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2025 season · compare · wide receivers

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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

146 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Nico CollinsWR · Texans · graded
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14
Devaughn VeleWR · Saints · graded
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Where they rank · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
Nico CollinsDevaughn Vele
Target shareof team targets
24%87th
13%49th
Depth of targetair yards per target
12.770th
11.143rd
After the catchyards per reception
4.667th
1.42nd
Catch ratereceptions per target
59%37th
64%57th
EPA per target
+0.3367th
+0.4378th
First downsper target
40%62nd
49%91st
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
1%83rd
0%92nd
Yards per game
74.595th
22.539th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's wide receiversamong 146 wide receivers
Nico CollinsDevaughn Vele
NicoRed-zone guyWorks the middleThird-down guy
DevaughnWins before the catchWorks the middleNo screens
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
17%50th
10%19th
Screensshare of his targets
3%44th
0%12th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
28%81st
33%94th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
29%47th
12%3rd
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
18%75th
8%28th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
22%88th
10%55th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
55%55th
60%71st
Play actiontargets off play action
22%69th
15%32nd

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying wide receivers; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Nico Collins
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Devaughn Vele
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsReceiving EPA

Nico Collins gets the most from the ball in the air (+55.4 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+31.8 EPA), and Nico also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−44.5).

Nico Collins+39.3
Devaughn Vele+16.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartNicoDevaughn
Air yardson catches+55.4+0.46 a target · 67th+28.7+0.74 a target · 94th
After the catch+31.8+0.27 a target · 47th+4.0+0.10 a target · 6th
Incompletionstargets not caught−44.5−0.37 a target · 30th−13.0−0.33 a target · 45th
Interceptionswhen targeted−4.5−0.04 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 88th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1−2.9
Total+39.3120 targets+16.839 targets

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying wide receivers; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Nico Collins

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Devaughn Vele

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · N.Collins and D.VeleSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 17
Nico CollinsDevaughn Vele

Targetslast 3 games

27
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Nico 5.7Devaughn 6.3

Rec yardslast 3 games

754
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Nico 67Devaughn 67.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.35+0.75
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Nico +0.82Devaughn +0.98

aDOTlast 3 games

6.314.6
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Nico 14.4Devaughn 10.9

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 54+ · dud under 7
N.Collins
25Wk 152Wk 2104Wk 379Wk 452Wk 56Wk 627Wk 78Wk 875Wk 9136Wk 1092Wk 1155Wk 1298Wk 13121Wk 1485Wk 1559Wk 1657Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
74 ± 31
D.Vele
13Wk 13Wk 23Wk 30Wk 413Wk 50Wk 60Wk 710Wk 80Wk 915Wk 1011Wk 1137Wk 1293Wk 1340Wk 1469Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
23 ± 28

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified wide receivers this season (2044 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardN.CollinsD.Vele
Points a game10.4WR93.2WR82
Season155.2WR941.3WR90
Most weeks5.7–15.30.0–5.4
Booms · busts7 · 212+ · under 51 · 1012+ · under 5
Half PPRN.CollinsD.Vele
Points a game12.7WR94.1WR81
Season190.7WR953.8WR95
Most weeks7.2–19.00.0–6.3
Booms · busts5 · 216+ · under 6.51 · 1016+ · under 6.5
PPRN.CollinsD.Vele
Points a game15.1WR95.1WR82
Season226.2WR866.3WR95
Most weeks8.7–22.40.0–7.2
Booms · busts5 · 220+ · under 81 · 1120+ · under 8

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekN.CollinsD.Vele
Wk 12513
Wk 2523
Wk 3104·
Wk 479·
Wk 55213
Wk 6··
Wk 727·
Wk 8·10
Wk 975·
Wk 1013615
Wk 1192·
Wk 125537
Wk 139893
Wk 1412140
Wk 158569
Wk 1659·
Wk 1757·
Season1117293

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonN.CollinsD.Vele
Targets12039
Receptions7125
Yards1117293
Touchdowns62
Target share24%20th13%75th
Depth of target12.745th11.183rd
After the catch4.648th1.4143rd
Catch rate59%92nd64%62nd
EPA per target+0.3348th+0.4332nd
First downs40%54th49%14th
Drop rate1%26th0%1st
Yards per game74.58th22.590th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Nico CollinsDevaughn Vele
255075
20212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Nico Collins2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons662894,3472465.92023: 1,29786.5 a game74.5above his career rate
Devaughn Vele2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons2266768534.92024: 47536.5 a game32.6below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.