2026
2026 season · WR · #7 · 6th season
Rashod Bateman
Age 26 · 6'1" · 193 lb · Minnesota · Pick 27 overall (2021). Listed WR2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 71% across 8 games.
- How goodBateman's +17.6 EPA is 26th of 99 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+18.7, 83rd percentile per target).
- Fantasy4.4 standard points a game, WR67 of 171.5.5 half-PPR points a game, WR71 of 171.6.7 PPR points a game, WR70 of 171.
- How he's usedPlay action finds him: 28% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%).
- LatelyTargets are steady: 2.7 a game over his last three against 3.6 for the season.
- This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Jaguars rank 20th vs WR, allowing +0.27 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 | 13% | 76th of 99 | 24th | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 13.8 | 21st of 99 | 79th | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 3.4 | 61st of 99 | 39th | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 66% | 44th of 99 | 56th | |
| EPA per target | +0.61 | 11th of 99 | 89th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 48% | 11th of 99 | 89th | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 0% | 1st of 99 | 88th | |
| Yards per game | 36.0 | 63rd of 99 | 37th | |
| Success rate | 66% | 7th of 99 | 93rd | |
| Total EPA | +17.6 | 26th of 99 | 74th |
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.
Bateman scores 4.4 standard points a game, WR67 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.9 and 5.6; 1 boom week (12+) and 6 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Jaguars allow the 9th-most standard points to WRs, 23.4 a game.
Bateman scores 5.5 half-PPR points a game, WR71 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.1 and 7.5; 1 boom week (16+) and 6 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Jaguars allow the 6th-most half-PPR points to WRs, 30.2 a game.
Bateman scores 6.7 PPR points a game, WR70 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.3 and 9.4; 1 boom week (20+) and 6 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Jaguars allow the 6th-most PPR points to WRs, 36.9 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: 28% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%). Screens are not part of his role: 0% of his targets (league 4%). His share of the team's targets is 13%: on third down it holds at 9%; inside the 20 it holds at 9%. He wins before the catch rather than after it: 22% of his yards come after the catch (league 30%).
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.
Bateman's +17.6 EPA is 26th of 99 wide receivers. The biggest share comes in the air (+18.7, 83rd percentile per target).
career +0.25 over 2021–2025 · his 2nd best of 6
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 left 2.8× as often as the league (21% of his targets against 7%) and gains +1.17 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 JaguarsM&T Bank Stadium
JAX −8.5 · O/U 42.5
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 Jaguars rank 20th vs WR, allowing +0.27 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 37 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at IND W 41-2315th D | 15th vs WR | 78% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | |
| 2 | vs NO L 17-2412th D | 12th vs WR | 93% | 9 | 7 | 88 | 1 | +5.6 |
| 3 | at DAL W 34-3127th D | 27th vs WR | 88% | 3 | 2 | 37 | +2.1 | |
| 4 | vs TEN W 24-1831st D | 31st vs WR | 47% | 2 | 2 | 46 | +4.1 | |
| 5 | at ATL W 30-2319th D | 19th vs WR | 80% | 6 | 5 | 62 | +5.0 | |
| 6 | at CLE L 10-1316th D | 16th vs WR | 30% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | |
| 7 | vs CIN L 13-3518th D | 18th vs WR | 73% | 4 | 2 | 33 | +2.3 | |
| 8 | at BUF L 10-3623rd D | 23rd vs WR | 76% | 3 | 1 | 22 | +0.0 | |
| 9 | vs JAXThu Nov 5 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs LACMon Nov 16 | |||||||
| 11 | at CARSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at HOUSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | Bye week | |||||||
| 14 | vs TBSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at PITSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs CLESun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | at CINThu Dec 31 | |||||||
