2026
2026 season · WR · #4 · 5th season
Jahan Dotson
Age 26 · 5'11" · 182 lb · Penn State · Pick 16 overall (2022). Listed WR2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 68% across 8 games.
- How goodDotson's -5.4 EPA is 92nd of 99 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+18.4, 80th percentile per target).
- Fantasy5.7 standard points a game, WR53 of 171.6.6 half-PPR points a game, WR62 of 171.7.5 PPR points a game, WR68 of 171.
- How he's usedJahan is a downfield target: 27% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 18% for the league's receivers.
- LatelyTargets are steady: 4.3 a game over his last three against 3.8 for the season.
- This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Bengals rank 18th vs WR, allowing +0.26 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 | 14% | 65th of 99 | 35th | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 16.4 | 7th of 99 | 93rd | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 7.2 | 7th of 99 | 93rd | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 47% | 88th of 99 | 12th | |
| EPA per target | -0.18 | 90th of 99 | 10th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 43% | 26th of 99 | 74th | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 10% | 89th of 99 | 10th | |
| Yards per game | 42.1 | 50th of 99 | 50th | |
| Success rate | 40% | T-83rd of 99 | 15th | |
| Total EPA | -5.4 | 92nd of 99 | 8th |
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.
Dotson scores 5.7 standard points a game, WR53 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.1 and 10.6; 1 boom week (12+) and 4 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Bengals allow the 12th-most standard points to WRs, 21.7 a game.
Dotson scores 6.6 half-PPR points a game, WR62 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.8 and 11.6; 1 boom week (16+) and 5 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Bengals allow the 14th-most half-PPR points to WRs, 27.2 a game.
Dotson scores 7.5 PPR points a game, WR68 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.4 and 12.6; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 5 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Bengals allow the 14th-most PPR points to WRs, 32.8 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
Jahan is a downfield target: 27% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 18% for the league's receivers. He rarely moves before the snap: 37% of his targets come with motion (league 49%). His share of the team's targets is 14%: on third down it holds at 16%; inside the 20 it holds at 16%.
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.
Dotson's -5.4 EPA is 92nd of 99 wide receivers. The biggest share comes in the air (+18.4, 80th percentile per target). Interceptions cost him more than most (-20.4, 1st percentile).
career -0.05 over 2022–2025 · his 3rd best of 5
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 intermediate right 2.3× as often as the league (17% of his targets against 7%) and gains +0.44 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 BengalsBernabeu
CIN −3 · O/U 52.5
The defense vs WR
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Bengals rank 18th vs WR, allowing +0.26 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 49 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at PIT L 13-208th D | 8th vs WR | 63% | 3 | 1 | 19 | -4.6 | |
| 2 | vs CAR L 3-3410th D | 10th vs WR | 75% | 4 | 2 | 11 | -6.0 | |
| 3 | at GB W 35-144th D | 4th vs WR | 66% | 3 | 1 | 11 | -4.6 | |
| 4 | at NO W 45-2412th D | 12th vs WR | 63% | 3 | 2 | 54 | 1 | +3.6 |
| 5 | vs BAL L 23-3028th D | 28th vs WR | 66% | 4 | 2 | 54 | +1.3 | |
| 6 | vs CHI L 23-3111th D | 11th vs WR | 85% | 5 | 3 | 87 | 1 | +6.6 |
| 7 | vs SF W 29-2017th D | 17th vs WR | 56% | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2.7 | |
| 8 | at TB L 0-161st D | 1st vs WR | 72% | 5 | 2 | 95 | +1.1 | |
| 9 | vs CINSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs KCSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | Bye week | |||||||
| 12 | at MINSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs DETSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at CLESun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at WASSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs TBSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs NOSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at CARSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 8 games | 68% | 30 | 14 | 337 | 2 | -5.4 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at PIT L 13-208th D | 8th vs WR | 16% | 68% | 17.3 | 1 | -1.52 | 1 | |
