Skip Navigation to Main Content
Jaylen Waddle

WR - Denver Broncos

  • 5' 10"
  • 185 lbs
  • Age 27
  • Alabama
Rostered In ~50% of leagues

2026 Outlook

Strength of Schedule
WR Rank: 28th (hard)
Draft Rank (ECR)
#42
Best / Worst
#21 / #69
ADP
#50

Availability



Expert Note
View More Notes

It's Jaylen Waddle SZN! I can't wait to see him ball out in the Denver passing attack. Waddle should get a wonderful infusion of volume this season, moving from an offense that was 29th in neutral passing rate to one that was fourth in that metric last season. Overall, Denver was fourth in passing attempts behind only Arizona, Cincy, and Dallas last year. Waddle is a stud no matter what metric you look at. Last year, among 109 qualifying wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data), he was 12th in target per route run rate, 12th in yards per route run, seventh in first downs per route run, 12th in separation score, and 11th in route win rate. He also bested Courtland Sutton in each of those metrics with the exception of route win rate (15.3% vs. 15.5%). Waddle is a flag plant player for me this year. You can easily draft him as a WR2 for your teams this season that has WR1 upside.

Player News
View More News
Jaylen Waddle (leg) in full pads at practice Tuesday

Jaylen Waddle is in full pads at practice on Tuesday.

Fantasy Impact

It is another positive sign for Waddle following his return to practice on Monday. He remains on track to be good to go for the start of the regular season.

Ari Koslow2 weeks ago
Recent Articles
View More Articles
8 Fantasy Football Busts to Avoid (2026) photo

The 2026 fantasy football season is almost here. That means fantasy players are rushing to join a bunch of last-minute leagues. While finding draft values is critical to winning your fantasy football league, avoiding players who will bust is equally … read more »

Image of Mike Fanelli by Mike Fanelli in FantasyAug 29, 2026
Rankings
ECRBestWorst# of Experts
DraftWR #20WR #11WR #3098
Dynasty WR #23WR #17WR #2810
ADP
ConsensusRTSportsSleeper
Overall#50#52#43
Wide Receivers#22#23#18
ECR vs ADP
Projections
(2026)
View More Projections
Projections (2026)
RecsRec YdsRec TdsRush AttRush YdsRush TdsFumblesPoints
74.2991.861.712.400.3136
History
Statistics
(avgs.)
View More Stats
Statistics (avgs.)
Rec YdsRec TdsRecsPoints
Last Week0000.7
Last 3 Weeks32.702.33.5
Season to Date56.90.448.1
Game Log
View More Games
Game Log
OPPRec YdsRec TdsRecsPoints
Week 17vs. TB0000.7
Week 16vs. CIN72057.2
Week 15@ PIT26022.6
Week 14@ NYJ501513.1
Strength of Schedule
(2026)
View Full Schedule
Strength of Schedule (2026)
OppSummary
Next Game@ KC21st easiest opponent
Next 3 GamesJAC, LAR, SF9th easiest opponents
Playoffs (?)LV, BUF, NE20th easiest opponents
Rest of Season--22nd easiest remaining opponents