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JAX Jacksonville Jaguars · WR· #19 · also kick returner

Josh Cameron

Age
23
Height
6'1"
Weight
224 lbs
College
Baylor
Drafted
2026, No. 191 overall (JAX)
Experience
Rookie
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50

Overall grade

51st of 94 wide receivers

Typical

about average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Josh grades about average among wide receivers so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 4 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the wide receivers in the league.

  • EPA per target+0.7114th of 94small sample
  • Catches over expected−1.0 pts57th of 94small sample
  • Share of the team's passes10%78th of 94

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying wide receivers. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among wide receivers after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 5: 86th percentile86th

Not enough games yet to draw a line.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per target game by game
WeekOpponentThat gametargetsSeason rank after
1vs CLE+1.102–
3vs NE+0.802–
4vs CIN+1.832–
5vs PHI+0.18686th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 3 targets can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every wide receiver with at least 12 targets. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per target

Well above typical

+0.71

14th of 94 wide receivers · top 15%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. Every target counts, caught or not, so a receiver cannot hide behind a catch total.

The box score: Receiving yards rise with targets, not with what the targets were worth.

Does it show up in winning? Across 208 games league-wide, teams won 64% of the time when their wide receiver was in the best third on EPA per target, and 36% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: +0.59 (8) vs +0.95 before

Small sample: could move a lot · 12 targets · true level likely −0.02 to +1.45

Catches over expected

Below typical

−1.0 pts

57th of 94 wide receivers · bottom 41%

His catch rate compared with what each target's difficulty predicted. +4 means he catches 4 more of every 100 targets than the throws suggested.

The box score: Catch rate rewards the receiver who is only thrown easy passes.

Does it show up in winning? Across 207 games league-wide, teams won 62% of the time when their wide receiver was in the best third on catches over expected, and 39% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: −8.9 pts (8) vs +14.8 pts before

Small sample: could move a lot · 12 targets · true level likely −21.9 pts to +19.9 pts

Share of the team's passes

Well below typical

10%

78th of 94 wide receivers · bottom 19%

The portion of his team's pass attempts that were thrown to him, in the games he was targeted. It shows whether he is the focus of the offense.

The box score: Targets and receptions do not say how big the offense's passing game was.

Does it show up in winning? Across 425 games league-wide, a good or bad game on share of the team's passes from a wide receiver has not lined up much with his team winning (56% wins in the best third, 54% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 12% (8) vs 8% before

Sample still growing · 12 targets · true level likely 5% to 15%

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the wide receivers around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Average depth of target

Style

4.9 yds

Works the short game, and more so than almost any of the wide receivers. A typical one is 11.7 yds.

How far downfield his targets are, on average. It is a role, not a grade.

Small sample: could move a lot · 12 targets

Deep targets

Style

0%

Rarely goes deep, and more so than almost any of the wide receivers. A typical one is 19%.

The share of his targets that are 20 or more yards downfield.

Small sample: could move a lot · 12 targets

Playing time

He has played in 4 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 31% of the team's offensive plays when he plays.

Each column is a game: the share of his team's offensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Josh Cameron game by game
GameResultSnapsTgtRecYdsTDEPA/targetCROETarget share
Wk 1 vs CLEW 34–1033%22201+1.10+43.1 pts8%
Wk 3 vs NEW 35–637%21121+0.80−13.5 pts7%
Wk 4 vs CINW 22–1736%22420+1.83+23.1 pts7%
Wk 5 vs PHIW 19–17–63430+0.18−19.6 pts15%

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among wide receivers. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Josh Cameron box score totals
StatTotalRank
Targets1294th of 94
Receptions880th of 94
Receiving yards11778th of 94
Receiving touchdowns212th of 94

Players with a similar profile

The wide receivers whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

As a kick returner

Points added and yards gained on kickoff returns.

The read

Josh grades about average among kick returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Lately he is playing worse. Yards per return is 21.0 yds over the last 2 games (3 returns), against 28.8 yds before that. The change points one way, but a few plays could still explain it.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the kick returners in the league.

  • EPA per return+0.2530th of 53small sample
  • Yards per return25.4 yds32nd of 53small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying kick returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among kick returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 14th percentileWeek 3: 75th percentileWeek 4: 55th percentileWeek 5: 44th percentile44th

Season rank climbed: 14th to 44th percentile since Wk 2.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per return game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamereturnsSeason rank after
1vs CLE−0.861–
2vs DEN+0.43214th pct
3vs NE+1.60175th pct
4vs CIN+0.06255th pct
5vs PHI+0.00144th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 1 returns can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every kick returner with at least 5 returns. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per return

Typical

+0.25

30th of 53 kick returners · bottom 46%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for each kickoff he returns.

The box score: Return average ignores the starting field position the team would have had anyway.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 54% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on EPA per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: +0.04 (3) vs +0.40 before−8.3grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 7 returns · true level likely −0.25 to +0.74

Yards per return

Typical

25.4 yds

32nd of 53 kick returners · bottom 42%

Average yards per kickoff return.

The box score: This is the box score number.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 63% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on yards per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 21.0 yds (3) vs 28.8 yds before−20.0grade points downLeaning that way

Small sample: could move a lot · 7 returns · true level likely 19.8 yds to 31.0 yds

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Josh Cameron game by game
GameResultRetYdsEPA/returnYds/return
Wk 1 vs CLEW 34–10123−0.8623.0 yds
Wk 2 vs DENL 13–20250+0.4325.0 yds
Wk 3 vs NEW 35–6142+1.6042.0 yds
Wk 4 vs CINW 22–17245+0.0622.5 yds
Wk 5 vs PHIW 19–17118+0.0018.0 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among kick returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Josh Cameron box score totals
StatTotalRank
Returns730th of 53
Return yards17836th of 53

Players with a similar profile

The kick returners whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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