Jaylen Waddle stats

Broncos

Wide Receiver · #17

Age 27 · 5' 10" · 185 lbs

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Jaylen Waddle recorded 29 receptions, 315 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns in 8 games of 2026 for the Denver Broncos. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
REC · 49th
29
TGTS · 24th
51
YDS
315
AVG
10.9
TD · 37th
2
LNG
49
FD
13

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (REC, TGTS, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 30+ TGTS; AVG: 4+ games, 30+ REC) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2021MIA161041401,0159.865759
2022MIA17751171,35618.188460
2023MIA14721041,01414.146047
2024MIA15588374412.826338
2025MIA166410091014.264648
2026DEN8295131510.924913

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season

GP
86
REC
402
TGTS
595
YDS
5,354
AVG
13.3
TD
28
LNG
84
FD
265

Career Postseason

GP
2
REC
5
TGTS
12
YDS
75
AVG
15.0
TD
0
LNG
25
FD
3

Per game

GP
8
REC
3.6
TGTS
6.4
YDS
39.4
AVG
10.9
TD
0.3
LNG
49
FD
1.6

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2021MIA166.58.863.49.80.4573.7
2022MIA174.46.979.818.10.5843.5
2023MIA145.17.472.414.10.3603.4
2024MIA153.95.549.612.80.1632.5
2025MIA164.06.356.914.20.4463.0
2026DEN83.66.439.410.90.3491.6

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season, Per game

GP
86
REC
4.7
TGTS
6.9
YDS
62.3
AVG
13.3
TD
0.3
LNG
84
FD
3.1

Fantasy

GP
8
PPR
78.8
HALF
64.3
STD
49.8
PPG
9.9

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Ranked among NFL players with 4+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2021MIA16247.8195.8143.815.5
2022MIA17259.2221.7184.215.2
2023MIA14198.6162.6126.614.2
2024MIA15149.6120.691.610
2025MIA16194.1162.1130.112.1
2026DEN878.864.349.89.9

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Career regular season

GP
86
PPR
1,128.1
HALF
927.1
STD
726.1
PPG
13.1

Bio

Age
27 yearsNov 25, 1998
Height
5' 10"
Weight
185 lbs
Experience
6 years
Birthplace
Houston, TX
Draft
2021Rd 1, Pk 6
College
Alabama
Salary
$17.2 million2026

Latest performance

Jaylen Waddle

Nov 01 · vs KC · W 28-24

REC
3
TGTS
6
YDS
39
AVG
13.0
TD
1
LNG
35

Snap counts, 2026

64% of his club's offensive snaps a game (311 in 8 games); 45% in week 8.

His offensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1KC3875%0
2JAX3861%0
3LAR4973%0
4SF4568%0
5LAC4065%0
6SEA3965%0
7ARI3456%0
8KC2845%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Jaylen Waddle has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Chest, Foot

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

Games

All games

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at CARSun, Nov 08

vs CAR since 2021

3
GP
22
REC
298
YDS
3
TD
Most recent games
DateOpponentRECYDSTD
Sun, Nov 01vsKCW 28-243391
Sun, Oct 25atARIW 30-164480
Thu, Oct 15vsSEAW 17-14 OT4240
Sun, Oct 11atLACW 23-172190
Sun, Oct 04atSFL 24-145351
Sun, Sep 27vsLARW 30-262100

What are Jaylen Waddle's career stats?

Jaylen Waddle has played 6 seasons for the Dolphins and the Broncos. He has 402 receptions for 5,354 yards and 28 receiving touchdowns. His best season so far is 2021: 104 receptions, 1,015 receiving yards and 6 receiving touchdowns.

Milestones within reach

  • 646 more receiving yards for 6,000 — 5,354 now, 910 in his best season of the last two
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Best single games

  • Rushing Yards: 21 @ NYJ on Dec 7, 2025, W 34-10
  • Rushing Touchdowns: 1 @ NYJ on Nov 21, 2021, W 24-17
  • Receptions: 12 @ LV on Sep 26, 2021, L 31-28 OT
  • Receiving Yards: 171 @ BAL on Sep 18, 2022, W 42-38
  • Receiving Touchdowns: 2 @ JAX on Oct 17, 2021, L 23-20
Jaylen Waddle's best game in each stat, by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
202521—61101
20246—91441
202312—81421
20229—111712
202121121372

What the columns mean: REC

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2021.

League leaderboards and awards

6 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2021 to 2026

Jaylen Waddle finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 228th in receiving yards (5,354)
  • 251st in receptions (402)

Among the 3,727 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Jaylen Waddle college stats

Jaylen Waddle played 3 seasons at Alabama Crimson Tide (2018 to 2020): 106 catches for 1,999 yards and 17 touchdowns.

rushing

Jaylen Waddle's college rushing by season
CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2019Alabama Crimson Tide15505
2020Alabama Crimson Tide3124011

receiving

Jaylen Waddle's college receiving by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2018Alabama Crimson Tide4584818.8794
2019Alabama Crimson Tide3356017658
2020Alabama Crimson Tide2859121.1490

defensive

Jaylen Waddle's college defensive by season
SeasonSchoolTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLOSOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.ASTAST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PDPD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FFFF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INTINT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020Alabama Crimson Tide110000000

scoring

Jaylen Waddle's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2018Alabama Crimson Tide0071800048
2019Alabama Crimson Tide0062800048

returning

Jaylen Waddle's college returning by season
YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2018Alabama Crimson Tide000000000
2019Alabama Crimson Tide517510985175198
2020Alabama Crimson Tide4390022439022

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Jaylen Waddle's college game log.

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Playoff games

Jaylen Waddle played 2 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 2 lost.

Jaylen Waddle's line in each playoff game
CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
2023KCL 26-71310
2022BUFL 34-311440

What the columns mean: CAR

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.