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John Metchie III

WR·Carolina Panthers·#13·5'11"·204 lb·4th year·Alabama
Round 2, pick 44 in 2022
Updated November 6, 2026
67.3
Model Score
Down from 70.6 last year
Trade value ·a 7th
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John Metchie III has 12 catches, 114 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 5 games for the Carolina Panthers this season through Week 8, 5.9 PPR points a game (updated November 6, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 3.3 from last season.

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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.

Julian Edelman ’1278%Desmond Howard ’9575%Keshawn Martin ’1578%Kevin Curtis ’0676%Devin Hester ’1075%

Plays like: Haywood Jeffires, Bobby Engram, Antonio Chatman. Built like: Roman Wilson, Jalen Nailor, Shelton Gibson.

John Metchie III Props This Weekvs DEN Sun Nov 8

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Anytime TD+900 Fanatics

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John Metchie III Injury StatusNot listed

John Metchie III is not on the injury report as of Nov 6. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 5 games

Rec12
Rec Yds114
Rec TD1
Targets21
Yds/Gm22.8
Fantasy PPG5.9
EPA / target1.122
Avg separation2.7 yd
Avg cushion4.9 yd
YAC over exp0.4
Catch %50.0%

5.9 fantasy points a game, 29 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
$1.9M
APY
$1.9M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$1.0M
Years on Deal
1
Signed
2026
Est. Value
$1.8M/yr

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

Fantasy outlookWeek 9

This week he hosts DEN, projecting 4.7 points a game from here.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.

Draft & College

Round 2, pick 44 to the Houston Texans in 2022, out of Alabama (SEC).

Taken#44
Our college model#113 WR

In college, 2019-2021, 28 games: 136 rec, 1,766 yds, 11 TD, 13.0 yds/rec.

Recruited

Class of 2019 · Receiver · High school: The Peddie School, Brampton, ON

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 262 in the nation. Composite 0.9084, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Alabama

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2019 class are still being added.

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