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Chris Olave

New Orleans Saints · Wide receiverWR1

Over 16 games last season Chris Olave averaged 6.2 receptions and 73 yards on 84% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 6.8 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
6.8
0.5 above his 2025 average
Receiving yards
79
Anytime TD
39%

What a realistic week looks like

02%14%28%311%413%514%613%711%89%96%105%113%122%13Receptions
The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 3 and 10 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

How his role is trending

Snap shareTarget share
Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.98 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.94 and touchdowns 0.72. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round.

Game log

GameOppSnap shareTarget shareTgtRecRec ydsTDWe said
26 wk4———————6.8 projected
26 wk3LV84%32.5%13910706.5 +2.5
26 wk2BAL84%31.2%108861—
26 wk1DET86%25.0%13101820—
25 wk17TEN91%40.7%1181191—
25 wk16NYJ78%34.0%16101482—
25 wk15CAR84%29.0%96851—
25 wk14TB93%25.0%53300—
25 wk13MIA88%20.6%74471—
25 wk12ATL80%30.2%139700—
25 wk10CAR54%30.8%851041—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

How often he has actually done it

Rates over his last 18 games. A projection says what to expect on average; this says how often the thing you actually need has happened.

OutcomeGames it happenedHow often
3+ receptions18 of 18100%
5+ receptions14 of 1878%
7+ receptions9 of 1850%
50+ receiving yards15 of 1883%
75+ receiving yards8 of 1844%
100+ receiving yards4 of 1822%
Scored a touchdown8 of 1844%

Career by season

Chris Olave: snap share and target share by season02040608010020222023202420252026Snap shareTarget shareSeasonshare of the team
Role is the part of a player that carries. Snap share repeats at 0.98 between halves of a season and target share at 0.96, so this line is a far better guide to what comes next than a points total would be.
SeasonGamesCatches/gmRec yds/gmTargets/gmTDs, seasonSnap shareTarget share
2026 so far39.0125.012.0185%29.6%
2025166.272.79.8984%29.2%
202484.050.05.5162%19.7%
2023165.470.28.6574%24.8%
2022154.869.57.9466%26.2%

5 seasons of usage, 2022–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If Chris Olave sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the NO room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole New Orleans Saints roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about wide receivers

Are players better coming off a bye week?They are slightly worseDo defenses shut down the other team’s best receiver?Barely

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 4