PFFs lead draft analyst Mike Renner said that Young was the second prospect he felt comfortable calling a future Hall of Famer coming out of college, joining only Quenton Nelson. A couple of young receivers seem ready to explode! Expect him to put up even bigger numbers in Year 3 with, Its easy to get dispirited with Smith-Schuster after the 2019 season, attributing all his struggles in his third season to the fact that, wasnt there to draw away attention. McCaffrey is the ideal modern NFL running back. The percentage of accurate passes he received dropped from 61.4% in 2017 and 2018 to 50.8% in 2019. For 225 PPR fantasy points per year (roughly top-24 production), the average age was 27 with 80% of peak seasons falling within the age range of 23-30. If we wanted to expand this list out to 12 names, we could add 1,000-yard receivers: Lets even move the list up to 20 namesthe top-20 receivers in the NFL right nowby adding eight more. 29: 505: 17.4: 36.1: 2: 0: 0: 0.0: 0: Billy Van Heusen: 14: 15 . That's because in his final season, 1995, he played one game for the Rams as a 41-year-old. Its merely meant to serve as a nod to the leagues best young players across all positions, and it considers PFF grades, signature stats and team impact over the course of the players' respective NFL careers. Ryan was the 2016 NFL MVP and has been a consistent producer over 12 seasons. Consider not only the career lifespans of players like Rice and Moss, who we know transcend almost all other receivers to come along in the last 50 years, but also the likes of really really good wideouts like Reggie Wayne, Hines Ward, Donald Driver, and Derrick Mason: Before we even get to the modern era, Ill pose this question to you: Do you expect Cooper Kupp to play 14 seasons with the Rams? If youre looking for a pure runner, there are few players in the league right now that I would take over Chubb. 9. McCaffrey joins Alvin Kamara and Todd Gurley as the only three backs with 1,000 rushing yards between the tackles and 1,500 receiving yards over the last three seasons. Whether it is dynasty or redraft understanding when the cliff typically comes for a fantasy asset is key to staying ahead of the game. Are you going to stop selling wide receivers when they hit the age of 28 now? There are sure to be outliers, but again, do not unload wide receivers who are 28- or 29-year-old studs. His numbers werent just impressive compared to rookies, either. Hayward has become one of the game's most consistent cornerbacks since joining the Chargers in 2016. Go back to the year 1999, the season in which Kurt Warner changed everything just so that he could one day inspire a movie that be directly targeted to Brenda and Kurt Warner, and of the 26 players to cross the 1,000-yard threshold, seven were at least 30 years of age: Jimmy Smith*, Tim Brown*, Cris Carter*, Rocket Ismail, Tony Martin, Ed McCaffrey, and Terance Mathis. One of the biggest ones Id questioned was the timeline in which a player declined. Youll take that as an NFL team 10 times out of 10. In his first season with New England, Bourne caught 55 passes for 800 yards and five touchdowns in 17 games. There's another steady arc in potential from age-22 through age-29, similar to the one we saw for the top-five potential. Is there a player falling down draft boards due to his age and perceived drop-off? Big Ben is coming back in 2020 after missing most of 2019 to an elbow injury. Thomas got back on track in his first season in Baltimore after missing most of 2018 due to a fractured leg. Since turning 30, Green has struggled to stay healthy and when hes on the field hes nowhere near the dominant presence he once was; even with a resurgence in Arizona this year, Green is still not one of the top 40 players at his position. Not the 1,500-yard player that some of his peers were, Baldwin no less was setup for long-term success like a Derrick Mason would be in the decades before him. Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup and CeeDee Lamb may be the top trio in all of the NFL. Top 5 WRs age 30+AJ Green, 718 yardsThielen, 686Beasley, 640M Jones, 624E Sanders, 606WRs turning 30 next year:D AdamsK AllenLockettHopkinsWoodsOBJLandryTurning 29KuppDiggsCooksEvansGolladayWatkins. It gets pretty ugly after the age-32 season, though, as just 4-of-64 receivers finished as top-12 receivers. Since he was drafted in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft, no running back has graded out higher than Chubb as a rusher. Sutton wasnt sniffing this list after a rookie season where he earned just a 63.8 overall grade and dropped nine passes (second most in the NFL). Godwin was another easy choice here. The first- and second-year wide receivers in particular have great upside for their current ADP . Below is a list of age 30+ wide receivers and where they finish in PPG in 2020 vs. 2021 ADP for redraft. Thielen is hoping to rebound in 2019 after he suffered through a nagging