New York Jets · WR · 2 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Oklahoma (2016 Round 2, Pick 40)

Sterling Shepard

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Downfield Score v7.0 withheldNeeds 15 targets; 2 recorded. The score is withheld until Sterling Shepard reaches the minimum.

Rec / Targets: 1/23.9% target share
Receiving yards: 33.0 YPR
Receiving TD: 01.5 yds/G
Snap share: 49%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: −0.8282 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 0.0%Play-by-play positive EPA

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 −0.869 → Shrunk n/a

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Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw −0.294 → Shrunk n/a

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Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 1.50 → Shrunk n/a

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Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 2.00 → Shrunk n/a

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Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.51 → Shrunk n/a

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Target share30% weight · Raw 3.9% → Shrunk n/a

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First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 0.0% → Shrunk n/a

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20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 0.0% → Shrunk n/a

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Sterling Shepard. 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 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ DET	L 24-31	1	1	3	0	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	@ CHI	L 12-23	0	1	0	0	0

College to the NFL: Oklahoma to New York Jets

Verified identity bridge linking Sterling Shepard's college regular-season yards at Oklahoma to official NFL game lines.

Oklahoma (College yards)

5782012

5402013

9572014

1,2012015

4040th pick
2016 Draft

NYJ (NFL yards)

6832016

7312017

8722018

5762019

6562020

3662021

1542022

572023

3342024

3712025

32026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 11 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2016	NYG	16	3	31	0	65/105	683	8
2017	NYG	11	4	4	0	59/84	731	2
2018	NYG	16	3	33	0	66/107	872	4
2019	NYG	10	6	72	0	57/83	576	3
2020	NYG	12	6	49	1	66/90	656	3
2021	NYG	7	1	-9	0	36/53	366	1
2022	NYG	3	0	0	0	13/24	154	1
2023	NYG	15	1	6	0	10/22	57	1
2024	TB	14	8	69	0	32/51	334	1
2025	TB	13	4	19	0	39/53	371	1
2026 (so far)	NYJ	2	0	0	0	1/2	3	0

Compare Sterling Shepard with top receivers

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