Tight end, Syracuse, 2012–⁠16

Josh Parris

Number
No. 89
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Stone Mountain, GA

Josh Parris played tight end at Syracuse (2012–⁠16).

Career highs

7catches, career highvs. Boston College, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Boston College, 2013

Team titles: Big East champions, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013*Syracuse13906.9215
2014Syracuse9495.4013
2015Syracuse211406.7013
Career432796.5215

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Syracuse89TE
2013Syracuse89TE
2014Syracuse89TE
2015Syracuse89TE
2016Syracuse89TE6′4″

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
2013Syracuse110.34––3.8–
2014Syracuse110.36––3.9–
2015Syracuse300.135th (n=465)0.534.07%

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

2015 Syracuse 7 games, 21 catches, 140 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 12vs.Wake ForestW 30–⁠171909
Sep 26vs.LSUL 24–⁠34432011
Oct 10atSouth FloridaL 24–⁠45319011
Oct 24vs.PittsburghL 20–⁠23319010
Oct 31atFlorida StateL 21–⁠45435013
Nov 7atLouisvilleL 17–⁠4152409
Nov 14vs.ClemsonL 27–⁠371202
2014 Syracuse 4 games, 9 catches, 49 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Oct 3vs.LouisvilleL 6–⁠28534012
Oct 18atWake ForestW 30–⁠72408
Oct 25atClemsonL 6–⁠161−20−2
Nov 1vs.NC StateL 17–⁠24113013
2013 Syracuse 8 games, 13 catches, 90 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Penn StateL 17–⁠231202
Sep 7atNorthwesternL 27–⁠48––––
Sep 21vs.TulaneW 52–⁠171909
Oct 5vs.ClemsonL 14–⁠491505
Nov 2vs.Wake ForestW 13–⁠0115015
Nov 9atMarylandW 20–⁠31202
Nov 16atFlorida StateL 3–⁠59110010
Nov 30vs.Boston CollegeW 34–⁠31747215

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

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