hamstring injury last year. Again, age-33 is the end for a wide receivers WR1 days, as just two of 56 wide receivers were able to finish as a WR1. Some of this downfall has to be attributed to injuries, which is part of getting older, but that only strengthens the point that wide receivers are getting pushed out of the league at an earlier rate than ever: one bad injury can end a career now, not necessarily because the tank is empty but because the team assumes less risk by replacing said veteran through the draftand the draft is not only more rich with wideout talent than ever, but teams are also looking for pass-catchers at tight end and running back more than previously. Here are the 25 best players regardless of the position they play who will be under 25 years old by Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season, using September 10 as the presumed cutoff date. The Stafford Effect could mean that Cooper Kupp just gets to be a much more dominant player for a few years and barring an injury, what would hold him back? Today, well talk about the wide receiver position. According to the source, the average career length is about 3.3 years for players across the NFL. Here are the top 10 receivers in the AFC West heading into the 2022 season: 10. Cooper Kupp is shift team certified pic.twitter.com/bO9RDMh2GU. Miller is one of the first pass rushers NFL fans think of because of his longevity and consistency, with eight Pro Bowls in nine seasons. The New York Giants are planning to release wide receiver Kenny Golladay after two seasons with the team, . However, The average NFL career for an offensive lineman is about three-and-a-half years. He's entering his age 30 season. Read about the tight ends here. Heyward is entering his age 31 season. Hilton (32), Antonio Brown (33), A.J. Dez spent his entire 20s with the Cowboys, peaking in 2014 when he was 26-years-old: 88 receptions, 1,320 yards, 16 TD. Here's a look at the 30 best NFL players in their 30s heading into the 2020 season. Down from 26-percent only a couple of years earlier. 29 year old wide receivers in the afc. Moore hasnt had the best of quarterback circumstances, given that he's had to deal with an injured Cam Newton and an uninspiring Kyle Allen/Will Grier duo for much of 2019, but hes been able to produce despite those limitations, putting up a receiving grade over 80.0 across his first two NFL seasons. His accomplished career includes two MVPs, one Super Bowl and eight Pro Bowls. There are a lot of things to like about his ability to stick with NFL wide receivers. By doing that, were making it a stronger study, though its important to note that if we included everyone, the numbers would strongly help the older wide receivers who stuck around in the league, but we wanted to make this an even playing field. Sutton dropped just three of his 115 targets last season. He did much of the same upon his return to the field in 2019 (82.5 overall grade), and its hard to see him not playing at that same level next season. The Rams drafted Van Jefferson in the second round in 2020 and have already gotten a taste of how the offense can operate with him starting over Woods; it would be surprising if the team sees Woods as a $15 million receiver coming off of ACL surgery. Patrick Peterson, CB, Cardinals. He is just another player on the list of recent Saints draft hits. 9. Only five years ago, 26-percent of 1,000-yard receivers were at least 30 years old. The final question you need to ask yourself is 92% of Julio Jones better than 100% of Amari Cooper in the 4th round of your fantasy draft? Mecole Hardman, Chiefs. The third-year receiver is only 24 years old and has shown flashes of being a dangerous weapon. A more magnified peak is in the 25 to 29 range, where 57 percent of peak seasons reside. Ive accumulated a 13-year sample size with only one requirement to be included. He has three 1,000 yard seasons over the last four years as he enters his age 31 season. Wes Welker. @Real10jayy__ is only the 5th rookie WR in the Super Bowl era with 1,000 Rec Yards and 10 Rec TD. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Matthew Slater is the oldest wide receiver this season. It's no coincidence that the Saints run defense improved markedly after Davis was added in 2018. Upside is clearly ramped up for wide receivers from age 21 all the way up to age 27, with an odd dip at age 28, then the biggest number of them all at age-29, as a whopping 11.6 percent of 29-year-old receivers have finished top-five, more than three percent higher than the next best mark. window.PLAYERCARDS_CONFIG={affiliateCode:"fpros_cards"}; Copyright 2010- FantasyPros.com The drop issue that plagued him as a rookie was eradicated, as well. Of the 69 wide receivers to play at age 29, weve watched 11.6 percent of them finish as a top-five fantasy option, the highest mark on the chart, putting the idea that wide receivers fall off at age 28 to bed. We saw Browns