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- Age
- 27
- Height
- 5'10"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- College
- Alabama
- Draft
- Round 2, pick 45 · 2021
- Experience
- 5 seasons
Every figure on this page is demonstration data. Projections, ranks, usage rates, game logs and roster percentages are illustrative values generated for this build — not a live feed, not a trained projection model, and not a record of what this player has actually done.
2026 Preseason
Fantasy Outlook
Draft-season projection and ranks, expressed in PPR scoring. No games have been played yet, so there are no results to show — only where he is valued going into the season.
Week 8 projection · PPR
11.0pts
at LAC · ranked 28 of 32 in fantasy points allowed to WRs
Projected 11.0 points, with a range from 7.1 to 15.9.
- Board rank
- 68 / 186
- Position rank
- WR16 / 68
- Weekly move
- No change since last week
- Board confidence
- 71Moderate confidence, 71 out of 100
Start / sit · PPR
Recommendation
Strong start in full PPR leagues
On the full PPR board he is WR16 of 68 ranked WRs, commanding opportunity in the 66th percentile of his position group. He draws a grade B matchup on the road against LAC, a defense ranked 28 of 32 in fantasy points allowed to WRs.
- Positional rank
- WR16 of 68
- Opportunity
- 66th percentile
- Matchup
- B · defense #28
- Recent form
- 1.2 below season average
- Availability
- No designation
A weighted read of the illustrative values on this page, not a trained or market-derived model. On a close call, put him head to head with the alternative in the start/sit assistant.
Consensus rank
WR16
of 68 in PPR
Projected points/game
11.0
Draft-season per-game projection
Strength of schedule
5/10
Neutral projected slate
Trade, waiver and tier
Market value
Redraft value
27/100
Bench piece
Dynasty value
30/100
Worth more in a keeper format
Waiver value
Not a waiver-wire consideration at this ranking — he is rostered in effectively every league. The waiver board covers the players who are actually available.
Tier
WR Tier 4A 0.2-point drop from Tier 3. This group covers 10.7–11.3 projected points.
6 players in this tier · 0.2 points of separation from the tier above. Tiers are cut on the PPR board, so changing format reprices the players inside a tier without redrawing it.
2026 season
Game Log & Stats
There is no game log yet — the season has not started. Week-by-week lines, season totals and career stats will populate here once games are played.
No games played yet
It is the 2026 preseason. This player’s 2026 game log and season stats will appear here after Week 1. Career totals return once the live stats feed is connected.
Role
Usage & Depth Chart
What he is actually asked to do, who else is in the room, and the offense that decides how often the ball is available.
Rotational contributor
Denver · AFC West
Preseason
Usage
No usage data yet — the season has not started. Snap share, target share, routes and red-zone touches will populate here once games are played.
The depth chart and offensive context alongside are current; only per-game usage waits on live games.
DEN · WR
Depth chart
- 1
Contested-catch X
- 2
WR2
Field-side Z
- 3
WR3
Slot
Only players carried in this build appear by name. Every other slot is described by its role rather than filled with a name we cannot verify.
Denver
The offense around him
Pass attempts / g
34
Rush attempts / g
29
Plays / game
63
Red-zone TD rate
56%
Neutral pass rate
54%
- Run / pass split
- 46% / 54%
- Pass rate over expectation
- -1.2
- Three-receiver personnel
- 65%
- Seconds per play
- 27.8
- Play caller
- Head coach
- Scheme
- Wide zone with quarterback keepers near the goal line
Allows the fewest fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks in the sample.
Full Denver profileMatchups
Schedule & Availability
His bye week is set; the week-by-week opponent slate and strength-of-schedule grid arrive once the season's matchups are played.
Schedule not set yet
It is the 2026 preseason. This player is on a Week 10 bye. The opponent-by-opponent matchup grid and availability history will populate here once games are played.
Wire
Recent News
Live injury, depth-chart and usage updates return once the season starts. Current offseason news lives in the Wire Briefings.
No recent news yet
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Sentiment
What Managers Are Saying
The roster-percentage move is a market reading; the threads below are individual opinions. They are kept apart because they measure different things.
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