Jaylen Waddle (Wide Receiver, DEN) enters the 2026 draft season as our model's WR29, projected for ~189 PPR points (overall rank 77). In the 2025 season they finished as the WR23 in PPR scoring. Projections come from prior-season form, usage and opponent strength — a data baseline for draft research, not a betting edge.
The market drafts Jaylen Waddle on average 31 spots EARLIER than our board (ADP rank 46 vs model rank 77) — beware of reaching.
Pace assumes a full 17-game season at the player's current modelled per-game rate — it does not account for injury, role changes, suspensions or coaching decisions that can shift usage during the season. Data baseline for research, not a betting edge.
| Scoring | Proj pts | VOR | Tier | Overall | Pos rank | ADP | TD% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPR | 189 | 13 | 5 | 77 | WR29 | 45.3 | 31% |
| Half-PPR | 155 | 10 | 5 | 74 | WR27 | 47.6 | 31% |
| Standard | 121 | 7 | 5 | 78 | WR29 | 53.6 | 31% |
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 100 | 64 | 910 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 194 |
| 2024 | 15 | 83 | 58 | 744 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 146 |
| 2023 | 14 | 104 | 72 | 1014 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 199 |
| 2022 | 17 | 117 | 75 | 1356 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 261 |
| 2021 | 16 | 140 | 104 | 1015 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 248 |
| Wk | Opp | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IND | 5 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 2 | NE | 6 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.8 |
| 3 | BUF | 6 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.9 |
| 4 | NYJ | 6 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 |
| 5 | CAR | 9 | 6 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 6 | LAC | 8 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 |
| 7 | CLE | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 8 | ATL | 6 | 5 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.9 |
| 9 | BAL | 9 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 |
| 10 | BUF | 7 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.4 |
| 11 | WAS | 7 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 |
| 13 | NO | 6 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 14 | NYJ | 7 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18.1 |
| 15 | PIT | 4 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 |
| 16 | CIN | 9 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 |
| 17 | TB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.7 |