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Josh Downs Indianapolis Colts · #2

Wide Receiver · 5' 9", 171 lbs · Suwanee, GA · Age 25

Josh Downs is a Wide Receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, drafted 79th overall, 2023. In 2026 he caught 17 passes for 202 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 79th overall4-yr veteran
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Indianapolis Colts · #2 · Wide Receiver
Josh Downs
Season avg17 rec · 202 yds · 0 td
Career avg215 rec · 2,342 yds · 11 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
17rec
202yds
0td
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Scouting report

Josh Downs — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Josh Downs is a Wide Receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, drafted 79th overall, 2023. In 2026 he caught 17 passes for 202 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Receiving
C+
Big-play
C-
Scoring
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Receiving yards
Excellent · offense
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Volume
Elite · offense
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Big-play
Solid · offense
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Scoring
Solid · offense
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Target share
Elite · offense
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Act II

Where Josh Downs stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #257 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
231Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Josh Downs — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
202 YDS
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Volume
17 REC
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C+
Big-play
11.9 Y/R
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Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Josh Downs

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
41
rec
19–63
432
rec yds
192–672
2
td
0–4
62
targets
31–94
10
games
5–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 17 → projected 41 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
+0.8
Net vs last season+23.6 rec
Everything it reads
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4 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 25 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 14 / 16 / 4
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Josh Downs career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2023176877129811.3
20241472803510711.2
202516585664889.8
2026 in progress · 4 games41720202811.9
Career512152,34211321
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Indianapolis Colts built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
62off index
99def index
+27net
75%playoff odds
65roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades C (62), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 38, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Josh Downs

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-08-12

The beginning

Josh Downs is a Wide Receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, in his 4th NFL season.

Indianapolis Colts

Turning pro

Drafted 79th overall, 2023 as a Wide Receiver.

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Josh Downs is an Indianapolis Colts wide receiver, drafted 79th overall, 2023.

Chapter

Across 4 seasons (2023–2026) he has caught 215 passes for 2,342 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 17 passes for 202 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2026.

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Downs's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
5' 9"
Weight
171 lbs
Draft
79th overall, 2023
Born
Suwanee, GA
Age
25
Jersey
#2
Background

Josh Downs is from Suwanee, GA and is 25 years old. He was drafted 79th overall, 2023 and plays wide receiver at 5' 9", 171 lbs.

Over 4 seasons (2023–2026) he has caught 215 passes for 2,342 yards and 11 touchdowns. Downs is currently on the Indianapolis Colts roster.

The person

Josh Downs is a rotational receiver who has caught 215 passes for 2,342 yards and 11 touchdowns across 4 seasons (2023–2026).

Receiving215 career catches, 2,342 yards, 11 touchdowns.
Best season72 catches for 803 yards in 2024.
Yards per catch10.9 yards per reception over his career.
Draft pedigree79th overall, 2023.
Durability51 career games played.
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FAQ

Josh Downs — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Josh Downs, answered.

What position does Josh Downs play?
Josh Downs is a Wide Receiver for the Indianapolis Colts.
When was Josh Downs drafted?
Josh Downs was drafted 79th overall, 2023.
How many seasons has Josh Downs played?
4 (2023–2026).
What are Josh Downs's career stats?
He has caught 215 passes for 2,342 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Josh Downs career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR1
listed starter
Snap share
79%
of offensive snaps
Target share
23%
WOPR 0.59
Listed as the starter (WR1) on the current depth chart

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs BAL
Week 1 · Plus
Season outlook
60
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 4
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
57
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs BALW2 @ KCW3 vs HOUW4 @ WASW5 @ PITW6 vs TENW7 @ MINW8 @ JAXW9 vs DALW10 vs MIAW11 @ HOUW12 vs NYGW13 · BYEW14 @ PHIW15 @ TENW16 vs CINW17 @ CLEW18 vs JAX

Each week grades Josh Downs's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
9
since 2023
Games missed
3
listed Out
Lower-body
7
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk15 · Ankle2025 Wk14 · Hip2025 Wk9 · Hip2025 Wk8 · Concussion2025 Wk7 · Concussion (Out)2025 Wk3 · Ankle

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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