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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CLE | 16 | 107 | 72 | 731 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 186.4 |
| Career | — | 16 | 107 | 72 | 731 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 186.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Gronkowski | TE | 2021 | 0.715 | 19.1 | 11 seasons · ended age 32 | 10 | 2054 | 1568 |
| Jeremy Shockey | TE | 2011 | 0.699 | 11.5 | 10 seasons · ended age 31 | 9 | 1335 | 985 |
| Aaron Hernandez washed out | TE | 2012 | 0.762 | 14.5 | 3 seasons · ended age 23 | 2 | 489 | 341 |
| Kaden Smith washed out | TE | 2023 | 0.703 | 4.1 | 3 seasons · ended age 24 | 2 | 107 | 35 |
| Vernon Davis | TE | 2019 | 0.569 | 13.0 | 14 seasons · ended age 35 | 13 | 1689 | 1278 |
| Greg Olsen | TE | 2020 | 0.541 | 13.1 | 14 seasons · ended age 35 | 13 | 1931 | 1417 |
| Jordan Reed washed out | TE | 2020 | 0.614 | 14.1 | 7 seasons · ended age 30 | 6 | 851 | 663 |
| Heath Miller | TE | 2015 | 0.541 | 10.8 | 11 seasons · ended age 33 | 10 | 1519 | 1114 |
| Jermaine Gresham | TE | 2018 | 0.578 | 9.9 | 9 seasons · ended age 30 | 8 | 915 | 700 |
| Jason Witten | TE | 2020 | 0.458 | 14.3 | 17 seasons · ended age 38 | 16 | 2921 | 2073 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 952.
rookie_nfl_fp_arc
Projection path: rookie_peak_anchored
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.564
Comp pool washed-out rate: 40% (8/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 790 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 798. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 1,702 | 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) | 0 | 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) | 1,337 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.712 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 0.533 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(952 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 952 × 0.533) 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) | 1.000 | 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. played full most-recent season |
| = Final production score | 952 | Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page. |
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