WR · Pittsburgh Steelers · #4

DK Metcalf

WR1

College: Mississippi
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 235 lb
Experience: 8th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.06▼ 0.27 vs '25

35th of 44 WRs

Catch rate

55.2%▼ 4.4 vs '25

41st of 44 WRs

Yards / target

6.4▼ 2.1 vs '25

36th of 44 WRs

Target share

22.8%▲ 0.4 vs '25

23rd of 44 WRs

Receiving

374 yds+0.06 EPA/TGT

32 rec · 58 tgt · 1 td

Ranks compare against the 44 qualifying wide receivers on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+3.5

Rushing+1.1

Net+4.6

Best game · Wk 4 @ CLE

5/9

Rec/Tgt

115

Rec yds

+5.6

Rec EPA

+0.62

EPA/target

23.0

Yds/rec

2026 game log

	Receiving									Rushing
Game	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Average depth of targetAir yards per target.	Receiving EPAExpected points added on targets, including incompletions and interceptions.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
Wk 1 vs ATLW	10	4	40	10.0	0	40.0	20.4	−5.4	−0.54	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ NEL	9	4	27	6.8	0	44.4	6.9	−3.2	−0.35	0	0	0
Wk 3 vs CINW	5	3	31	10.3	1	60.0	14.6	+2.5	+0.49	0	0	0
Wk 4 @ CLEL	9	5	115	23.0	0	55.6	17.2	+5.6	+0.62	0	0	0
Wk 5 vs INDW	4	3	12	4.0	0	75.0	3.8	−0.7	−0.16	1	11	0
Wk 6 @ TBW	15	11	93	8.5	0	73.3	7.9	+2.8	+0.19	0	0	0
Wk 7 @ NOW	6	2	56	28.0	0	33.3	18.3	+1.9	+0.32	0	0	0
Season	58	32	374	11.7	1	55.2	12.7	+3.5	+0.06	1	11	0

How he compares

2026 wide receivers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2025 with Steelers

$132Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $33M
Guaranteed: $60M 45%
2026 cap hit: $13.2M 4.1% of the cap
Signed: 2025
Runs through: 2028

2025

2026 · now

2027

2028

Year 2 of 4 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Receiving									Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Yards per targetReceiving yards per target, including incompletions.	Target shareShare of the team's targets, averaged across games.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
2026	7	+4.6	58	32	374	1	55.2	11.7	6.4	22.8	+0.06	1	11	0
2025	15	+34.6	99	59	850	6	59.6	14.4	8.6	22.4	+0.33	2	12	1
2024	15	+23.2	108	66	992	5	61.1	15.0	9.2	20.8	+0.22	0	0	0
2023	16	+42.6	119	66	1,114	8	55.5	16.9	9.4	22.5	+0.36	0	0	0
2022	17	+7.0	141	90	1,048	6	63.8	11.6	7.4	25.3	+0.06	0	0	0
2021	17	+28.9	129	75	967	12	58.1	12.9	7.5	27.7	+0.22	1	6	0
2020	16	+59.4	129	83	1,303	10	64.3	15.7	10.1	24.6	+0.46	0	0	0
2019	16	+26.0	100	58	900	7	58.0	15.5	9.0	20.4	+0.26	2	11	0
Career	119	+226.4	883	529	7,548	55	59.9	14.3	8.5	23.4	+0.25	6	40	1