Minnesota Vikings · WR · 6 games through Nov 1, 2026 · LSU (2020 Round 1, Pick 22)

Justin Jefferson

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71.8

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #19 of 99 qualified WRs

Rec / Targets: 28/4027.0% target share
Receiving yards: 33512.0 YPR
Receiving TD: 455.8 yds/G
Snap share: 80%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.51840 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 52.5%Play-by-play positive EPA

Justin Jefferson 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
Jefferson#1971.8

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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 +0.514 → Shrunk +1.742

78thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.297 → Shrunk +1.073

55thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 8.38 → Shrunk 51.33

69thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 10.40 → Shrunk 70.61

67thpercentile

Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.87 → Shrunk 30.99

33thpercentile

Target share30% weight · Raw 27.0% → Shrunk 24.0%

89thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 42.5% → Shrunk 39.0%

71thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 12.5% → Shrunk 11.7%

60thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Justin Jefferson. 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 13, 2026	vs GB	W 39-22	8	9	92	2	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ CHI	W 9-3	3	6	55	0	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ TB	W 23-16	2	2	32	0	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ NO	W 23-13	6	7	79	1	-11
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs IND	W 16-10	4	7	44	0	0
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ DET	L 15-19	5	9	33	1	0

College to the NFL: LSU to Minnesota Vikings

Verified identity bridge linking Justin Jefferson's college regular-season yards at LSU to official NFL game lines.

LSU (College yards)

7872018

1,2072019

2222nd pick
2020 Draft

MIN (NFL yards)

1,4002020

1,6162021

1,8092022

1,0742023

1,5332024

1,0482025

3352026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 7 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2020	MIN	16	1	2	0	88/125	1,400	7
2021	MIN	17	6	14	0	108/167	1,616	10
2022	MIN	17	4	24	1	128/184	1,809	8
2023	MIN	10	1	-12	0	68/100	1,074	5
2024	MIN	17	1	3	0	103/154	1,533	10
2025	MIN	17	2	7	0	84/141	1,048	2
2026 (so far)	MIN	6	1	-11	0	28/40	335	4

Compare Justin Jefferson with top receivers

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Justin Jefferson vs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)Score 71.8 vs. 97.0 Justin Jefferson vs. CeeDee Lamb (DAL)Score 71.8 vs. 93.7 Justin Jefferson vs. Chris Olave (NO)Score 71.8 vs. 90.5 Justin Jefferson vs. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)Score 71.8 vs. 90.3 Justin Jefferson vs. Tee Higgins (CIN)Score 71.8 vs. 88.5 Justin Jefferson vs. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)Score 71.8 vs. 88.2