Josh Oliver

TE · JAX/BAL/MIN · 2019–2026

Born March 21, 1997 · College San Jose State · Drafted 2019, round 3, pick 69 (JAX) · 6-5, 264 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	JAX	3	6	3	15	0	50.0	−1.012	+0.094−0.094 to +0.282	4.9	7.3	−6.1	−0.02
2021	BAL	11	15	9	66	0	60.0	−0.222	+0.067−0.116 to +0.250	4.0	8.4	−3.3	−0.00
2022	BAL	12	25	14	149	2	56.0	+0.196	+0.107−0.070 to +0.284	7.7	8.5	+4.9	+0.32
2022 playoffs	BAL	1	2	2	26	0	100.0	+1.063		7.1	5.0	+2.1	+0.04
2023	MIN	12	28	22	213	2	78.6	+0.151	+0.121−0.054 to +0.297	6.1	2.6	+4.2	+0.14
2024	MIN	11	28	22	258	3	78.6	+0.606	+0.223+0.047 to +0.398	8.6	7.8	+17.0	+0.29
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	1	1	5	0	100.0	+0.040		2.5	-2.0	+0.0	+0.01
2025	MIN	12	19	15	160	4	78.9	+0.604	+0.211+0.031 to +0.392	5.9	3.4	+11.5	+0.25
2026	MIN	2	5	3	46	0	60.0	+0.316	+0.165−0.024 to +0.354	11.9	3.6	+1.6	+0.06
Career	MIN	63	126	88	907	11	69.8	+0.236		6.4	6.0	+29.7	+1.04

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2019	JAX	3	1
2021	BAL	11	4
2022	BAL	12	2
2023	MIN	12	1
2024	MIN	11	3
2025	MIN	12	1
Career	MIN	63	12

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2019	JAX	4	112	40.7	–	–
2021	BAL	13	150	16.1	–	–
2022	BAL	17	491	46.0	–	–
2022 playoffs	BAL	1	48	69.6	–	–
2023	MIN	17	459	41.3	–	–
2024	MIN	15	533	55.2	–	–
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	18	25.0	–	–
2025	MIN	15	392	45.6	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	25	76.0	0	0.0	2	50.0
2023	28	78.6	1	4.5	1	100.0
2024	28	82.1	0	0.0	2	0.0
2025	19	84.2	0	0.0	2	50.0
2026	5	60.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (2 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs GB	W 39–22	4	2	22	0	−0.0
2	2026-09-20	@ CHI	W 9–3	1	1	24	0	+1.6

2025 game log (12 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-08	@ CHI	W 27–24	1	1	5	0	+0.2	0
3	2025-09-21	vs CIN	W 48–10	1	1	12	1	+2.5	0
4	2025-09-28	@ PIT	L 21–24	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
5	2025-10-05	@ CLE	W 21–17	3	2	35	1	+2.6	0
7	2025-10-19	vs PHI	L 22–28	1	1	9	0	+0.8	0
11	2025-11-16	vs CHI	L 17–19	1	1	-3	0	−1.3	0
12	2025-11-23	@ GB	L 6–23	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0
14	2025-12-07	vs WAS	W 31–0	2	2	24	2	+2.9	0
15	2025-12-14	@ DAL	W 34–26	1	1	18	0	+1.2	1
16	2025-12-21	@ NYG	W 16–13	3	2	19	0	+0.8	0
17	2025-12-25	vs DET	W 23–10	2	1	8	0	+0.2	0
18	2026-01-04	vs GB	W 16–3	2	2	29	0	+2.3	0

