Pat Bryant

WR·

Denver Broncos·#13·6'2"·204 lb·Rookie·Illinois

Tier 1Round 3, pick 74 in 2025

Updated November 4, 2026

69.2

Model Score

Down from 70.7 last year

Trade value ·a 6th

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Pat Bryant has 9 catches, 133 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 4 games for the Denver Broncos this season through Week 8, 7.5 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 1.5 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 consistent but unspectacular fourth receiver stuck in a crowd.

The case for

Illinois senior 984-yard, 10-touchdown line is meaningful Big Ten production. 3rd-round draft slot and 6'2"/204 frame establish a defined boundary WR profile.
Wks 8 and 11 2025 produced 12 and 13.2 PPR. Eight consecutive weeks above 4 PPR shows the role is real, not empty.

The worry

Rookie tier 8 finish with no week above 13.2 PPR shows the production has been consistent but unspectacular. Sean Payton's offense distributes targets evenly, which caps individual WR3 ceilings.
Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims Jr., and Troy Franklin all have meaningful 2026 reserved snap shares. The path to a defined WR3 role is narrow.

What to watch: Whether his 2026 target share clears 4 per game with Marvin Mims Jr.'s expected role evolution.

Full take and bio

The 2025 #87 (tier 8) rookie finish reflects what a 3rd-round complementary WR looks like in a crowded Denver room. The game log is genuinely consistent (Wks 8-18 produced 12, 4, 5.3, 13.2, 7.2, 7.2, 9.2, 7.1 PPR) with two double-digit spike weeks. Behind Sutton, Mims, and Franklin he is structurally the WR4/5 piece, and the 2026 trajectory depends on injuries opening the room above him.

Bryant came out of Illinois as Denver's 3rd-round pick (74th overall) in 2025 after a senior season that produced 54 catches for 984 yards and 10 touchdowns at the Big Ten level. At 6'2" and 204 pounds he profiles as a possession boundary WR with reliable hands and above-average route-running discipline. Denver drafted him as a complement to Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims Jr., and Troy Franklin in Sean Payton's expanding offensive scheme around Bo Nix.

Comps

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

Marvin Mims Jr. ’2476%

Brandon LaFell ’1180%

Dontayvion Wicks ’2373%

Jakobi Meyers ’1971%

Plays like: Henry Ellard, Byron Pringle, Stedman Bailey. Built like: Kendrick Bourne, Malik Heath, Jarrett Boykin.

Pat Bryant Injury StatusIR

Pat Bryant is listed on injured reserve (Ankle), reported Oct 9, with a return date of Nov 8. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.