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If Ted Hurst III is out, who gets his targets?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers room absorbs +0.94 receptions, and Chris Godwin Jr. takes the largest single share at +0.24. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.

Where the work goes

Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.

Receptions gained if Ted Hurst III sitsChris Godwin Jr.+0.2WR 78% snapsJalen McMillan+0.2WR 7% snapsEmeka Egbuka+0.2WR 82% snapsTez Johnson+0.2WR 25% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerCatches nowIf he sitsChange
Emeka Egbuka WR · 82% snaps4.004.23+0.23
Cade Otton TE · 94% snaps3.903.90+0.00
Bucky Irving RB · 64% snaps3.603.60+0.00
Chris Godwin Jr. WR · 78% snaps3.403.64+0.24
Kenny Gainwell RB · 42% snaps2.602.60+0.00
Ted Hurst III WR · 75% snaps2.20—OUT
Tez Johnson WR · 25% snaps0.901.13+0.23
Jalen McMillan WR · 7% snaps0.500.74+0.24

What the data says happens

Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.

RoomReceptions gainednt
Receivers+0.5841,53711.16
Tight ends+0.1751,0803.33
Backs+0.1131,0112.00

The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.

Ted Hurst III’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection

Cascade effects 2018–2026, paired within player, net of control · projections as-of-week with no lookahead · 2026 week 4