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Jaylen Waddle

Jaylen Waddle is a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Jaylen Waddle: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Jaylen Waddle at a glance

Jaylen Waddle is a 27-year-old wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, listed at 5'10" and 185 pounds. The Miami Dolphins drafted Waddle 6th overall in the first round in 2021, out of Alabama, and 2026 is Waddle's 6th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Waddle for 211.9 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR19 at the position and works out to 14.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Waddle has scored 55.1 PPR points, or 9.2 per game. That is 26.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Waddle would finish with about 156 points, behind the 211.9 projected. The best week so far is 21.8 points in Week 2 against JAX, the WR9 finish that week. Waddle has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 6 games, a 33% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Waddle ranks in the 91st percentile in average separation, the 73rd percentile in target share and the 58th percentile in receptions. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 16th percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Waddle has finished as WR12 in 2021, WR8 in 2022, WR34 in 2023, WR46 in 2024 and WR24 in 2025. Two of those 5 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 259.2 PPR points in 2022. Across 84 regular-season games on record, the totals read 395 receptions, 5,267 receiving yards and 27 receiving touchdowns.

Jaylen Waddle by the numbers

Waddle has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 17 times. The career high is 40.1 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2022 against BAL. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 14 100-yard receiving games. In all, Waddle has reached 20 points in 15 games, 18% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Waddle drew 6.5 targets per game at an average depth of 9.2 air yards. 15% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 4 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Waddle is playing on a three-year, $84.8 million contract signed in 2024, an average of $28.3 million per year with $36.0 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
211.9
PPR / game
14.0

Week 3 projection

Jaylen Waddle is projected for 10.7 PPR points at home against LA in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 27.6.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 5.2 since the previous model run (rising).

Redraft
57.9
Dynasty
43.7
Superflex redraft
66.4
Superflex dynasty
57.4
TE premium dynasty
26.3

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026DEN63822228122355.1
2025MIA16100649106228194.1
2024MIA1583587442412149.6
2023MIA14104721,0144312198.6
2022MIA17117751,3568326259.2
2021MIA161401041,015623247.8

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