WR · New Orleans Saints · #12

Chris Olave

WR1Questionable · Illnesswk 6 report

College: Ohio State
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 187 lb
Experience: 5th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.53▲ 0.30 vs '25

9th of 44 WRs

Catch rate

69.0%▲ 4.9 vs '25

11th of 44 WRs

Yards / target

9.0▲ 1.5 vs '25

15th of 44 WRs

Target share

27.0%▼ 2.2 vs '25

9th of 44 WRs

Receiving

636 yds+0.53 EPA/TGT

49 rec · 71 tgt · 2 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+37.5

Rushing0.0

Net+37.5

Best game · Wk 1 @ DET

10/13

Rec/Tgt

182

Rec yds

+13.7

Rec EPA

+1.05

EPA/target

18.2

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 @ DETL	13	10	182	18.2	0	76.9	18.0	+13.7	+1.05	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ BALW	10	8	86	10.8	1	80.0	10.4	+6.5	+0.65	0	0	0
Wk 3 vs LVL	13	9	107	11.9	0	69.2	10.3	+7.7	+0.59	0	0	0
Wk 4 vs ATLL	12	8	116	14.5	0	66.7	14.7	+7.2	+0.60	0	0	0
Wk 5 vs MINL	6	4	46	11.5	0	66.7	13.5	+3.0	+0.50	0	0	0
Wk 6 @ NYGW	7	4	43	10.8	1	57.1	7.6	+1.1	+0.15	0	0	0
Wk 7 vs PITL	10	6	56	9.3	0	60.0	8.9	−1.7	−0.17	0	0	0
Season	71	49	636	13.0	2	69.0	12.3	+37.5	+0.53	0	0	0

How he compares

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

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Contract

signed 2026 with Saints

$124Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $31M
Guaranteed: $52.7M 42%
2026 cap hit: $9.6M 3.0% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2029

2026 · now

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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	+37.5	71	49	636	2	69.0	13.0	9.0	27.0	+0.53	0	0	0
2025	16	+30.8	156	100	1,163	9	64.1	11.6	7.5	29.2	+0.23	1	−3	0
2024	8	+2.4	44	32	400	1	72.7	12.5	9.1	19.7	+0.03	1	7	0
2023	16	+43.4	138	87	1,123	5	63.0	12.9	8.1	24.8	+0.31	0	0	0
2022	15	+24.9	119	72	1,042	4	60.5	14.5	8.8	26.2	+0.20	0	0	0
Career	62	+138.9	528	340	4,364	21	64.4	12.8	8.3	25.8	+0.27	2	4	0