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2025 season · WR · #17 · 5th season

Jaylen Waddle

Age 27 · 5'10" · 182 lb · Alabama · Pick 6 overall (2021). Snap share 78% across 16 games.

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Targets

100

6.3 per game

28th of 146

Receptions

64% catch rate

27th of 146

Yards

910

57 per game

22nd of 146

Touchdowns

48 first downs

T-18th of 146

Target share

23%

43% of air yards

24th of 146

aDOT

13.1

air yards per target

38th of 146

EPA / target

+0.34

+34.5 total

45th of 146

YAC / catch

3.6

228 after the catch

78th of 146

The short version

How goodWaddle's +34.5 EPA is 18th of 146 wide receivers.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+58.7, 86th percentile per target).
Fantasy8.1 standard points a game, WR23 of 170.10.1 half-PPR points a game, WR24 of 170.12.1 PPR points a game, WR25 of 170.
How he's usedPlay action finds him: 37% of his targets come off a fake (league 19%).
LatelyTargets are steady: 4.7 a game over his last three against 6.3 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	23%	24th of 146	84th
Depth of targetair yards per target	13.1	38th of 146	74th
After the catchyards per reception	3.6	78th of 146	47th
Catch ratereceptions per target	64%	65th of 146	56th
EPA per target	+0.34	45th of 146	70th

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	48%	19th of 146	87th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	5%	83rd of 146	43rd
Yards per game	56.9	27th of 146	82nd
Success rate	56%	33rd of 146	78th
Total EPA	+34.5	18th of 146	88th

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

Waddle scores 8.1 standard points a game, WR23 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 3.0 and 13.1; 5 boom weeks (12+) and 6 busts (under 5).

Points a game8.1WR23 of 170

Season130.1WR19 · 16 games

Most weeks3.0–13.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts5 · 612+ · under 5

WR24 · 7.9147101316×1922

Waddle scores 10.1 half-PPR points a game, WR24 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 5.0 and 15.6; 3 boom weeks (16+) and 6 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game10.1WR24 of 170

Season162.1WR23 · 16 games

Most weeks5.0–15.6his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts3 · 616+ · under 6.5

WR24 · 10.1147101316×1922

Waddle scores 12.1 PPR points a game, WR25 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 7.0 and 18.1; 2 boom weeks (20+) and 6 busts (under 8).

Points a game12.1WR25 of 170

Season194.1WR24 · 16 games

Most weeks7.0–18.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts2 · 620+ · under 8

WR24 · 12.2147101316×1922

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

Play action finds him: 37% of his targets come off a fake (league 19%). He lives outside the numbers: only 15% of his targets come over the middle (league 20%). His share of the team's targets is 22%: on third down it holds at 19%; inside the 20 it falls to 16%.

Play-action targetPlay action 37% · 97th pctlStays outsideMiddle of the field 15% · 23rd pctlNot the red-zone option16% inside the 20 · 22% overall

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

18%

55th

Screensshare of his targets

42nd

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

15%

23rd

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

25%

36th

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

19%

77th

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

16%

73rd

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

61%

74th

Play actiontargets off play action

37%

97th

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 IND L 8-3317th D	17th vs WR	65%	5	4	30		-0.5
2	vs NE L 27-334th D	4th vs WR	82%	6	5	68	1	+5.5
3	at BUF L 21-3112th D	12th vs WR	87%	6	5	39	1	+2.5
4	vs NYJ W 27-2130th D	30th vs WR	90%	6	3	48		+0.5
5	at CAR L 24-2713th D	13th vs WR	89%	9	6	110	1	+10.4
6	vs LAC L 27-293rd D	3rd vs WR	78%	8	6	95		+1.7
7	at CLE L 6-318th D	8th vs WR	76%	4	1	15		-0.5
8	at ATL W 34-1014th D	14th vs WR	78%	6	5	99	1	+8.0
9	vs BAL L 6-2824th D	24th vs WR	80%	9	6	82		+7.3
10	vs BUF W 30-1312th D	12th vs WR	83%	7	5	84	1	+4.5
11	vs WAS W 16-1328th D	28th vs WR	84%	7	3	52		-0.2
12	Bye week
13	vs NO W 21-1715th D	15th vs WR	92%	6	3	40		-2.3
14	at NYJ W 34-1030th D	30th vs WR	78%	7	5	50	1	+3.6
15	at PIT L 15-2821st D	21st vs WR	84%	4	2	26		-3.2
16	vs CIN L 21-4518th D	18th vs WR	71%	9	5	72		-1.8
17	vs TB W 20-1711th D	11th vs WR	25%	1	0	0		-0.9
18	at NE L 10-38Did not play · Questionable (ribs)
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	16 games		78%	100	64	910	6	+34.5

