2022 Football Roster
Roster
Josh Cameron
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 216
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cedar Park, Texas
- High School:
- Cedar Park HS
• Biletnikoff Award Watch List
• Hornung Award Watch List
• Preseason First-Team All-America, PR (Athlon)
• Preseason All-Big 12, PR/KR (Big 12 Media)
• Preseason First-Team All-Texas, WR (DCTF)
• Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12, WR (Athlon, Phil Steele)
• Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12, PR (Phil Steele)
2024 (Redshirt Junior): Emerged as one of the nation’s best receivers and the nation’s best punt returner … Named second-team All-America as a punt returner by CBS Sports and the FWAA … Also named first-team All-Big 12, second-team All-Texas by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and third-team All-Big 12 Conference by College Football News … Was a nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, and a mid-season watch list member of the Jet Award, given to the nation’s best returner … Started all 13 games at wide receiver, totaling team highs in catches (52), yards (754) and TDs (10) … Returned 14 punts for 290 yards and an average of 20.7 yards per return, with a long of 73 … The last four opponents of the year would not allow a punt return, which resulted in falling below the NCAA’s statistical minimums threshold for punt return average to lead the nation in punt returns … Had four 100+ yard receiving games, tied for 14th most in BU career history … Ranked 10th in Baylor single-season history with 10 receiving TDs, the most since Tyquan Thornton had 10 in 2021 … Ranks as the BU career leader in punt return average (18.18), fourth in single-season history (20.71), 10th in BU single-season history in punt return yards in a season (290) and career (490) … Opened the year with a14-yard grab vs. Tarleton, also returning a kickoff eight yards and two punts for 18 yards … Had two catches for 59 yards, including a 47-yard screen pass taken to the house at Utah for his first career TD … Also returned two punts for 25 yards, including an 18-yarder at Utah … Had five catches for 63 yards and a 20-yard punt return vs. Air Force … Had three punt returns for 91 yards, including a 54-yarder, at Colorado, adding a six-yard grab … Broke out for seven catches and 125 yards and two TDs vs. BYU, returning a punt 20 yards as part of a 145-yard all-purpose game … Had a TD on two catches at Iowa State … Exploded for three TDs on six catches and 75 yards in a beatdown of a formerly red-hot Texas Tech in Lubbock, also returning two punts for 74 yards, including a 73-yarder that forced a tackle at the one-yard line … Had a catch for 13 yards and a 21-yard punt return in a win over OSU … Had four grabs for 59 yards with two punt returns for 21 yards in a win over TCU, the last team in 2024 that would allow a punt return … Had five catches for 101 yards and a TD at West Virginia … Had two catches for 16 yards at Houston … Went for a career-high eight catches for 102 yards and a TD in a rout of Kansas … Finished the year with eight catches for 111 yards and a score vs. LSU in the Texas Bowl … Was named preseason All-Big 12 as a punt returner by Athlon Sports, CFN, Phil Steele, also earning Phil Steele preseason All-America honors.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 12 games with seven starts … Finished with 21 catches for 224 yards … Averaged 18.7 yards per game … Returned 13 punts for 201 yards, including a 70-yard return and an average of 15.5 yards per return … Ranked second in the Big 12 in average punt returns … The 70-yard return was the third-longest in the Big 12 on the year … Had first catch of the year for 11 yards vs. Long Island … Had two catches for 20 yards vs. Texas Tech … Went for three catches for 46 yards and a four punt returns for 52 yards – including a 41-yard return that set up a score – at Cincinnati … Had four catches for 41 yards vs. Houston … Had five grabs for 41 yards, and returned three punts for 101 yards, including a 70-yard scamper, at No. 25 Kansas State … Had two catches for 14 yards at Texas Tech and two for 31 yards vs. West Virginia.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Had a breakout season, playing in all 13 games with four starts … Ranked fourth on the team in catches (28) and second in yards (386) … Had 23 catches for 315 yards in Big 12 play … Over the last five games of the year, had 21 catches for 327 yards, averaging 4.2 catches and 65.4 yards per game … Had first-career catch at No. 21 BYU … Nabbed singles catches vs. Texas State, Iowa State, No. 7 Oklahoma State and at Texas Tech … Had two grabs vs. Kansas … Went for five catches for 72 yards at Oklahoma … Had six catches for 83 yards vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Had a career-long 42-yard catch, part of a three-catch, 68-yard effort, vs. No. 4 TCU … Hauled in four balls for 48 yards at No. 23 Texas … Caught three passes for 56 yards, and had a rushing attempt for the first time in his career, in the Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force.
2021 (Freshman): Redshirted ... Played in the final three games against Texas Tech (11/27), Oklahoma State (12/4) and Ole Miss (1/1) ... Did not record any stats.
High School: Played at Cedar Park High School for coach Carl Abseck … Led team to 14-1 record and trip to state championship game in 2020 … Totaled 90 receptions for 1,226 yards and 14 touchdowns … Team captain … First-Team All-District … Austin American-Statesman All-Area pick … CPHS Team Offensive MVP … Helped team to 11-2 record and round three of playoffs as a junior in 2019 … 80 receptions for 1,127 yards and 14 touchdowns … First-Team All-District … CPHS Offensive MVP … also played basketball.
Personal: Son of Gaius and Andrea Cameron … has one brother Justin … brother is Baylor graduate ... pre-business major.
