Jerry Jeudy

WR·

Cleveland Browns·#3·6'1"·192 lb·6th year·Alabama

Tier 1Round 1, pick 15 in 2020

Updated November 4, 2026

72.0

Model Score

Up from 71.1 last year

Trade value ·a 7th

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Jerry Jeudy has 16 catches, 171 receiving yards and 0 touchdowns in 7 games for the Cleveland Browns this season through Week 8, 4.7 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

Up 0.9 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 polished route runner whose production lives and dies with his quarterback.

The case for

2018 Biletnikoff Award winner at Alabama plus 1st-round draft slot (15th overall) establishes a real ceiling profile. 2024 tier 5 (#36) with 1,229 receiving yards confirms WR2 production is available when the QB is competent.
Wk 14 2025's 16.6 PPR shows the route-running ceiling remains intact. Career receiving yards total 4,500+ across six seasons.

The worry

Five career tier 6-or-worse finishes (#52, #45, plus three tier 8 finishes) confirms the QB-dependent profile. The 2024 breakout was the outlier.
Six sub-6 PPR weeks in his 2025 sample (4.2, 5.6, 2.9, 5.1, 4.2, 4.2) shows the floor when the QB cannot reliably target the WR1 role.

What to watch: Whether the Browns settle on a real 2026 QB (Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel, or external addition) because Jeudy's tier 5 ceiling only sustains with competent QB play.

Full take and bio

The career arc is now clearly QB-driven. From 2024 tier 5 (#36) with 1,229 yards in Cleveland to 2025 tier 8 (#97) with the QB room collapsing is a one-year reversal that confirms the production depends entirely on competent QB play. The 2025 game log has one Wk 14 16.6 PPR spike against a backdrop of mostly sub-6 PPR weeks. The 2026 trajectory depends on whether Cleveland gets a real QB or whether the rebuild continues.

Jeudy came out of Alabama as Denver's 1st-round pick (15th overall) in 2020 after a junior season that won him the 2018 Biletnikoff Award alongside Tua Tagovailoa. His Denver career produced four seasons in tier 6-8 territory as the Broncos QB room cycled through Drew Lock, Teddy Bridgewater, and Russell Wilson. Cleveland traded for him in March 2024 and he immediately broke out to tier 5 #36 (90 catches for 1,229 yards) with the Browns. The 2025 #97 (tier 8) collapse came with Deshaun Watson injured and the Browns cycling through backup QBs.

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Roy Williams ’1187%Peerless Price ’0484%

Allen Hurns ’1973%

Rashod Bateman ’2664%Travis Taylor ’0564%

Plays like: Cody Core, Roddy White, Troy Williamson. Built like: Chris Hilton, Jonathan Holland, Rakim Jarrett. Coming out: Allen Hurns, Jared Abbrederis, Jeremy Maclin.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 1 star, 7 starters, 6 backups, 6 didn't stick.

Jerry Jeudy Props This Weekat NO Sun Nov 8

Market	Line	Over	Under
Receptions	2.5	+125 Bovada	-165 Bovada
Receiving yards	21.5	-115 Bovada	-115 Bovada
Anytime TD		+550 BetOnline

Best price across 9 books as of Mon Nov 2. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room

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Jerry Jeudy Injury StatusNot listed

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 7 games

Rec16

Rec Yds171

Rec TD0

Targets24

Yds/Gm24.4

Fantasy PPG4.7

EPA / target0.620

Avg separation2.3 yd

Avg cushion5.0 yd

YAC over exp-1.5

Catch %42.9%

4.7 fantasy points a game, 33 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

$10.4M

APY

$17.5M/yr

Guaranteed at Signing

$41.0M

Years on Deal

Signed

2024

Est. Value

$12.2M/yr

overpaid by $5.3M/yr

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 Jerry Jeudy at WR83 (the public consensus says WR86); the model has 59 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits NO.

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