Unanimous All-American Josh Doctson is the greatest wide receiver in Horned Frogs history
9 | WR Josh Doctson (2013-2015)
The greatest wide receiver in TCU history, Josh Doctson delivered the two most prolific Horned Frog pass catching seasons ever. A three-star ranked outside the top 1,500 nationally in the Class of 2011 out of Mansfield, TX, Docston started his collegiate career at Wyoming, scoring a touchdown against TCU as a true freshman. Doctson transferred home to the Horned Frogs the next year and sat out the 2012 season due to the transfer rules at the time. The leading receiver of the 2013 season, Doctson still flew under the radar as TCU missed a bowl with its worst season of the Gary Patterson era. After an FCS warm up to begin the 2014 season, Josh Doctson introduced himself to the national stage with a two touchdown performance in the win over Minnesota, including the iconic floating one-handed grab, elevating to insane heights above the Golden Gopher defensive back for the score. It was the origin story of a superhero realizing how to use his powers; Spiderman learning he can climb buildings. Doctson would go on to be the first 1,000 yard receiver in over a decade and just the second in program history. His 225 yards in the 2014 win over No. 15 Oklahoma State was one yard shy of Jimmy Young’s TCU single-game record. Doctson torched the Texas Longhorns and future Pro Bowl CB Quandre Diggs for 115 yards and a TD in a dominant TCU win in Austin. Doctson delivered two more scores in the Peach Bowl win over the vaunted “Land Shark” Ole Miss defense, powering the Frogs to a No. 3 final ranking.
As incredible as his season was in 2014, Doctson went full supernova in 2015, delivering the best statistical receiving season in Horned Frogs history, named a Unanimous All-American despite injury limiting his action in the final four games. In six of his eight full games played, Doctson had at least 125 yards and multiple touchdowns. This has to be not only the best six-game stretch in TCU history, but one of the greatest runs of all time:
Those 18 receptions and 267 yards in Lubbock were both single-game records as the Frogs took down Texas Tech in the final seconds. Two weeks later, TCU would again be on the ropes on the road, but another dynamic performance from Doctson, including the game-winning 55-yard touchdown in the final minutes, delivered the victory over Kansas State.
Josh Doctson finished his TCU career all over the TCU record books with 180 receptions (2nd all-time), 2,785 yards (1st all-time), and 29 TDs (1st all-time). He would become a First Round selection in the 2016 NFL Draft by Washington Redskins, recording 81 receptions for 1,100 yards and 8 TDs in his professional career.