WR · Buffalo Bills · #5

Josh Palmer

WR1Questionable · Shoulderwk 6 report

College: Tennessee
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210 lb
Experience: 6th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.59▲ 0.41 vs '25

7th of 45 WRs

Catch rate

36.4%▼ 23.1 vs '25

45th of 45 WRs

Yards / target

10.6▲ 2.4 vs '25

6th of 45 WRs

Target share

9.5%▼ 0.8 vs '25

45th of 45 WRs

Receiving

117 yds+0.59 EPA/TGT

4 rec · 11 tgt · 2 td

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

Week-by-week

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

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+5.5

Rushing0.0

Net+5.5

Best game · Wk 2 vs DET

1/3

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+4.8

Rec EPA

+1.61

EPA/target

43.0

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 @ HOUW	2	1	34	34.0	1	50.0	31.0	+4.1	+2.06	0	0	0
Wk 2 vs DETW	3	1	43	43.0	1	33.3	13.0	+4.8	+1.61	0	0	0
Wk 3 vs LACW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wk 4 vs NEL	4	1	3	3.0	0	25.0	27.5	−5.3	−1.10	0	0	0
Wk 6 @ LVW	2	1	37	37.0	0	50.0	23.5	+1.9	+0.96	0	0	0
Season	11	4	117	29.3	2	36.4	23.5	+5.5	+0.59	0	0	0

How he compares

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

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Contract

signed 2025 with Bills

$30Mover 3 years

Avg. per year: $10M
Guaranteed: $15M 50%
2026 cap hit: $11.8M 3.9% of the cap
Signed: 2025
Runs through: 2027

2025

2026 · now

2027

Year 2 of 3 ·

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	+5.5	11	4	117	2	36.4	29.3	10.6	9.5	+0.59	0	0	0
2025	12	+6.7	37	22	303	0	59.5	13.8	8.2	10.2	+0.18	0	0	0
2024	15	+27.3	65	39	584	1	60.0	15.0	9.0	14.6	+0.39	0	0	0
2023	10	+8.7	61	38	581	2	62.3	15.3	9.5	17.7	+0.14	1	6	0
2022	16	+24.4	107	72	769	3	67.3	10.7	7.2	16.6	+0.21	1	4	0
2021	17	+12.7	49	33	353	4	67.3	10.7	7.2	8.6	+0.26	1	6	0
Career	75	+85.4	330	208	2,707	12	63.0	13.0	8.2	13.2	+0.25	3	16	0