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George Pickens

Age 25 · 6'3" · 200 lb · Georgia · Pick 52 overall (2022). Snap share 81% across 17 games.

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Targets

137

8.1 per game

8th of 146

Receptions

68% catch rate

6th of 146

Yards

1429

84 per game

3rd of 146

Touchdowns

73 first downs

T-6th of 146

Target share

23%

32% of air yards

27th of 146

aDOT

11.3

air yards per target

77th of 146

EPA / target

+0.65

+88.7 total

10th of 146

YAC / catch

5.2

479 after the catch

29th of 146

The short version

How goodPickens's +88.7 EPA is 3rd of 146 wide receivers.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+91.6, 91st percentile per target).
Fantasy11.7 standard points a game, WR5 of 170.14.4 half-PPR points a game, WR5 of 170.17.2 PPR points a game, WR5 of 170.
How he's usedHe lives outside the numbers: only 12% of his targets come over the middle (league 20%).
LatelyTargets are steady: 5.7 a game over his last three against 8.1 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	23%	27th of 146	82nd
Depth of targetair yards per target	11.3	77th of 146	48th
After the catchyards per reception	5.2	29th of 146	80th
Catch ratereceptions per target	68%	39th of 146	74th
EPA per target	+0.65	10th of 146	93rd

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	53%	5th of 146	97th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	2%	41st of 146	72nd
Yards per game	84.1	4th of 146	98th
Success rate	64%	12th of 146	92nd
Total EPA	+88.7	3rd of 146	98th

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

Pickens scores 11.7 standard points a game, WR5 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.5 and 20.1; 7 boom weeks (12+) and 4 busts (under 5).

Points a game11.7WR5 of 170

Season198.9WR4 · 17 games

Most weeks4.5–20.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts7 · 412+ · under 5

WR24 · 7.91471013161922

Pickens scores 14.4 half-PPR points a game, WR5 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 6.9 and 24.4; 5 boom weeks (16+) and 4 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game14.4WR5 of 170

Season245.4WR5 · 17 games

Most weeks6.9–24.4his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts5 · 416+ · under 6.5

WR24 · 10.11471013161922

Pickens scores 17.2 PPR points a game, WR5 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 9.3 and 28.7; 5 boom weeks (20+) and 3 busts (under 8).

Points a game17.2WR5 of 170

Season291.9WR5 · 17 games

Most weeks9.3–28.7his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts5 · 320+ · under 8

WR24 · 12.21471013161922

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 lives outside the numbers: only 12% of his targets come over the middle (league 20%). Screens are not part of his role: 1% of his targets (league 4%). His share of the team's targets is 23%: on third down it holds at 23%; inside the 20 it holds at 23%.

Stays outsideMiddle of the field 12% · 8th pctlNo screensScreens 1% · 24th pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

16%

45th

Screensshare of his targets

24th

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

12%

8th

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

34%

63rd

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

23%

85th

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

23%

91st

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

55%

57th

Play actiontargets off play action

20%

59th

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	at PHI L 20-245th D	5th vs WR	92%	4	3	30		+1.5
2	vs NYG W 40-3720th D	20th vs WR	89%	9	5	68	1	+4.6
3	at CHI L 14-3123rd D	23rd vs WR	82%	9	5	68	1	+0.1
4	vs GB T 40-4029th D	29th vs WR	90%	11	8	134	2	+15.1
5	at NYJ W 37-2230th D	30th vs WR	78%	4	2	57	1	+4.5
6	at CAR L 27-3013th D	13th vs WR	84%	11	9	168	1	+16.7
7	vs WAS W 44-2228th D	28th vs WR	84%	6	4	82		+3.8
8	at DEN L 24-447th D	7th vs WR	80%	9	7	78		+7.9
9	vs ARI L 17-2719th D	19th vs WR	91%	9	6	79		+3.3
10	Bye week
11	at LV W 33-1625th D	25th vs WR	67%	11	9	144	1	+12.2
12	vs PHI W 24-215th D	5th vs WR	78%	9	9	146	1	+11.9
13	vs KC W 31-289th D	9th vs WR	74%	13	6	88		-2.4
14	at DET L 30-4422nd D	22nd vs WR	84%	9	5	37		-4.6
15	vs MIN L 26-3416th D	16th vs WR	86%	6	3	33		+0.4
16	vs LAC L 17-343rd D	3rd vs WR	88%	9	7	130	1	+10.5
17	at WAS W 30-2328th D	28th vs WR	87%	5	4	78		+7.0
18	at NYG L 17-3420th D	20th vs WR	45%	3	1	9		-3.8
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		81%	137	93	1429	9	+88.7

