The case
Wisconsin introduces him as QB1 after his Old Dominion transfer.
QB · Wisconsin · Senior
Colton Joseph
CHROME AUTOPAPER AUTO
PPG78.8OVERALL#18QB#6
CHROME PROSPECTBCP-192Chrome auto · BCPA-CJ
PAPERBPP-192
CHROMEBCP-192
CHROME AUTOBCPA-CJ
PAPER AUTOBPPA-CJO
PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
An established conference award winner faces a new competitive environment. The award supports research priority, not an automatic production grade.
The production
Old Dominion 2025 redshirt sophomore: started all 12 regular-season games, passing for 2,624 yards and 21 touchdowns while rushing for 1,007 yards and 13 touchdowns; Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year.
Latest game
Wisconsin’s Eastern Michigan game center records Joseph with 362 passing yards and 46 rushing yards.
NEXT CHECK
Check passing efficiency against the next stronger defense; yardage alone is insufficient for a complete grade.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 2 autograph appearances · 2 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-192 | Wisconsin® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Colton Joseph BPP-192 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-192 | Wisconsin® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Colton Joseph BCP-192 |
| BOWMAN VERIFIED | BV-18 | Wisconsin® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Colton Joseph BV-18 |
| CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BCPA-CJ | Wisconsin® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Colton Joseph BCPA-CJ |
| PAPER PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BPPA-CJO | Wisconsin® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Colton Joseph BPPA-CJO |
| FUTURE SCRIPT | FS-CJ | Wisconsin® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Colton Joseph FS-CJ |
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RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
Wisconsin; QB; Senior; 6-2; 215 lb.
Source 1: Wisconsin: Colton Joseph official profile / research ↗- school
- Wisconsin (verified)
- position
- QB (verified)
- class
- Senior (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 6-2 / 215 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- Three-star high-school recruit by 247Sports, reported by Wisconsin. (partial)
- 2026 statistics
- Dated game evidence through 2026-09-19; complete season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Check passing efficiency against the next stronger defense; yardage alone is insufficient for a complete grade. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 78.8 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 80medium | Old Dominion 2025 produced 2,624 passing yards, 1,007 rushing yards and 34 total touchdowns across 12 redshirt-sophomore starts; Wisconsin reports a three-star high-school background.Source 1: Colton Joseph: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Wisconsin: Colton Joseph official profile / research ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 80medium | Old Dominion 2025 produced 2,624 passing yards, 1,007 rushing yards and 34 total touchdowns across 12 redshirt-sophomore starts; Wisconsin reports a three-star high-school background.Source 1: Colton Joseph: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Wisconsin: Colton Joseph official profile / research ↗ |
| role | 15% | 85medium | Old Dominion 2025 produced 2,624 passing yards, 1,007 rushing yards and 34 total touchdowns across 12 redshirt-sophomore starts; Wisconsin reports a three-star high-school background.Source 1: Colton Joseph: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Wisconsin: Colton Joseph official profile / research ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 50medium | Old Dominion 2025 produced 2,624 passing yards, 1,007 rushing yards and 34 total touchdowns across 12 redshirt-sophomore starts; Wisconsin reports a three-star high-school background.Source 1: Colton Joseph: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Wisconsin: Colton Joseph official profile / research ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history78.8 PPG · 8 checks
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 78.8 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 18 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 4 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- Wisconsin: Colton Joseph official profile / research ↗ · Wisconsin · checked 2026-09-22
- Colton Joseph: official observation, 2026-09-19 ↗ · uwbadgers.com · checked 2026-09-22
- Colton Joseph: additional official evidence ↗ · Wisconsin · checked 2026-09-22