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Josh Downs

Age 25 · 5'9" · 175 lb · North Carolina · Pick 79 overall (2023). Snap share 59% across 16 games.

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Targets

5.5 per game

40th of 146

Receptions

66% catch rate

T-33rd of 146

Yards

566

35 per game

51st of 146

Touchdowns

36 first downs

T-40th of 146

Target share

17%

17% of air yards

54th of 146

aDOT

7.5

air yards per target

129th of 146

EPA / target

+0.10

+8.7 total

100th of 146

YAC / catch

2.5

144 after the catch

120th of 146

The short version

How goodDowns's +8.7 EPA is 84th of 146 wide receivers.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+26.7, 59th percentile per target).
Fantasy5.0 standard points a game, WR53 of 170.6.8 half-PPR points a game, WR51 of 170.8.7 PPR points a game, WR49 of 170.
How he's usedHe is a straight-dropback target: 5% of his targets come off play action (league 19%).
LatelyTargets are steady: 6 a game over his last three against 5.5 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	17%	54th of 146	63rd
Depth of targetair yards per target	7.5	129th of 146	12th
After the catchyards per reception	2.5	120th of 146	18th
Catch ratereceptions per target	66%	50th of 146	66th
EPA per target	+0.10	100th of 146	32nd

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	41%	49th of 146	67th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	5%	80th of 146	45th
Yards per game	35.4	65th of 146	56th
Success rate	50%	T-69th of 146	51st
Total EPA	+8.7	84th of 146	43rd

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

Downs scores 5.0 standard points a game, WR53 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.3 and 7.3; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 8 busts (under 5).

Points a game5.0WR53 of 170

Season80.4WR50 · 16 games

Most weeks2.3–7.3his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 812+ · under 5

WR24 · 7.914×71013161922

Downs scores 6.8 half-PPR points a game, WR51 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.3 and 9.3; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 8 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game6.8WR51 of 170

Season109.4WR46 · 16 games

Most weeks4.3–9.3his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 816+ · under 6.5

WR24 · 10.114×71013161922

Downs scores 8.7 PPR points a game, WR49 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 5.4 and 11.8; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 8 busts (under 8).

Points a game8.7WR49 of 170

Season138.4WR43 · 16 games

Most weeks5.4–11.8his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 820+ · under 8

WR24 · 12.214×71013161922

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 is a straight-dropback target: 5% of his targets come off play action (league 19%). Screens are not part of his role: 0% of his targets (league 4%). His share of the team's targets is 16%: on third down it climbs to 29%; inside the 20 it holds at 18%. Josh rarely goes deep: 9% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 17% for the league's receivers.

Dropback targetPlay action 5% · 5th pctlNo screensScreens 0% · 12th pctlThird-down guy29% on third down · 16% overallRarely deepDeep share 9% · 17th pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

17th

Screensshare of his targets

12th

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

22%

61st

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

25%

36th

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

29%

92nd

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

18%

79th

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

60%

72nd

Play actiontargets off play action

5th

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 MIA W 33-827th D	27th vs WR	49%	3	2	12		+0.4
2	vs DEN W 29-287th D	7th vs WR	58%	8	6	51		+2.1
3	at TEN W 41-2031st D	31st vs WR	51%	3	2	34		+1.7
4	at LA L 20-2710th D	10th vs WR	62%	5	4	24		+2.0
5	vs LV W 40-625th D	25th vs WR	50%	8	6	54		+4.7
6	vs ARI W 31-2719th D	19th vs WR	51%	7	6	42	1	+4.4
7	at LAC W 38-24Did not play · Out (concussion)
8	vs TEN W 38-1431st D	31st vs WR	64%	3	3	39	1	+5.7
9	at PIT L 20-2721st D	21st vs WR	67%	9	6	57	1	-1.5
10	vs ATL W 31-2514th D	14th vs WR	47%	2	1	3		-3.7
11	Bye week
12	at KC L 20-239th D	9th vs WR	43%	6	2	10		-4.1
13	vs HOU L 16-206th D	6th vs WR	57%	6	2	44		+0.3
14	at JAX L 19-361st D	1st vs WR	66%	5	4	23		+1.3
15	at SEA L 16-182nd D	2nd vs WR	72%	5	3	13	1	-0.2
16	vs SF L 27-4826th D	26th vs WR	78%	9	5	65		+3.3
17	vs JAX L 17-231st D	1st vs WR	61%	5	2	34		-4.9
18	at HOU L 30-386th D	6th vs WR	63%	4	4	61		-2.8
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	16 games		59%	88	58	566	4	+8.7

