2026
2026 season · WR · #18 · 1st season
Chris Bell
Age 22 · 6'2" · 228 lb · Louisville · Pick 94 overall (2026). Listed WR3 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 62% across 7 games.
- How goodBell's -1.5 EPA is 86th of 100 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+6.0, 36th percentile per target).
- Fantasy2.5 standard points a game, WR103 of 171.3.3 half-PPR points a game, WR102 of 171.4.2 PPR points a game, WR97 of 171.
- How he's usedMotion is part of the plan: 92% of his targets come with pre-snap movement (league 54%).
- LatelyTargets are steady: 3.7 a game over his last three against 3.4 for the season.
- This weekA soft matchup: the Lions rank 24th vs WR, allowing +0.41 EPA per target to wide receivers.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 13% | 74th of 100 | 27th | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 13.6 | 26th of 100 | 75th | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 5.3 | 21st of 100 | 79th | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 50% | 81st of 100 | 18th | |
| EPA per target | -0.06 | 89th of 100 | 12th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 21% | 98th of 100 | 3rd | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 0% | 1st of 100 | 89th | |
| Yards per game | 21.1 | 86th of 100 | 14th | |
| Success rate | 33% | T-97th of 100 | 3rd | |
| Total EPA | -1.5 | 86th of 100 | 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.
Bell scores 2.5 standard points a game, WR103 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.5 and 2.8; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 6 busts (under 5). This week the Lions allow the 8th-most standard points to WRs, 23.4 a game.
Bell scores 3.3 half-PPR points a game, WR102 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.5 and 4.7; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 6 busts (under 6.5). This week the Lions allow the 5th-most half-PPR points to WRs, 30.5 a game.
Bell scores 4.2 PPR points a game, WR97 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.5 and 6.6; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 6 busts (under 8). This week the Lions allow the 3rd-most PPR points to WRs, 37.6 a game.
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
Motion is part of the plan: 92% of his targets come with pre-snap movement (league 54%). Chris is a downfield target: 33% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 18% for the league's receivers. His share of the team's targets is 13%: on third down it climbs to 22%; inside the 20 it falls to 0%. He works the middle of the field: 33% of his targets come between the numbers (league 21%).
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.
Bell's -1.5 EPA is 86th of 100 wide receivers. The biggest share comes after the catch (+6.0, 36th percentile per target). Incompletions cost him more than most (-10.4, 12th percentile).
How this is measured
Every target this season, split by what happened. Catches divide at the catch: the yards in the air and what came after. The percentile is him among the qualifying wide receivers, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 15 targets.
His targets spread much like the league's: no spot with five or more runs 15% above the league's share.
How this is measured
Every target with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three targets show no EPA.
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 game
vs LionsHard Rock Stadium
DET −7 · O/U 50.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A soft matchup: the Lions rank 24th vs WR, allowing +0.41 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 28 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LV L 13-2729th D | 29th vs WR | 52% | 2 | 1 | 25 | +1.5 | |
| 2 | at SF L 13-3517th D | 17th vs WR | 41% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | |
| 3 | vs KC L 10-242nd D | 2nd vs WR | 71% | 7 | 4 | 67 | +3.5 | |
| 4 | at MIN L 10-159th D | 9th vs WR | 82% | 3 | 0 | 0 | -3.9 | |
| 5 | vs CIN L 24-3118th D | 18th vs WR | 71% | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1.4 | |
| 6 | Bye week | |||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 28-2522nd D | 22nd vs WR | 48% | 4 | 3 | 25 | +0.4 | |
| 8 | vs NE L 19-2430th D | 30th vs WR | 69% | 5 | 4 | 31 | -0.5 | |
| 9 | vs DETSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | at INDSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | at BUFSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs NYJSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | at DENSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs CHISun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at GBSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs LACSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs BUFSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NESun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 62% | 24 | 12 | 148 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LV L 13-2729th D | 29th vs WR | 7% | 14% | 21.0 | 3 | +0.74 | 1 | |
| 2 | at SF L 13-3517th D | 17th vs WR | 4% | 7% | 12.0 | 0 | -0.97 | 0 | |
| 3 | vs KC L 10-242nd D | 2nd vs WR | 20% | 32% | 18.0 | 34 | +0.50 | 3 | |
| 4 | at MIN L 10-159th D | 9th vs WR | 18% | 45% | 23.3 | 0 | -1.30 | 0 | |
| 5 | vs CIN L 24-3118th D | 18th vs WR | 8% | 14% | 21.5 | 0 | -0.70 | 0 | |
| 6 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 28-2522nd D | 22nd vs WR | 19% | 17% | 4.5 | 12 | +0.09 | 1 | |
| 8 | vs NE L 19-2430th D | 30th vs WR | 17% | 6% | 3.2 | 14 | -0.11 | 0 | |
| 9 | vs DETSun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||||
| 10 | at INDSun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | at BUFSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | vs NYJSun Nov 29 | ||||||||
| 13 | at DENSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | vs CHISun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | at GBSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs LACSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs BUFSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at NESun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 7 games | 13% | 19% | 13.6 | 63 | -0.06 | 5 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LV L 13-2729th D | 29th vs WR | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| 2 | at SF L 13-3517th D | 17th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 3 | vs KC L 10-242nd D | 2nd vs WR | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| 4 | at MIN L 10-159th D | 9th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 5 | vs CIN L 24-3118th D | 18th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 6 | Bye week | ||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 28-2522nd D | 22nd vs WR | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | ||
| 8 | vs NE L 19-2430th D | 30th vs WR | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | ||
| 9 | vs DETSun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||
| 10 | at INDSun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | at BUFSun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | vs NYJSun Nov 29 | ||||||
| 13 | at DENSun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | vs CHISun Dec 13 | ||||||
| 15 | at GBSun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | vs LACSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | vs BUFSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | at NESun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 7 games | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 0 | 2 |
Targets are steady: 3.7 a game over his last three against 3.4 for the season. 4 straight games below a starter's median in rec yards.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 23rd-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 18.1 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 2 of his next 10 are top-10 vs WR and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Lions (24th) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Tgt/g | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 2 | 5.0 | 34 | -0.04 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 3 | 2.3 | 8 | -0.29 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 2 | 3.5 | 28 | +0.13 |
| All games | 7 | 3.4 | 21 | -0.06 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.23); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
First season: 7 games in, 148 receiving yards, a 17-game pace of 359.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIA | 7 | 24 | 12 | 148 | 0 | 12.3 | 21.1 | -0.06 |
| Career | 1 tm | 7 | 24 | 12 | 148 | 0 | 12.3 | 21.1 | -0.06 |
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
- Depth chart
- WR3 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 0 on 24 targets
- Broken tackles
- 2
- Passer rating when targeted
- 65.8
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ollie Gordon IIRB | 100 | 422 · 4 TD | -4.7 |
 Malik WashingtonWR | 53 | 367 · 1 TD | +7.4 |
 De'Von AchaneRB | 46 | 176 | -5.7 |
 Malik WillisQB | 36 | 225 · 3 TD | +16.6 |
 Greg DulcichTE | 28 | 256 | +13.2 |
 Jaylen WrightRB | 24 | 41 | -10.3 |
 Kevin Coleman Jr.WR | 21 | 82 · 2 TD | -7.3 |
 Caleb DouglasWR | 19 | 226 · 2 TD | +10.8 |