after-the-catch ability in the Ole Miss offense, and that translated immediately to the NFL level. Cousins is a strong second-tier quarterback in the NFL, and his play has improved since moving from Washington to Minnesota. (Dec. 19, 2010) pic.twitter.com/tcQOG44Dm3, (Fitzgerald fits in the mold with Moss, Rice, and his career went 17 seasons, all with Cardinalshes currently 38). The years sampled were 2011-2020 for the wide receiver position only. Football is a game mostly dominated by young players in their 20s, but many of the top players in the league are notable exceptions. [Editors note: Subscribe to PFF ELITE today to gain access to PFFs Premium Stats and new Player Grades experience in addition to the 2020 NFL Draft Guide, 2020 Fantasy Rookie Scouting Report, PFF Greenline, all of PFFs premium article content and more.]. Tight Ends. Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Sports Images. Its the trait hell use to run most of the routes hes asked to run. This is the list of rookies with receiving grades of 80.0 or higher on 250 or more routes over the past 10 years: Odell Beckham Jr., Keenan Allen, Michael Thomas, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Doug Baldwin and the two 2019 rookies A.J. Those players do not exist like they did 20, 10, or even five years ago. What wide receivers are 29 years old? All three players can beat you deep, take a. Surely these players would be valuable for many more seasons to come, if history was any indication of what we could expect in the future. Finally, the drop off isnt as steep as we might have thought. Hes put up three consecutive seasons with overall grades of 73.0 or higher on 750 or more defensive snaps, and that culminated in an 82.5 coverage grade this past season that ranked sixth among qualifying cornerbacks. Those players were Jordy Nelson, Julian Edelman, Pierre Garcon, Fitzgerald, Mike Wallace, and DeSean Jackson, all names that most football fans are completely familiar with and they were playing just a decade after that Hines Ward/Reggie Wayne list that I mentioned earlier. However, when they do, we can still see some level of production as they produce at roughly 75% vs. age 25-29. He ran a 4.33 40 yard dash coming out of college and has kept that speed throughout his NFL career. Mike Tagliere is a featured writer at FantasyPros. Hes been particularly dangerous over the middle of the field. The only way to test whether this was true was to go through a large sample size of data. The fourth overall pick in 2011, Green had every right to at least be the next Andre Johnson. Players who are age-32 and beyond this season are: Golden Tate, Emmanuel Sanders, and Julian Edelman. This chart identifies when a player may lose some of that elite potential. Youve stumbled upon the correct article. Smith is one of the anchors of Minnesota's excellent defense, making his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl in 2019. Ive accumulated a 14-year sample size with only one requirement to be included. His 17.2% pressure rate trailed only his brother, Joey Bosa, and the aforementioned Smith among rookies with 250 or more pass-rushing snaps over that same time frame. Green (33), and Emmanuel Sanders (34). Who else then? Reggie Wayne, Randy Moss, Hines Ward, Donald Driver, Chad Johnson, and Derrick Mason were all at least 31, and had at least 1,000 yards. Slayton has four games of 20 or more fantasy points in his young career. You don't currently have any notifications, Dont give up on Julio Jones just yet, dynasty managers. His 110 missed tackles forced are more than any other player, and his 1,980 rushing yards after contact are fewer than only Derrick Henry. He's made five Pro Bowls and been an All-Pro twice, with four consecutive 1,000 yard seasons. Thats a lot of turnover and I guarantee that they will be on average, much younger than the 2021 list. There are certain topics that come up throughout a fantasy owners life cycle that force him to question everything hes heard. Lattimore is part of the talented group of secondary players who were taken in the 2017 NFL Draft, and if you look back over his first three years in the NFL, his PFF grade of 84.9 ranks 10th at the cornerback position. As you can see for the wide receiver position there is no major drop off. Peterson is coming off the worst year of his career at age 29, but hopes the transition to his 30s holds a brighter future. Wants to chat with Jack Doyle first, as well. Jefferson is now a 23-year-old with 196 catches, 3,016 yards, and 17 touchdowns in his career. Wide receivers age 25-29 peak at age 26 but they remain stable up until their age 30 campaign. Seth Trachtman is a fantasy sports expert and diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan. Youngs mention here was earned here by just how dominant of a prospect he was hes the best edge defender prospect that PFF has scouted since 2014. Unreal snag by Robert Woods pic.twitter.com/XmhQidpeXf. Brown