2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 18
Joshua Cobbs
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 204
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- Wagner HS
- Prev School:
- Wyoming
Bio
As a Junior (2023)
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Appeared in 11 games (176 snaps)
- Made one start – coming in finale at UCF (Nov. 25)
- 130 offensive snaps (76 slot; 54 wide)
- 46 snaps on kick/punt return
- Eight receptions for 71 yards
- One catch for season high 17 yards vs. Sam Houston (Sept. 23)
- Season high two catches for 15 yards at Kansas State (Oct. 28)
- Catches in six of 11 appearances
Prior to Houston
- Spent last three seasons at Wyoming
- Made 12 starts and appeared in 12 of team's 13 games in 2022
- 35 receptions for 407 yards and two touchdowns
- One of most reliable targets at wide receiver in 2021
- Appeared in 11 games and made five starts
- Second on team with 25 receptions for 245 yards
- Averaged 22.3 yards receiving per game
- Averaged 9.8 yards per catch
- One touchdown on season
- Career-high six receptions vs. Utah State, which tied for team high on season
- Appeared in five games in 2020
- Did not record any statistics during 2020
- 43 offensive snaps; 22 snaps on kick return
- Joined Houston in January as mid-year enrollee
High School
- First Team All-District 13 in Class 5A-1 as a senior
- 2019 SA Preps Sub-6A Public School Elite 33 All-Metro Team for San Antonio
- Selected to and played in the 2020 San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game (Jan. 4, 2020)
- Part of the winning Black Team, that defeated the Gold Team 35-34
- Dave Campbell's Texas Football described Cobbs as "the most impressive specimen in the game”
- Caught 27 passes for 661 yards and 17 receiving TDs his senior season at Wagner High School in San Antonio
- Averaged 24.5 yards per reception
- Long reception of 66 yards
- 692 all-purpose yards
- 31 yards in interception returns
- 19 tackles, including 11 solo tackles on defense
- Intercepted two passes as a senior
- Caught 62 career passes for 1,253 yards and 25 TDs
- Averaged 20.2 yards per reception
- 1,342 all-purpose yards and 27 combined TDs
- Helped Wagner to 13-2 overall record
- Helped Wagner to 8-0 record in District 13 of Class 5A-1 to win conference in 2019
- Wagner advanced to Texas Class 5A-1 State Semifinals
Personal
- Nickname: JC
- Played with Lucas Coley in 2020 and Stacey Snead for a basketball state championship
- Hobbies: NBA2K and basketball
- Dream job outside football: real estate broker
- Most people don’t know he’s really a hooper
- Hidden talent: basketball
- Chose UH because the Culture fits my personality and the relationship coaches have with players.
- One word to describe himself on the field: busy
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: hot wings
- His motivation for working hard: his brother and father who are not here to see him
- Best advice: every day you wake up, pick up your crown, and learn to love doing what people hate
- Sports hero: Muhammad Ali, because of his mentality and how hard he fought for his beliefs
- Highlight of his life thus far: taking my brother on my official visit before he passed
- Most memorable athletic feat: hasn’t happened yet
- Unique fact: he is the best basketball player on the football team