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2025 season · WR · #17 · 10th season

Sterling Shepard

Age 33 · 5'10" · 201 lb · Oklahoma · Pick 40 overall (2016). Snap share 56% across 13 games.

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Targets

4.1 per game

T-71st of 146

Receptions

74% catch rate

T-57th of 146

Yards

371

29 per game

75th of 146

Touchdowns

18 first downs

T-93rd of 146

Target share

13%

13% of air yards

81st of 146

aDOT

8.5

air yards per target

111th of 146

EPA / target

-0.05

-2.8 total

123rd of 146

YAC / catch

3.8

149 after the catch

71st of 146

The short version

How goodShepard's -2.8 EPA is 126th of 146 wide receivers.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+13.8, 46th percentile per target).
Fantasy3.3 standard points a game, WR80 of 170.4.8 half-PPR points a game, WR71 of 170.6.3 PPR points a game, WR65 of 170.
How he's usedHe is a straight-dropback target: 6% of his targets come off play action (league 19%).
LatelyTargets are steady: 2.7 a game over his last three against 4.1 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	13%	81st of 146	45th
Depth of targetair yards per target	8.5	111th of 146	24th
After the catchyards per reception	3.8	71st of 146	52nd
Catch ratereceptions per target	74%	13th of 146	91st
EPA per target	-0.05	123rd of 146	16th

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	34%	90th of 146	39th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	0%	1st of 146	92nd
Yards per game	28.5	74th of 146	50th
Success rate	47%	88th of 146	40th
Total EPA	-2.8	126th of 146	14th

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

Shepard scores 3.3 standard points a game, WR80 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.6 and 5.7; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 9 busts (under 5).

Points a game3.3WR80 of 170

Season43.0WR87 · 13 games

Most weeks0.6–5.7his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 912+ · under 5

WR24 · 7.91471013××16××1922

Shepard scores 4.8 half-PPR points a game, WR71 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.9 and 7.3; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 10 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game4.8WR71 of 170

Season62.5WR82 · 13 games

Most weeks1.9–7.3his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 1016+ · under 6.5

WR24 · 10.11471013××16××1922

Shepard scores 6.3 PPR points a game, WR65 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.7 and 9.1; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 10 busts (under 8).

Points a game6.3WR65 of 170

Season82.0WR80 · 13 games

Most weeks2.7–9.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts0 · 1020+ · under 8

WR24 · 12.21471013××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 is a straight-dropback target: 6% of his targets come off play action (league 19%). The screen game runs through him: 15% of his targets are screens (league 4%). His share of the team's targets is 10%: on third down it climbs to 15%; inside the 20 it holds at 11%. He rarely moves before the snap: 43% of his targets come with motion (league 53%).

Dropback targetPlay action 6% · 7th pctlScreen gameScreens 15% · 90th pctlThird-down guy15% on third down · 10% overallStaticMotion 43% · 15th pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

18th

Screensshare of his targets

15%

90th

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

17%

34th

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

40%

78th

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

15%

69th

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

11%

58th

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

43%

15th

Play actiontargets off play action

7th

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 ATL W 23-2014th D	14th vs WR	64%	6	3	39		+0.8
2	at HOU W 20-196th D	6th vs WR	75%	4	4	34		+2.5
3	vs NYJ W 29-2730th D	30th vs WR	61%	5	4	80		+6.2
4	vs PHI L 25-315th D	5th vs WR	62%	4	2	14		-5.1
5	at SEA W 38-352nd D	2nd vs WR	41%	5	4	24	1	+0.1
6	vs SF W 30-1926th D	26th vs WR	49%	3	2	51		+3.0
7	at DET L 9-2422nd D	22nd vs WR	64%	7	7	25		-6.0
8	at NO W 23-315th D	15th vs WR	41%	2	1	8		+0.4
9	Bye week
10	vs NE L 23-284th D	4th vs WR	65%	4	3	20		-0.8
11	at BUF L 32-4412th D	12th vs WR	66%	5	4	54		+1.2
12	at LA L 7-3410th D	10th vs WR	59%	5	3	12		-5.6
13	vs ARI W 20-1719th D	19th vs WR	26%	2	1	5		+0.5
14	vs NO L 20-2415th D	15th vs WR	57%	1	1	5		+0.0
15	vs ATL L 28-29Did not play
16	at CAR L 20-23Did not play
17	at MIA L 17-20Did not play
18	vs CAR W 16-14Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	13 games		56%	53	39	371	1	-2.8

