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Luke McCaffrey

Washington Commanders · Wide receiverWR depth

Over 9 games last season Luke McCaffrey averaged 1.2 receptions and 23 yards on 36% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 1.0 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
1.0
0.2 below his 2025 average
Receiving yards
3

What a realistic week looks like

43%030%115%27%345678910111213Receptions
The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 0 and 3 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———————1.0 projected
26 wk3SEA—0.0%0000—
25 wk9SEA—0.0%0000—
25 wk8KC51%10.0%33240—
25 wk7DAL54%6.5%2000—
25 wk6CHI38%4.2%11331—
25 wk5LAC39%8.7%21500—
25 wk4ATL37%12.5%32211—
25 wk3LV36%16.7%33561—
25 wk2GB23%2.5%11190—
25 wk1NYG7%0.0%0000—

“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 9 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+ receptions2 of 922%
5+ receptions0 of 90%
7+ receptions0 of 90%
50+ receiving yards2 of 922%
75+ receiving yards0 of 90%
100+ receiving yards0 of 90%
Scored a touchdown3 of 933%

Career by season

Luke McCaffrey: snap share and target share by season020406080100202420252026Snap 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 far10.00.00.000%0.0%
202591.222.61.7336%6.8%
2024200.98.41.2034%4.2%

3 seasons of usage, 2024–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

The whole Washington Commanders 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