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Deebo Samuel — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 11.76 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 132.3, usage worth 10.6.

30 years old · 7 seasons of experience · 2019 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.
ADP 132.3
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 6.4, 13 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on sleeper, priciest on cbs.
SLEEPER139
ESPN136.5
YAHOO127.7
UNDERDOG127.3
CBS126
FFA138

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 11, pick 12 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankWR51
ADP standard deviation6.4 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 133.9 points, 7.9 per game — 47 catches, 611 yards, 3.2 TDs. That is WR5, 137 overall.

He goes at 132.3 on consensus and our board has him 137. We rank him 4.7 picks worse than the room drafts him, so at ADP he is mildly overpriced. That is an objection to the price and not to the player — if he falls past his slot he can be exactly the right pick.

The offense he plays in, 2026

San Francisco 49ers returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1. Brock Purdy at quarterback, Kyle Shanahan as head coach, Klay Kubiak calling it. The offense projects to 33.7 pass attempts a game at high confidence and 27.7 rushes.

In: Mike Evans (wr1), De'Zhaun Stribling (wr2), Christian Kirk (wr4), Jacob Cowing (wr7), Kaelon Black (rb2). Out: Jauan Jennings (wr1), Kendrick Bourne (wr3), Brian Robinson Jr. (rb2).

The projected target split across the offense:

De'Zhaun Stribling16.1%
Mike Evans11.8%
George Kittle11.5%
Ricky Pearsall10.4%
Christian Kirk9.2%
Christian McCaffrey8.9%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Signed WR Mike Evans from Bucs in free agency. Signed WR Christian Kirk in free agency. Drafted WR De'Zhaun Stribling in the 2nd round from Ole Miss. Drafted RB Kaelon Black in the 3rd round.

Key departures: WR Brandon Aiyuk (who did not play all of 2025 due to injury) is gone. WR Jauan Jennings is also gone. He has functioned as 49ers WR 1/2 for the past two seasons. RB Brian Robinson Jr left to ATL in free agency.

Notes: Stribling round 2 has opportunity to break out early. Mike Evans signing in free agency. Should be alpha WR1 but aging & injury risk. Potential sell high but should produce in 2026. Drafted RB Kaelon Black round 3 from Indiana. Black was not even invited to the NFL combine, but 49ers LOVE him. Could assume RB2 role immediately if he beats out Jordan James. Ricky Pearsall has an opportunity to break out as a WR2 but needs to stay healthy enough to do so. Signed Christian Kirk in offseason, veteran with no fantasy value but will take away targets. Kittle recovering from torn achilles. Drafted Wills the TE. Tonges should function as primary TE2, Wills will be TE3. CMC is a potential sell high candidate but know if healthy he is the number 1 overall RB in 2026.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Brock Purdy returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (33.7 att/g); Regressed 30% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33.6 att/g.

Offensive environment: SF rates 25.4 against a league average of 23, 2.4 points above it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season-2.6 · harder
Weeks 1–6+1.9 · easier
Weeks 12–17-8.4 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-15.3 · harder

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

What happened when he missed time

From the absence record rather than a depth chart — who actually gained when he was out.

SeasonGames missedMain beneficiaryTheir PPR gain
20242Jauan Jennings+17.7
20207Richie James+9.6
20224Brandon Aiyuk+3.3
20232Ray-Ray McCloud+3.3
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Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved -34.4% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-crash. The base rate that applies: after a -25% crash, WRs recover only 15% of the time (keep falling 85%).

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 2.1 elite seasons and 2.6 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Calvin Ridley202411.746%-24.4%
CeeDee Lamb202417.641%+8.2%
Chris Godwin202312.337%+22.9%
Jakobi Meyers202313.737%+16.3%
Curtis Samuel20239.836%-10.1%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 2 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0006,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-04 to 2026-07. Down 63% across the series, peaking at 6,344.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2019, round 2, pick 36 by SFO
CollegeSouth Carolina
Age at draft23
Height5′11″
Weight214 lb
40-yard dash4.48s
Vertical39″
Broad jump122″
3-cone7.03s
Shuttle4.14s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game14
Week-to-week variation0.6
Boom rate15.6%
Bust rate20.3%
Games missed per season2.8
Injury historyFoot, Hamstring, Groin, Ankle, Shoulder, Calf, Ribs, Heel
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.42

That correlation is how closely the books’ posted line tracked what he actually scored, week to week. A higher number means the market has him figured out and there is less to exploit; a lower one means his weeks are harder to price.

