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

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Van Jefferson
Commanders logoWashington Commanders

Van Jefferson

WRpos#12jersey30age6'1"height200lbs7seasons

Florida · 2020 draft, round 2, pick 57

VS0of 8 shown metrics led8
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 8 and Jefferson leads in 0. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

JeffersonSmith-Njigba

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

25.0%Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played84.2%92nd

Receiving

JeffersonSmith-Njigba

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

8Targets9998th
5Receptions7199th
58Receiving yards1,03699th
1Receiving TD999th
13.1%Target share · of team targets in his games35.5%98th
+0.366EPA per target+0.63494th
3.8YAC per catch4.971st
Advanced metrics6 more · tap to open

Usage

2Games with stats9
8Plays with EPA10399th
+2.9Total EPA+65.4100th

Receiving

62.5%Catch rate71.7%86th
17.8%Air yards share50.8%99th
11.6aDOT10.132nd

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Van JeffersonJaxon Smith-Njigba
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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
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.