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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DET | 13 | 35 | 20 | 349 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.9 |
| 2021 | DET | 5 | 22 | 15 | 204 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.4 |
| 2022 | DET | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Career | — | 22 | 60 | 37 | 568 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Givens washed out | WR | 2007 | 0.780 | 8.9 | 5 seasons · ended age 26 | 3 | 362 | 252 |
| Clyde Goodnight ⏳ 1947 washed out | WR | 1948 | 0.773 | 8.4 | 3 seasons · ended age 24 | 1 | 198 | 65 |
| Pierre Garcon | WR | 2018 | 0.769 | 12.8 | 11 seasons · ended age 32 | 9 | 1466 | 1120 |
| Clyde Conner ⏳ 1957 washed out | WR | 1963 | 0.762 | 7.4 | 6 seasons · ended age 29 | 4 | 366 | 238 |
| Michael Irvin ⏳ 1989 | WR | 1999 | 0.762 | 12.6 | 12 seasons · ended age 33 | 10 | 1676 | 1244 |
| Ty Montgomery | WR | 2023 | 0.761 | 9.0 | 8 seasons · ended age 30 | 6 | 417 | 226 |
| Reggie Williams washed out | WR | 2008 | 0.760 | 8.0 | 5 seasons · ended age 25 | 2 | 463 | 221 |
| Travis Taylor washed out | WR | 2008 | 0.754 | 7.7 | 7 seasons · ended age 27 | 4 | 676 | 358 |
| Damian Williams washed out | WR | 2014 | 0.751 | 5.4 | 4 seasons · ended age 25 | 2 | 234 | 82 |
| James Washington washed out | WR | 2022 | 0.750 | 6.2 | 4 seasons · ended age 25 | 2 | 327 | 162 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 80.
fantasy_arc_v2
Projection path: peak_anchored
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.751
Comp pool washed-out rate: 65% (13/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 401 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 424. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 777 | 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) | 381 | 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) | 401 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.450 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 0.567 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(180 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 180 × 0.567) 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) | 0.450 | 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. missed 4 full seasons (last played 2021) |
| = Final production score | 80 | Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page. |
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