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2026 season · WR · #18 · 7th season

18Justin Jefferson

Age 27 · 6'1" · 192 lb · LSU · Pick 22 overall (2020). Listed WR1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 80% across 6 games.

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Targets
40
6.7 per game
T-41st of 100
Receptions
28
70% catch rate
T-32nd of 100
Yards
335
56 per game
33rd of 100
Touchdowns
4
17 first downs
T-8th of 100
Target share
27%
34% of air yards
10th of 100
aDOT
10.0
air yards per target
69th of 100
EPA / target
+0.54
+21.8 total
16th of 100
YAC / catch
3.5
97 after the catch
57th of 100
The short version
  • How goodJefferson's +21.8 EPA is 18th of 100 wide receivers.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+15.7, 74th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy9.7 standard points a game, WR18 of 171.12.1 half-PPR points a game, WR18 of 171.14.4 PPR points a game, WR18 of 171.
  • How he's usedPlay action finds him: 34% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%).
  • LatelyTargets are steady: 7.7 a game over his last three against 6.7 for the season.
  • This weekA soft matchup: the Bills rank 23rd vs WR, allowing +0.35 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 targets27%10th of 100
91st
Depth of targetair yards per target10.069th of 100
32nd
After the catchyards per reception3.557th of 100
44th
Catch ratereceptions per target70%22nd of 100
78th
EPA per target+0.5416th of 100
85th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
First downsper target43%32nd of 100
69th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better8%77th of 100
24th
Yards per game55.830th of 100
71st
Success rate53%44th of 100
56th
Total EPA+21.818th of 100
82nd
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

Jefferson scores 9.7 standard points a game, WR18 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.4 and 12.8; 2 boom weeks (12+) and 2 busts (under 5). This week the Bills allow the 3rd-most standard points to WRs, 25.1 a game.

Points a game9.7WR18 of 171
Season58.4WR24 · 6 games
Most weeks4.4–12.8his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts2 · 212+ · under 5

Jefferson scores 12.1 half-PPR points a game, WR18 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 6.4 and 15.8; 1 boom week (16+) and 2 busts (under 6.5). This week the Bills allow the 3rd-most half-PPR points to WRs, 31.1 a game.

Points a game12.1WR18 of 171
Season72.4WR24 · 6 games
Most weeks6.4–15.8his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts1 · 216+ · under 6.5

Jefferson scores 14.4 PPR points a game, WR18 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 8.4 and 18.8; 1 boom week (20+) and 1 bust (under 8). This week the Bills allow the 5th-most PPR points to WRs, 37.1 a game.

Points a game14.4WR18 of 171
Season86.4WR24 · 6 games
Most weeks8.4–18.8his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts1 · 120+ · 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

Play action finds him: 34% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%). The screen game runs through him: 15% of his targets are screens (league 5%). His share of the team's targets is 22%: on third down it climbs to 26%; inside the 20 it climbs to 30%. He lives outside the numbers: only 13% of his targets come over the middle (league 21%).

Play-action targetPlay action 34% · 96th pctlScreen gameScreens 15% · 85th pctlThird-down guy26% on third down · 22% overallRed-zone guy30% inside the 20 · 22% overall
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
10%
22nd
Screensshare of his targets
15%
85th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
13%
18th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
29%
47th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
26%
84th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
30%
92nd
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
41%
25th
Play actiontargets off play action
34%
96th
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 BillsMon Nov 9 · 8:15 PM EST
The game
BUFvs Bills
Mon Nov 9 · 8:15 PM EST
U.S. Bank Stadium
BUF −3.5 · O/U 45.5
The defense vs WR
23rd vs WR
allow +0.35 EPA per target to wide receivers, league +0.24
a soft matchup
His history
vs bottom-10 defenses: 1 game, 9.0 targets a game, 33 yards a game
First meeting this season
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 93%

A soft matchup: the Bills rank 23rd vs WR, allowing +0.35 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 33 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season7 seasons
100Games
911Targets
607Receptions
8,815Yards
46TD
2020 to 2026 · 7 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2022, 1,809 receiving yards in 17 games. This season's 55.8 a game puts him on pace for 949 over 17, short of it.

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SeasonTeamGTgtRecYdsTDY/RYds/gEPA/tgt
2020MIN16125881,400715.987.5+0.53
2021MIN171671081,6161015.095.1+0.47
2022MIN171841281,809814.1106.4+0.41
2023MIN10100681,074515.8107.4+0.43
2024MIN171541031,5331014.990.2+0.42
2025MIN17141841,048212.561.6-0.10
2026MIN64028335412.055.8+0.54
Career1 tm1009116078,8154614.588.2+0.37
Career highsYards 1,809 · 2022TD 10 · 2021Receptions 128 · 2022
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
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
3 on 40 targets
Broken tackles
1
Passer rating when targeted
115.7
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    33Aaron JonesRB131548 · 2 TD-24.6
    27Jordan MasonRB40147 · 1 TD-10.4
    87T.J. HockensonTE37295 · 3 TD+24.9
    3Jordan AddisonWR35251 · 1 TD-9.4
    1Kyler MurrayQB29167+5.1
    14Jauan JenningsWR1054-4.5
    11Carson WentzQB85-2.1
    86Gavin BartholomewTE854+3.3