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PlayerCeeDee Lamb · WR, Dallas Cowboys, Model Score 93.0Be the Cowboys GM

CeeDee Lamb

Dallas Cowboys·#88
Pos WRHt 6'2"Wt 200 lbExp 6 yrCollege Oklahoma
Updated October 10, 2026

Model Score

93.0 MODEL
2020
77.7
2021
83.5
2022
94.2
2023
99.0
2024
87.7
2025
85.4
2026
93.0

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

Lamb at STTM #15 tier 2 in 2025 (down from #20 tier 3 in 2024, and from #4 tier 1 in 2023) closes a two-year stretch off the 2023 peak. The 2025 game log shows steady production with one weak Wk 18 closer (1.4 PPR). The addition of George Pickens as the team's STTM #3 WR is changing target share; Lamb is no longer Dallas's one-target focus.

Lamb was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, attended Foster High School in Texas, and was a 2019 consensus All-American at Oklahoma. The Cowboys took him 17th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft. He has made five straight Pro Bowls (2021-2025), earned first-team All-Pro in 2023 and second-team in 2022 and 2024, and led the NFL in receptions in 2023. Career line is 571 catches for 7,416 yards and 41 TDs across six seasons.

Strengths

  • Five straight Pro Bowls and three All-Pro selections including the 2023 first-team nod; the long-term resume is locked.
  • Career 571 receptions for 7,416 yards through age 27; the production tier is established.

Concerns

  • Two consecutive years below his 2023 peak; the rank trend is going the wrong way.
  • Pickens's STTM #3 finish means Dallas's target share is now split, capping Lamb's single-week ceiling.

What to watch: Whether Lamb and Pickens both finish top-15 in 2026, or whether one of them gets squeezed out by the shared role.

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Built like
measurables only, his size
Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his

Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 7 starters, 11 backups, 2 didn't stick.

CeeDee Lamb Injury StatusQuestionable

CeeDee Lamb is listed Questionable (Quadriceps), reported Oct 9. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

CeeDee Lamb Stats This Season · 4 games

371st
Rec
4981st
Rec Yds
43rd
Rec TD
472nd
Targets
124.51st
Yds/Gm
27.62nd
Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

1.3237th
EPA / target
3.1 yd1st
Avg separation
6.1 yd
Avg cushion
0.76th
YAC over exp
80.0%
Catch %

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 17 · Dallas Cowboys · 2020
Oklahoma (Big 12)
Taken
#17
where he actually went
Consensus board
13th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#21
among WR in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2017-2019 · 41 games
172 rec, 3,338 yds, 32 TD, 19.4 yds/rec

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out
4.5s
40 yd
11 reps
Bench
34.5"
Vertical
124"
Broad

CeeDee Lamb Fantasy Outlook

CeeDee Lamb scored 110 PPR points, 27.6 per game this season. Compare him against any WR and track weekly rankings in our fantasy tools.

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