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2025 season · WR · #14 · 2nd season

Devaughn Vele

Age 28 · 6'5" · 210 lb · Utah · Pick 235 overall (2024). Snap share 50% across 13 games.

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Targets

3.0 per game

T-91st of 146

Receptions

64% catch rate

94th of 146

Yards

293

23 per game

94th of 146

Touchdowns

19 first downs

T-69th of 146

Target share

12% of air yards

75th of 146

aDOT

11.1

air yards per target

83rd of 146

EPA / target

+0.43

+16.8 total

32nd of 146

YAC / catch

1.4

34 after the catch

143rd of 146

The short version

How goodVele's +16.8 EPA is 50th of 146 wide receivers.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+28.7, 94th percentile per target).
Fantasy3.2 standard points a game, WR82 of 170.4.1 half-PPR points a game, WR81 of 170.5.1 PPR points a game, WR82 of 170.
How he's usedHe wins before the catch rather than after it: 12% of his yards come after the catch (league 30%).
LatelyTargets are climbing: 6.3 a game over his last three against 3 for the season.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
Target shareof team targets	13%	75th of 146	49th
Depth of targetair yards per target	11.1	83rd of 146	43rd
After the catchyards per reception	1.4	143rd of 146	2nd
Catch ratereceptions per target	64%	62nd of 146	57th
EPA per target	+0.43	32nd of 146	78th

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	49%	14th of 146	91st
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	0%	1st of 146	92nd
Yards per game	22.5	90th of 146	39th
Success rate	62%	19th of 146	87th
Total EPA	+16.8	50th of 146	66th

How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Vele scores 3.2 standard points a game, WR82 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 5.4; 1 boom week (12+) and 10 busts (under 5).

Points a game3.2WR82 of 170

Season41.3WR90 · 13 games

Most weeks0.0–5.4his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts1 · 1012+ · under 5

WR24 · 7.91×471013×16××1922

Vele scores 4.1 half-PPR points a game, WR81 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 6.3; 1 boom week (16+) and 10 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game4.1WR81 of 170

Season53.8WR95 · 13 games

Most weeks0.0–6.3his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts1 · 1016+ · under 6.5

WR24 · 10.11×471013×16××1922

Vele scores 5.1 PPR points a game, WR82 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 7.2; 1 boom week (20+) and 11 busts (under 8).

Points a game5.1WR82 of 170

Season66.3WR95 · 13 games

Most weeks0.0–7.2his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts1 · 1120+ · under 8

WR24 · 12.21×471013×16××1922

How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the WR24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 146 wide receivers

He wins before the catch rather than after it: 12% of his yards come after the catch (league 30%). He works the middle of the field: 33% of his targets come between the numbers (league 20%). His share of the team's targets is 7%: on third down it holds at 8%; inside the 20 it holds at 10%. Screens are not part of his role: 0% of his targets (league 4%).

Wins before the catchAfter the catch 12% · 3rd pctlWorks the middleMiddle of the field 33% · 94th pctlNo screensScreens 0% · 12th pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

10%

19th

Screensshare of his targets

12th

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

33%

94th

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

12%

3rd

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

28th

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

10%

55th

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

60%

71st

Play actiontargets off play action

15%

32nd

How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying wide receivers; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Game logall 22 weeks

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Snap	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	EPA
1	vs ARI L 13-2019th D	19th vs WR	23%	2	1	13		+0.7
2	vs SF L 21-2626th D	26th vs WR	34%	1	1	3	1	+0.9
3	at SEA L 13-44Did not play · Questionable (hip)
4	at BUF L 19-3112th D	12th vs WR	6%	0	0	0		0.0
5	vs NYG W 26-1420th D	20th vs WR	38%	2	2	13		+1.5
6	vs NE L 19-254th D	4th vs WR	32%	0	0	0		0.0
7	at CHI L 14-2623rd D	23rd vs WR	27%	0	0	0		0.0
8	vs TB L 3-2311th D	11th vs WR	51%	5	1	10		-1.2
9	at LA L 10-3410th D	10th vs WR	29%	0	0	0		0.0
10	at CAR W 17-713th D	13th vs WR	87%	3	1	15		-1.0
11	Bye week
12	vs ATL L 10-2414th D	14th vs WR	89%	7	3	37		-2.6
13	at MIA L 17-2127th D	27th vs WR	88%	8	8	93	1	+6.5
14	at TB W 24-2011th D	11th vs WR	93%	5	3	40		+3.1
15	vs CAR W 20-1713th D	13th vs WR	55%	6	5	69		+9.0
16	vs NYJ W 29-6Did not play
17	at TEN W 34-26Did not play
18	at ATL L 17-19Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	13 games		50%	39	25	293	2	+16.8

