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Kalif Raymond — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 4.45 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 169.9, usage worth 3.4.

32 years old · 10 seasons of experience · 2016 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 169.9
Consensus across 1 books, 0 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on underdog, priciest on espn.
ESPN169.9
UNDERDOG215.9
FFA345

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 15, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankWR78

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 87.7 points, 5.3 per game — 32.6 catches, 373 yards, 2.1 TDs. That is WR6, 291 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 3.4 points per game to a ceiling of 10.8, with the median at 5.3. Boom rate 99%, bust rate 37%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 169.9 on consensus and our board has him 291. We rank him 121.1 picks worse than the room drafts him. At that distance it is a fade: we do not want him anywhere near his ADP.

The offense he plays in, 2026

Chicago Bears returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing oc. Caleb Williams at quarterback, Ben Johnson as head coach, Press Taylor calling it. The offense projects to 33.6 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 28.4 rushes.

In: Kalif Raymond (wr3), Zavion Thomas (wr5), JP Richardson (wr6), Alexander Maurice (wr7), Sam Roush (te2). Out: DJ Moore (wr2), Luther Burden (wr3), Olamide Zaccheaus (wr4), Travis Homer (rb3), Cole Kmet (te2).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 6.7%, with a bear case of 2.3% and a bull case of 7.7% and a full range of 2.3% to 9.1%. That comes from 29 historical comparables, not from a depth chart.

The projected target split across the offense:

Rome Odunze18.5%
Colston Loveland16.8%
Luther Burden III10.8%
D'Andre Swift9.4%
Zavion Thomas8.9%
Sam Roush7.9%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: Whoever emerges as Caleb Williams primary target will be an ELITE fantasy asset to own. We still do not know with 100% certainy who that will be. You may think it would be Rome Odunze, but Luther Burden III has shown a TON of promise. There is room for both of these young WR to eat, but Colston Loveland may be the real beneficiary of the additional targets. he looks like a true star. RB room is likely a 1A/1B for the foreseable future. Both Swift and Monangai see their value skyrocket if the other gets hurt.

Key additions: Bears added WR Kalif Raymond from Lions (expected to operate as WR3 because Ben Johnson loves him). Drafted Rookie WR Zavion Thomas 3rd round. Drafted TE Sam Roush RD 3.

Key departures: Biggest 2 losses C Drew Dalman retired unexpectedly & LT Ozzy Trapilo suffered serious knee injury sidelining him the entire 2026 season. WR DJ Moore traded to Bills for a 2nd round pick. WR Olamide Zaccheaus also left Chicago this offseason. Opening up a massive target opportunity for Bears pass catchers.

Notes: Strong disagreement who the WR1 will be in 2026. Odunze looked fantastic early in 2025, but Burden stole the show in the back half of the season. Loveland has emerged as Williams favorite target. Caleb Williams is set to have an excellent season again. RB room looks to remain the same with Swift 1A & Monangai 1B. Bears drafted TE Sam Roush in the 3rd round. Cole Kmet may be traded. Highly relevant fantasty offense.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Caleb Williams returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (33.7 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33.6 att/g; New OC Press Taylor — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How that share projection was built

29 historical comps for WRs age ~?, prior share 7.7%, team change, OC change. Distribution: median 7.0%, p25-p75 [0.0%, 8.5%], tails [0.0%, 10.7%]. Closest comps: Chester Rogers 2021→2022 (TEN→ unknown: 8.2%→0.0%); Braxton Berrios 2022→2023 (NYJ→MIA: 10.3%→7.3%); Freddie Swain 2021→2022 (SEA→DEN: 9.3%→7.8%).

arrival self-anchored 32% to own 7.7% role (2yr)

The named comps are the closest historical matches and the arrow is what their share actually did the following season. That is the working, not a summary of it — if you disagree with the projection, this is the part to argue with.

Offensive environment: CHI rates 24.9 against a league average of 23, 1.9 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-3.3 · harder
Weeks 1–6-8 · harder
Weeks 12–17+1.4 · neutral
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-4.5 · 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.

