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Deebo Samuel Sr.
Deebo Samuel Sr. is a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers.
Scouting report
Deebo Samuel Sr.: the full picture
Deebo Samuel Sr. at a glance
Deebo Samuel Sr. is a 30-year-old wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, listed at 6'0" and 215 pounds. The San Francisco 49ers drafted Samuel 36th overall in the second round in 2019, out of South Carolina, and 2026 is Samuel's 8th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Samuel for 153.4 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR45 at the position and works out to 10.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 5 games of 2026, Samuel has scored 60.4 PPR points, or 12.1 per game. That is 39.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Samuel would finish with about 205 points, ahead of the 153.4 projected. The best week so far is 18.0 points in Week 1 against LA, the WR13 finish that week. Samuel has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 3 of 5 games, a 60% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Samuel ranks in the 99th percentile in average separation, the 84th percentile in receiving TDs and the 81st percentile in yards per target. Three of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 30th percentile in target share.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Samuel has finished as WR96 in 2020, WR3 in 2021, WR37 in 2022, WR15 in 2023, WR44 in 2024 and WR25 in 2025. One of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 339.0 PPR points in 2021. Across 102 regular-season games on record, the totals read 422 receptions, 5,725 receiving yards and 30 receiving touchdowns.
Deebo Samuel Sr. by the numbers
Samuel has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 11 times and finished in the top twelve 30 times. The career high is 35.8 PPR points, set in Week 13 of 2023 against PHI. The game log also shows 5 games of 30 or more PPR points, 15 100-yard receiving games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Samuel has reached 20 points in 26 games, 25% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Samuel drew 5.0 targets per game at an average depth of 2.5 air yards. 5% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 5 targets came in the red zone.
Contract
Samuel is playing on a one-year, $4.1 million contract signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2026, an average of $4.1 million per year with $3.8 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Samuel carries a GV stock price of 3,593, which ranks 214th overall and WR77 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Samuel 93rd overall. Value has moved down 4.0 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Chris Godwin Jr., Pat Bryant and Jaylin Noel. See where Samuel sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Samuel in the past two weeks, the most recent on October 11, 2026. Read the latest Deebo Samuel Sr. news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 153.4
- PPR / game
- 10.1
Week 1 projection
Deebo Samuel Sr. is projected for 11.6 PPR points on the road at LA in week 1, with a likely range of 0.2 to 26.8.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.0 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 51.6
- Dynasty
- 34.8
- Superflex redraft
- 61.8
- Superflex dynasty
- 48.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 21.0
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SF | 5 | 20 | 16 | 206 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 60.4 |
| 2025 | WAS | 16 | 99 | 72 | 727 | 5 | 17 | 75 | 188.2 |
| 2024 | SF | 15 | 81 | 51 | 670 | 3 | 42 | 136 | 155.6 |
| 2023 | SF | 15 | 89 | 60 | 892 | 7 | 37 | 225 | 243.7 |
| 2022 | SF | 13 | 94 | 56 | 632 | 2 | 42 | 232 | 168.4 |
| 2021 | SF | 16 | 121 | 77 | 1,405 | 6 | 59 | 365 | 339.0 |
| 2020 | SF | 7 | 44 | 33 | 391 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 80.7 |
| 2019 | SF | 15 | 81 | 57 | 802 | 3 | 14 | 159 | 189.1 |
Wide receivers ranked near Deebo Samuel Sr.
- Malik Washington WR42 · 154.9 PPR
- Jakobi Meyers WR43 · 153.9 PPR
- Matthew Golden WR44 · 153.8 PPR
- Chris Godwin Jr. WR46 · 149.6 PPR
- Jordan Addison WR47 · 148.9 PPR
- Rashid Shaheed WR48 · 147.2 PPR
San Francisco 49ers fantasy players
- Christian McCaffrey RB · 332.3 PPR
- Brock Purdy QB · 270.5 PPR
- George Kittle TE · 180.9 PPR
- Mike Evans WR · 158.2 PPR
- Kaelon Black RB · 116.5 PPR
- Demarcus Robinson WR · 77.4 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.