WR · Houston Texans · #13

Jaylin Noel

PR1
College
Iowa State
Height
5'11"
Weight
200 lb
Experience
2nd season
EPA / target
+0.80▲ 0.40 vs '25
2nd of 45 WRs
Catch rate
82.6%▲ 8.3 vs '25
1st of 45 WRs
Yards / target
14.4▲ 6.0 vs '25
1st of 45 WRs
Target share
10.0%▲ 3.9 vs '25
45th of 45 WRs
Receiving
331 yds+0.80 EPA/TGT
19 rec · 23 tgt · 2 td

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

Week-by-week

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

2025: +0.40+1.99Week 1−0.03Week 2+0.16Week 3+1.56Week 4+0.39Week 5+2.34Week 6−0.79Week 7

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+18.5
Rushing+1.6
Net+20.1
Best game · Wk 6 @ JAX
4/4
Rec/Tgt
107
Rec yds
1
TD
+9.3
Rec EPA
+2.34
EPA/target
26.8
Yds/rec

2026 game log

ReceivingRushing
Game
Wk 1 vs BUFL225326.50100.013.0+4.0+1.99000
Wk 2 vs CINL513131.0020.07.8−0.2−0.031130
Wk 3 @ INDL22178.50100.08.0+0.3+0.16180
Wk 4 vs DALL338528.30100.023.3+4.7+1.56140
Wk 5 @ TENW55418.21100.04.0+1.9+0.39110
Wk 6 @ JAXW4410726.81100.015.3+9.3+2.34000
Wk 7 vs NYGL22−3−1.50100.0−3.5−1.6−0.79000
Season231933117.4282.69.8+18.5+0.804260

How he compares

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

4.27.510.914.217.5−0.36+0.01+0.38+0.75+1.12AllenAdamsEvansDiggsBourneMetcalfLambHigginsCollinsWaddleChaseSmithSt. BrownLondonOlaveWilliamsPickensWilsonRobinsonWatsonSmith-NjigbaWilsonTuckerWashingtonHutchinsonDownsFlowersNacuaNabersFlournoyVeleCokerWashingtonWorthyOdunzeMcMillanEgbukaGoldenBurden IIILemonBostonTateBernardConcepcionJaylin Noel↑ EPA per targetaDOT →

Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Texans

$6.5Mover 4 years
Avg. per year
$1.6M
Guaranteed
$1.3M 21%
2026 cap hit
$1.5M 0.5% 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
OverallReceivingRushing
Season
20267+20.12319331282.617.414.410.0+0.804260
202517+11.13526292274.311.28.36.0+0.406120
Career24+31.25845623477.613.810.77.2+0.5610380