2026
2026 season · WR · #86 · 2nd season
Efton Chism III
Age 25 · 5'10" · 200 lb · Eastern Washington · Undrafted (2025). Listed WR3 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 54% across 7 games.
- How goodChism III's +3.3 EPA is T-71st of 99 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+9.2, 60th percentile per target).
- Fantasy2.9 standard points a game, WR92 of 171.3.9 half-PPR points a game, WR87 of 171.5.0 PPR points a game, WR82 of 171.
- How he's usedPlay action finds him: 30% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%).
- LatelyTargets are steady: 2.3 a game over his last three against 2.9 for the season.
- This weekA tough matchup: the Packers rank 4th vs WR, allowing +0.06 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 | 11% | 83rd of 99 | 17th | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 7.2 | 87th of 99 | 12th | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 2.5 | 87th of 99 | 12th | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 75% | 9th of 99 | 91st | |
| EPA per target | +0.17 | 66th of 99 | 34th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 45% | 18th of 99 | 82nd | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 0% | 1st of 99 | 88th | |
| Yards per game | 21.6 | 84th of 99 | 16th | |
| Success rate | 60% | T-12th of 99 | 87th | |
| Total EPA | +3.3 | T-71st of 99 | 28th |
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.
Chism scores 2.9 standard points a game, WR92 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.1 and 5.1; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 5 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Packers allow the 13th-most standard points to WRs, 21.1 a game.
Chism scores 3.9 half-PPR points a game, WR87 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.5 and 7.6; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 5 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Packers allow the 11th-most half-PPR points to WRs, 28.1 a game.
Chism scores 5.0 PPR points a game, WR82 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.0 and 10.1; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 5 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Packers allow the 8th-most PPR points to WRs, 35.0 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
Play action finds him: 30% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%). Efton rarely goes deep: 5% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 18% for the league's receivers. His share of the team's targets is 9%: on third down it holds at 8%; inside the 20 it holds at 12%.
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.
Chism III's +3.3 EPA is T-71st of 99 wide receivers. The biggest share comes in the air (+9.2, 60th percentile per target). His incompletions rank in the 98th percentile (-2.0). Yards after the catch add less than most (+0.6, 2nd 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.
He is targeted short right 1.2× as often as the league (25% of his targets against 20%) but averages -0.49 EPA a target there.
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 PackersGillette Stadium
NE −3 · O/U 47.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A tough matchup: the Packers rank 4th vs WR, allowing +0.06 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged -2 yards a game against top-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at SEA L 10-13Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | vs PIT W 20-38th D | 8th vs WR | 18% | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.4 | |
| 3 | at JAX L 6-3520th D | 20th vs WR | 25% | 2 | 1 | 1 | -4.7 | |
| 4 | at BUF W 29-2623rd D | 23rd vs WR | 45% | 4 | 2 | 42 | 1 | +4.3 |
| 5 | vs LV W 45-1729th D | 29th vs WR | 76% | 6 | 5 | 57 | +5.8 | |
| 6 | vs NYJ W 26-1922nd D | 22nd vs WR | 62% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | |
| 7 | at CHI L 24-3011th D | 11th vs WR | 63% | 1 | 1 | 16 | +1.0 | |
| 8 | at MIA W 24-1926th D | 26th vs WR | 88% | 5 | 5 | 37 | +0.1 | |
| 9 | vs GBSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | at DETSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | Bye week | |||||||
| 12 | at LACSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs BUFSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs MINThu Dec 10 | |||||||
| 15 | at KCMon Dec 21 | |||||||
| 16 | at NYJSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs DENSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs MIASun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 54% | 20 | 15 | 151 | 1 | +3.3 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at SEA L 10-13Did not play | ||||||||
| 2 | vs PIT W 20-38th D | 8th vs WR | 5% | -1% | -2.0 | 0 | -2.38 | 0 | |
| 3 | at JAX L 6-3520th D | 20th vs WR | 7% | 1% | 1.5 | 0 | -2.34 | 0 | |
| 4 | at BUF W 29-2623rd D | 23rd vs WR | 11% | 13% | 11.8 | 0 | +1.07 | 2 | |
| 5 | vs LV W 45-1729th D | 29th vs WR | 19% | 20% | 10.7 | 12 | +0.96 | 5 | |
| 6 | vs NYJ W 26-1922nd D | 22nd vs WR | 3% | 2% | 5.0 | 0 | -0.81 | 0 | |
| 7 | at CHI L 24-3011th D | 11th vs WR | 3% | 1% | 3.0 | 13 | +1.00 | 1 | |
| 8 | at MIA W 24-1926th D | 26th vs WR | 26% | 16% | 4.8 | 13 | +0.03 | 1 | |
| 9 | vs GBSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | at DETSun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 12 | at LACSun Nov 29 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs BUFSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | vs MINThu Dec 10 | ||||||||
| 15 | at KCMon Dec 21 | ||||||||
| 16 | at NYJSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs DENSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | vs MIASun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 7 games | 11% | 7% | 7.2 | 38 | +0.17 | 9 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at SEA L 10-13Did not play | ||||||
| 2 | vs PIT W 20-38th D | 8th vs WR | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | ||
| 3 | at JAX L 6-3520th D | 20th vs WR | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| 4 | at BUF W 29-2623rd D | 23rd vs WR | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | vs LV W 45-1729th D | 29th vs WR | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | ||
| 6 | vs NYJ W 26-1922nd D | 22nd vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 7 | at CHI L 24-3011th D | 11th vs WR | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | ||
| 8 | at MIA W 24-1926th D | 26th vs WR | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | ||
| 9 | vs GBSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||
| 10 | at DETSun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | Bye week | ||||||
| 12 | at LACSun Nov 29 | ||||||
| 13 | vs BUFSun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | vs MINThu Dec 10 | ||||||
| 15 | at KCMon Dec 21 | ||||||
| 16 | at NYJSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | vs DENSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | vs MIASun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 7 games | 15 | 151 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 |
Targets are steady: 2.3 a game over his last three against 2.9 for the season. 3 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 27th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 19.9 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 4 of his next 9 are top-10 vs WR and 3 are bottom-10, starting with the Packers (4th) 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 | 1 | 1.0 | -2 | -2.38 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 3 | 1.3 | 6 | -1.12 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 3 | 5.0 | 45 | +0.68 |
| All games | 7 | 2.9 | 22 | +0.17 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
How this is measured
His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.70): the schedule has been doing some of the work.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2025, 75 receiving yards in 8 games. This season's 21.6 a game puts him on pace for 367 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NE | 8 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 25.0 | 9.4 | +2.26 |
| 2026 | NE | 7 | 20 | 15 | 151 | 1 | 10.1 | 21.6 | +0.17 |
| Career | 1 tm | 15 | 23 | 18 | 226 | 2 | 12.6 | 15.1 | +0.44 |
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 20 targets
- Broken tackles
- 1
- Passer rating when targeted
- 81.3
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rhamondre StevensonRB | 123 | 579 · 3 TD | -0.1 |
 TreVeyon HendersonRB | 59 | 248 · 1 TD | -13.2 |
 Drake MayeQB | 46 | 216 · 3 TD | +16.0 |
 Corey KinerRB | 44 | 205 | -7.6 |
 DeMario DouglasWR | 37 | 332 · 4 TD | +21.2 |
 Hunter HenryTE | 34 | 326 · 2 TD | +18.8 |
 Romeo DoubsWR | 24 | 261 · 3 TD | +12.5 |
 A.J. BrownWR | 20 | 101 | -4.6 |