quickly showed he was already one of the better receivers in the league in that regard as a rookie in 2019. Kupp has a salary cap hit of $18.3 million next season and he isnt going anywhere. Like Jamal Adams, James is a versatile defender who can produce high-quality play in all phases of the game, as evidenced by his 80.0-plus grades in run defense, coverage and as a blitzer as a rookie. Davante Adams, 29 Deebo Samuel, 25 Tyreek Hill, 27 Ja'Marr Chase, 21 Keenan Allen, 29 Stefon Diggs, 28 Combined with Kupp and Jefferson, that's eight solid receivers that virtually everyone. And looking closer, it was just two receivers who accomplished that, though they both did it twice (Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Owens), and are both Hall of Famers. . Its a smaller sample size, sure, but seeing 34-year-olds posting top-24 numbers 38.9 percent of the time, the highest mark on the chart, it gives the older guys hope. Moore has earned 62 targets on slant and in-routes since 2018 (fourth most in NFL), and his 94.9 receiving grade on those routes trails only Deandre Hopkins and Michael Thomas. Hilton was the Wide Receiver 22 weeks 9-17. Drafted only three years apart, the two receivers are separated by six years of age and both would be consensus picks on anybodys current list of the top-10 players at that position. He's on a streak of three consecutive Pro Bowls and has been an All-Pro in two of the last three seasons with a combined 29 sacks over that time. Thats what happens when a wide receiver challenges for MVP and Offensive Player of the Year; its not like being Aaron Donald or a quarterback, very few players lead the NFL in receiving more than once. window.PLAYERCARDS_CONFIG={affiliateCode:"fpros_cards"}; Copyright 2010- FantasyPros.com Hes been particularly adept pushing the ball down the field, with top-five marks in passing grade and yards per attempt (14.6) on passes thrown 20 or more yards downfield over the last two years. For 225 PPR fantasy points per year (roughly top-24 production), the average age was 27 with 80% of peak seasons falling within the age range of, Although the sample sizes for NFL wide receivers grows smaller as age increases, readers can apply this data to fantasy drafts because Mike Tagliere shows that wide receivers do not significantly decline until the age of, For truly elite (250+ PPR points) production, 68% of elite seasons are from players between the ages of. Turning 29 has not been kind: Wide receivers showing rapid decline, Rams facilities given a D+ grade in NFLPA survey, In a recent NFLPA survey, the Rams facilities were given a D+ grade by the players. Then last season, at 31, Julio started to show signs of decline with the Falcons. Ok, but Antonio Brown is an (insert insult)! . Wide receivers often take time to develop, so it makes sense to see just 81-of-208 (38.9 percent) receivers finish as top-36 options in-between the ages of 21-23, then seeing that number spike to 44.7 percent in their age-24-25 seasons. Wilson continues to be one of the NFL's best quarterbacks, making his sixth Pro Bowl last year and ending on the short list of Hall of Fame candidates. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. After removing the players with less than 50 targets, were left with a total of 1,080 individual seasons, more than enough for a conclusion. After one year in LA, Wagner is looking for his third team in three years, Jalen Carter news shakes NFL Draft plans for all 32 teams, Carter is wanted in connection with a deadly crash in Georgia. Brandon Cooks already has an impressive 44 catches for 694 yards, a 15.8 yards per catch. What age do NFL wide receivers peak? Allen Robinson will be 29 years old in August, and the wide receiver's list of starting quarterbacks he has played with are Blake Bortles, Mitchell Trubisky, Nick Foles, Andy Dalton and a. Heyward has been an overpowering defensive lineman for most of his career and has played his best football recently. His 2.89 receiving yards per route run trailed only George Kittle at the tight end position in 2019, and he was one of three qualifying tight ends to put up an average depth of target of 11 yards or more, joining Jared Cook and Mike Gesicki. Here are the links to the study on other positions: Although the sample sizes for NFL wide receivers grows smaller as age increases, readers can apply this data to fantasy drafts because Mike Tagliere shows that wide receivers do not significantly decline until the age of 33 or 34, meaning that drafters need not shy away from most older players. In fact, their prime might be in-between 29 and 31. 