2026
2026 season · WR · #14 · 3rd season
Roman Wilson
Age 25 · 6'0" · 192 lb · Michigan · Pick 84 overall (2024). Listed WR7 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 47% across 5 games.
- How goodWilson's +6.3 EPA is 62nd of 100 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+12.4, 88th percentile per target).
- Fantasy6.2 standard points a game, WR45 of 171.7.6 half-PPR points a game, WR50 of 171.9.0 PPR points a game, WR54 of 171.
- How he's usedHe is a straight-dropback target: 0% of his targets come off play action (league 16%).
- LatelyTargets are steady: 4.3 a game over his last three against 5 for the season.
- This weekWeek 9 is the bye.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 14% | 66th of 100 | 35th | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 15.2 | 12th of 100 | 89th | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 6.0 | 12th of 100 | 88th | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 56% | 71st of 100 | 30th | |
| EPA per target | +0.25 | 51st of 100 | 50th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 36% | 57th of 100 | 43rd | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 4% | 49th of 100 | 51st | |
| Yards per game | 37.6 | 60th of 100 | 41st | |
| Success rate | 48% | 65th of 100 | 36th | |
| Total EPA | +6.3 | 62nd of 100 | 38th |
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.
Wilson scores 6.2 standard points a game, WR45 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.1 and 12.3; 2 boom weeks (12+) and 3 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 10, the Bengals allow the 13th-most standard points to WRs, 21.7 a game.
Wilson scores 7.6 half-PPR points a game, WR50 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 3.3 and 13.8; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 3 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 10, the Bengals allow the 14th-most half-PPR points to WRs, 27.2 a game.
Wilson scores 9.0 PPR points a game, WR54 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.5 and 15.3; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 3 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 10, 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
He is a straight-dropback target: 0% of his targets come off play action (league 16%). Roman is a downfield target: 32% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 18% for the league's receivers. His share of the team's targets is 9%: on third down it holds at 13%; inside the 20 it holds at 6%. The screen game runs through him: 20% of his targets are screens (league 5%).
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.
Wilson's +6.3 EPA is 62nd of 100 wide receivers. The biggest share comes after the catch (+12.4, 88th percentile per target).
career +0.19 over 2025 · the best of his 2 seasons so far
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.
His targets spread much like the league's: no spot with five or more runs 15% above the league's share.
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
at BengalsPaycor Stadium
The defense vs WR
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
Week 3 vs CIN: 3 catches, 60 yards, 1 TD
His status
Week 9 is the bye. A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Bengals rank 18th vs WR, allowing +0.26 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 40 yards a game against middle defenses this season, and he went 3 catches, 60 yards, 1 TD against them in Week 3.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs ATL W 20-1319th D | 19th vs WR | 55% | 6 | 3 | 26 | -1.1 | |
| 2 | at NE L 3-2030th D | 30th vs WR | 79% | 6 | 5 | 28 | +0.4 | |
| 3 | vs CIN W 30-2718th D | 18th vs WR | 39% | 6 | 3 | 60 | 1 | +2.6 |
| 4 | at CLE L 24-2716th D | 16th vs WR | 31% | 6 | 3 | 74 | 1 | +5.5 |
| 5 | vs IND W 34-2215th D | 15th vs WR | 33% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | |
| 6 | at TB W 26-19Did not play · Out (finger) | |||||||
| 7 | at NO W 16-10Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | vs CLE W 27-6Did not play | |||||||
| 9 | Bye week | |||||||
| 10 | at CINSun Nov 15 · next up | |||||||
| 11 | at PHISun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs DENFri Nov 27 | |||||||
| 13 | vs HOUSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at JAXMon Dec 14 | |||||||
| 15 | vs BALSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs CARSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | at TENSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at BALSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 5 games | 47% | 25 | 14 | 188 | 2 | +6.3 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs ATL W 20-1319th D | 19th vs WR | 16% | 31% | 21.0 | 6 | -0.18 | 1 | |
| 2 | at NE L 3-2030th D | 30th vs WR | 16% | 10% | 3.5 | 22 | +0.06 | 3 | |
| 3 | vs CIN W 30-2718th D | 18th vs WR | 19% | 25% | 16.7 | 11 | +0.44 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | at CLE L 24-2716th D | 16th vs WR | 15% | 29% | 20.2 | 45 | +0.91 | 3 | |
| 5 | vs IND W 34-2215th D | 15th vs WR | 3% | 9% | 13.0 | 0 | -1.04 | 0 | |
| 6 | at TB W 26-19Did not play · Out (finger) | ||||||||
| 7 | at NO W 16-10Did not play | ||||||||
| 8 | vs CLE W 27-6Did not play | ||||||||
| 9 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 10 | at CINSun Nov 15 · next up | ||||||||
| 11 | at PHISun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | vs DENFri Nov 27 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs HOUSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | at JAXMon Dec 14 | ||||||||
| 15 | vs BALSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs CARSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | at TENSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at BALSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 5 games | 14% | 21% | 15.2 | 84 | +0.25 | 9 | 1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs ATL W 20-1319th D | 19th vs WR | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| 2 | at NE L 3-2030th D | 30th vs WR | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | ||
| 3 | vs CIN W 30-2718th D | 18th vs WR | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | at CLE L 24-2716th D | 16th vs WR | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | vs IND W 34-2215th D | 15th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 6 | at TB W 26-19Did not play · Out (finger) | ||||||
| 7 | at NO W 16-10Did not play | ||||||
| 8 | vs CLE W 27-6Did not play | ||||||
| 9 | Bye week | ||||||
| 10 | at CINSun Nov 15 · next up | ||||||
| 11 | at PHISun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | vs DENFri Nov 27 | ||||||
| 13 | vs HOUSun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | at JAXMon Dec 14 | ||||||
| 15 | vs BALSun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | vs CARSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | at TENSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | at BALSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 5 games | 14 | 188 | 13.4 | 2 | 3 |
Targets are steady: 4.3 a game over his last three against 5 for the season. At or above a starter's median in yards in 2 of 5 games. Week 5 was his season low in yards.
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 27th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 19.6 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 2 of his next 9 are top-10 vs WR and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Bengals (18th, away) in Week 10.
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 | 4 | 4.8 | 40 | +0.31 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 6.0 | 28 | +0.06 |
| All games | 5 | 5.0 | 38 | +0.25 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.12); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2025, 166 receiving yards in 9 games. This season's 37.6 a game puts him on pace for 639 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | PIT | 9 | 21 | 12 | 166 | 2 | 13.8 | 18.4 | +0.19 |
| 2026 | PIT | 5 | 25 | 14 | 188 | 2 | 13.4 | 37.6 | +0.25 |
| Career | 1 tm | 14 | 46 | 26 | 354 | 4 | 13.6 | 25.3 | +0.23 |
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
- WR7 · 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
- 1 on 25 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Passer rating when targeted
- 73.6
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jaylen WarrenRB | 155 | 998 · 3 TD | +14.1 |
 DK MetcalfWR | 65 | 389 · 1 TD | -1.0 |
 Rico DowdleRB | 63 | 256 · 1 TD | -5.2 |
 Germie BernardWR | 43 | 288 · 1 TD | -1.3 |
 Pat FreiermuthTE | 39 | 240 · 5 TD | +16.0 |
 Darnell WashingtonTE | 28 | 254 · 3 TD | +8.3 |
 Aaron RodgersQB | 12 | 23 | -4.3 |
 Michael PittmanWR | 12 | 89 | +2.4 |