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Luke Farrell

San Francisco 49ers · Tight endTE2

Over 19 games last season Luke Farrell averaged 0.6 receptions and 5 yards on 36% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 0.8 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
0.8
0.2 above his 2025 average
Receiving yards
15
Anytime TD
9%

What a realistic week looks like

50%029%113%2345678910111213Receptions
The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 0 and 2 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———————0.8 projected
26 wk3ARI33%3.8%10001.1 -1.1
26 wk2MIA54%0.0%0000—
26 wk1LA71%5.9%22190—
25 wk20SEA57%7.4%2110—
25 wk19PHI32%3.3%1000—
25 wk18SEA19%0.0%0000—
25 wk17CHI38%0.0%0000—
25 wk16IND41%0.0%0000—
25 wk15TEN24%0.0%0000—
25 wk13CLE21%4.3%1000—

“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 21 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+ receptions0 of 210%
5+ receptions0 of 210%
7+ receptions0 of 210%
50+ receiving yards0 of 210%
75+ receiving yards0 of 210%
100+ receiving yards0 of 210%
Scored a touchdown2 of 2110%

Career by season

Luke Farrell: snap share and target share by season020406080100202120222023202420252026Snap 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 far30.76.31.0053%3.2%
2025190.64.50.9236%2.8%
2024170.73.91.0038%3.2%
2023170.89.10.9035%2.6%
2022180.22.20.208%0.8%
2021150.53.70.7029%2.3%

6 seasons of usage, 2021–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If Luke Farrell sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the SF room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole San Francisco 49ers roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about tight ends

Does a new head coach change who gets the ball?It changes WHO, not how muchIs any defense actually “weak against tight ends”?Not a real trait

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