Josh Downs stats

Colts

Wide Receiver · #2

Age 25 · 5' 9" · 171 lbs

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Josh Downs recorded 30 receptions, 330 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdown in 8 games of 2026 for the Indianapolis Colts. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
REC · 45th
30
TGTS · 27th
50
YDS · 48th
330
AVG · 24th
11.0
TD
1
LNG
42
FD
19

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (REC, TGTS, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 30+ TGTS; AVG: 4+ games, 30+ REC) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2023IND17689877111.325930
2024IND147210780311.256940
2025IND1658885669.843436
2026IND8305033011.014219

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season

GP
55
REC
228
TGTS
343
YDS
2,470
AVG
10.8
TD
12
LNG
69
FD
125

Per game

GP
8
REC
3.8
TGTS
6.3
YDS
41.3
AVG
11.0
TD
0.1
LNG
42
FD
2.4

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2023IND174.05.845.411.30.1591.8
2024IND145.17.657.411.20.4692.9
2025IND163.65.535.49.80.3342.3
2026IND83.86.341.311.00.1422.4

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season, Per game

GP
55
REC
4.1
TGTS
6.2
YDS
44.9
AVG
10.8
TD
0.2
LNG
69
FD
2.3

Fantasy

GP
8
PPR
69.7
HALF
54.7
STD
39.7
PPG
8.7

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2023IND17157.1123.189.19.2
2024IND14183.5147.5111.513.1
2025IND16138.4109.480.48.7
2026IND869.754.739.78.7

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Career regular season

GP
55
PPR
548.7
HALF
434.7
STD
320.7
PPG
10

Bio

Age
25 yearsAug 12, 2001
Height
5' 9"
Weight
171 lbs
Experience
4 years
Birthplace
Suwanee, GA
Draft
2023Rd 3, Pk 79
College
North Carolina
Salary
$3.92 million2026

Brother of Caleb Downs · All NFL brothers

Latest performance

Josh Downs

Nov 01 · @ JAX · L 42-7

REC
4
TGTS
5
YDS
23
AVG
5.8
TD
1
LNG
8

Snap counts, 2026

81% of his club's offensive snaps a game (430 in 8 games); 75% in week 8.

His offensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1BAL4889%3
2KC5483%0
3HOU4868%0
4WSH5177%0
5PIT6085%0
6TEN7186%0
7MIN5285%2
8JAX4675%4

NFL snap counts, every player

2023 NFL combine

WR, 5'9", 171 lb · North Carolina

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.48s58th
Vertical jump38.5"81st
Broad jump10' 11"92nd

Percentile: the share of WRs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2023 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs DALSun, Nov 08

Most recent games
DateOpponentRECYDSTD
Sun, Nov 01atJAXL 42-74231
Sun, Oct 25atMINL 16-102180
Sun, Oct 18vsTENL 26-204400
Sun, Oct 11atPITL 34-223470
Sun, Oct 04atWSHW 30-133160
Sun, Sep 27vsHOUW 19-175770

What are Josh Downs's career stats?

Josh Downs has played 4 seasons for the Colts. He has 228 receptions for 2,470 yards and 12 receiving touchdowns. His best season so far is 2024: 72 receptions, 803 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns.

Best single games

  • Rushing Yards: 13 @ HOU on Oct 27, 2024, L 23-20
  • Receptions: 10 vs JAX on Jan 5, 2025, W 26-23 OT
  • Receiving Yards: 125 vs CLE on Oct 22, 2023, L 39-38
  • Receiving Touchdowns: 1 vs CLE on Oct 22, 2023, L 39-38
Josh Downs's best game in each stat, by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
2026—237—
202536651
202413101091
2023—81251

What the columns mean: REC

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2023.

Josh Downs college stats

Josh Downs played 3 seasons at North Carolina Tar Heels (2020 to 2022): 202 catches for 2,483 yards and 22 touchdowns.

rushing

Josh Downs's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2020North Carolina Tar Heels1-3-300

receiving

Josh Downs's college receiving by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020North Carolina Tar Heels711917375
2021North Carolina Tar Heels1011,33513.2863
2022North Carolina Tar Heels941,02910.91143

defensive

Josh Downs's college defensive by season
SeasonSchoolTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLOSOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.ASTAST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PDPD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FFFF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INTINT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020North Carolina Tar Heels110000000

scoring

Josh Downs's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2021North Carolina Tar Heels0080800048
2022North Carolina Tar Heels001101100066

returning

Josh Downs's college returning by season
YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
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2022North Carolina Tar Heels000000000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Josh Downs's college game log.

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