Josh Malone in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
972
Receiving yards, 2016 (Tennessee, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 128
Round 4, 2017 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

7catches, career highat Vanderbilt, 2016121receiving yards, career highat Vanderbilt, 20162receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Tennessee Tech, 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Tennessee2323110.0120
2015Tennessee3140513.1275
2016Tennessee5097219.41167
Career1041,60815.51475

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Tennessee3WR
2015Tennessee3WR
2016Tennessee3WR6′3″

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
2014Tennessee450.136th (n=496)0.525.87%
2015Tennessee470.6164th (n=465)0.5328.66%
2016Tennessee740.9797th (n=489)0.5272.18%

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
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.App StateW 20–⁠13281167–
Sep 10vs.Virginia TechW 45–⁠24246138–
Sep 17vs.OhioW 28–⁠19569220–
Sep 24vs.FloridaW 38–⁠28491142–
Oct 1atGeorgiaW 34–⁠31223012–
Oct 8atTexas A&ML 38–⁠45231027–
Oct 15vs.AlabamaL 10–⁠49561036–
Oct 29atSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠24442018–
Nov 5vs.Tennessee TechW 55–⁠05112243–
Nov 12vs.KentuckyW 49–⁠36492151–
Nov 19vs.MissouriW 63–⁠37383157–
Nov 26atVanderbiltL 34–⁠457121127–
Dec 30 ✦vs.NebraskaW 38–⁠245120159–
2015 Tennessee 10 games, 31 catches, 405 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.Bowling GreenW 59–⁠30340016–
Sep 12vs.OklahomaL 24–⁠31219110–
Sep 19vs.Western CarolinaW 55–⁠10433019–
Oct 3vs.ArkansasL 20–⁠24317011–
Oct 10vs.GeorgiaW 38–⁠31560023–
Oct 24atAlabamaL 14–⁠19243034–
Oct 31atKentuckyW 52–⁠214103175–
Nov 14vs.North TexasW 24–⁠0438022–
Nov 21atMissouriW 19–⁠8235021–
Jan 1 ✦vs.NorthwesternW 45–⁠6217010–
2014 Tennessee 9 games, 23 catches, 231 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Utah StateW 38–⁠7226015–
Sep 6vs.Arkansas StateW 34–⁠19114014–
Sep 13atOklahomaL 10–⁠34223013–
Sep 27atGeorgiaL 32–⁠3554301420
Oct 4vs.FloridaL 9–⁠10428017–
Oct 18atOle MissL 3–⁠34575020−9
Oct 25vs.AlabamaL 20–⁠341919–
Nov 15vs.KentuckyW 50–⁠162907–
Jan 2 ✦vs.IowaW 45–⁠281404–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′2¾″
Weight208 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.40 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press10 reps
3-cone drill7.05 s
20-yard shuttle4.19 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.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Cincinnati Bengals96631
2018Cincinnati Bengals31120
2020New York Jets34160
NFL career1511911

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

YearsLeagueTeam
2023XFLDC 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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