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2026 season · WR · #7 · 3rd season

7Brian Thomas Jr.

Age 24 · 6'2" · 209 lb · LSU · Pick 23 overall (2024). Listed WR4 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 45% across 7 games.

No injury listingWR4Jaguars players
JAXJaguars offense45% of snaps
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Targets
21
3.0 per game
T-83rd of 99
Receptions
10
48% catch rate
T-88th of 99
Yards
117
17 per game
90th of 99
Touchdowns
2
8 first downs
T-29th of 99
Target share
11%
15% of air yards
82nd of 99
aDOT
12.2
air yards per target
46th of 99
EPA / target
+0.22
+4.6 total
55th of 99
YAC / catch
0.7
7 after the catch
99th of 99
The short version
  • How goodThomas Jr.'s +4.6 EPA is 68th of 99 wide receivers.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+12.0, 77th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy3.4 standard points a game, WR82 of 171.4.1 half-PPR points a game, WR85 of 171.4.8 PPR points a game, WR87 of 171.
  • How he's usedHe wins before the catch rather than after it: 6% of his yards come after the catch (league 30%).
  • LatelyTargets are steady: 2.3 a game over his last three against 3 for the season.
  • This weekA soft matchup: the Ravens rank 28th vs WR, allowing +0.44 EPA per target to wide receivers.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 99 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Target shareof team targets11%82nd of 99
18th
Depth of targetair yards per target12.246th of 99
54th
After the catchyards per reception0.799th of 99
1st
Catch ratereceptions per target48%86th of 99
13th
EPA per target+0.2255th of 99
45th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
First downsper target38%48th of 99
52nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better10%84th of 99
15th
Yards per game16.792nd of 99
8th
Success rate52%45th of 99
55th
Total EPA+4.668th of 99
32nd
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

Thomas scores 3.4 standard points a game, WR82 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.2 and 6.6; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 5 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Ravens allow the 10th-most standard points to WRs, 22.2 a game.

Points a game3.4WR82 of 171
Season23.7WR82 · 7 games
Most weeks0.2–6.6his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 512+ · under 5

Thomas scores 4.1 half-PPR points a game, WR85 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.3 and 7.3; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 5 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Ravens allow the 9th-most half-PPR points to WRs, 28.6 a game.

Points a game4.1WR85 of 171
Season28.7WR83 · 7 games
Most weeks0.3–7.3his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 516+ · under 6.5

Thomas scores 4.8 PPR points a game, WR87 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.4 and 8.0; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 5 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Ravens allow the 9th-most PPR points to WRs, 35.0 a game.

Points a game4.8WR87 of 171
Season33.7WR87 · 7 games
Most weeks0.4–8.0his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 520+ · 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 99 wide receivers

He wins before the catch rather than after it: 6% of his yards come after the catch (league 30%). He is a straight-dropback target: 5% of his targets come off play action (league 16%). His share of the team's targets is 11%: on third down it holds at 10%; inside the 20 it holds at 14%. He lives outside the numbers: only 10% of his targets come over the middle (league 21%).

Wins before the catchAfter the catch 6% · 2nd pctlDropback targetPlay action 5% · 7th pctlStays outsideMiddle of the field 10% · 9th pctl
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
14%
33rd
Screensshare of his targets
0%
16th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
10%
9th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
6%
2nd
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
10%
21st
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
14%
46th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
41%
28th
Play actiontargets off play action
5%
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

Next upWeek 9 · at RavensThu Nov 5 · 8:15 PM EST
The game
BALat Ravens
Thu Nov 5 · 8:15 PM EST
M&T Bank Stadium
JAX −8.5 · O/U 42.5
The defense vs WR
28th vs WR
allow +0.44 EPA per target to wide receivers, league +0.24
a soft matchup
His history
vs bottom-10 defenses: 2 games, 1.5 targets a game, 4 yards a game
First meeting this season
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 41%

A soft matchup: the Ravens rank 28th vs WR, allowing +0.44 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 4 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season3 seasons
38Games
245Targets
145Receptions
2,106Yards
14TD
2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2024, 1,282 receiving yards in 17 games. This season's 16.7 a game puts him on pace for 284 over 17, short of it.

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SeasonTeamGTgtRecYdsTDY/RYds/gEPA/tgt
2024JAX17133871,2821014.775.4+0.41
2025JAX149148707214.750.5+0.19
2026JAX72110117211.716.7+0.22
Career1 tm382451452,1061414.555.4+0.31
Career highsYards 1,282 · 2024TD 10 · 2024Receptions 87 · 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 8
Depth chart
WR4 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
2 on 21 targets
Broken tackles
0
Passer rating when targeted
75.7
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    33Bhayshul TutenRB126673 · 6 TD+13.8
    11Parker WashingtonWR50445 · 4 TD+22.5
    24Chris Rodriguez Jr.RB48232 · 3 TD+5.8
    85Brenton StrangeTE35334 · 1 TD+14.2
    3Jakobi MeyersWR32311 · 2 TD+17.4
    16Trevor LawrenceQB2080+5.4
    20Ameer AbdullahRB1960-3.8
    19Josh CameronWR13117 · 2 TD+7.8