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D	Drops
1	vs MIA W 33-827th D	27th vs WR	10%	7%	4.3	3	+0.14	1
2	vs DEN W 29-287th D	7th vs WR	24%	18%	7.3	11	+0.26	4
3	at TEN W 41-2031st D	31st vs WR	12%	27%	15.7	2	+0.56	1
4	at LA L 20-2710th D	10th vs WR	16%	7%	4.2	7	+0.39	2
5	vs LV W 40-625th D	25th vs WR	26%	22%	7.3	23	+0.59	4
6	vs ARI W 31-2719th D	19th vs WR	23%	16%	4.7	11	+0.63	3
7	at LAC W 38-24Did not play · Out (concussion)
8	vs TEN W 38-1431st D	31st vs WR	11%	11%	10.0	9	+1.90	3
9	at PIT L 20-2721st D	21st vs WR	19%	12%	5.8	15	-0.17	5
10	vs ATL W 31-2514th D	14th vs WR	8%	2%	2.5	0	-1.85	0
11	Bye week
12	at KC L 20-239th D	9th vs WR	19%	33%	7.7	8	-0.69	0
13	vs HOU L 16-206th D	6th vs WR	24%	24%	7.8	5	+0.04	2	2
14	at JAX L 19-361st D	1st vs WR	14%	6%	3.0	2	+0.27	2
15	at SEA L 16-182nd D	2nd vs WR	19%	19%	5.4	6	-0.04	1
16	vs SF L 27-4826th D	26th vs WR	25%	33%	12.3	27	+0.36	4	1
17	vs JAX L 17-231st D	1st vs WR	17%	17%	9.8	1	-0.98	2	1
18	at HOU L 30-386th D	6th vs WR	12%	15%	11.8	14	-0.70	2
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	16 games		17%	17%	7.5	144	+0.10	36	4

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	vs MIA W 33-827th D	27th vs WR	2	12	6.0
2	vs DEN W 29-287th D	7th vs WR	6	51	8.5
3	at TEN W 41-2031st D	31st vs WR	2	34	17.0		1
4	at LA L 20-2710th D	10th vs WR	4	24	6.0
5	vs LV W 40-625th D	25th vs WR	6	54	9.0
6	vs ARI W 31-2719th D	19th vs WR	6	42	7.0	1
7	at LAC W 38-24Did not play · Out (concussion)
8	vs TEN W 38-1431st D	31st vs WR	3	39	13.0	1
9	at PIT L 20-2721st D	21st vs WR	6	57	9.5	1
10	vs ATL W 31-2514th D	14th vs WR	1	3	3.0
11	Bye week
12	at KC L 20-239th D	9th vs WR	2	10	5.0
13	vs HOU L 16-206th D	6th vs WR	2	44	22.0		1
14	at JAX L 19-361st D	1st vs WR	4	23	5.8
15	at SEA L 16-182nd D	2nd vs WR	3	13	4.3	1
16	vs SF L 27-4826th D	26th vs WR	5	65	13.0
17	vs JAX L 17-231st D	1st vs WR	2	34	17.0
18	at HOU L 30-386th D	6th vs WR	4	61	15.3		2
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	16 games		58	566	9.8	4	4

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

He has faced the 10th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 14.8 of 32 on average (league middle 16.2).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

VS MIA27vs WR

VS DEN7vs WR

AT TEN31vs WR

AT LA10vs WR

VS LV25vs WR

VS ARI19vs WR

AT LAC3vs WR

VS TEN31vs WR

AT PIT21vs WR

VS ATL14vs WR

WK 11—bye

AT KC9vs WR

VS HOU6vs WR

AT JAX1vs WR

AT SEA2vs WR

VS SF26vs WR

VS JAX1vs WR

AT HOU6vs 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	8	5.5	33	-0.14
11 to 22Middle	3	6.0	34	-0.04
23 to 32Bottom-10	5	5.2	41	+0.61
All games	16	5.5	35	+0.10

Yards against the rank of the defense

His production barely moves with the opponent (r = 0.22); it has traveled.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season3 seasons

47Games

293Targets

198Receptions

2,140Yards

11TD

2023 to 2025 · 3 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2024, 803 receiving yards in 14 games. This season's 35.4 a game puts him on pace for 601 over 17, short of it.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2023	IND	17	98	68	771	2	11.3	45.4	+0.27
2024	IND	14	107	72	803	5	11.2	57.4	+0.24
2025	IND	16	88	58	566	4	9.8	35.4	+0.10
Career	1 tm	47	293	198	2,140	11	10.8	45.5	+0.21

Career highsYards 803 · 2024TD 5 · 2024Receptions 72 · 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: 4 on 88 targets
Broken tackles: 1
Passer rating when targeted: 86.9
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Jonathan TaylorRB	378	1963 · 20 TD	+28.0
Tyler WarrenTE	118	825 · 5 TD	+11.4
Michael PittmanWR	111	784 · 7 TD	+22.3
Alec PierceWR	84	1003 · 6 TD	+55.8
Daniel JonesQB	45	164 · 5 TD	+16.2
Ameer AbdullahRB	31	159 · 1 TD	+1.8
DJ GiddensRB	28	96	-1.6
Mo Alie-CoxTE	20	117 · 1 TD	-0.9

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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

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His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

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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

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