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · WAS · 16 games

His best game was Week 5 against LAC — 23.6 PPR on 11 targets and a 47.8% target share, in a game that finished 27-10. His worst was Week 18 against PHI at 4.1, on 5 targets, final score 24-17. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 4 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 11.4; in the 9 decided by more, 12. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 10.6 points per game. He scored 11.76, 11.3% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1NYG21-622.671077119134.5%77%
2GB18-2717.4784400120%88%
3LV41-244.92311318016.7%43%
4ATL27-3420.1667239125%86%
5LAC27-1023.68119600147.8%78%
6CHI24-255.445151-1020.8%72%
8KC7-284.2361111020%74%
9SEA14-389.4564113028.6%68%
10DET22-4412.9452900122.7%78%
11MIA13-1620.7787413127.6%75%
13DEN26-2711.157642-3015.6%70%
14MIN0-316.7462700030%52%
15NYG29-217.3354300031.3%61%
16PHI18-296.5343500020%81%
17DAL23-3011.32468225019%82%
18PHI24-174.1252021026.3%71%

Production

Receptions72
Targets99
Receiving yards727
Carries17
Rushing yards75
Touchdowns6
Points per game11.76
Yards per target7.34
Catch rate72.73%
Yards per carry4.41

Role

Snap share72.25%
Target share25.37%
Air-yards share13.44%
WOPR0.475
RACR2.245

Efficiency

Average depth of target5.2
Yards after catch per reception6.5
Yards before catch per reception3.6
Total YAC466
Broken tackles6
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted97.5
Receiving EPA per game1.1
Rushing EPA per game0.01

Scoring position

Red-zone targets12
Red-zone target share25.5%
End-zone target share13%
Red-zone carry share4.4%
Goal-line carry share2.9%
Expected receiving TDs3.43
Actual receiving TDs4
Receiving TD luck0.57
Expected rushing TDs0.62

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game28 of 44
Yards per target35 of 44
Target share12 of 44
Air-yards share43 of 44

Who else ate

The offense threw it 469 times. He took 22.92% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Deebo Samuel 22.92%
Zach Ertz16.67%
Terry McLaurin13.89%
Jaylin Lane7.41%
Jeremy McNichols7.18%
Chris Moore5.32%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Marcus Mariota84410.967.722.36%
Jayden Daniels64614.186.5230.28%
Josh Johnson297.79.7822.65%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 16 games were blowouts, 32.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 10.28 in those and 11.43 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · SF · 15 games

His best game was Week 16 against MIA — 25.1 PPR on 9 targets and a 24.3% target share, in a game that finished 17-29. His worst was Week 7 against KC at 0, on 0 targets, final score 18-28. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 9.5; in the 8 decided by more, 11.2. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 10.3 points per game. He scored 10.37, 8.4% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 2 against 3.18 expected, a gap of -1.2.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1NYJ32-1918.75954823131%74%
2MIN17-23188101102-10027.8%86%
4NE30-1310.23558214019.2%76%
5ARI23-24313113909.4%81%
6SEA36-2420.735102415118.5%82%
7KC18-2800000000%6%
8DAL30-2412.64771415028%62%
10TB23-2012.65662314017.6%78%
11SEA17-206.147221-1025%87%
12GB10-383.1142100015.4%67%
13BUF10-356452000029.4%75%
14CHI38-135.52322513011.5%79%
15LA6-124.9371623022.6%78%
16MIA17-2925.17996525124.3%83%
17DET34-409.111531612.8%83%

Production

Receptions51
Targets81
Receiving yards670
Carries42
Rushing yards136
Touchdowns4
Points per game10.37
Yards per target8.27
Catch rate62.96%
Yards per carry3.24

Role

Snap share73.13%
Target share18.83%
Air-yards share14.49%
WOPR0.383
RACR1.422

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.6
Yards after catch per reception8.3
Yards before catch per reception4.9
Total YAC421
Broken tackles8
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted96.2
Receiving EPA per game0.74
Rushing EPA per game-0.61

Scoring position

Red-zone targets14
Red-zone target share17.1%
End-zone target share6.7%
Red-zone carry share10.2%
Goal-line carry share7.1%
Expected receiving TDs3.18
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck-1.18
Expected rushing TDs1.46

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game40 of 51
Yards per target23 of 51
Target share41 of 51
Air-yards share49 of 51

Who else ate

The offense threw it 533 times. He took 16.8% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jauan Jennings23.44%
George Kittle19.5%
Deebo Samuel 16.8%
Brandon Aiyuk9.75%
Ricky Pearsall9.54%
Christian McCaffrey3.94%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Brock Purdy147710.898.4319.08%
Brandon Allen143.15.2515.4%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 15 games were blowouts, 15.9% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.2 in those and 9.47 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · SF · 15 games

