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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | CLE | 16 | 60 | 32 | 386 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 94.7 |
| 2018 | CLE | 16 | 88 | 56 | 639 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 143.9 |
| 2019 | CLE | 4 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 |
| 2020 | CLE | 13 | 29 | 19 | 213 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2021 | CLE | 16 | 53 | 36 | 475 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 107.6 |
| 2022 | CLE | 14 | 80 | 58 | 628 | 4 | 2 | -8 | 142.0 |
| 2023 | CLE | 16 | 123 | 81 | 882 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 201.2 |
| 2024 | CLE | 11 | 97 | 64 | 505 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 144.5 |
| 2025 | CLE | 12 | 48 | 33 | 293 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 |
| Career | — | 118 | 588 | 384 | 4062 | 34 | 4 | -6 | 987.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martellus Bennett | TE | 2017 | 0.801 | 11.6 | 10 seasons · ended age 30 | 1 | 1055 | 55 |
| Kyle Rudolph | TE | 2022 | 0.786 | 10.2 | 12 seasons · ended age 33 | 4 | 1213 | 231 |
| Jeremy Shockey | TE | 2011 | 0.764 | 11.5 | 10 seasons · ended age 31 | 2 | 1335 | 202 |
| Heath Miller | TE | 2015 | 0.753 | 10.8 | 11 seasons · ended age 33 | 4 | 1519 | 567 |
| Todd Heap | TE | 2012 | 0.745 | 12.0 | 11 seasons · ended age 31 | 2 | 1274 | 186 |
| Jackie Smith ⏳ 1969 | TE | 1978 | 0.744 | 11.6 | 12 seasons · ended age 34 | 5 | 1300 | 389 |
| Ozzie Newsome ⏳ 1985 | TE | 1990 | 0.741 | 12.2 | 13 seasons · ended age 34 | 5 | 1550 | 302 |
| Brent Celek | TE | 2017 | 0.727 | 11.1 | 11 seasons · ended age 32 | 3 | 1079 | 133 |
| Ben Coates ⏳ 1998 | TE | 2000 | 0.690 | 11.9 | 9 seasons · ended age 31 | 2 | 1171 | 85 |
| Shannon Sharpe ⏳ 1997 | TE | 2003 | 0.683 | 12.6 | 13 seasons · ended age 35 | 6 | 1900 | 712 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 436.
fantasy_arc_v2
Projection path: peak_anchored
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.699
Comp pool washed-out rate: 0% (0/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 296 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 304. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 646 | 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) | 1,008 | 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) | 506 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 1.000 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 1.000 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(506 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 506 × 1.000) 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 | 436 | Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page. |
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