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

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Zachariah BranchWR · ATL
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Puka NacuaWR · LAR
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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
Puka Nacua
Rams logoLos Angeles Rams

Puka Nacua

WRpos#12jersey25age6'2"height216lbs4seasons

BYU · 2023 draft, round 5, pick 177

Doubtful · Knee - MCL

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Nacua 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

BranchNacua

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 played87.0%94th

Receiving

BranchNacua

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

1.5Targets per game13.399th
1.3Receptions per game10.099th
8.0Receiving yards per game102.198th
0.0Receiving TD per game0.686th
7.4%Target share · of team targets in his games36.0%99th
-0.077EPA per target+0.22851st
6.4YAC per catch5.479th
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Usage

8Games with stats7
1.822ndPlays with EPA per game14.3100th
-0.0723rdTotal EPA per game+3.2992nd

Rushing

0.1Carries per game · official rush attempts1.0
0.1Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out1.0
1.0Rush yards per game5.9
8.0Yards per carry5.9
0.0Rush TD per game0.1
+0.456EPA per designed run+0.254
100.0%Success rate57.1%
0.010+ yard runs per game0.1

Receiving

83.3%Catch rate75.3%90th
2.5%Air yards share41.3%89th
2.5aDOT8.019th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Zachariah BranchPuka Nacua
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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.