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ NYG	W 28–6	2	2	27	0	+1.5	1
3	2024-09-22	vs HOU	W 34–7	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
4	2024-09-29	@ GB	W 31–29	2	2	10	1	+1.8	0
7	2024-10-20	vs DET	L 29–31	1	1	5	0	−0.2	0
8	2024-10-24	@ LA	L 20–30	2	2	30	1	+2.7	0
9	2024-11-03	vs IND	W 21–13	5	5	58	1	+6.5	1
10	2024-11-10	@ JAX	W 12–7	6	4	52	0	+2.5	1
11	2024-11-17	@ TEN	W 23–13	3	3	34	0	+1.9	0
14	2024-12-08	vs ATL	W 42–21	2	1	26	0	+1.2	0
16	2024-12-22	@ SEA	W 27–24	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
18	2025-01-05	@ DET	L 9–31	3	2	16	0	+0.2	0
P19	2025-01-13	@ LA	L 9–27	1	1	5	0	+0.0	0

2023 game log (12 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs TB	L 17–20	3	3	32	0	+1.3	0
2	2023-09-14	@ PHI	L 28–34	3	2	13	0	−0.2	0
3	2023-09-24	vs LAC	L 24–28	2	2	4	1	+0.8	0
5	2023-10-08	vs KC	L 20–27	2	1	15	0	−5.3	0
7	2023-10-23	vs SF	W 22–17	2	2	6	0	−0.2	0
9	2023-11-05	@ ATL	W 31–28	2	2	1	0	−1.4	1
11	2023-11-19	@ DEN	L 20–21	4	4	47	1	+5.4	0
14	2023-12-10	@ LV	W 3–0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
15	2023-12-16	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	2	2	14	0	+0.9	0
16	2023-12-24	vs DET	L 24–30	2	1	33	0	+1.6	0
17	2023-12-31	vs GB	L 10–33	2	1	17	0	+0.3	0
18	2024-01-07	@ DET	L 20–30	3	2	31	0	+1.8	0

2022 game log (13 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2022-09-25	@ NE	W 37–26	2	2	8	1	+1.5	0
5	2022-10-09	vs CIN	W 19–17	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
6	2022-10-16	@ NYG	L 20–24	3	2	21	0	+1.1	1
7	2022-10-23	vs CLE	W 23–20	1	0	0	0	−1.0	0
8	2022-10-27	@ TB	W 27–22	1	1	4	0	−0.0	0
9	2022-11-07	@ NO	W 27–13	3	1	19	0	+1.3	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CAR	W 13–3	1	1	2	0	−0.6	0
12	2022-11-27	@ JAX	L 27–28	6	4	76	1	+6.5	0
15	2022-12-17	@ CLE	L 3–13	2	2	13	0	+0.2	0
16	2022-12-24	vs ATL	W 17–9	3	1	6	0	−2.0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs PIT	L 13–16	1	0	0	0	−1.0	1
18	2023-01-08	@ CIN	L 16–27	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
P19	2023-01-15	@ CIN	L 17–24	2	2	26	0	+2.1	0

2021 game log (11 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-13	@ LV	L 27–33 OT	1	0	0	−0.5	0
2	2021-09-19	vs KC	W 36–35	1	1	9	+1.3	0
3	2021-09-26	@ DET	W 19–17	1	1	6	−0.2	0
4	2021-10-03	@ DEN	W 23–7	1	0	0	−0.9	0
5	2021-10-11	vs IND	W 31–25 OT	2	2	13	+0.9	0
6	2021-10-17	vs LAC	W 34–6	1	1	2	−1.1	0
7	2021-10-24	vs CIN	L 17–41	5	2	29	−1.7	0
10	2021-11-11	@ MIA	L 10–22	1	0	0	−0.8	0
13	2021-12-05	@ PIT	L 19–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2021-12-12	@ CLE	L 22–24	1	1	6	+0.3	2
18	2022-01-09	vs PIT	L 13–16 OT	1	1	1	−0.6	1

2019 game log (3 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
8	2019-10-27	vs NYJ	W 29–15	2	1	6	+0.9	0
9	2019-11-03	vs HOU	L 3–26	2	1	4	−6.5	1
11	2019-11-17	@ IND	L 13–33	2	1	5	−0.5	0