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Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Seattle Seahawks#113 yrs expOhio State72 · 198 lb
99Form
89Established
Elite creator#1 of 145 wide receiversBreakout: 10 above his last three seasons
Games17last 17
Targets1629.5 a game
Catches11973% caught
Yards1843108 a game
TDs14
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 145 wide receivers

Elite volume, less so depth

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 100th percentileDepth: 42th percentileSeparation: 62th percentileAfter the catch: 84th percentileHands: 60th percentileEfficiency: 98th percentileVolume100thDepth42ndSeparation62ndAfter the catch84thHands60thEfficiency98th
Smith-NjigbaPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeEliteshare of team targets
36.5%100th pct
Depthavg depth of target
10.8 yd42nd pct
Separationyards of separation at the catch
2.91 yd62nd pct
After the catchAbove avgYAC over expected per catch
+1.3 yd84th pct
Handsdrop rate
3.7% drops60th pct
EfficiencyEliteEPA per target
+0.6898th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

99: elite creator

One number for how well Smith-Njigba has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 89 (#21 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
82
Consistencyhow steady game to game
100
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
49
Trend, last 6 gamesSteady
Schedule facedTough

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
The matchup · week 3 · SEA at WAS

Where Smith-Njigba can hurt the Commanders

How he gets his production, set against how the Commanders have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba · against WAS

The opening is underneath, not deep

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
50%
Intermediate
37%
Deep (20+)
13%
Left side
49%
Middle
17%
Right side
34%

How WAS defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
32nd
Intermediate
18th
Deep (20+)
30th
Left side
28th
Middle
29th
Right side
32nd
Yards after catch allowed
31st
Sack rate forced
11th
The read
  1. Washington rank 32nd against short throws and 31st for yards after the catch allowed. Smith-Njigba takes 50% of his targets short and is 84th percentile after the catch.
  2. Work the left side: 49% of his targets go that way and Washington rank 28th defending throws there.
  3. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

WAS's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Mike Sainristil898.970%10.1105
Jonathan Jones428.562%12.084
Trey Amos298.876%8.6102
Marshon Lattimore278.259%13.798

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–24 yds: 1 games025–49 yds: 0 games2550–74 yds: 1 games5075–99 yds: 6 games75100–124 yds: 4 games100125–149 yds: 2 games125150–174 yds: 3 games150
16/17games with 40+ yds
16/17games with 60+ yds
14/17games with 80+ yds
9/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 9.5 targets25 wk 3: 625 wk 4: 525 wk 5: 925 wk 6: 1325 wk 7: 1425 wk 9: 925 wk 10: 625 wk 11: 1225 wk 12: 1025 wk 13: 425 wk 14: 1025 wk 15: 925 wk 16: 1325 wk 17: 1225 wk 18: 826 wk 1: 1126 wk 2: 1125 wk 326 wk 2
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPA
26 wk 2ARI1191553121+17.9
26 wk 1NE118122176+7.7
25 wk 18SF86840102+5.9
25 wk 17CAR12972093+1.6
25 wk 16LA138961112+0.4
25 wk 15IND97113067+6.2
25 wk 14ATL107922106+7.6
25 wk 13MIN422307+1.1
25 wk 12TEN1081672138+13.9
25 wk 11LA1291050117+0.3
25 wk 10ARI65931102+2.6
25 wk 9WAS98129094+6.8
25 wk 7HOU1481231167+4.1
25 wk 6JAX1381621176+8.2
25 wk 5TB981321106+11.0
25 wk 4ARI5479078+7.3
25 wk 3NO6596187+7.5