WR · Minnesota Vikings · #18

Justin Jefferson

WR1

College: LSU
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195 lb
Experience: 7th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.69▲ 0.78 vs '25

4th of 45 WRs

Catch rate

74.2%▲ 14.6 vs '25

4th of 45 WRs

Yards / target

9.7▲ 2.3 vs '25

11th of 45 WRs

Target share

26.4%▼ 4.3 vs '25

11th of 45 WRs

Receiving

302 yds+0.69 EPA/TGT

23 rec · 31 tgt · 3 td

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

Week-by-week

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

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+22.3

Rushing−1.7

Net+20.6

Best game · Wk 1 vs GB

8/9

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+12.5

Rec EPA

+1.27

EPA/target

11.5

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 GBW	9	8	92	11.5	2	88.9	8.9	+12.5	+1.27	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ CHIW	6	3	55	18.3	0	50.0	15.2	+1.5	+0.25	0	0	0
Wk 3 @ TBW	2	2	32	16.0	0	100.0	9.0	+1.7	+0.86	0	0	0
Wk 5 @ NOW	7	6	79	13.2	1	85.7	10.6	+5.5	+0.78	1	−11	0
Wk 7 vs INDW	7	4	44	11.0	0	57.1	10.7	+1.1	+0.16	0	0	0
Season	31	23	302	13.1	3	74.2	10.9	+22.3	+0.69	1	−11	0

How he compares

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

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Contract

signed 2024 with Vikings

$140Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $35M
Guaranteed: $88.7M 63%
2026 cap hit: $21.2M 6.7% of the cap
Signed: 2024
Runs through: 2027

2024

2025

2026 · now

2027

Year 3 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	5	+20.6	31	23	302	3	74.2	13.1	9.7	26.4	+0.69	1	−11	0
2025	17	−13.9	141	84	1,048	2	59.6	12.5	7.4	30.7	−0.09	2	7	0
2024	17	+67.0	154	103	1,533	10	66.9	14.9	10.0	30.1	+0.42	1	3	0
2023	10	+40.5	100	68	1,074	5	68.0	15.8	10.7	28.1	+0.43	1	−12	0
2022	17	+80.7	184	128	1,809	8	69.6	14.1	9.8	28.3	+0.40	4	24	1
2021	17	+76.7	167	108	1,616	10	64.7	15.0	9.7	29.4	+0.48	6	14	0
2020	16	+65.6	125	88	1,400	7	70.4	15.9	11.2	25.3	+0.52	1	2	0
Career	99	+337.3	902	602	8,782	45	66.7	14.6	9.7	28.6	+0.37	16	27	1