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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA
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Zachariah BranchWR · ATL
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Seahawks logoSeattle Seahawks

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

WRpos#11jersey24age6'0"height197lbs4seasons

Ohio State · 2023 draft, round 1, pick 20

VS7of 8 shown metrics led1
Zachariah Branch
Falcons logoAtlanta Falcons

Zachariah Branch

WRpos#17jersey22age5'10"height180lbsRrookie

Georgia · 2026 draft, round 3, pick 79

Doubtful · Hamstring

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Smith-Njigba leads in 7 and Branch leads in 1. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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Smith-NjigbaBranch

Percentile chips: vs 145 WRs who played half the games, 2026 season

84.2%92ndSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played23.5%21st

Receiving

Smith-NjigbaBranch

Percentile chips: vs 88 WRs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

9998thTargets12
7199thReceptions10
1,03699thReceiving yards64
999thReceiving TD0
35.5%98thTarget share · of team targets in his games7.4%
+0.63494thEPA per target-0.077
4.971stYAC per catch6.4
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Usage

9Games with stats8
10399thPlays with EPA1427th
+65.4100thTotal EPA-0.623rd

Receiving

71.7%86thCatch rate83.3%
50.8%99thAir yards share2.5%
10.132ndaDOT2.5

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Jaxon Smith-NjigbaZachariah Branch
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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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top passers · most targeted

Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.