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D	Drops
1	at PHI L 20-245th D	5th vs WR	12%	16%	13.0	1	+0.39	2
2	vs NYG W 40-3720th D	20th vs WR	17%	29%	11.1	22	+0.51	5
3	at CHI L 14-3123rd D	23rd vs WR	20%	28%	8.4	24	+0.02	5	1
4	vs GB T 40-4029th D	29th vs WR	29%	49%	14.6	28	+1.37	7	1
5	at NYJ W 37-2230th D	30th vs WR	14%	31%	18.0	8	+1.12	2
6	at CAR L 27-3013th D	13th vs WR	32%	63%	10.9	87	+1.52	7
7	vs WAS W 44-2228th D	28th vs WR	20%	53%	18.7	6	+0.63	3
8	at DEN L 24-447th D	7th vs WR	26%	26%	7.7	16	+0.88	5
9	vs ARI L 17-2719th D	19th vs WR	25%	23%	10.0	26	+0.36	6
10	Bye week
11	at LV W 33-1625th D	25th vs WR	34%	59%	12.4	75	+1.11	8
12	vs PHI W 24-215th D	5th vs WR	26%	32%	13.0	29	+1.32	7
13	vs KC W 31-289th D	9th vs WR	35%	49%	9.6	49	-0.19	3
14	at DET L 30-4422nd D	22nd vs WR	19%	22%	12.3	11	-0.51	2	1
15	vs MIN L 26-3416th D	16th vs WR	17%	12%	5.5	17	+0.06	2
16	vs LAC L 17-343rd D	3rd vs WR	28%	38%	13.2	27	+1.17	5
17	at WAS W 30-2328th D	28th vs WR	14%	11%	8.4	50	+1.40	4
18	at NYG L 17-3420th D	20th vs WR	13%	7%	4.0	3	-1.26	0
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		23%	32%	11.3	479	+0.65	73	3

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	at PHI L 20-245th D	5th vs WR	3	30	10.0
2	vs NYG W 40-3720th D	20th vs WR	5	68	13.6	1	1
3	at CHI L 14-3123rd D	23rd vs WR	5	68	13.6	1	2
4	vs GB T 40-4029th D	29th vs WR	8	134	16.8	2	3
5	at NYJ W 37-2230th D	30th vs WR	2	57	28.5	1	1
6	at CAR L 27-3013th D	13th vs WR	9	168	18.7	1	3
7	vs WAS W 44-2228th D	28th vs WR	4	82	20.5		2
8	at DEN L 24-447th D	7th vs WR	7	78	11.1
9	vs ARI L 17-2719th D	19th vs WR	6	79	13.2
10	Bye week
11	at LV W 33-1625th D	25th vs WR	9	144	16.0	1	2
12	vs PHI W 24-215th D	5th vs WR	9	146	16.2	1	3
13	vs KC W 31-289th D	9th vs WR	6	88	14.7		1
14	at DET L 30-4422nd D	22nd vs WR	5	37	7.4
15	vs MIN L 26-3416th D	16th vs WR	3	33	11.0
16	vs LAC L 17-343rd D	3rd vs WR	7	130	18.6	1	3
17	at WAS W 30-2328th D	28th vs WR	4	78	19.5		1
18	at NYG L 17-3420th D	20th vs WR	1	9	9.0
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		93	1429	15.4	9	22

Who he's faceddefenses ranked vs WR17 played · 0 ahead

He has faced the 25th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 17.8 of 32 on average (league middle 16.2).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

AT PHI5vs WR

VS NYG20vs WR

AT CHI23vs WR

VS GB29vs WR

AT NYJ30vs WR

AT CAR13vs WR

VS WAS28vs WR

AT DEN7vs WR

VS ARI19vs WR

WK 10—bye

AT LV25vs WR

VS PHI5vs WR

VS KC9vs WR

AT DET22vs WR

VS MIN16vs WR

VS LAC3vs WR

AT WAS28vs WR

AT NYG20vs 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	5	8.8	94	+0.67
11 to 22Middle	6	7.8	66	+0.35
23 to 32Bottom-10	6	7.7	94	+0.93
All games	17	8.1	84	+0.65

Yards against the rank of the defense

His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.14); it has traveled.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season4 seasons

65Games

430Targets

267Receptions

4,270Yards

21TD

2022 to 2025 · 4 seasons · 2 teams

His best year was 2023, 1,140 receiving yards in 17 games with PIT. This season's 84.1 a game puts him on pace for 1,429 over 17, a career high.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2022	PIT	17	84	52	801	4	15.4	47.1	+0.54
2023	PIT	17	106	63	1,140	5	18.1	67.1	+0.27
2024	PIT	14	103	59	900	3	15.3	64.3	+0.27
2025	DAL	17	137	93	1,429	9	15.4	84.1	+0.65
Career	2 tm	65	430	267	4,270	21	16.0	65.7	+0.44

Career highsYards 1,429 · 2025TD 9 · 2025Receptions 93 · 2025

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: 3 on 137 targets
Broken tackles: 6
Passer rating when targeted: 105.0
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Javonte WilliamsRB	303	1338 · 13 TD	-10.5
CeeDee LambWR	118	1079 · 3 TD	+28.7
Jake FergusonTE	103	601 · 8 TD	+18.4
Ryan FlournoyWR	60	500 · 4 TD	+29.1
Malik DavisRB	57	266 · 2 TD	-4.0
KaVontae TurpinWR	55	485 · 2 TD	+13.5
Dak PrescottQB	53	177 · 2 TD	-9.4
Jaydon BlueRB	39	134 · 1 TD	-7.6

George Pickens

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

3George Pickens

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

George Pickens