Carolina Panthers · TE · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Georgia Tech (2015 Round 6, Pick 204)

Darren Waller

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37.2

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #30 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 15/2510.2% target share
Receiving yards: 20913.9 YPR
Receiving TD: 329.9 yds/G
Snap share: 48%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.34525 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 52.0%Play-by-play positive EPA

Darren Waller among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Waller#3037.2

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw +0.353 → Shrunk +0.869

45thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.862 → Shrunk +0.568

40thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 8.36 → Shrunk 28.70

37thpercentile

Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 3.12 → Shrunk 13.48

33thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 9.52 → Shrunk 27.50

42thpercentile

Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.52 → Shrunk 35.74

19thpercentile

Target share34% weight · Raw 10.2% → Shrunk 11.5%

23thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 48.0% → Shrunk 37.8%

83thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 4.0% → Shrunk 6.8%

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Darren Waller. 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	vs CHI	L 37-59	2	2	28	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ ATL	W 34-3	3	3	33	2
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ CLE	L 18-21	5	8	51	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs DET	W 32-26	3	6	36	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ PHI	W 25-14	0	2	0	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs TB	L 13-43	1	2	50	1
Week 8	Oct 29, 2026	@ GB	L 19-27	1	2	11	0

College to the NFL: Georgia Tech to Carolina Panthers

Verified identity bridge linking Darren Waller's college regular-season yards at Georgia Tech to official NFL game lines.

Georgia Tech (College yards)

1622012

2882013

3282014

204204th pick
2015 Draft

CAR (NFL yards)

182015

852016

752018

1,1452019

1,1962020

6652021

3882022

5522023

2832025

2092026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 10 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2015	BAL	6	0	0	2/6	18	0
2016	BAL	12	0	0	10/17	85	2
2018	LV	4	1	21	6/6	75	0
2019	LV	16	2	5	90/117	1,145	3
2020	LV	16	0	0	107/145	1,196	9
2021	LV	11	0	0	55/93	665	2
2022	LV	9	0	0	28/43	388	3
2023	NYG	12	0	0	52/74	552	1
2025	MIA	9	1	4	24/34	283	6
2026 (so far)	CAR	7	0	0	15/25	209	3

Compare Darren Waller with top tight ends

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

Darren Waller vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 37.2 vs. 96.5 Darren Waller vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 37.2 vs. 89.5 Darren Waller vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 37.2 vs. 86.4 Darren Waller vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 37.2 vs. 86.4 Darren Waller vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 37.2 vs. 84.9 Darren Waller vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 37.2 vs. 82.3