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D	Drops
1	at IND L 8-3317th D	17th vs WR	16%	9%	4.2	13	-0.10	1	1
2	vs NE L 27-334th D	4th vs WR	19%	39%	16.3	6	+0.92	3
3	at BUF L 21-3112th D	12th vs WR	18%	12%	4.2	18	+0.42	4
4	vs NYJ W 27-2130th D	30th vs WR	24%	30%	6.8	18	+0.08	3
5	at CAR L 24-2713th D	13th vs WR	26%	50%	16.0	18	+1.16	6	1
6	vs LAC L 27-293rd D	3rd vs WR	27%	57%	15.0	6	+0.21	4	1
7	at CLE L 6-318th D	8th vs WR	13%	40%	23.3	0	-0.13	1
8	at ATL W 34-1014th D	14th vs WR	22%	68%	11.5	49	+1.33	4
9	vs BAL L 6-2824th D	24th vs WR	24%	35%	10.4	16	+0.81	4
10	vs BUF W 30-1312th D	12th vs WR	33%	86%	23.1	6	+0.65	3
11	vs WAS W 16-1328th D	28th vs WR	35%	71%	13.7	20	-0.03	2	2
12	Bye week
13	vs NO W 21-1715th D	15th vs WR	30%	44%	17.0	11	-0.39	3
14	at NYJ W 34-1030th D	30th vs WR	33%	59%	8.0	17	+0.51	4
15	at PIT L 15-2821st D	21st vs WR	15%	26%	11.3	5	-0.81	2
16	vs CIN L 21-4518th D	18th vs WR	31%	48%	13.9	25	-0.20	4
17	vs TB W 20-1711th D	11th vs WR	5%	8%	15.0	0	-0.89	0
18	at NE L 10-38Did not play · Questionable (ribs)
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	16 games		23%	43%	13.1	228	+0.34	48	5

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	at IND L 8-3317th D	17th vs WR	4	30	7.5
2	vs NE L 27-334th D	4th vs WR	5	68	13.6	1	1
3	at BUF L 21-3112th D	12th vs WR	5	39	7.8	1
4	vs NYJ W 27-2130th D	30th vs WR	3	48	16.0		1
5	at CAR L 24-2713th D	13th vs WR	6	110	18.3	1	1
6	vs LAC L 27-293rd D	3rd vs WR	6	95	15.8		1
7	at CLE L 6-318th D	8th vs WR	1	15	15.0
8	at ATL W 34-1014th D	14th vs WR	5	99	19.8	1	2
9	vs BAL L 6-2824th D	24th vs WR	6	82	13.7		2
10	vs BUF W 30-1312th D	12th vs WR	5	84	16.8	1	2
11	vs WAS W 16-1328th D	28th vs WR	3	52	17.3		1
12	Bye week
13	vs NO W 21-1715th D	15th vs WR	3	40	13.3		1
14	at NYJ W 34-1030th D	30th vs WR	5	50	10.0	1	1
15	at PIT L 15-2821st D	21st vs WR	2	26	13.0
16	vs CIN L 21-4518th D	18th vs WR	5	72	14.4		1
17	vs TB W 20-1711th D	11th vs WR	0	0	-
18	at NE L 10-38Did not play · Questionable (ribs)
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	16 games		64	910	14.2	6	14

Who he's faceddefenses ranked vs WR16 played · 0 ahead

He has faced the 20th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 16.3 of 32 on average (league middle 16.2).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

AT IND17vs WR

VS NE4vs WR

AT BUF12vs WR

VS NYJ30vs WR

AT CAR13vs WR

VS LAC3vs WR

AT CLE8vs WR

AT ATL14vs WR

VS BAL24vs WR

VS BUF12vs WR

VS WAS28vs WR

WK 12—bye

VS NO15vs WR

AT NYJ30vs WR

AT PIT21vs WR

VS CIN18vs WR

VS TB11vs WR

AT NE4vs 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	3	6.0	59	+0.37
11 to 22Middle	9	5.9	56	+0.32
23 to 32Bottom-10	4	7.3	58	+0.38
All games	16	6.3	57	+0.34

Yards against the rank of the defense

His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.12); it has traveled.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season5 seasons

78Games

544Targets

373Receptions

5,039Yards

26TD

2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2022, 1,356 receiving yards in 17 games. This season's 56.9 a game puts him on pace for 967 over 17, short of it.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2021	MIA	16	140	104	1,015	6	9.8	63.4	+0.14
2022	MIA	17	117	75	1,356	8	18.1	79.8	+0.65
2023	MIA	14	104	72	1,014	4	14.1	72.4	+0.44
2024	MIA	15	83	58	744	2	12.8	49.6	+0.48
2025	MIA	16	100	64	910	6	14.2	56.9	+0.34
Career	1 tm	78	544	373	5,039	26	13.5	64.6	+0.40

Career highsYards 1,356 · 2022TD 8 · 2022Receptions 104 · 2021

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: 5 on 100 targets
Broken tackles: 4
Passer rating when targeted: 86.8
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
De'Von AchaneRB	323	1838 · 12 TD	+3.8
Malik WashingtonWR	82	427 · 4 TD	-9.7
Ollie Gordon IIRB	79	231 · 4 TD	-13.0
Jaylen WrightRB	79	332 · 2 TD	-7.4
Darren WallerTE	35	287 · 6 TD	+28.6
Greg DulcichTE	34	328 · 1 TD	+15.9
Tyreek HillWR	29	265 · 1 TD	+19.8
Tua TagovailoaQB	20	43	-7.5

Jaylen Waddle

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

17Jaylen Waddle

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

Jaylen Waddle