chattanooga MOCS

CHATTANOOGA: Recipient of the Parks McCall Memorial Athletic Scholarship ... played in 31 games with 23 starts ... Mechanical Engineering Major ... graduated in May 2021 ... CoSIDA Academic All-American ... two-time first team All-SoCon ... two-time Academic All-SoCon ... two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District ... two time member of the SoCon Honor Roll ... nine career 100-yard receiving games tied Cos Dematteo (1999-02) for second all-time at UTC ... one shy of the school record set by Joe Burke (1977-80) ... 5+ catches in 18 of last 25 games ... caught a pass in 27-straight games, fifth-longest streak at UTC ... 16 catches of 40+ yards ... 2,242 career yards with 12 TDs and 152 catches ... seventh all-time at UTC in receptions ... third in career receiving yards ... semifinalist for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda.
 
2020-21 • SENIOR SEASON:  Three catches for 28 yards at Western Kentucky in only action of the spring ... game-winning 102-yard KOR was called back on a controversial call ... preseason first team All-SoCon ... made the Dean's List & A.D. Honor Roll both semesters. 

2019 • JUNIOR SEASON:  First Team All-SoCon by the league’s coaches and media ... 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team ... ADA Academic All-Star Team ... Academic All-SoCon ... 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District ... fourth in the SoCon with 4.8 (57) receptions per game ... 66.2 receiving yards per game is third in the SoCon ... 57 catches for 794 yards and five TDs ... three 100-yard games ... five catches of 40+ yards ... six catches for 94 yards at VMI ... four catches for 129 yards and a score against The Citadel ... caught passes of 50, 40, 27 (TD) and 12 against the Bulldogs ... eight catches for 58 yards vs. Furman ... four catches for 90 yards at Wofford ... 61-yard TD catch against the Terriers ... four catches for 32 yards vs. ETSU ... two catches for 14 yards and a TD at Mercer ... left the game in the first quarter with an injury and did not return ... four catches for 100 yards and score vs. Western Carolina ... five catches for 47 yards against James Madison ... one catch for seven yards at Tennessee ... eight catches for 87 yards at Jacksonville State ... six catches for 100 yards and a score against Eastern Illinois ... 59-yard TD catch was his eighth career catch of 50+ yards ... 2019 Walter Payton Award Watch List ... 2019 Preseason All-American HeroSports.com, STATS and Phil Steele second team ... preseason first team All-SoCon ... made the Dean’s List and the A.D. Honor Roll both semesters ... made the SoCon Honor Roll. 

2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:  First Team All-Southern Conference by the league's media and coaches ... CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District ... HeroSports.com Sophomore All-American ... Academic All-SoCon ... second in the SoCon and sixth in the nation with 112.5 receiving yards per game ... other SoCon/FCS rankings include 4th/39th in receiving TDs (7), 3rd/8th in receptions/game (7.2) ... 1,237 receiving yards is No. 2 on the Mocs single-season receiving yards list ... one of only four in school history with 1,000 receiving yards in a season ... first since Joel Bradford’s school record 1,284 in 2010 ... 11 catches of 40+ yards this season ... Mocs only had five such plays as a TEAM in 2017 ... 429 yards in first two games are the most in consecutive games in school history ... four consecutive 100-yard receiving games is a school record ... fourth player in school history with multiple 75-yard TD catches in one season ... six 100-yard receiving games is tied for second with Alonzo Nix (2003) for the school record ... 79 receptions is fifth most in a season at UTC ... most since Bradford had 81 in 2010 ... five catches for 141 yards at South Carolina ... most receiving yards by a Moc against an FBS opponent since Cos DeMatteo had 207 at Louisville on Sept. 11, 1999 ... most receiving yards by a Moc against an SEC opponent since Rocky Turner had 198 at Ole Miss on Nov. 13, 1971 ... caught a 45-yard pass on the first play of the game ... 57-yard connection with Tiano in the fourth quarter ... threw the TD pass in the fourth quarter ... six catches for 91 yards against Mercer, including a 50-yard reception ... eight catches for 52 yards at Furman ... seven catches for 130 yards and a TD against VMI ... 64-yard TD reception in the first quarter ... fifth catch of 50+ yards this season ... third longest catch of the year ... game-high seven catches for 55 yards at Western Carolina ... game-high eight catches for 47 yards against Wofford ... eight catches for 67 yards and a score at ETSU ... five catches for 108 yards and a 55-yard TD against Samford ... eight catches for 117 yards at UT Martin ... STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week, SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week and repeated as SoCon Offensive Player of the Week after posting 10 catches for 268 yards and two TDs at The Citadel ... also threw the game-winning 2-pt. conversion in overtime ... most receiving yards in a game since Joel Bradford’s school-record 274 (15) in a 36-28 win at No. 25 Furman on Oct. 23, 2010 ... most catches in a game since Xavier Borishade had 10 vs. Mars Hill on Sept. 10, 2015 ... 3rd-most yards in a league game in SoCon history ... 76-yard TD in the first quarter ties for 17th-longest in school history ... earned SoCon Offensive Player of the Week honors after posting seven catches for 161 yards and an 89-yard TD score against Tennessee Tech ... fifth longest pass play in school history and longest since the school-record 94-yarder by Stepfon Hawkins in 1997 ... made the Dean's List and the A.D. Honor Roll both semesters and had a 4.0 GPA in the spring ... made the SoCon Honor Roll.

2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON:  Played in eight games as a true freshman ... made seven catches for 89 yards ... had two catches for 40 yards against The Citadel ... made the Dean's List and the A.D. Honor Roll both semesters with a 4.0 GPA in the spring ... made the SoCon Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO UTC:  Two-star prospect according to 247Sports.com … led Walker Valley HS in Cleveland, Tenn., to its first-ever playoff win as a senior … played for head coach Glen Ryan  … all-district and all-region basketball player … all-state decathlete … 4.0 GPA and a member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL:  Full name is Joshua Bryce Nunnelly … born Nov. 28, 1998 … son of Jeff & Deanna Nunnelly … has two older brothers, Drew and Trent … both brothers ran track at Bryan College.