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2026 season · WR · #10 · 2nd season

10Luther Burden III

Age 22 · 6'0" · 210 lb · Missouri · Pick 39 overall (2025). Listed WR2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 60% across 8 games.

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Targets
56
7.0 per game
18th of 100
Receptions
42
75% catch rate
T-12th of 100
Yards
547
68 per game
13th of 100
Touchdowns
3
21 first downs
T-16th of 100
Target share
22%
24% of air yards
29th of 100
aDOT
7.9
air yards per target
84th of 100
EPA / target
+0.31
+17.2 total
45th of 100
YAC / catch
6.8
286 after the catch
9th of 100
The short version
  • How goodBurden III's +17.2 EPA is 28th of 100 wide receivers.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+32.5, 92nd percentile per target).
  • Fantasy9.2 standard points a game, WR20 of 171.11.8 half-PPR points a game, WR19 of 171.14.5 PPR points a game, WR17 of 171.
  • How he's usedMuch of his damage comes after the catch: 52% of his yards (league 30%).
  • LatelyTargets are steady: 7 a game over his last three against 7 for the season.
  • This weekA tough matchup: the Buccaneers rank 1st vs WR, allowing -0.13 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 targets22%29th of 100
72nd
Depth of targetair yards per target7.984th of 100
17th
After the catchyards per reception6.89th of 100
92nd
Catch ratereceptions per target75%9th of 100
91st
EPA per target+0.3145th of 100
56th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
First downsper target38%50th of 100
50th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better2%25th of 100
76th
Yards per game68.417th of 100
84th
Success rate59%18th of 100
82nd
Total EPA+17.228th of 100
72nd
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

Burden scores 9.2 standard points a game, WR20 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.7 and 12.3; 2 boom weeks (12+) and 3 busts (under 5). This week the Buccaneers allow the 7th-fewest standard points to WRs, 17.8 a game.

Points a game9.2WR20 of 171
Season73.6WR12 · 8 games
Most weeks4.7–12.3his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts2 · 312+ · under 5

Burden scores 11.8 half-PPR points a game, WR19 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 6.9 and 15.8; 2 boom weeks (16+) and 1 bust (under 6.5). This week the Buccaneers allow the 9th-fewest half-PPR points to WRs, 23.1 a game.

Points a game11.8WR19 of 171
Season94.6WR12 · 8 games
Most weeks6.9–15.8his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts2 · 116+ · under 6.5

Burden scores 14.5 PPR points a game, WR17 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 9.1 and 19.3; 1 boom week (20+) and 1 bust (under 8). This week the Buccaneers allow the 8th-fewest PPR points to WRs, 28.5 a game.

Points a game14.5WR17 of 171
Season115.6WR12 · 8 games
Most weeks9.1–19.3his 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

Much of his damage comes after the catch: 52% of his yards (league 30%). He rarely moves before the snap: 36% of his targets come with motion (league 54%). His share of the team's targets is 22%: on third down it falls to 13%; inside the 20 it climbs to 28%. He works the middle of the field: 34% of his targets come between the numbers (league 21%).

Yards after the catchAfter the catch 52% · 93rd pctlStaticMotion 36% · 8th pctlNot the third-down option13% on third down · 22% overallRed-zone guy28% inside the 20 · 22% overall
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
7%
16th
Screensshare of his targets
13%
82nd
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
34%
90th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
52%
93rd
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
13%
31st
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
28%
91st
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
36%
8th
Play actiontargets off play action
23%
82nd
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 BuccaneersSun Nov 8 · 8:20 PM EST
The game
TBvs Buccaneers
Sun Nov 8 · 8:20 PM EST
Soldier Field
CHI −6 · O/U 46.5
The defense vs WR
1st vs WR
allow -0.13 EPA per target to wide receivers, league +0.24
a tough matchup
His history
vs top-10 defenses: 4 games, 6.8 targets a game, 50 yards a game
First meeting this season
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 52%

A tough matchup: the Buccaneers rank 1st vs WR, allowing -0.13 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 50 yards a game against top-10 defenses this season.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season2 seasons
23Games
116Targets
89Receptions
1,199Yards
5TD
2025 to 2026 · 2 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2025, 652 receiving yards in 15 games. This season's 68.4 a game puts him on pace for 1,162 over 17, a career high.

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SeasonTeamGTgtRecYdsTDY/RYds/gEPA/tgt
2025CHI156047652213.943.5+0.50
2026CHI85642547313.068.4+0.31
Career1 tm23116891,199513.552.1+0.41
Career highsYards 652 · 2025TD 3 · 2026Receptions 47 · 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
WR2 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
1 on 56 targets
Broken tackles
5
Passer rating when targeted
95.9
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    4D'Andre SwiftRB171707 · 10 TD-1.2
    25Kyle MonangaiRB65363 · 3 TD+6.3
    84Colston LovelandTE51309 · 2 TD-2.9
    15Rome OdunzeWR44468+22.9
    23Roschon JohnsonRB40189 · 1 TD-0.2
    14Kalif RaymondWR36295 · 1 TD+17.7
    18Caleb WilliamsQB26129 · 2 TD-2.7
    85Cole KmetTE1487 · 1 TD+6.0