New Orleans Saints · WR · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Ohio State (2022 Round 1, Pick 11)

Chris Olave

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90.5

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #3 of 99 qualified WRs

Rec / Targets: 49/7127.0% target share
Receiving yards: 63613.0 YPR
Receiving TD: 290.9 yds/G
Snap share: 81%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.52871 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 62.0%Play-by-play positive EPA

Chris Olave among the 99 qualified receivers: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Smith-Njigba97.0
Lamb93.7
Olave90.5
St. Brown90.3
Higgins88.5
McMillan88.2
London87.9
Nabers87.3
Wilson85.2
Nacua84.3

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 99 qualified WRs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game20% weight · Raw +0.521 → Shrunk +2.620

97thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.303 → Shrunk +1.731

93thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 8.96 → Shrunk 73.10

96thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 12.39 → Shrunk 103.08

96thpercentile

Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.85 → Shrunk 43.13

80thpercentile

Target share30% weight · Raw 27.0% → Shrunk 24.3%

90thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 50.7% → Shrunk 42.1%

97thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 11.3% → Shrunk 11.4%

52thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Chris Olave. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ DET	L 30-31	10	13	182	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ BAL	W 24-17	8	10	86	1
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs LV	L 27-35	9	13	107	0
Week 4	Oct 5, 2026	vs ATL	L 24-45	8	12	116	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs MIN	L 13-23	4	6	46	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ NYG	W 34-27	4	7	43	1
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs PIT	L 10-16	6	10	56	0

College to the NFL: Ohio State to New Orleans Saints

Verified identity bridge linking Chris Olave's college regular-season yards at Ohio State to official NFL game lines.

Ohio State (College yards)

1972018

7992019

5282020

9362021

1111th pick
2022 Draft

NO (NFL yards)

1,0422022

1,1232023

4002024

1,1632025

6362026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 5 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2022	NO	15	0	0	72/119	1,042	4
2023	NO	16	0	0	87/138	1,123	5
2024	NO	8	1	7	32/44	400	1
2025	NO	16	1	-3	100/156	1,163	9
2026 (so far)	NO	7	0	0	49/71	636	2

Compare Chris Olave with top receivers

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 WR.

Chris Olave vs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)Score 90.5 vs. 97.0 Chris Olave vs. CeeDee Lamb (DAL)Score 90.5 vs. 93.7 Chris Olave vs. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)Score 90.5 vs. 90.3 Chris Olave vs. Tee Higgins (CIN)Score 90.5 vs. 88.5 Chris Olave vs. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)Score 90.5 vs. 88.2 Chris Olave vs. Drake London (ATL)Score 90.5 vs. 87.9