2026 Football Newcomers Roster
Roster
Colton Joseph
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- QB
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Newport Harbor
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
Allow us to officially introduce QB1.@_ColtonJoseph1 x #OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/669Zcnw3YE
— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) January 5, 2026
Honors and Awards
2025: Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year, All-Sun Belt Second Team, Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 15), Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2025, two-time Manning Award star of the week
2024: All-Sun Belt honorable mention
2025 (Redshirt sophomore at Old Dominion): Led Old Dominion to its second winning season in program history, starting all 12 regular season games at quarterback … threw for 2,624 yards and 21 scores while rushing for 1,007 yards and 13 touchdowns … posted 302.6 total yards per game, the 8th-most in the nation in 2025 … helped Old Dominion finish No. 29 nationally in scoring offense with 32.0 points per game and No. 16 in total offense with 454.7 yards per game … ranked second in the country with a 15.2 yards per completion clip and 12th with 6.4 yards per carry … was one of two QBs in the nation to post 2,000+ passing yards and 1,000+ rushing yards in 2025 (Byrum Brown, South Florida) … became just the seventh QB to surpass 2,000 passing yards, 1,000 rushing yards and post a yards per completion clip above 15.0 since 2016 - that list includes LSU’s Jayden Daniels (2023), Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts (2019) and Kyler Murray (2018) and Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (2016) … threw for 96 yards and ran for 179 yards and two scores on 10 carries in the 2025 opener at Indiana (Aug. 30) - Indiana went on to allow 100 rushing yards only once in the rest of the regular season (117, Penn State) … threw for 257 yards and three scores on 19-for-24 passing against N.C. Central (Sept. 6) and ran 12 times for 49 yards and a score … posted 276 passing yards and two touchdowns on 16-of-22 passing in a road win over Virginia Tech (Sept. 13) - added 63 yards on the ground and a touchdown … threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 76 yards in a win over Liberty (Sept. 27) … posted 315 passing yards on 17-for-30 yards and ran for 66 yards and a touchdown in a rout of Coastal Carolina (Oct. 4) … totaled 310 passing yards and three touchdowns while adding 61 rushing yards versus Appalachian State (Oct. 25) … ran for three scores and 72 yards while completing 12-of-22 passes for 231 yards against Louisiana-Monore (Nov. 1) … threw for 147 yards and a score while rushing for two touchdowns and 90 yards against Troy (Nov. 13) … completed 12-of-18 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 189 yards and a score against Georgia Southern (Nov. 22) … threw for 106 yards and ran for 108 and a score against Georgia State (Nov. 29)
2024 (Redshirt freshman at Old Dominion): Named Sun Belt Honorable Mention ... Played in nine games, making eight starts at quarterback ... completed 133-of-222 passes for 1,627 yards, 11 touchdowns and five interceptions ... rushed for 647 yards on 114 carries and 11 touchdowns ... tied for fourth in the Sun Belt with 11 rushing touchdowns and finished sixth in the league with 71.89 rushing yards per game ... placed seventh in the Sun Belt in passing efficiency at 133.32 and ninth in the league in passing yards per game with 180.78 yards per game ... had a pair of 300-yard passing games and two 100-yard rushing games ... made his first career start against Virginia Tech, completing 1-of-2 passes for 12 yards and rushing for a yard ... came in during the third quarter of the win at Bowling Green and led ODU to a come-from-behind win. Completed 6-of-13 passes for 26 yards and rushed for 65 yards on nine attempts and his first career touchdown ... passed for 262 yards on 22-of-40 passes and three touchdowns and carried 12 times for 68 yards against Coastal Carolina ... in the win at Georgia State, completed 14-of-23 passes for 141 yards, a TD and INT. Rushed 11 times for 98 yards ... in the win over Texas State, completed 15-of-28 passes for 130 yards and carried 16 times for 111 yards and three touchdowns. It was his first career 100-yard rushing game ... in the Thursday night win over Georgia Southern, registered first career 300-yard passing game, completing 20-of-26 passes for 304 yards and a career-high four touchdowns ... also rushed eight times for 69 yards and a touchdown … became the first ODU player to be named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week ... passed for 332 yards on 27-of-38 passes with two touchdowns and an interception at App State … had 17 carries for 42 yards ... completed 9-of-21 passes for 189 yards and rushed 13 times for 35 yards and three touchdowns against James Madison - his second career three rushing TD game ... was 19-for-31 for 227 yards, a touchdown and interception, while rushing a career-high 25 times for 158 yards and two touchdowns against Marshall.
2023 (Freshman at Old Dominion): Redshirted ... did not play.
High School/Personal
- A three-star recruit by 247Sports
- Completed 209-of-344 for 4,150 yards, and a school record 41 touchdowns as a senior
- Also rushed for 508 yards and five touchdowns
- Helped lead Newport Harbor to an 8-5 record and berth in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs
- Earned first-team all-conference honors
Son of David and Christine Joseph - One brother, Drayton, and one sister, Lindsey
- His father, David, holds the Raytown South High School single-season record for interceptions
- His brother Drayton, won the Los Angeles City Golf Tournament in June, 2023 and played collegiately at Washington State
- Majoring in real estate business