His best game was Week 13 against PHI — 35.8 PPR on 4 targets and a 16% target share, in a game that finished 42-19. His worst was Week 4 against ARI at 0.6, on 0 targets, final score 35-16. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 6 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 3 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 9.5; in the 12 decided by more, 17.9. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 10.6 points per game. He scored 16.25, 43.1% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1PIT30-711.3575528025%87%
2LA30-2322.16963538137.5%89%
3NYG30-1225.161212912135.3%82%
4ARI35-160.60003600%87%
5DAL42-1011.53355530012%73%
6CLE17-191.101021104.2%15%
10JAX34-315.94430329114.8%56%
11TB27-149.234631-1016%85%
12SEA31-1322.47979415130%76%
13PHI42-1935.844116322316%83%
14SEA28-16347914911233.3%78%
15ARI45-2921.94748111226.9%86%
16BAL19-339.44124727027.3%96%
17WAS27-1018.25637335122.2%84%
18LA20-215.2222111108%33%

Production

Receptions60
Targets89
Receiving yards892
Carries37
Rushing yards225
Touchdowns12
Points per game16.25
Yards per target10.02
Catch rate67.42%
Yards per carry6.08

Role

Snap share74%
Target share20.57%
Air-yards share15.91%
WOPR0.42
RACR9.102

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.6
Yards after catch per reception8.8
Yards before catch per reception6.1
Total YAC527
Broken tackles13
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted116.9
Receiving EPA per game2.73
Rushing EPA per game0.69

Scoring position

Red-zone targets18
Red-zone target share22.2%
End-zone target share12%
Red-zone carry share8.5%
Goal-line carry share7.5%
Expected receiving TDs3.07
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck-0.07
Expected rushing TDs1.63

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game12 of 51
Yards per target7 of 51
Target share37 of 51
Air-yards share47 of 51

Who else ate

The offense threw it 491 times. He took 19.6% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Brandon Aiyuk23.13%
George Kittle19.82%
Deebo Samuel 19.6%
Christian McCaffrey18.28%
Jauan Jennings7.27%
Ray-Ray McCloud3.3%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Brock Purdy148717.0410.0121.46%
Sam Darnold125.210.58%

Blowouts against close games

8 of his 15 games were blowouts, 57.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 17.6 in those and 9.47 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2022 · SF · 13 games

His best game was Week 4 against LA — 23.7 PPR on 7 targets and a 28% target share, in a game that finished 24-9. His worst was Week 18 against ARI at 4.4, on 3 targets, final score 38-13. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 3 times.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 12.4 points per game. He scored 12.95, 5.9% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 1 against 3.45 expected, a gap of -2.4.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1CHI10-1912.62714852126.9%82%
2SEA27-714.75644453025%78%
3DEN10-1112.9587356027.6%79%
4LA24-923.76711522128%80%
5CAR37-1511.22920212130%79%
6ATL14-281671079211024.4%83%
7KC23-449.4574212015.2%86%
10LAC22-167.12624427021.4%87%
11ARI38-1022.47957337131%59%
12NO13-07.3374320018.9%79%
13MIA33-1712.36105845025%82%
14TB35-714.44543421122.7%43%
18ARI38-134.4232014015%68%

Production

Receptions56
Targets94
Receiving yards632
Carries42
Rushing yards232
Touchdowns5
Points per game12.95
Yards per target6.72
Catch rate59.57%
Yards per carry5.52

Role

Snap share75.77%
Target share23.93%
Air-yards share12.82%
WOPR0.448
RACR1.922

Efficiency

Average depth of target4.3
Yards after catch per reception8.8
Yards before catch per reception2.5
Total YAC493
Broken tackles12
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted73.5
Receiving EPA per game0.69
Rushing EPA per game-0.64

Scoring position

Red-zone targets14
Red-zone target share19.2%
End-zone target share16.7%
Red-zone carry share6.9%
Goal-line carry share2.7%
Expected receiving TDs3.45
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-2.45
Expected rushing TDs0.96

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game29 of 51
Yards per target45 of 51
Target share20 of 51
Air-yards share51 of 51

