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

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Jaylin NoelWR · HOU
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Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA
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Jaylin Noel
Texans logoHouston Texans

Jaylin Noel

WRpos#13jersey24age5'11"height201lbs2seasons

Iowa State · 2025 draft, round 3, pick 79

Injured Reserve · Toe

VS2of 8 shown metrics led6
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Seahawks logoSeattle Seahawks

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

WRpos#11jersey24age6'0"height197lbs4seasons

Ohio State · 2023 draft, round 1, pick 20

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Smith-Njigba leads in 6 and Noel leads in 2. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

NoelSmith-Njigba

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

43.3%34thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played84.2%92nd

Receiving

NoelSmith-Njigba

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

232ndTargets9998th
1930thReceptions7199th
33154thReceiving yards1,03699th
256thReceiving TD999th
9.9%7thTarget share · of team targets in his games35.5%98th
+0.80496thEPA per target+0.63494th
6.085thYAC per catch4.971st
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Usage

7Games with stats9
2748thPlays with EPA10399th
+20.184thTotal EPA+65.4100th

Receiving

82.6%98thCatch rate71.7%86th
10.7%5thAir yards share50.8%99th
9.826thaDOT10.132nd

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Jaylin NoelJaxon Smith-Njigba
●Wk 1●Wk 2●Wk 3●Wk 4●Wk 5●Wk 6●Wk 7●Wk 8●Wk 9

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.

Matchups to start with

top passers · most targeted
Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

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.