Joel Valadez

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-10
Year:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Grants Pass, Ore.
High School:
Grants Pass

2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Did not play

2023 (JUNIOR)
• Did not play. Redshirted

Linfield
• First-Team All-Conference and NWC Freshman of the Year at Linfield
• Competed in two seasons for Linfield, making 124 catches for 1,685 yards and 22 touchdowns
• Caught 65 passes for 848 yards and nine touchdowns in 2022
• Finished with three 100-yard receiving efforts in 2022: 107 versus Huntingdon, 116 versus Puget Sound and 178 at Whitworth
• Tallied 59 catches for 837 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2021. Picked up five 100-yard efforts, including a season-best 143 versus Pacific. Had a season-best three touchdowns against Willamette and four other two-TD efforts

Grants Pass High School
• Letterwinner for head coach John Musser at Grants Pass High School
• Earned All-State and All-League honors at both wide receiver and cornerback as a senior
• Totaled 1,100 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior

Personal
• Son of Shawna and John Valadez
• Has two brothers, JD and Dru
• Enjoys golfing, hanging out with friends, snowboarding and playimg video games in his spare time
• Majoring in business administration
• I chose to transfer to Oregon State because of the coaching staff. It was also an opportunity for me to chase my dreams of playing Division I football.”