
Receiver, Tennessee, 2014–16
Josh Malone
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Gallatin, TN
- Born
- Mar 21, 1996, in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Josh Malone played receiver at Tennessee (2014–16). The Cincinnati Bengals took Malone in round 4, No. 128 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
7catches, career highat Vanderbilt, 2016121receiving yards, career highat Vanderbilt, 20162receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Tennessee Tech, 2016Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Tennessee | 45 | 0.13 | 6th (n=496) | 0.52 | 5.8 | 7% |
| 2015 | Tennessee | 47 | 0.61 | 64th (n=465) | 0.53 | 28.6 | 6% |
| 2016 | Tennessee | 74 | 0.97 | 97th (n=489) | 0.52 | 72.1 | 8% |
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
2016 Tennessee 13 games, 50 catches, 972 yards, 11 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 20–13 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 67 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 45–24 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 38 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 28–19 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 20 | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 38–28 | 4 | 91 | 1 | 42 | – |
| Oct 1 | at | W 34–31 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 8 | at | L 38–45 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. | L 10–49 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 36 | – |
| Oct 29 | at | L 21–24 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 55–0 | 5 | 112 | 2 | 43 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. | W 49–36 | 4 | 92 | 1 | 51 | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 63–37 | 3 | 83 | 1 | 57 | – |
| Nov 26 | at | L 34–45 | 7 | 121 | 1 | 27 | – |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. | W 38–24 | 5 | 120 | 1 | 59 | – |
2015 Tennessee 10 games, 31 catches, 405 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 59–30 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. | L 24–31 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 10 | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 55–10 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Oct 3 | vs. | L 20–24 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 38–31 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Oct 24 | at | L 14–19 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 34 | – |
| Oct 31 | at | W 52–21 | 4 | 103 | 1 | 75 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 24–0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Nov 21 | at | W 19–8 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 45–6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | – |
2014 Tennessee 9 games, 23 catches, 231 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 38–7 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 34–19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Sep 13 | at | L 10–34 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 27 | at | L 32–35 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Oct 4 | vs. | L 9–10 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Oct 18 | at | L 3–34 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 20 | −9 |
| Oct 25 | vs. | L 20–34 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 50–16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | W 45–28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¾″ |
| Weight | 208 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.40 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 sW |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ |
| Bench press | 10 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.05 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 15 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 6 | 63 | 1 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | New York Jets | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| NFL career | 15 | 11 | 91 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | XFL | DC Defenders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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