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D
1	vs ARI L 13-2019th D	19th vs WR	5%	5%	8.0	0	+0.36	1
2	vs SF L 21-2626th D	26th vs WR	3%	1%	3.0	0	+0.92	1
3	at SEA L 13-44Did not play · Questionable (hip)
4	at BUF L 19-3112th D	12th vs WR	0%	0%	-	0	-	0
5	vs NYG W 26-1420th D	20th vs WR	6%	3%	3.0	7	+0.73	1
6	vs NE L 19-254th D	4th vs WR	0%	0%	-	0	-	0
7	at CHI L 14-2623rd D	23rd vs WR	0%	0%	-	0	-	0
8	vs TB L 3-2311th D	11th vs WR	10%	17%	14.4	2	-0.23	1
9	at LA L 10-3410th D	10th vs WR	0%	0%	-	0	-	0
10	at CAR W 17-713th D	13th vs WR	12%	27%	22.7	0	-0.35	0
11	Bye week
12	vs ATL L 10-2414th D	14th vs WR	16%	19%	8.4	5	-0.37	2
13	at MIA L 17-2127th D	27th vs WR	24%	32%	10.9	6	+0.81	6
14	at TB W 24-2011th D	11th vs WR	25%	32%	10.0	8	+0.62	3
15	vs CAR W 20-1713th D	13th vs WR	19%	26%	11.8	6	+1.50	4
16	vs NYJ W 29-6Did not play
17	at TEN W 34-26Did not play
18	at ATL L 17-19Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	13 games		9%	12%	11.1	34	+0.43	19

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	vs ARI L 13-2019th D	19th vs WR	1	13	13.0
2	vs SF L 21-2626th D	26th vs WR	1	3	3.0	1
3	at SEA L 13-44Did not play · Questionable (hip)
4	at BUF L 19-3112th D	12th vs WR	0	0	-
5	vs NYG W 26-1420th D	20th vs WR	2	13	6.5
6	vs NE L 19-254th D	4th vs WR	0	0	-
7	at CHI L 14-2623rd D	23rd vs WR	0	0	-
8	vs TB L 3-2311th D	11th vs WR	1	10	10.0
9	at LA L 10-3410th D	10th vs WR	0	0	-
10	at CAR W 17-713th D	13th vs WR	1	15	15.0
11	Bye week
12	vs ATL L 10-2414th D	14th vs WR	3	37	12.3
13	at MIA L 17-2127th D	27th vs WR	8	93	11.6	1
14	at TB W 24-2011th D	11th vs WR	3	40	13.3
15	vs CAR W 20-1713th D	13th vs WR	5	69	13.8
16	vs NYJ W 29-6Did not play
17	at TEN W 34-26Did not play
18	at ATL L 17-19Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	13 games		25	293	11.7	2	0

Who he's faceddefenses ranked vs WR13 played · 0 ahead

He has faced the 12th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 15.6 of 32 on average (league middle 16.2).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

VS ARI19vs WR

VS SF26vs WR

AT SEA2vs WR

AT BUF12vs WR

VS NYG20vs WR

VS NE4vs WR

AT CHI23vs WR

VS TB11vs WR

AT LA10vs WR

AT CAR13vs WR

WK 11—bye

VS ATL14vs WR

AT MIA27vs WR

AT TB11vs WR

VS CAR13vs WR

VS NYJ30vs WR

AT TEN31vs WR

AT ATL14vs WR

WK 19—bye

WK 20—bye

WK 21—bye

WK 22—bye

Top 10, tough11 to 2223 to 32, softNumber is the defense's rank vs WR, season to date. Dashed cells are still to play; the red outline is this week.

His line by defense faced

Defenses	G	Tgt/g	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses	2	0.0	0	–
11 to 22Middle	8	3.8	25	+0.31
23 to 32Bottom-10	3	3.0	32	+0.82
All games	13	3.0	23	+0.43

Yards against the rank of the defense

His production barely moves with the opponent (r = 0.28); it has traveled.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season2 seasons

22Games

94Targets

66Receptions

768Yards

5TD

2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons · 2 teams

His best year was 2024, 475 receiving yards in 13 games with DEN. This season's 32.6 a game puts him on pace for 553 over 17, a career high.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2024	DEN	13	55	41	475	3	11.6	36.5	+0.64
2025	NO	9	39	25	293	2	11.7	32.6	+0.43
Career	2 tm	22	94	66	768	5	11.6	34.9	+0.55

Career highsYards 475 · 2024TD 3 · 2024Receptions 41 · 2024

How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 22

Depth chart: not listed
Injury report: clean
Red zone touches: …
Third down: …
Explosive plays: …
Drops: 0 on 39 targets
Broken tackles: 0
Passer rating when targeted: 87.6
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Alvin KamaraRB	170	657 · 1 TD	-40.4
Chris OlaveWR	157	1160 · 9 TD	+34.4
Juwan JohnsonTE	102	889 · 3 TD	+35.2
Devin NealRB	76	310 · 2 TD	-10.1
Taysom HillQB	68	205 · 1 TD	-14.6
Audric EstiméRB	59	301 · 1 TD	+8.5
Kendre MillerRB	52	223 · 1 TD	-3.3
Tyler ShoughQB	45	186 · 3 TD	+1.0

Devaughn Vele

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

14Devaughn Vele

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

Devaughn Vele