| 2 | vs CAR L 3-3410th D | 10th vs WR | 13% | 30% | 12.0 | 7 | -1.50 | 1 | |
| 3 | at GB W 35-144th D | 4th vs WR | 13% | 30% | 14.7 | 5 | -1.55 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | at NO W 45-2412th D | 12th vs WR | 15% | 48% | 20.7 | 8 | +1.19 | 2 | |
| 5 | vs BAL L 23-3028th D | 28th vs WR | 12% | 30% | 18.3 | 2 | +0.33 | 2 | |
| 6 | vs CHI L 23-3111th D | 11th vs WR | 15% | 27% | 17.4 | 21 | +1.31 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | vs SF W 29-2017th D | 17th vs WR | 9% | 28% | 19.0 | 0 | -0.89 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | at TB L 0-161st D | 1st vs WR | 22% | 33% | 13.6 | 57 | +0.21 | 2 | |
| 9 | vs CINSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | vs KCSun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 12 | at MINSun Nov 29 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs DETSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | at CLESun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | at WASSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs TBSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs NOSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at CARSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 8 games | 14% | 37% | 16.4 | 101 | -0.18 | 13 | 3 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at PIT L 13-208th D | 8th vs WR | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | ||
| 2 | vs CAR L 3-3410th D | 10th vs WR | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | ||
| 3 | at GB W 35-144th D | 4th vs WR | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | ||
| 4 | at NO W 45-2412th D | 12th vs WR | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | vs BAL L 23-3028th D | 28th vs WR | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 1 | |
| 6 | vs CHI L 23-3111th D | 11th vs WR | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | vs SF W 29-2017th D | 17th vs WR | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
| 8 | at TB L 0-161st D | 1st vs WR | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 1 | |
| 9 | vs CINSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||
| 10 | vs KCSun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | Bye week | ||||||
| 12 | at MINSun Nov 29 | ||||||
| 13 | vs DETSun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | at CLESun Dec 13 | ||||||
| 15 | at WASSun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | vs TBSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | vs NOSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | at CARSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 8 games | 14 | 337 | 24.1 | 2 | 6 |
Targets are steady: 4.3 a game over his last three against 3.8 for the season. At or above a starter's median in yards in 4 of 8 games. Week 8 was his season high in yards. EPA / target is rising too: +0.38 over the last three.
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 1st-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 11.4 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 4 of his next 9 are top-10 vs WR and 1 is bottom-10, starting with the Bengals (18th) 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 | 4 | 3.8 | 34 | -0.94 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 3 | 3.7 | 49 | +0.68 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 4.0 | 54 | +0.33 |
| All games | 8 | 3.8 | 42 | -0.18 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.10); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2022, 523 receiving yards in 12 games with WAS. This season's 42.1 a game puts him on pace for 716 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | WAS | 12 | 61 | 35 | 523 | 7 | 14.9 | 43.6 | +0.36 |
| 2023 | WAS | 17 | 83 | 49 | 518 | 4 | 10.6 | 30.5 | -0.19 |
| 2024 | PHI | 14 | 33 | 19 | 216 | 0 | 11.4 | 15.4 | -0.03 |
| 2025 | PHI | 15 | 36 | 18 | 262 | 1 | 14.6 | 17.5 | -0.42 |
| 2026 | ATL | 8 | 30 | 14 | 337 | 2 | 24.1 | 42.1 | -0.18 |
| Career | 3 tm | 66 | 243 | 135 | 1,856 | 14 | 13.7 | 28.1 | -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
- WR2 · 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
- 3 on 30 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Passer rating when targeted
- 67.2
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bijan RobinsonRB | 183 | 983 · 5 TD | -13.4 |
 Drake LondonWR | 64 | 628 · 1 TD | +21.3 |
 Brian RobinsonRB | 59 | 241 · 4 TD | +2.9 |
 Kyle PittsTE | 32 | 197 · 4 TD | +2.0 |
 Michael Penix Jr.QB | 17 | 15 | +1.2 |
 Olamide ZaccheausWR | 13 | 21 | -12.5 |
 Zachariah BranchWR | 13 | 72 | -0.6 |
 Austin HooperTE | 11 | 76 · 1 TD | +8.3 |