Las Vegas Raiders · TE · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Notre Dame (2023 Round 2, Pick 35)

Michael Mayer

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66.2

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #15 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 36/4315.4% target share
Receiving yards: 3519.8 YPR
Receiving TD: 143.9 yds/G
Snap share: 81%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.25943 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 65.1%Play-by-play positive EPA

Michael Mayer 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
Mayer#1566.2

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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 +0.242 → Shrunk +1.116

68thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.171 → Shrunk +0.806

78thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 8.16 → Shrunk 38.39

70thpercentile

Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 4.35 → Shrunk 19.11

76thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 5.51 → Shrunk 32.94

62thpercentile

Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.89 → Shrunk 49.33

83thpercentile

Target share34% weight · Raw 15.4% → Shrunk 15.2%

56thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 51.2% → Shrunk 39.1%

97thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 2.3% → Shrunk 6.0%

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Michael Mayer. 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 MIA	W 27-13	6	7	32	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ LAC	W 26-14	3	4	23	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ NO	W 35-27	3	3	32	1
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs KC	L 27-30	8	10	82	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ NE	L 17-45	1	1	2	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	vs BUF	L 30-33	7	9	95	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs LA	L 21-35	3	3	32	0
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ NYJ	W 38-33	5	6	53	0

College to the NFL: Notre Dame to Las Vegas Raiders

Verified identity bridge linking Michael Mayer's college regular-season yards at Notre Dame to official NFL game lines.

Notre Dame (College yards)

3882020

7682021

8092022

3535th pick
2023 Draft

LV (NFL yards)

3042023

1562024

3282025

3512026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 4 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2023	LV	14	27/40	304	2
2024	LV	11	21/32	156	0
2025	LV	13	35/50	328	1
2026 (so far)	LV	8	36/43	351	1

Compare Michael Mayer with top tight ends

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

Michael Mayer vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 66.2 vs. 96.5 Michael Mayer vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 66.2 vs. 89.5 Michael Mayer vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 66.2 vs. 86.4 Michael Mayer vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 66.2 vs. 86.4 Michael Mayer vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 66.2 vs. 84.9 Michael Mayer vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 66.2 vs. 82.3