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 -5.5% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as stable.

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
Robert Woods20242.765%+13.5%
Braxton Berrios20233.663%-45.5%
Marquez Valdes-Scantling20246.563%-42.7%
K.J. Osborn20242.763%-15.1%
Kendrick Bourne20245.463%+36%

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

Four years of dynasty value

0202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-04 to 2026-07. From 0 to 535, peaking at 950.

The player

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game5.6
Week-to-week variation1
Boom rate16.2%
Bust rate37.8%
Games missed per season0.8
Injury historyKnee, Foot, Ankle
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score-0.32

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 · DET · 15 games

His best game was Week 16 against PIT — 16.2 PPR on 5 targets and a 9.6% target share, in a game that finished 24-29. His worst was Week 11 against PHI at 0, on 0 targets, final score 9-16. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 11 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 4.9; in the 8 decided by more, 4. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 3.4 points per game. He scored 4.45, 30.5% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1GB13-273.6231607.9%66%
2CHI52-213.3111403.6%54%
3BAL38-301.412407.7%49%
4CLE34-109.32313012%55%
5CIN37-24000000%3%
6KC17-30000000%4%
7TB24-94.73317010.7%44%
9MIN24-27001002.8%45%
10WAS44-229.94449012.5%54%
11PHI9-16000000%64%
12NYG34-275.7223705.3%40%
15LA34-413112002.6%17%
16PIT24-2916.2456219.6%26%
17MIN10-231.512506.9%9%
18CHI19-168.2335208.3%19%

Production

Receptions24
Targets30
Receiving yards289
Carries2
Rushing yards19
Touchdowns1
Points per game4.45
Yards per target9.63
Catch rate80%
Yards per carry9.5

Role

Snap share36.6%
Target share5.99%
Air-yards share4.98%
WOPR0.126
RACR1.393

Efficiency

Average depth of target5.6
Yards after catch per reception6.5
Yards before catch per reception5.5
Total YAC157
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted117.9
Receiving EPA per game1.01
Rushing EPA per game0.1

Scoring position

Red-zone targets2
Red-zone target share2.2%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0.44
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.44

Who else ate

The offense threw it 582 times. He took 5.45% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown31.27%
Jameson Williams18.55%
Jahmyr Gibbs17.09%
Sam LaPorta8.91%
Kalif Raymond 5.45%
David Montgomery5.27%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 15 games were blowouts, 33.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 7.5 in those and 4.93 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · DET · 12 games

His best game was Week 8 against TEN — 15.4 PPR on 2 targets and a 11.1% target share, in a game that finished 52-14. His worst was Week 12 against IND at 0, on 1 targets, final score 24-6. Across 12 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 9 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 4; in the 7 decided by more, 5.2. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 4 points per game. He scored 4.71, 42.7% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1LA26-201.200000%61%
2TB16-205.7342707.5%36%
3ARI20-13000000%7%
4SEA42-291.911905.3%11%
6DAL47-911.34673022.2%35%
7MIN31-2912.93439116%28%
8TEN52-1415.42214111.1%31%
9GB24-141111205%39%
10HOU26-23000000%25%
11JAX52-65223006.5%32%
12IND24-6001003%14%
18MIN31-92.1111103.1%6%

Production

Receptions17
Targets22
Receiving yards215
Carries2
Touchdowns2
Points per game4.71
Yards per target9.77
Catch rate77.27%

Role

Snap share27.08%
Target share6.64%
Air-yards share6.08%
WOPR0.142
RACR0.562

Efficiency

Average depth of target8
Yards after catch per reception8.1
Yards before catch per reception4.6
Total YAC137
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted137.5
Receiving EPA per game1.11
Rushing EPA per game-0.08

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share2.9%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0.6
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.4

Who else ate

The offense threw it 550 times. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown27.17%
Jameson Williams17.53%
Sam LaPorta15.99%
Jahmyr Gibbs12.14%
Tim Patrick8.48%
David Montgomery7.32%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 12 games were blowouts, 59.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.76 in those and 3.96 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · DET · 17 games

