DOWN X DOWN › players › Seahawks › Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Updated Nov 3, 9:16 AM ET
2026
2026this season2025final

2026 season · WR · #11 · 4th season

11Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Age 24 · 6'0" · 198 lb · Ohio State · Pick 20 overall (2023). Listed WR1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 85% across 8 games.

Week 8 report · Not injury related - resting player · Full ParticipationWR1Seahawks players
SEASeahawks offense85% of snaps
CompareShare card
Open My team →
Players like himDETAmon-Ra St. BrownCompare →DALCeeDee LambCompare →PHIDeVonta SmithCompare →
Targets
89
11.1 per game
2nd of 100
Receptions
64
72% catch rate
1st of 100
Yards
985
123 per game
1st of 100
Touchdowns
9
49 first downs
1st of 100
Target share
36%
54% of air yards
1st of 100
aDOT
10.5
air yards per target
62nd of 100
EPA / target
+0.72
+64.5 total
6th of 100
YAC / catch
5.1
324 after the catch
25th of 100
The short version
  • How goodSmith-Njigba's +64.5 EPA is 1st of 100 wide receivers.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+51.7, 78th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy19.5 standard points a game, WR1 of 171.23.5 half-PPR points a game, WR1 of 171.27.5 PPR points a game, WR1 of 171.
  • How he's usedHe rarely moves before the snap: 38% of his targets come with motion (league 54%).
  • LatelyTargets are steady: 13 a game over his last three against 11.1 for the season.
  • This weekA soft matchup: the Cardinals rank 32nd vs WR, allowing +0.52 EPA per target to wide receivers.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 100 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Target shareof team targets36%1st of 100
100th
Depth of targetair yards per target10.562nd of 100
39th
After the catchyards per reception5.125th of 100
76th
Catch ratereceptions per target72%15th of 100
86th
EPA per target+0.726th of 100
95th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
First downsper target55%5th of 100
96th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better3%46th of 100
54th
Yards per game123.11st of 100
100th
Success rate65%7th of 100
94th
Total EPA+64.51st of 100
100th
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

Smith-Njigba scores 19.5 standard points a game, WR1 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 15.2 and 24.1; 7 boom weeks (12+) and 0 busts (under 5). This week the Cardinals allow the 6th-most standard points to WRs, 23.7 a game.

Points a game19.5WR1 of 171
Season156.0WR1 · 8 games
Most weeks15.2–24.1his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts7 · 012+ · under 5

Smith-Njigba scores 23.5 half-PPR points a game, WR1 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 19.8 and 28.9; 7 boom weeks (16+) and 0 busts (under 6.5). This week the Cardinals allow the 10th-most half-PPR points to WRs, 28.6 a game.

Points a game23.5WR1 of 171
Season188.0WR1 · 8 games
Most weeks19.8–28.9his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts7 · 016+ · under 6.5

Smith-Njigba scores 27.5 PPR points a game, WR1 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 23.2 and 33.7; 7 boom weeks (20+) and 0 busts (under 8). This week the Cardinals allow the 13th-most PPR points to WRs, 33.5 a game.

Points a game27.5WR1 of 171
Season220.0WR1 · 8 games
Most weeks23.2–33.7his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts7 · 020+ · 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 100 wide receivers

He rarely moves before the snap: 38% of his targets come with motion (league 54%). He works the middle of the field: 27% of his targets come between the numbers (league 21%). His share of the team's targets is 35%: on third down it climbs to 43%; inside the 20 it holds at 33%.

StaticMotion 38% · 13th pctlWorks the middleMiddle of the field 27% · 75th pctlThird-down guy43% on third down · 35% overall
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
17%
46th
Screensshare of his targets
6%
56th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
27%
75th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
33%
67th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
43%
100th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
33%
97th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
38%
13th
Play actiontargets off play action
16%
47th
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

This weekWeek 9 · vs CardinalsSun Nov 8 · 4:25 PM EST
The game
ARIvs Cardinals
Sun Nov 8 · 4:25 PM EST
Lumen Field
SEA −11.5 · O/U 44.5
The defense vs WR
32nd vs WR
allow +0.52 EPA per target to wide receivers, league +0.24
a soft matchup
His history
vs bottom-10 defenses: 2 games, 11.0 targets a game, 139 yards a game
Week 2 vs ARI: 9 catches, 155 yards, 3 TD
His status
Full Participation in Practice · Not injury related - resting player
Snap share, last 3: 89%

A soft matchup: the Cardinals rank 32nd vs WR, allowing +0.52 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 139 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season, and he went 9 catches, 155 yards, 3 TD against them in Week 2.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season4 seasons
59Games
482Targets
346Receptions
4,536Yards
29TD
2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2025, 1,793 receiving yards in 17 games. This season's 123.1 a game puts him on pace for 2,093 over 17, a career high.

01,1002,3002324★2526
SeasonTeamGTgtRecYdsTDY/RYds/gEPA/tgt
2023SEA179363628410.036.9+0.13
2024SEA171371001,130611.366.5+0.35
2025SEA171631191,7931015.1105.5+0.56
2026SEA88964985915.4123.1+0.72
Career1 tm594823464,5362913.176.9+0.45
Career highsYards 1,793 · 2025TD 10 · 2025Receptions 119 · 2025
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
WR1 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
Not injury related - resting player, full participation in practice
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
3 on 89 targets
Broken tackles
2
Passer rating when targeted
125.1
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    23Emanuel WilsonRB120468 · 4 TD-18.4
    36George HolaniRB52205 · 1 TD-12.6
    8Jadarian PriceRB49177-16.5
    88AJ BarnerTE38208 · 1 TD-12.0
    22Rashid ShaheedWR34202 · 1 TD-15.4
    10Cooper KuppWR30206 · 2 TD+8.0
    15Tory HortonWR1693 · 1 TD+3.4
    14Sam DarnoldQB1172+5.6