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Zachariah BranchWR · ATL
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Zachariah Branch
Falcons logoAtlanta Falcons

Zachariah Branch

WRpos#17jersey22age5'10"height180lbsRrookie

Georgia · 2026 draft, round 3, pick 79

Doubtful · Hamstring

VS1of 8 shown metrics led7
Malik Nabers
Giants logoNew York Giants

Malik Nabers

WRpos#1jersey23age6'0"height200lbs3seasons

LSU · 2024 draft, round 1, pick 6

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Nabers 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.

Usage

BranchNabers

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

23.5%21stSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played76.0%76th

Receiving

BranchNabers

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

12Targets7891st
10Receptions5393rd
64Receiving yards64889th
0Receiving TD256th
7.4%Target share · of team targets in his games30.0%93rd
-0.077EPA per target+0.21848th
6.4YAC per catch3.228th
Advanced metrics6 more · tap to open

Usage

8Games with stats8
1427thPlays with EPA7995th
-0.623rdTotal EPA+17.281st

Receiving

83.3%Catch rate67.9%65th
2.5%Air yards share35.6%80th
2.5aDOT11.453rd

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Zachariah BranchMalik Nabers
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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.