⁠3575006540
2013 Illinois 12 games, 779 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31vs.Southern IllinoisW 42–⁠34949041031
Sep 7vs.CincinnatiW 45–⁠1794702551
Sep 14vs.WashingtonL 24–⁠3442901270
Sep 28vs.Miami (OH)W 50–⁠1487105771
Oct 5atNebraskaL 19–⁠391911418820
Oct 19vs.WisconsinL 32–⁠567251320
Oct 26vs.Michigan StateL 3–⁠42102602150
Nov 2atPenn StateL 17–⁠24103416731
Nov 9atIndianaL 35–⁠52169016490
Nov 16vs.Ohio StateL 35–⁠60156916150
Nov 23atPurdueW 20–⁠162011504110
Nov 30vs.NorthwesternL 34–⁠371411023260
2012 Illinois 10 games, 312 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.Western MichiganW 24–⁠711380150
Sep 8atArizona StateL 14–⁠451410103170
Sep 22vs.Louisiana TechL 24–⁠52727010840
Sep 29vs.Penn StateL 7–⁠355403270
Oct 6atWisconsinL 14–⁠3171103460
Oct 13atMichiganL 0–⁠4592903200
Oct 27vs.IndianaL 17–⁠312160–––
Nov 10vs.MinnesotaL 3–⁠175190150
Nov 17vs.PurdueL 17–⁠20104303240
Nov 24atNorthwesternL 14–⁠5052402230
2011 Illinois 2 games, 52 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 3vs.Arkansas StateW 33–⁠156150140
Sep 10vs.South Dakota StateW 56–⁠383701100

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 9–⁠29).

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height5′9½″
Weight198 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.48 s
10-yard split1.46 s
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press21 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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