Rome Odunze

Chicago Bears·#15UNDERPAID

Pos WRHt 6'3"Wt 215 lbExp 1 yrCollege Washington

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Model Score

78.6 MODEL

2024

65.6

2025

78.6

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 →

Season Stats · 12 games

4449th

Rec

66139th

Rec Yds

617th

Rec TD

9136th

Targets

55.134th

Yds/Gm

12.226th

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

1.5447th

EPA / target

3.0 yd36th

Avg separation

6.5 yd

Avg cushion

1.319th

YAC over exp

47.9%

Catch %

STM Take

Odunze climbed from STTM #62 tier 8 as a rookie to #13 tier 2 in his second year, the cleanest sophomore jump in the top-15 WRs. The 2025 game log has 20.6 (Wk 10) and 18.4 (Wk 8) PPR ceilings but also a 0 PPR (Wk 9); the floor games come when Caleb Williams's tier-5 QB rank produces a bad day. The 2024 first-round draft capital is now paying off.

Odunze was born in Orem, Utah, moved to Las Vegas at three, attended Bishop Gorman, and led the NCAA in receiving yards in 2023 as a consensus All-American at Washington. He was a CFP national title runner-up that year. Chicago took him ninth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. Career line is 98 catches for 1,395 yards and 9 TDs across two seasons.

Strengths

49-rank year-over-year jump; the largest sophomore breakout among the top-25 WRs.
Two-year career line of 98-1,395-9 at age 23 is on pace for a tier-1 ceiling once the QB room stabilizes.

Concerns

Caleb Williams's STTM #17 tier 5 QB finish in 2025 capped the air-share; the offense is still developing.
Recent game log shows multiple sub-7 PPR weeks; the floor games come when Williams sits or game-scripts go run-heavy.

What to watch: Whether Caleb Williams jumps to tier 3 or better in year three; Odunze's tier-1 ceiling needs a real QB tier-1.