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 | CAR | 13 | 18 | 14 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39.8 |
| Career | — | 13 | 18 | 14 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Celek | TE | 2017 | 0.902 | 11.1 | 11 seasons · ended age 32 | 10 | 1079 | 877 |
| Anthony Fasano | TE | 2017 | 0.925 | 7.5 | 12 seasons · ended age 33 | 11 | 834 | 654 |
| Jared Cook | TE | 2021 | 0.797 | 10.4 | 13 seasons · ended age 34 | 12 | 1508 | 1126 |
| Nick Boyle washed out | TE | 2022 | 0.980 | 4.5 | 6 seasons · ended age 27 | 5 | 236 | 182 |
| Antonio Gates | TE | 2018 | 0.702 | 15.7 | 16 seasons · ended age 38 | 15 | 2767 | 2038 |
| George Wrighster washed out | TE | 2008 | 0.960 | 5.2 | 5 seasons · ended age 26 | 4 | 221 | 170 |
| Charles Clay | TE | 2019 | 0.849 | 10.3 | 9 seasons · ended age 30 | 8 | 868 | 701 |
| Jesper Horsted washed out | TE | 2023 | 0.865 | 3.0 | 4 seasons · ended age 26 | 3 | 44 | 22 |
| Jason Witten | TE | 2020 | 0.669 | 14.3 | 17 seasons · ended age 38 | 16 | 2921 | 2073 |
| Kyle Rudolph | TE | 2022 | 0.782 | 10.2 | 12 seasons · ended age 33 | 11 | 1213 | 929 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 407.
rookie_nfl_fp_arc
Projection path: rookie_comp_weighted
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.848
Comp pool washed-out rate: 45% (9/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 562 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 539. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 448 | 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) | 562 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.725 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 0.467 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(407 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 407 × 0.467) 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 | 407 | Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page. |
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