Kalif Raymond
Chicago Bears·#14·5'9"·160 lb·10th year·Holy CrossKalif Raymond has 28 catches, 258 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 8 games for the Chicago Bears this season through Week 8, 7.9 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Up 0.7 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 special-teams ace with a bit part in the passing game.
The case for
- 1st-team All-Pro punt returner in 2023 plus Pro Bowl in 2024 establishes elite special-teams value that few WR4s match.
- Wk 16 2025's 16.2 PPR shows the spike-week ceiling when Detroit schemes him a target. Career-long Detroit tenure (5 seasons) means the institutional knowledge is real.
The worry
- Four straight tier 8 receiving finishes confirms the WR role is rotational, not defined. Two zero-PPR games in his 2025 sample (Wks 9, 11) show the floor when Detroit doesn't engineer his targets.
- Holy Cross UDFA pedigree plus age 30 means there is no upward receiving trajectory available. The role is permanent ST-specialist plus emergency WR depth.
What to watch: Whether Detroit retains him for 2026 as the primary punt returner or moves on with the Jameson Williams role expansion absorbing his snaps.
Full take and bio
Three straight tier 8 finishes (#74, #87, #92) define the receiving role: backup-tier production behind Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams. The 2025 game log has a Wk 16 16.2 PPR spike and Wk 18 8.2; the surrounding zeros and sub-3 PPR weeks confirm the WR3/4 reality. He stays employed for the special-teams value, not the receiving production.
Raymond came out of Holy Cross as an undrafted free agent in 2016 with Denver. He bounced through Denver, the Jets, Tennessee, and the Giants before landing with Detroit in 2021 where he became one of the league's best punt returners. He earned 1st-team All-Pro honors as a return specialist in 2023 and made the Pro Bowl in 2024. His receiving role has been steady WR4 across his Detroit tenure: tier 7 #56 in 2021 was his STTM high, with tier 8 finishes since.
Comps
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Kalif Raymond Injury StatusNot listed
Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 8 games
7.9 fantasy points a game, 64 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 Kalif Raymond at WR69 (the public consensus says WR65); the model has 62 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits SEA.
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Draft & College
Undrafted in 2016, out of Holy Cross.