Denver Broncos · WR · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Alabama (2021 Round 1, Pick 6)

Jaylen Waddle

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57.6

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #39 of 99 qualified WRs

Rec / Targets: 29/5122.7% target share
Receiving yards: 31510.9 YPR
Receiving TD: 239.4 yds/G
Snap share: 64%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.04351 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 35.3%Play-by-play positive EPA

Jaylen Waddle 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
Waddle#3957.6

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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 +0.067 → Shrunk +1.325

51thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.247 → Shrunk +1.168

63thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 6.18 → Shrunk 47.20

60thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 10.39 → Shrunk 68.66

62thpercentile

Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.69 → Shrunk 36.76

56thpercentile

Target share30% weight · Raw 22.7% → Shrunk 21.4%

77thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 25.5% → Shrunk 34.9%

3thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 9.8% → Shrunk 10.9%

40thpercentile

2026 game log

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

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rush yds
Week 1	Sep 14, 2026	@ KC	L 10-31	1	3	2	0	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs JAX	W 20-13	8	10	138	0	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs LA	W 30-26	2	7	10	0	14
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	@ SF	L 14-24	5	6	35	1	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ LAC	W 23-17	2	5	19	0	9
Week 6	Oct 15, 2026	vs SEA	W 17-14	4	7	24	0	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ ARI	W 30-16	4	7	48	0	0
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs KC	W 28-24	3	6	39	1	0

College to the NFL: Alabama to Denver Broncos

Verified identity bridge linking Jaylen Waddle's college regular-season yards at Alabama to official NFL game lines.

Alabama (College yards)

8032018

5532019

5572020

66th pick
2021 Draft

DEN (NFL yards)

1,0152021

1,3562022

1,0142023

7442024

9102025

3152026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 6 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2021	MIA	16	2	3	1	104/140	1,015	6
2022	MIA	17	3	26	0	75/117	1,356	8
2023	MIA	14	3	12	0	72/104	1,014	4
2024	MIA	15	4	12	0	58/83	744	2
2025	MIA	16	2	28	0	64/100	910	6
2026 (so far)	DEN	8	2	23	0	29/51	315	2

Compare Jaylen Waddle with top receivers

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Jaylen Waddle vs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)Score 57.6 vs. 97.0 Jaylen Waddle vs. CeeDee Lamb (DAL)Score 57.6 vs. 93.7 Jaylen Waddle vs. Chris Olave (NO)Score 57.6 vs. 90.5 Jaylen Waddle vs. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)Score 57.6 vs. 90.3 Jaylen Waddle vs. Tee Higgins (CIN)Score 57.6 vs. 88.5 Jaylen Waddle vs. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)Score 57.6 vs. 88.2