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Michael Wilson

Arizona Cardinals · Wide receiverWR1

Over 17 games last season Michael Wilson averaged 4.6 receptions and 59 yards on 81% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 5.1 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
5.1
0.6 above his 2025 average
Receiving yards
68
Anytime TD
36%

What a realistic week looks like

05%110%214%315%415%512%610%77%85%93%102%111213Receptions
The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 2 and 9 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———————5.1 projected
26 wk3SF93%34.0%17118914.3 +6.7
26 wk2SEA94%26.9%72180—
26 wk1LAC85%18.9%75560—
25 wk18LA93%28.6%85991—
25 wk17CIN86%28.6%105891—
25 wk16ATL86%10.3%32521—
25 wk15HOU85%28.9%115541—
25 wk14LA79%36.4%16111422—
25 wk13TB93%18.9%73360—
25 wk12JAX82%32.6%15101180—

“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 19 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+ receptions13 of 1968%
5+ receptions7 of 1937%
7+ receptions3 of 1916%
50+ receiving yards9 of 1947%
75+ receiving yards5 of 1926%
100+ receiving yards3 of 1916%
Scored a touchdown6 of 1932%

Career by season

Michael Wilson: snap share and target share by season0204060801002023202420252026Snap 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 far36.054.310.3191%26.6%
2025174.659.27.4781%19.2%
2024162.934.24.4480%14.5%
2023132.943.54.5380%13.6%

4 seasons of usage, 2023–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If Michael Wilson sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the ARI room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole Arizona Cardinals 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