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Puka Nacua

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Puka Nacua: the full picture

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

Puka Nacua at a glance

Puka Nacua is a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams, listed at 6'2" and 216 pounds. The Los Angeles Rams drafted Nacua 177th overall in the fifth round in 2023, out of BYU; this is year four in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Nacua at 256.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR7 at the position and works out to 17.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 4 games of 2026, Nacua has scored 91.8 PPR points, or 22.9 per game. That is 35.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Nacua would finish with about 390 points, ahead of the 256.9 projected. The best week so far is 37.7 points in Week 5 against BUF, the WR1 finish that week. Nacua has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 4 of 4 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Nacua ranks in the 96th percentile in target share, the 95th percentile in receptions and the 84th percentile in receiving yards. Three of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 17th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Nacua has finished as WR4 in 2023, WR26 in 2024 and WR1 in 2025. That is two top-five positional finishes in 3 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 375.0 PPR points in 2025. Across 48 regular-season games on record, the totals read 350 receptions, 4,608 receiving yards and 20 receiving touchdowns.

Puka Nacua by the numbers

Nacua has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 3 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 16 times and finished in the top twelve 25 times. The career high is 46.5 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2025 against SEA, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 8 games of 30 or more PPR points and 20 100-yard receiving games. In all, Nacua has reached 20 points in 23 games, 48% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Nacua drew 15.0 targets per game at an average depth of 9.7 air yards. 27% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 4 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Nacua is playing on a four-year, $4.1 million contract signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2023, an average of $1.0 million per year with $244,980 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
256.9
PPR / game
17.3

Week 2 projection

Puka Nacua is projected for 21.8 PPR points at home against NYG in week 2, with a likely range of 1.7 to 49.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.6 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
96.8
Dynasty
93.1
Superflex redraft
85.3
Superflex dynasty
84.5
TE premium dynasty
56.1

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026LA45237417131191.8
2025LA161661291,7151010105375.0
2024LA111067999031146206.6
2023LA171601051,48661289298.5

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