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2025 season · WR · #4 · 7th season

4DK Metcalf

Age 28 · 6'4" · 230 lb · Mississippi · Pick 64 overall (2019). Snap share 87% across 15 games.

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Targets
99
6.6 per game
T-29th of 146
Receptions
59
60% catch rate
T-30th of 146
Yards
850
57 per game
23rd of 146
Touchdowns
6
37 first downs
T-18th of 146
Target share
22%
37% of air yards
28th of 146
aDOT
10.5
air yards per target
89th of 146
EPA / target
+0.33
+32.9 total
47th of 146
YAC / catch
7.0
414 after the catch
7th of 146
The short version
  • How goodMetcalf's +32.9 EPA is 20th of 146 wide receivers.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+49.4, 87th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy8.6 standard points a game, WR19 of 170.10.5 half-PPR points a game, WR20 of 170.12.5 PPR points a game, WR20 of 170.
  • How he's usedMuch of his damage comes after the catch: 50% of his yards (league 30%).
  • LatelyTargets are steady: 8 a game over his last three against 6.6 for the season.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Target shareof team targets22%28th of 146
81st
Depth of targetair yards per target10.589th of 146
39th
After the catchyards per reception7.07th of 146
96th
Catch ratereceptions per target60%88th of 146
40th
EPA per target+0.3347th of 146
68th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
First downsper target37%71st of 146
52nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better6%99th of 146
32nd
Yards per game56.728th of 146
81st
Success rate51%68th of 146
54th
Total EPA+32.920th of 146
87th
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

Metcalf scores 8.6 standard points a game, WR19 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.1 and 12.2; 3 boom weeks (12+) and 5 busts (under 5).

Points a game8.6WR19 of 170
Season128.2WR20 · 15 games
Most weeks4.1–12.2his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts3 · 512+ · under 5

Metcalf scores 10.5 half-PPR points a game, WR20 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 6.0 and 14.7; 3 boom weeks (16+) and 4 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game10.5WR20 of 170
Season157.7WR26 · 15 games
Most weeks6.0–14.7his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts3 · 416+ · under 6.5

Metcalf scores 12.5 PPR points a game, WR20 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 7.7 and 17.1; 2 boom weeks (20+) and 3 busts (under 8).

Points a game12.5WR20 of 170
Season187.2WR26 · 15 games
Most weeks7.7–17.1his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts2 · 320+ · under 8
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

Much of his damage comes after the catch: 50% of his yards (league 30%). The screen game runs through him: 10% of his targets are screens (league 4%). His share of the team's targets is 19%: on third down it falls to 14%; inside the 20 it holds at 16%.

Yards after the catchAfter the catch 50% · 87th pctlScreen gameScreens 10% · 77th pctlNot the third-down option14% on third down · 19% overall
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
18%
56th
Screensshare of his targets
10%
77th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
15%
27th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
50%
87th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
14%
65th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
16%
74th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
57%
59th
Play actiontargets off play action
22%
71st
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
WkOpponentDefenseSnapTgtRecYdsTDEPA
1at NYJ W 34-3230th D30th vs WR95%7483+5.5
2vs SEA L 17-312nd D2nd vs WR90%63201+2.0
3at NE W 21-144th D4th vs WR89%43321+2.6
4vs MIN W 24-2116th D16th vs WR79%551261+10.1
5Bye week
6vs CLE W 23-98th D8th vs WR83%94951+4.5
7at CIN L 31-3318th D18th vs WR98%5350+0.4
8vs GB L 25-3529th D29th vs WR94%75551+3.6
9vs IND W 27-2017th D17th vs WR82%426-2.2
10at LAC L 10-253rd D3rd vs WR92%7335-7.7
11vs CIN W 34-1218th D18th vs WR86%8549+0.6
12at CHI L 28-3123rd D23rd vs WR85%8522-4.6
13vs BUF L 7-2612th D12th vs WR86%5332+4.9
14at BAL W 27-2224th D24th vs WR83%127148+6.8
15vs MIA W 28-1527th D27th vs WR79%33551+6.2
16at DET W 29-2422nd D22nd vs WR88%9442+0.2
17at CLE L 6-13Did not play
18vs BAL W 26-24Did not play
19vs HOU L 6-30Stats not posted yet
20Bye week
21Bye week
22Bye week
15 games87%99598506+32.9

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season7 seasons
112Games
825Targets
497Receptions
7,174Yards
54TD
2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons · 2 teams

His best year was 2020, 1,303 receiving yards in 16 games with SEA. This season's 56.7 a game puts him on pace for 963 over 17, short of it.

07001,40019·SEA★20·SEA21·SEA22·SEA23·SEA24·SEA25
SeasonTeamGTgtRecYdsTDY/RYds/gEPA/tgt
2019SEA1610058900715.556.3+0.26
2020SEA16129831,3031015.781.4+0.46
2021SEA17129759671212.956.9+0.22
2022SEA17141901,048611.661.6+0.05
2023SEA16119661,114816.969.6+0.36
2024SEA1510866992515.066.1+0.21
2025PIT159959850614.456.7+0.33
Career2 tm1128254977,1745414.464.1+0.27
Career highsYards 1,303 · 2020TD 12 · 2021Receptions 90 · 2022
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
6 on 99 targets
Broken tackles
8
Passer rating when targeted
90.7
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    30Jaylen WarrenRB2561291 · 8 TD+10.1
    14Kenneth GainwellRB1991023 · 8 TD+3.3
    81Jonnu SmithTE63292 · 3 TD+4.4
    19Calvin Austin IIIWR55372 · 3 TD-4.1
    88Pat FreiermuthTE54486 · 4 TD+23.3
    80Darnell WashingtonTE43364 · 1 TD+14.6
    16Adam ThielenWR35186+5.2
    20Kaleb JohnsonRB3078-7.5