Calvin Ridley
Tennessee TitansCalvin Ridley has 6 catches, 91 receiving yards and 0 touchdowns in 6 games for the Tennessee Titans this season through Week 8, 2.5 PPR points a game (updated November 7, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 1.8 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A declining veteran receiver on a contract his team regrets.
The case for
- 2020 Pro Bowl season with 1,374 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns plus the 2023 tier 6 #42 Jacksonville finish (1,016 yards) confirm career production levels.
- Wk 5 2025's 18.1 PPR shows the ceiling is still there when the route concepts and the QB align.
The worry
- Career arc from #24 in 2019 to #58 in 2025 is the textbook decline curve. Six of his seven logged 2025 weeks scored under 9 PPR, with three under 5.
- The 2022 gambling suspension plus the Tennessee QB chaos (Will Levis injury, Cam Ward rookie season) caps the realistic 2026 rebound ceiling at tier 6 at best.
What to watch: Whether Tennessee gets enough QB stability in 2026 to push his target share back above 6 per game, the threshold he needs to justify the $92M contract.
Full take and bio
The career arc is now a clear decline. From tier 3 (#24) in 2019 to tier 6 (#42) in 2023 to tier 8 (#58) in 2025 is a textbook trajectory drop, and the 2025 game log (Wk 11 last logged, only one game above 10 PPR) suggests injury ended the season early. At 32 with the Tennessee QB room still uncertain, the $92M contract is already a sunk cost the team has to play around.
Ridley came out of Alabama as Atlanta's 1st-round pick (26th overall) in 2018. His 2020 season produced 1,374 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns, earning a Pro Bowl selection and a tier 3 #24 STTM finish. He stepped away from football for personal reasons in October 2021, then was suspended for the 2022 season for betting on NFL games. Jacksonville traded for him in 2024 (tier 6 #42, 1,016 yards), and Tennessee signed him to a 4-year, $92M deal in 2025. The 2025 #58 (tier 8) finish is the worst of his career.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Louis Murphy, Tai Streets, Donald Driver. Built like: Robert Foster, LaVon Brazill, Malik Benson. Coming out: Stefon Diggs, Kevin Ogletree, Denarius Moore.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 1 star, 5 starters, 6 backups, 8 didn't stick.
Calvin Ridley Injury StatusNot listed
Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report as of Nov 6. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 6 games
2.5 fantasy points a game, 15 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Calvin Ridley at WR108 (the public consensus says WR94); the model has 29 PPR points left for him this season.
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Draft & College
Round 1, pick 26 to the Atlanta Falcons in 2018, out of Alabama (SEC). He lasted longer than consensus.
In college, 2015-2017, 44 games: 223 rec, 2,855 yds, 19 TD, 12.8 yds/rec. Coming out: 4.43s 40 yd, 15 reps bench, 31" vertical, 110" broad, 6.88s 3-cone, 4.41s shuttle.
Recruited
Class of 2015 · Receiver · High school: Monarch, Pompano Beach, FL
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