Season-by-season production from Pro Football Reference, with fantasy points computed under Superflex PPR (1 PPR · 4 pt pass TD · 6 pt rush/rec TD · −2 INT · −2 fumble). Career totals on the bottom row.
| Year | Team | GP | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | Rush Att | Rush Yds | FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IND | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | IND | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 |
| Career | — | 19 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
The top-10 most similar long-arc NFL players matched by fantasy-point production curve at this career stage. Each comp's "Peak 3yr fp/g" is their best 3-season fp/g average under Superflex PPR (era-pace-adjusted to modern). Similarity is bounded in (0, 1] — 1.0 means an identical career-stage profile vector. "Career" notes the comp's NFL longevity; the washed out badge flags comps whose career ended by age 30 with fewer than 8 NFL seasons (the engine’s bust definition). The ⏳ 1985 badge marks comps whose snapshot season predates 1999 — the corpus now spans 1980-2025, so Payton, Emmitt, Marcus Allen, Rice, Marino-era greats are eligible matches. Pre-1999 comps carry a 0.9× confidence haircut because era-pace adjustment is principled but not perfect.
| Comparable | Pos | Last season | Similarity | Peak 3yr fp/g | Career | Post-age seasons | Career fp | Projected pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Berlin washed out | WR | 2005 | 0.980 | 3.0 | 4 seasons · ended age 26 | 2 | 52 | 45 |
| David Reed washed out | WR | 2013 | 0.968 | 1.0 | 4 seasons · ended age 26 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| Larry Parker washed out | WR | 2001 | 0.964 | 3.1 | 3 seasons · ended age 25 | 1 | 38 | 34 |
| JoJo Natson washed out | WR | 2021 | 0.964 | 0.2 | 3 seasons · ended age 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Eddie Drummond washed out | WR | 2007 | 0.960 | 0.2 | 6 seasons · ended age 27 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Troy Walters | WR | 2007 | 0.954 | 3.5 | 8 seasons · ended age 31 | 7 | 220 | 185 |
| Matthew Slater | WR | 2023 | 0.946 | 0.2 | 16 seasons · ended age 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| Nate Jacquet washed out | WR | 2002 | 0.936 | 0.1 | 3 seasons · ended age 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Russell Shepard washed out | WR | 2019 | 0.934 | 4.6 | 6 seasons · ended age 28 | 4 | 161 | 140 |
| Alvis Whitted | WR | 2006 | 0.933 | 3.9 | 8 seasons · ended age 32 | 7 | 171 | 140 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 13.
fantasy_arc_v2
Projection path: comp_weighted
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.938
Comp pool washed-out rate: 80% (16/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 65 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 76. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 28 | The player's own peak-3yr-fp/g × expected games × horizon × 5%/yr time discount, capped at 1.25× the top single-comp projection. Used as a soft blend for elite-tier producers (60/40 comp-weighted / capped peak) so a Mahomes / Allen isn't fully dragged to the comp-pool mean. |
| Banked-credit floor (diagnostic only) | 18 | The v3.1 “dynasty equity” floor = career_total_fp × yrs-rem-weight + recent rate × short forward window. v3.3 no longer lets this override the projection — banked production is already realised, not “remaining.” Shown for transparency. |
| Raw projection (pre-penalty) | 65 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.300 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 0.633 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(20 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 20 × 0.633) when below baseline. |
| × Late-breakout penalty | 1.000 | QB-only. Scales by confidence so unproven late-breakout rookies only pay a fraction of the discount. |
| × Missed-season penalty (v3.3) | 0.862 | Multiplicative haircut for players who didn't play (or only played a partial slate) in the most recent NFL season. 0.70 for a full missed season, 0.85 for <8 games, 0.45 for two+ full missed seasons. only 11 of 17 games in 2025 (partial season — v3.7 scaled penalty) |
| = Final production score | 13 | Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page. |
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