2026 Spring Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 5
Josh Manning
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lee's Summit, Mo.
- High School:
- Lee's Summit
- Prev School:
- Missouri
2025 AT UNIV. OF MISSOURI: Played in 12 games with 11 starts, totaling 29 receptions for 318 yards and a pair of touchdowns over 597 offensive snaps... Had a career-high five receptions for 63 yards at Auburn... Recorded 55 yards on four catches against Central Arkansas... Also posted four catches for 53 yards against Central Arkansas and four receptions for 24 yards at Vanderbilt... Registered a season-long catch of 34 yards against Mississippi State, which went for a touchdown.
2024 AT UNIV. OF MISSOURI: Saw time in 13 games with seven starts, recording 13 catches for 192 yards and a touchdown over his 428 offensive snaps in addition to returning four kickoffs for 73 yards... Registered a career-high 68 yards at UMass, which included a career-long reception of 63 yards that went for a touchdown... Recorded a 36-yard reception at Mississippi State... Had three catches against Murray State and two against Buffalo... Returned two kickoffs for 41 yards against Auburn, including a long of 26 yards.
2023 AT UNIV. OF MISSOURI: Played in 12 games, primarily as a member of the kickoff return and kickoff coverage units... Saw time on 82 total special teams plays, while he was in for 33 offensive snaps.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three seasons at Lee’s Summit under head coach Eric Thomas... Rated the 193rd-best overall prospect in the Class of 2023 by On3, while the organization viewed him as the 26th-best wide receiver in the class and the sixth-best prospect in the state of Missouri... Earned first team all-state honors as a junior and senior from the Missouri Football Coaches Association... Recorded 140 receptions for 1,869 yards and 28 touchdowns over his final two prep seasons, which included a 72-catch, 976-yard, 17-touchdown campaign as a senior... Also returned seven kickoffs for 294 yards as a junior.
PERSONAL: Josh Manning was born October 5, 2004... Son of Brian and Roxanne Manning... Father, Brian, was a four-year letterwinner at Stanford, leaving the program ranked fourth in career receiving yards (2,365) and tied for sixth in career receptions (146)... He also ranked third in yards per catch for a single season (19.54 in 1994) before being selected in the sixth round (pick No. 170) of the 1997 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins... Also played for the Green Bay Packers... Mother, Roxanne, played basketball at Arkansas and Colorado State, helping the Rams to consecutive WAC Mountain Division titles while earning WAC All-Defensive and All-Newcomer Team honors in 1998-99 and Academic All-Mountain West nods in 1999-2000.
2024 AT UNIV. OF MISSOURI: Saw time in 13 games with seven starts, recording 13 catches for 192 yards and a touchdown over his 428 offensive snaps in addition to returning four kickoffs for 73 yards... Registered a career-high 68 yards at UMass, which included a career-long reception of 63 yards that went for a touchdown... Recorded a 36-yard reception at Mississippi State... Had three catches against Murray State and two against Buffalo... Returned two kickoffs for 41 yards against Auburn, including a long of 26 yards.
2023 AT UNIV. OF MISSOURI: Played in 12 games, primarily as a member of the kickoff return and kickoff coverage units... Saw time on 82 total special teams plays, while he was in for 33 offensive snaps.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three seasons at Lee’s Summit under head coach Eric Thomas... Rated the 193rd-best overall prospect in the Class of 2023 by On3, while the organization viewed him as the 26th-best wide receiver in the class and the sixth-best prospect in the state of Missouri... Earned first team all-state honors as a junior and senior from the Missouri Football Coaches Association... Recorded 140 receptions for 1,869 yards and 28 touchdowns over his final two prep seasons, which included a 72-catch, 976-yard, 17-touchdown campaign as a senior... Also returned seven kickoffs for 294 yards as a junior.
PERSONAL: Josh Manning was born October 5, 2004... Son of Brian and Roxanne Manning... Father, Brian, was a four-year letterwinner at Stanford, leaving the program ranked fourth in career receiving yards (2,365) and tied for sixth in career receptions (146)... He also ranked third in yards per catch for a single season (19.54 in 1994) before being selected in the sixth round (pick No. 170) of the 1997 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins... Also played for the Green Bay Packers... Mother, Roxanne, played basketball at Arkansas and Colorado State, helping the Rams to consecutive WAC Mountain Division titles while earning WAC All-Defensive and All-Newcomer Team honors in 1998-99 and Academic All-Mountain West nods in 1999-2000.
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