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Emanuel Wilson — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 5.56 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 195.4, usage worth 5.9.

27 years old · 3 seasons of experience · 2023 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 195.4
Consensus across 3 books, standard deviation 48.6, 86.9 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on sleeper, priciest on cbs.
SLEEPER251.5
ESPN170.2
UNDERDOG215.9
CBS164.6
FFA208

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 17, pick 3 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB114
Bye week11
ADP standard deviation48.6 picks

The offense he plays in, 2026

Green Bay Packers returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1. Jordan Love at quarterback, Matt LaFleur as head coach, Adam Stenavich calling it. The offense projects to 30.2 pass attempts a game at high confidence and 28.2 rushes.

In: Skyy Moore (wr6), Will Sheppard (wr7), MarShawn Lloyd (rb3), Pierre Strong Jr. (rb4). Out: Romeo Doubs (wr1), Emmanuel Wilson (rb2).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Josh Jacobs67.9%
Chris Brooks17.4%
MarShawn Lloyd11.3%
Pierre Strong Jr.3.4%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Drafted Jager Burton C in the 5th round, extended Jayden Reed on 3 year deal.

Key departures: Rasheed Walker starting O lineman left to Panthers. RB Emmanuel Wilson left, opening up backup and 3rd down back role for another RB to fill the gap. Romeo Doubs to New England Patriots, Wicks to Eagles. Massive opportunity for Watson, Golden, and Reed. We will have to see who plays the most on 2 WR sets.

Notes: Key departures: Romeo Doubs to New England Patriots, Wicks to Eagles. Massive opportunity for Watson, Golden, and Reed. We will have to see who plays the most on 2 WR sets. Reed landed 3 year 50m extension with packers. Golden could be primed for a breakout. Kraft should be recovered from torn ACL early in the season & Musgrave will fill in if he misses time but no true upside to him. Savion Williams will compete for WR4 but it is unlikely he holds any true value. Jordan Love needs to stay healthy but could be primed for a great 2026 season. Josh Jacobs is showing signs for concern with efficiency & managers need to think about him, however, packers have not brought in any competition so in the meantime he should be ok. The departure of Emmanuel Wilson to Seattle should not be underlooked. He was a highly productive back up RB & could open the door for a healthy Josh Jacobs to return to his peak form briefly. AND another RB will assume a very potentially productive handcuff opportunity.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Jordan Love returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (28.8 att/g); Regressed 30% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.2 att/g.

Offensive environment: GB rates 24.6 against a league average of 23, 1.6 points above it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

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

Full season-0.4 · neutral
Weeks 1–6+4.1 · easier
Weeks 12–17-0.7 · neutral
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+0.2 · neutral

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.

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 +50% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-spike. The base rate that applies: after a +30% spike, RBs crash the following year 59% of the time (hold 41%). That puts the measured risk of his dynasty value falling sharply over the next year at 59% — a probability drawn from comparable historical seasons, not a prediction, and not a statement about his 2026 scoring.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 1.7 elite seasons and 2.4 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
Tyler Allgeier20246.275%+30.3%
Joshua Kelley20225.474%+2%
Jaleel McLaughlin20246.174%-16.5%
Chuba Hubbard20226.474%+43.4%
Zamir White20235.774%-34.3%

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

02,000202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2023-09 to 2026-07. From 0 to 1,968, peaking at 2,251.

The player

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game5.7
Week-to-week variation1
Boom rate20%
Bust rate46.7%
Games missed per season0.7
Injury historyShoulder
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.51

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 · GB · 17 games

His best game was Week 12 against MIN — 26.5 PPR on 30 touches and a 9.5% target share, in a game that finished 23-6. His worst was Week 2 against WAS at 0, on 0 touches, final score 27-18. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 4.5; in the 7 decided by more, 7.1. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 5.9 points per game. He scored 5.56, 10.8% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1DET27-130.40001400%4%
2WAS27-1800000000%7%
3CLE10-132.500062500%23%
4DAL40-4011.1333784408.3%30%
6CIN27-181.711-431103.8%18%
7ARI27-232.511-261703.6%34%
8PIT35-2511.734261161011.4%42%
9CAR13-162.712161605.7%32%
10PHI7-101.41121203%21%
11NYG27-2013.9119114014%71%
12MIN23-626.522182810729.5%56%
13DET31-241.400041400%19%
14CHI28-21100031000%15%
15DEN26-340.30002300%20%
16CHI16-228.2000148200%46%
17BAL24-413.411831604%36%
18MIN3-165.81141844010%55%