His best game was Week 12 against GB — 14.6 PPR on 5 targets and a 11.9% target share, in a game that finished 22-29. His worst was Week 13 against NO at 0.9, on 0 targets, final score 33-28. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 14 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 6; in the 9 decided by more, 5.5. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 4.4 points per game. He scored 5.73, 28.8% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1KC21-203112003.1%27%
2SEA31-3713.7234618.8%42%
3ATL20-69.54655019.4%36%
4GB34-204.811-203.7%23%
5CAR42-247.53345011.1%48%
6TB20-65.6332307.3%21%
7BAL6-384222004.1%36%
8LV26-144.22424011.8%24%
10LAC41-386.62446012.5%26%
11CHI31-261.512506.3%21%
12GB22-2914.65590011.9%29%
13NO33-280.900000%22%
14CHI13-284.53415011.8%35%
15DEN42-172.2111203.1%30%
16MIN30-245.7222905.1%33%
17DAL19-202.1111103.1%28%
18MIN30-207225006.5%21%

Production

Receptions35
Targets44
Receiving yards489
Carries7
Rushing yards75
Touchdowns1
Points per game5.73
Yards per target11.11
Catch rate79.55%
Yards per carry10.71

Role

Snap share29.53%
Target share7.62%
Air-yards share9.35%
WOPR0.18
RACR1.131

Efficiency

Average depth of target8.8
Yards after catch per reception6.1
Yards before catch per reception7.9
Total YAC214
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted120.5
Receiving EPA per game1.76
Rushing EPA per game0.2

Scoring position

Red-zone targets4
Red-zone target share4.2%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share0.8%
Expected receiving TDs0.55
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.55
Expected rushing TDs0.05

Who else ate

The offense threw it 605 times. He took 7.71% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown28.72%
Sam LaPorta21.02%
Jahmyr Gibbs12.43%
Josh Reynolds11.21%
Kalif Raymond 7.71%
Jameson Williams7.36%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 17 games were blowouts, 14.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.57 in those and 6.01 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2022 · DET · 17 games

His best game was Week 15 against NYJ — 16.3 PPR on 6 targets and a 16.7% target share, in a game that finished 20-17. His worst was Week 2 against WAS at 0, on 0 targets, final score 36-27. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.1; in the 8 decided by more, 6.5. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.8 points per game. He scored 6.84, 6.3% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 1.67 expected, a gap of -1.7.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1PHI35-38002005.4%12%
2WAS36-27000000%10%
3MIN24-281.411402.7%17%
4SEA45-485.13538012.8%51%
5NE0-299.55745022.6%85%
7DAL6-2414.55675024%90%
8MIA27-3110.63476010.8%90%
9GB15-94.73317012.5%95%
10CHI31-307.73347012%82%
11NYG31-1873733028%85%
12BUF25-287.54635017.1%76%
13JAX40-142.6221205.1%17%
14MIN34-233.9221905.6%11%
15NYJ20-1716.35653016.7%29%
16CAR23-377.4115602.4%32%
17CHI41-107.43340010.3%30%
18GB20-1610.64666018.2%37%

Production

Receptions47
Targets64
Receiving yards616
Carries7
Rushing yards36
Touchdowns0
Points per game6.84
Yards per target9.63
Catch rate73.44%
Yards per carry5.14

Role

Snap share49.94%
Target share12.13%
Air-yards share15.79%
WOPR0.292
RACR1.15

Efficiency

Average depth of target10
Yards after catch per reception4.6
Yards before catch per reception8.5
Total YAC218
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted103.4
Receiving EPA per game1.24
Rushing EPA per game0.14

Scoring position

Red-zone targets9
Red-zone target share10.3%
End-zone target share3.6%
Red-zone carry share1.1%
Expected receiving TDs1.67
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-1.67
Expected rushing TDs0.06