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D
1	at ATL W 23-2014th D	14th vs WR	20%	26%	14.3	8	+0.14	3
2	at HOU W 20-196th D	6th vs WR	11%	10%	7.3	5	+0.61	2
3	vs NYJ W 29-2730th D	30th vs WR	17%	17%	7.8	51	+1.25	4
4	vs PHI L 25-315th D	5th vs WR	10%	7%	5.5	5	-1.27	0
5	at SEA W 38-352nd D	2nd vs WR	16%	17%	8.6	9	+0.01	1
6	vs SF W 30-1926th D	26th vs WR	13%	17%	13.7	24	+0.99	1
7	at DET L 9-2422nd D	22nd vs WR	14%	4%	2.9	5	-0.85	2
8	at NO W 23-315th D	15th vs WR	8%	-1%	-0.5	10	+0.20	0
9	Bye week
10	vs NE L 23-284th D	4th vs WR	9%	17%	12.0	11	-0.21	1
11	at BUF L 32-4412th D	12th vs WR	19%	27%	10.4	4	+0.25	3
12	at LA L 7-3410th D	10th vs WR	16%	8%	4.0	16	-1.12	0
13	vs ARI W 20-1719th D	19th vs WR	8%	24%	25.0	0	+0.24	1
14	vs NO L 20-2415th D	15th vs WR	4%	2%	4.0	1	+0.01	0
15	vs ATL L 28-29Did not play
16	at CAR L 20-23Did not play
17	at MIA L 17-20Did not play
18	vs CAR W 16-14Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	13 games		13%	13%	8.5	149	-0.05	18

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	at ATL W 23-2014th D	14th vs WR	3	39	13.0
2	at HOU W 20-196th D	6th vs WR	4	34	8.5
3	vs NYJ W 29-2730th D	30th vs WR	4	80	20.0		3
4	vs PHI L 25-315th D	5th vs WR	2	14	7.0
5	at SEA W 38-352nd D	2nd vs WR	4	24	6.0	1
6	vs SF W 30-1926th D	26th vs WR	2	51	25.5		1
7	at DET L 9-2422nd D	22nd vs WR	7	25	3.6
8	at NO W 23-315th D	15th vs WR	1	8	8.0
9	Bye week
10	vs NE L 23-284th D	4th vs WR	3	20	6.7
11	at BUF L 32-4412th D	12th vs WR	4	54	13.5		1
12	at LA L 7-3410th D	10th vs WR	3	12	4.0
13	vs ARI W 20-1719th D	19th vs WR	1	5	5.0
14	vs NO L 20-2415th D	15th vs WR	1	5	5.0
15	vs ATL L 28-29Did not play
16	at CAR L 20-23Did not play
17	at MIA L 17-20Did not play
18	vs CAR W 16-14Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	13 games		39	371	9.5	1	5

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

He has faced the 4th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 13.8 of 32 on average (league middle 16.2).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

AT ATL14vs WR

AT HOU6vs WR

VS NYJ30vs WR

VS PHI5vs WR

AT SEA2vs WR

VS SF26vs WR

AT DET22vs WR

AT NO15vs WR

WK 9—bye

VS NE4vs WR

AT BUF12vs WR

AT LA10vs WR

VS ARI19vs WR

VS NO15vs WR

VS ATL14vs WR

AT CAR13vs WR

AT MIA27vs WR

VS CAR13vs 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	4.4	21	-0.41
11 to 22Middle	6	3.8	23	-0.13
23 to 32Bottom-10	2	4.0	66	+1.15
All games	13	4.1	29	-0.05

Yards against the rank of the defense

How this is measured

His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.49): the schedule has been doing some of the work.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season10 seasons

111Games

672Targets

443Receptions

4,800Yards

25TD

2016 to 2025 · 10 seasons · 2 teams

His best year was 2018, 872 receiving yards in 16 games with NYG. This season's 28.5 a game puts him on pace for 485 over 17, short of it.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2016	NYG	16	105	65	683	8	10.5	42.7	+0.20
2017	NYG	11	84	59	731	2	12.4	66.5	+0.35
2018	NYG	16	107	66	872	4	13.2	54.5	+0.33
2019	NYG	10	83	57	576	3	10.1	57.6	+0.09
2020	NYG	12	90	66	656	3	9.9	54.7	+0.29
2021	NYG	7	53	36	366	1	10.2	52.3	+0.03
2022	NYG	3	24	13	154	1	11.8	51.3	-0.13
2023	NYG	10	22	10	57	1	5.7	5.7	-0.51
2024	TB	13	51	32	334	1	10.4	25.7	+0.31
2025	TB	13	53	39	371	1	9.5	28.5	-0.05
Career	2 tm	111	672	443	4,800	25	10.8	43.2	+0.18

Career highsYards 872 · 2018TD 8 · 2016Receptions 66 · 2018

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 53 targets
Broken tackles: 2
Passer rating when targeted: 87.2
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Bucky IrvingRB	208	865 · 4 TD	-26.8
Rachaad WhiteRB	177	790 · 4 TD	+8.6
Emeka EgbukaWR	129	947 · 6 TD	+5.5
Sean TuckerRB	97	354 · 8 TD	-6.8
Cade OttonTE	81	572 · 1 TD	+3.1
Mike EvansWR	62	368 · 3 TD	+5.3
Baker MayfieldQB	55	382 · 1 TD	+35.7
Chris Godwin Jr.WR	51	360 · 2 TD	+14.7

Sterling Shepard

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

17Sterling Shepard

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

Sterling Shepard