6 years later, we're still trying to figure out HOW @obj made this catch. Kupp went from 65 yards per game with Jared Goff last season to 116 yards per game with Matthew Stafford this season. Emailed daily. This Sundays game between the Rams and Vikings will feature the top two receivers in the NFL in receiving yards, each on one end of the twenties spectrum: Cooper Kupp has 1,625 yards at age 28, Justin Jefferson has 1,335 yards at age 22. The number of those players who were at least 30 went from two to three to five, then back down to three. It gets really ugly after that, though, as just 4-of-68 wide receivers who played at. The Steelers didnt have a first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, but thats because they spent it on a 23-year-old safety whose 84.4 overall grade ranked sixth at the position after landing in Pittsburgh prior to Week 3. However, the data says otherwise which means many people can find great value in both redraft and dynasty. Barkleys inclusion on this list is based on the obvious talent he showcased as a rookie in 2018 rather than the relatively disappointing, injury-plagued sophomore campaign we saw from him this past season. McLaurin entered the NFL landscape last season as an older rookie a third-round pick with limited expectations. Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is still one of the best. Updated September 08, 2021 After earning grades of 81.9 in 2017 and 80.4 in 2018, Godwin took his game one step further this past season, breaching the elite at the position. That mainly comes down to the fact that getting Chubb to the ground has been much easier said than done. Read about the running backs here Browns downfall began during the Steelers-Raiders-Patriots mayhem of 2019 and since then his numbers are: 14 games, 78 catches, 957 yards in three seasons. In saying nothing negative at all about Cooper Kupp whatsoever, I am confident that 2021 will be the best season of his career. If theres one reason to sell, it should be when a wide receiver is 30 or 31 years old and youre not going to be competing for two years. Bryan Edwards, Raiders. He's posted over 100 tackles in consecutive seasons and was an All-Pro at age 30 last year, with 111 tackles, four sacks and 12 passes defensed. Just last year, Alexanders 20 forced incompletions were second at the cornerback position behind Carlton Davis. Next year is a big year for JuJu to prove last season was an aberration, but were going to give him the benefit of the doubt after two strong seasons to open his career. So the percentage of 1,000-yard wideouts went from 12.5-percent in 2010 to 26.3-percent in 2012, but then fell back to 13-percent in 2013. Rice caught 1,023 career passes after turning 30: Skip forward to 2009, a decade after the GSOT, when Game of Throws became Game of Thrones, elder statesmen wideouts were still able to thrive in the NFL. When will Rams pick center of the future? His 16 forced missed tackles after the catch were a top-five mark at the position, as well. Brown, etc. Maybe you do. Mahomes is among the five best quarterbacks in the NFL in negatively graded throw rate since 2018. In 2001, 10 receivers of that age crossed over 1,000 yards, including 39-year-old Jerry Rice: 83 catches on 125 targets, 1,139 yards, 9 touchdowns. 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Receivers arent allowed to push off defenders. Sutton stepped into the No. He has now graded above 70.0 in each of his first four NFL seasons and is coming off back-to-back years with pass-rushing grades above 87.0. Quickness is what a wide receiver will use more often than speed. Running Backs No position has seen more growth in the past two decades than wide receiver. He quickly crushed those expectations, turning into the bonified top option in the Redskins passing attack. If you want a deeper dive, we have included more information later in the article. Dallas is the top unit because of its top three wide receivers. Some will say that its skewed results due to the players who are still playing at that age are likely top-notch, but you mustnt forget that we removed all players with less than 50 targets from every age. His return to the field will give the Browns a boost as they look to realize the lofty expectations that they had heading into the 2019 season. He is coming off a 2019 season that earned a 96.0 overall grade, and he produced two consecutive seasons with an elite pass-rushing grade (90.0-plus) and over 50 quarterback pressures. The 26-year-old has become one of the Patriots most-reliable receivers. Kelce's brother, Travis, gets most of the attention in this prodigious football family, but Jason could have a better Hall of Fame case at the moment. From age 23-29, he averaged 135 targets, 79 receptions, and 1,173 yards per season. Gone are the days when two-receiver sets were the staple of the NFL , as t eams lining up in trips, four-wideout looks . Justin Johnson sorts through the wide receiver corps of the NFC East. At the same time, this is easily the most talented group of wide receivers they have had in years. This doesnt look anything like the running back chart. If youre in a dynasty league and nobody wants those players, take advantage of that. 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