Who else ate

The offense threw it 587 times. He took 11.49% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown26.21%
D'Andre Swift12.57%
Kalif Raymond 11.49%
Josh Reynolds10.59%
D.J. Chark9.34%
T.J. Hockenson7.72%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 17 games were blowouts, 29.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 8.5 in those and 7.1 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2021 · DET · 16 games

His best game was Week 18 against GB — 21.4 PPR on 5 targets and a 17.2% target share, in a game that finished 37-30. His worst was Week 11 against CLE at 0, on 1 targets, final score 10-13. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 9 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.2; in the 7 decided by more, 9.7. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7.7 points per game. He scored 8.28, 7.6% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1SF33-418.9345007.1%75%
2GB17-353.8221805.7%63%
3BAL17-1912.861068035.7%75%
4CHI14-2419.63646216.2%75%
5MIN17-19002006.5%68%
6CIN11-349.76737017.9%89%
7LA19-2817.668115025%81%
8PHI6-44001003.1%79%
10PIT16-166.94629025%66%
11CLE10-13001004.3%71%
12CHI14-164.63416016%80%
13MIN29-275.3223305.3%49%
14DEN10-3813.14531113.2%67%
15ARI30-1242320011.5%69%
16ATL16-204.73512014.3%69%
18GB37-3021.445101117.2%71%

Production

Receptions48
Targets71
Receiving yards576
Carries4
Rushing yards28
Touchdowns4
Points per game8.28
Yards per target8.11
Catch rate67.61%
Yards per carry7

Role

Snap share71.69%
Target share14%
Air-yards share23.25%
WOPR0.372
RACR0.897

Efficiency

Average depth of target10.2
Yards after catch per reception5.5
Yards before catch per reception6.5
Total YAC262
Broken tackles3
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted105.1
Receiving EPA per game1.06
Rushing EPA per game0.09

Scoring position

Red-zone targets6
Red-zone target share9.1%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs1.47
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck0.53

Who else ate

The offense threw it 590 times. He took 12.82% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Amon-Ra St. Brown21.48%
T.J. Hockenson15.16%
D'Andre Swift14.08%
Kalif Raymond 12.82%
Josh Reynolds6.5%
Jamaal Williams5.05%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jared Goff14659.128.6814.67%
Tim Boyle262.3529.3%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 16 games were blowouts, 23.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.12 in those and 7.18 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2020 · TEN · 15 games

His best game was Week 3 against MIN — 14.5 PPR on 3 targets and a 9.1% target share, in a game that finished 31-30. His worst was Week 17 against HOU at 0, on 0 targets, final score 41-38. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 14 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 2.3; in the 6 decided by more, 1.1. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 3.2 points per game. He scored 1.83, 5.2% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DEN16-14002005%22%
2JAX33-30000000%45%
3MIN31-3014.53311809.1%27%
5BUF42-164.6222607.1%55%
6HOU42-366.2343209.8%28%
7PIT24-27000000%2%
8CIN20-312.1111103.4%38%
9CHI24-17000000%25%
10IND17-34000000%25%
11BAL30-24000000%21%
12IND45-26001005%21%
13CLE35-41000000%19%
14JAX31-10001004.3%24%
16GB14-40001004%13%
17HOU41-38000000%4%

Production

Receptions9
Targets15
Receiving yards187
Carries1
Rushing yards-3
Touchdowns0
Points per game1.83
Yards per target12.47
Catch rate60%
Yards per carry-3

Role

Snap share24.6%
Target share3.18%
Air-yards share6.35%
WOPR0.093
RACR0.347

Efficiency

Average depth of target17.5
Yards after catch per reception4.2
Yards before catch per reception16.6
Total YAC38
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted76.2
Receiving EPA per game0.45
Rushing EPA per game-0.08

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share1.1%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.05

Who else ate

The offense threw it 484 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

A.J. Brown22.99%
Corey Davis19.96%
Jonnu Smith14.1%
Anthony Firkser11.5%
Adam Humphries7.59%
Derrick Henry6.72%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 15 games were blowouts, 16.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 0.92 in those and 2.3 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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