Junior (2021)
Honorable mention All-Conference USA at wide receiver for the second straight season … started all 14 games … caught 71 passes for 819 yards and six touchdowns … averaged 11.5 yards per reception and 58.5 yards per contest … had 106 yards and a TD on eight catches in the 27-17 win over Southern Miss (Nov. 13) … caught eight passes for 84 yards and a score in home wins against Middle Tennessee (Sept. 18) and UNLV (Oct. 2) … had eight receptions for 83 yards and a TD and also threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Frank Harris in the 52-46 road triumph over WKU (Oct. 9) … had six catches for 82 yards in the road win against Memphis (Sept. 25) … hauled in a pair of touchdown passes and totaled 63 receiving yards in the 45-0 shutout of Rice (Oct. 16) … registered 73 yards on six catches in the 37-30 win at Illinois (Sept. 4) … had five receptions for 58 yards in the 34-31 victory over UAB (Nov. 20).

Sophomore (2020)
Honorable mention All-Conference USA … started all 12 contests at wide receiver … recorded 58 receptions for 547 yards and five touchdowns … had four or more catches in 10 games … hauled in eight passes for 89 yards — both season highs — and a touchdown in the 24-10 victory against SFA (Sept. 19) … had six catches for 44 yards, including a highlight-reel TD catch in overtime of the 51-48 win at Texas State (Sept. 12) … logged 30 yards and a TD on five receptions in the 37-35 triumph over Middle Tennessee (Sept. 25) … had a 10-yard touchdown catch against No. 16 Louisiana in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dec. 26) … caught four passes for 58 yards versus No. 15 BYU (Oct. 10) … had five receptions for 58 yards in the 52-21 rout of UTEP (Nov. 14) … was on the receiving end of five passes, including an 8-yard TD grab, in the 49-17 victory against North Texas (Nov. 28) … had five catches for 63 yards at FAU (Oct. 31) and five receptions for 44 yards in the 23-20 road win over Southern Miss (Nov. 21).

Freshman (2019)
Played in all 12 games and earned starts in five contests … caught eight passes for 153 yards and a touchdown … averaged 19.1 yards per reception … totaled a season-best 95 receiving yards on just three catches, including a season-long 75-yard TD, against Southern Miss (Nov. 16) … that marked the longest play for UTSA on the season … drew his first career start at Baylor (Sept. 7) and caught a pair of passes for 23 yards … also hauled in two passes for 16 yards versus Army (Sept. 14) … had a 19-yard reception in the victory at Old Dominion (Nov. 9).

Prior To UTSA
First-team all-district wide receiver as a senior for head coach Anthony Williams at Dekaney High School … caught 19 passes for 358 yards and four touchdowns in 2018 … also threw for 311 yards and four TDs and rushed for 109 yards and a score in his final season … as a quarterback his junior year, completed 104-of-201 passes for 1,388 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushed for 242 yards and four TDs … totaled 2,304 yards and 20 TDs through the air and 425 yards and five scores on the ground for his prep career … versatile athlete who also excelled for the Wildcats’ baseball and track & field teams … batted .443 with 27 hits, six doubles, one triple, a home run and nine RBIs as a junior … won the district, area and regional high jump titles as a junior and owns a personal-best jump of 6-10 … finished third in the high jump at the state meet with a 6-8 clearance.

Personal
Born March 5, 2001 … son of Trenesa and Rodney Cephus … father played football at Texas Southern … uncle, Marvin Cephus, played wide receiver at Tulane and in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles … has three brothers and one sister … multidisciplinary studies major.

Joshua Cephus