Production

Receptions15
Targets17
Receiving yards99
Carries125
Rushing yards496
Touchdowns3
Points per game5.56
Yards per target5.82
Catch rate88.24%
Yards per carry3.97

Role

Snap share31.12%
Target share3.72%
Air-yards share-1.86%
WOPR0.042
RACR1.256

Efficiency

Average depth of target-1.9
Yards after catch per reception8.9
Yards before catch per reception-2.3
Total YAC133
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted90.9
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.06
Rushing EPA per game-0.45

Scoring position

Red-zone targets2
Red-zone target share2.8%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share24.2%
Goal-line carry share14.3%
Expected receiving TDs0.44
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.44
Expected rushing TDs2.84

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game49 of 49
Yards per target24 of 49
Target share44 of 49
Air-yards share40 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 489 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Romeo Doubs18.48%
Christian Watson11.96%
Dontayvion Wicks10%
Josh Jacobs9.57%
Tucker Kraft9.57%
Matthew Golden9.57%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jordan Love15155.695.83.29%
Malik Willis113.484%
Clayton Tune115.8410%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 17 games were blowouts, 31.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 14.95 in those and 4.5 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · GB · 17 games

His best game was Week 3 against TEN — 16.5 PPR on 14 touches and a 10.5% target share, in a game that finished 30-14. His worst was Week 14 against DET at 0.7, on 1 touches, final score 31-34. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 11 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 4.2; in the 7 decided by more, 7.8. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 5.3 points per game. He scored 5.65, 5.7% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1PHI29-346.823244609.4%24%
2IND16-100.90005900%19%
3TEN30-1416.522351250110.5%41%
4MIN29-312.701082701.9%39%
5LA24-192.511-962404%25%
6ARI34-138.3121975406.5%32%
7HOU24-221.100051100%21%
8JAX30-272.322-24507.4%17%
9DET14-249.911142812.7%20%
11CHI20-191.700021700%7%
12SF38-104.100094100%21%
13MIA30-17200022000%7%
14DET31-340.70001700%6%
15SEA30-130.90003900%9%
16NO34-012.6114115213.7%36%
17MIN25-278.900062910%32%
18CHI22-2414.111-2147314%42%

Production

Receptions11
Targets14
Receiving yards48
Carries103
Rushing yards502
Touchdowns5
Points per game5.65
Yards per target3.43
Catch rate78.57%
Yards per carry4.87

Role

Snap share23.41%
Target share2.95%
Air-yards share-1.64%
WOPR0.033
RACR-0.308

Efficiency

Average depth of target-4.5
Yards after catch per reception9
Yards before catch per reception-4.6
Total YAC99
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted104.8
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.21
Rushing EPA per game0.54

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share3.9%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share14.1%
Goal-line carry share15.6%
Expected receiving TDs0.42
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.42
Expected rushing TDs2.76

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game46 of 46
Yards per target42 of 46
Target share43 of 46
Air-yards share34 of 46

Who else ate

The offense threw it 479 times. 4 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Dontayvion Wicks16.41%
Jayden Reed16.2%
Romeo Doubs15.55%
Tucker Kraft15.12%
Christian Watson11.45%
Josh Jacobs9.29%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jordan Love14114.611.362.54%
Malik Willis3310.5114.83%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 17 games were blowouts, 27% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.47 in those and 4.17 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · GB · 5 games

His best game was Week 7 against DEN — 4.7 PPR on 4 touches and a 6.3% target share, in a game that finished 17-19. His worst was Week 2 against ATL at 0.5, on 3 touches, final score 24-25. Across 5 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 5 times.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 3.5 points per game. He scored 2.96, 16.3% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
2ATL24-250.50003500%10%
3NO18-172.21162602.3%10%
7DEN17-194.722821906.3%8%
9LA20-34.300044300%11%
11LAC23-203.112931205.3%8%

Production

Receptions4
Targets5
Receiving yards23
Carries14
Rushing yards85
Touchdowns0
Points per game2.96
Yards per target4.6
Catch rate80%
Yards per carry6.07

Role

Snap share9.4%
Target share2.78%
Air-yards share-0.44%
WOPR0.038
RACR1.872

Efficiency

Average depth of target-0.8
Yards after catch per reception7.5
Yards before catch per reception-1.8
Total YAC30
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted85.8
Receiving EPA per game0.17
Rushing EPA per game0.11

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share5.6%
Goal-line carry share4%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.67

Who else ate

The offense threw it 581 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Romeo Doubs17.11%
Jayden Reed16.76%
Dontayvion Wicks10.34%
Christian Watson9.45%
Luke Musgrave8.2%
Aaron Jones7.66%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 5 games were blowouts, 29.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.3 in those and 2.63 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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