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Jaylin Noel

WR·Houston Texans·#13·5'11"·200 lb·Rookie·Iowa State
Round 3, pick 79 in 2025
Updated November 4, 2026
72.8
Model Score
Up from 72.4 last year
Trade value ·a 5th

Jaylin Noel has 19 catches, 331 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in 7 games for the Houston Texans this season through Week 8, 9.5 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

A career-high 72.8 this season, up from 72.4.

708072.820252026

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 →

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: James Lofton, Michael Irvin, Irving Fryar. Built like: Kadarius Toney, Freddie Mitchell, Keshawn Martin. Coming out: Devin Duvernay, Kadarius Toney, Steve Smith.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 1 star, 4 starters, 10 backups, 5 didn't stick.

Jaylin Noel Injury StatusIR

Jaylin Noel is listed on injured reserve (Toe), reported Oct 28, with a return date of Feb 15. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 7 games

Rec19
Rec Yds331
Rec TD2
Targets23
Yds/Gm47.3
Fantasy PPG9.5
EPA / target1.081
Avg separation4.3 yd
Avg cushion8.0 yd
YAC over exp0.8
Catch %60.0%

9.5 fantasy points a game, 67 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$1.5M
APY
$1.6M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$1.3M
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2025
Est. Value
$3.6M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Draft & College

Round 3, pick 79 to the Houston Texans in 2025, out of Iowa State (Big 12). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#79
Consensus board64th
Our college model#155 WR

In college, 2021-2024, 49 games: 245 rec, 2,902 yds, 18 TD, 11.8 yds/rec. Coming out: RAS 9.75, 4.39s 40 yd, 41" vertical, 134" broad.

Recruited

Class of 2021 · Receiver · High school: Park Hill, Kansas City, MO

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 837 in the nation. Composite 0.8630, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Iowa State

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2021 class are still being added.

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