| 18 | vs PITSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 8 games | 71% | 29 | 19 | 288 | 1 | +17.6 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at IND W 41-2315th D | 15th vs WR | 4% | 9% | 23.0 | 0 | -0.83 | 0 | |
| 2 | vs NO L 17-2412th D | 12th vs WR | 31% | 39% | 13.9 | 2 | +0.62 | 3 | |
| 3 | at DAL W 34-3127th D | 27th vs WR | 15% | 15% | 9.0 | 12 | +0.69 | 1 | |
| 4 | vs TEN W 24-1831st D | 31st vs WR | 7% | 13% | 13.0 | 20 | +2.07 | 2 | |
| 5 | at ATL W 30-2319th D | 19th vs WR | 19% | 42% | 10.3 | 18 | +0.83 | 5 | |
| 6 | at CLE L 10-1316th D | 16th vs WR | 3% | 4% | 10.0 | 0 | -0.68 | 0 | |
| 7 | vs CIN L 13-3518th D | 18th vs WR | 12% | 38% | 22.8 | 8 | +0.58 | 2 | |
| 8 | at BUF L 10-3623rd D | 23rd vs WR | 12% | 30% | 12.0 | 4 | +0.01 | 1 | |
| 9 | vs JAXThu Nov 5 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | vs LACMon Nov 16 | ||||||||
| 11 | at CARSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | at HOUSun Nov 29 | ||||||||
| 13 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 14 | vs TBSun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | at PITSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs CLESun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | at CINThu Dec 31 | ||||||||
| 18 | vs PITSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 8 games | 13% | 24% | 13.8 | 64 | +0.61 | 14 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at IND W 41-2315th D | 15th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 2 | vs NO L 17-2412th D | 12th vs WR | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | at DAL W 34-3127th D | 27th vs WR | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | |
| 4 | vs TEN W 24-1831st D | 31st vs WR | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| 5 | at ATL W 30-2319th D | 19th vs WR | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | |
| 6 | at CLE L 10-1316th D | 16th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 7 | vs CIN L 13-3518th D | 18th vs WR | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | ||
| 8 | at BUF L 10-3623rd D | 23rd vs WR | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| 9 | vs JAXThu Nov 5 · next up | ||||||
| 10 | vs LACMon Nov 16 | ||||||
| 11 | at CARSun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | at HOUSun Nov 29 | ||||||
| 13 | Bye week | ||||||
| 14 | vs TBSun Dec 13 | ||||||
| 15 | at PITSun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | vs CLESun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | at CINThu Dec 31 | ||||||
| 18 | vs PITSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 8 games | 19 | 288 | 15.2 | 1 | 5 |
Targets are steady: 2.7 a game over his last three against 3.6 for the season. 3 straight games below a starter's median in targets.
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 28th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 20.1 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 Jaguars (20th) 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 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 to 22Middle | 5 | 4.2 | 37 | +0.54 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 3 | 2.7 | 35 | +0.78 |
| All games | 8 | 3.6 | 36 | +0.61 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.03); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2024, 756 receiving yards in 16 games. This season's 36.0 a game puts him on pace for 612 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BAL | 12 | 68 | 46 | 515 | 1 | 11.2 | 42.9 | +0.22 |
| 2022 | BAL | 6 | 28 | 15 | 285 | 2 | 19.0 | 47.5 | +0.09 |
| 2023 | BAL | 15 | 56 | 32 | 367 | 1 | 11.5 | 24.5 | +0.06 |
| 2024 | BAL | 16 | 72 | 45 | 756 | 9 | 16.8 | 47.3 | +0.62 |
| 2025 | BAL | 13 | 38 | 19 | 224 | 2 | 11.8 | 17.2 | -0.04 |
| 2026 | BAL | 8 | 29 | 19 | 288 | 1 | 15.2 | 36.0 | +0.61 |
| Career | 1 tm | 70 | 291 | 176 | 2,435 | 16 | 13.8 | 34.8 | +0.28 |
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
- 0 on 29 targets
- Broken tackles
- 1
- Passer rating when targeted
- 85.7
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Derrick HenryRB | 172 | 707 · 9 TD | -15.9 |
 Zay FlowersWR | 61 | 642 · 3 TD | +27.4 |
 Justice HillRB | 49 | 259 | -2.7 |
 Mark AndrewsTE | 41 | 218 · 1 TD | -3.6 |
 Lamar JacksonQB | 19 | 144 · 1 TD | +4.9 |
 Tyler HuntleyQB | 18 | 76 · 1 TD | -1.7 |
 Ja'Kobi LaneWR | 14 | 89 | +4.0 |
 Josh CuevasTE | 13 | 134 · 1 TD | +8.9 |