Who else ate

The offense threw it 512 times. He took 19.54% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Brandon Aiyuk23.7%
Deebo Samuel 19.54%
George Kittle17.88%
Christian McCaffrey13.51%
Jauan Jennings11.64%
Ray-Ray McCloud5.2%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jimmy Garoppolo96913.867.224.61%
Brock Purdy31810.376.7220.9%
Trey Lance1712.6226.9%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 13 games were blowouts, 45.4% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 12.75 in those and 10 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2021 · SF · 16 games

His best game was Week 4 against SEA — 35.7 PPR on 13 targets and a 33.3% target share, in a game that finished 21-28. His worst was Week 3 against GB at 10.2, on 10 targets, final score 28-30. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 8 times and came in under 8 points 0 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 22.3; in the 7 decided by more, 19.7. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 12.3 points per game. He scored 21.19, 66.8% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1DET41-3331.991218900152.2%84%
2PHI17-1116.1689328026.7%70%
3GB28-3010.25105220026.3%90%
4SEA21-2835.781315611233.3%89%
5ARI10-1716.13958113132.1%86%
7IND18-302171110000140.7%86%
8CHI33-2223.16917100033.3%82%
9ARI17-3111.3596300023.1%92%
10LA31-1030.35597536226.3%72%
11JAX30-1016.41215879110%80%
12MIN34-2620.81412666215.4%66%
14CIN26-2312.9112283712.7%77%
15ATL31-1318.94560629120.8%81%
16TEN17-2028.1911159532031.4%76%
17HOU23-717.23663719126.1%85%
18LA27-2428.964695845218.8%71%

Production

Receptions77
Targets121
Receiving yards1,405
Carries59
Rushing yards365
Touchdowns15
Points per game21.19
Yards per target11.61
Catch rate63.64%
Yards per carry6.19

Role

Snap share80.44%
Target share26.2%
Air-yards share28.8%
WOPR0.596
RACR1.404

Efficiency

Average depth of target8.4
Yards after catch per reception10
Yards before catch per reception8.3
Total YAC768
Broken tackles13
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted106.2
Receiving EPA per game3.46
Rushing EPA per game1.3

Scoring position

Red-zone targets10
Red-zone target share16.1%
End-zone target share4.5%
Red-zone carry share23.9%
Goal-line carry share5%
Expected receiving TDs2.52
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck-0.52
Expected rushing TDs1.89

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game3 of 48
Yards per target1 of 48
Target share12 of 48
Air-yards share26 of 48

Who else ate

The offense threw it 514 times. He took 26.42% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Deebo Samuel 26.42%
George Kittle20.52%
Brandon Aiyuk18.34%
Jauan Jennings8.3%
Jamycal Hasty6.33%
Mohamed Sanu5.24%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jimmy Garoppolo1410621.8312.1125.79%
Trey Lance21516.658.0729.1%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 16 games were blowouts, 19.4% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 21.87 in those and 22.31 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2020 · SF · 7 games

His best game was Week 12 against LA — 24.3 PPR on 13 targets and a 38.2% target share, in a game that finished 23-20. His worst was Week 14 against WAS at 0.9, on 0 targets, final score 15-23. Across 7 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 4 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 12.7; in the 3 decided by more, 10. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 11.3 points per game. He scored 11.53, 1.8% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
4PHI20-257.5333511007.3%34%
5MIA17-434.2281913022.9%89%
6LA24-161866661-6118.8%82%
7NE33-612.2556537020%62%
12LA23-2024.3111313300038.2%88%
13BUF24-3413.6697313023.1%95%
14WAS15-230.90001900%1%

Production

Receptions33
Targets44
Receiving yards391
Carries8
Rushing yards26
Touchdowns1
Points per game11.53
Yards per target8.89
Catch rate75%
Yards per carry3.25

Role

Snap share64.43%
Target share18.61%
Air-yards share3.44%
WOPR0.304
RACR3.02

Efficiency

Average depth of target2.2
Yards after catch per reception12.1
Yards before catch per reception-0.2
Total YAC398
Broken tackles6
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted90.2
Receiving EPA per game1.45
Rushing EPA per game-0.23

Scoring position

Red-zone targets2
Red-zone target share2.5%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share2.8%
Expected receiving TDs0.45
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.55
Expected rushing TDs0.17

Who else ate

The offense threw it 570 times. He took 8.38% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Brandon Aiyuk18.29%
Kendrick Bourne14.1%
George Kittle12%
Jordan Reed8.76%
Jerick McKinnon8.76%
Deebo Samuel 8.38%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Nick Mullens42511.579.6417.15%
Jimmy Garoppolo21115.111.9119.4%
C.J. Beathard184.22.3822.9%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 7 games were blowouts, 20.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 8.2 in those and 12.67 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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