ATHLETIC HONORS & AWARDS
- First Team All-Centennial Conference (2023)
- Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference (2022)
ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
- Second Team CSC Academic All-American (2023)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2023) |
Career Summary
- Played two seasons at Johns Hopkins after transferring from Shepherd as a graduate student.
- Helped JHU to the 2023 NCAA Quarterfinals, a Centennial Conference title and a 12-1 record.
- JHU was 22-2 in his two seasons … the two losses came by a total of five points.
- Ended career with 103 receptions for 1,412 yards and 21 touchdowns.
- Ranked 10
th in school history in TD receptions, 19
th in receiving yards and 20
th in receptions at conclusion of career.
2023
- Played in and started all 13 games.
- Finished second on the team in receptions (66) and receiving yards (872) and tied for the team lead with 12 touchdown receptions.
- 12 TD receptions are tied for the fifth-most in a season in school history.
- Opened season with four receptions for 57 yards and one touchdown in a 27-17 win against Ithaca.
- Sparked 20-14 win over Christopher Newport with six receptions for 109 yards.
- Jump-started a run of five straight games with at least one TD reception with nine catches for 73 yards and one score in a 42-7 win at Salisbury.
- Had a dominant three-game stretch in wins against Gettysburg (6-90-2), Franklin & Marshall (7-112-2) and Ursinus (6-69-1).
- Had eight catches for 100 yards in a 39-17 win over Union in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs and added eight receptions for 58 yards and one score in a 39-36 loss to Randolph-Macon in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
2022
- Played in all 11 games in first season at Johns Hopkins.
- Totaled 37 receptions for 540 yards and nine touchdowns.
- Finished third on the team in receptions and receiving yards and second in touchdown receptions.
- Had two receptions for 58 yards and one score in his Hopkins debut, a 54-14 win at Case Western.
- Posted a season-high eight receptions for 120 yards and one touchdown in a 43-26 win at Franklin & Marshall.
- Totaled six receptions for 81 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-24 loss at 18
th-ranked Susquehanna.
- Ended regular season with five receptions for 81 yards and two scores in a 44-7 win over McDaniel.
Personal
- Josh Polce.
- Son of Joe and Chrissy Polce.
- Has one older brother, Jake.
- Great grandfather, Gene Corum, played football at West Virginia University and returned as head coach from 1960 to 1965.
- Majoring in accounting with a minor in Spanish.
