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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | IND | 12 | 26 | 18 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2024 | IND | 10 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Career | — | 22 | 34 | 22 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Bell | TE | 2023 | 0.964 | 2.3 | 7 seasons · ended age 32 | 5 | 125 | 74 |
| Gijon Robinson washed out | TE | 2010 | 0.929 | 2.5 | 3 seasons · ended age 26 | 1 | 62 | 10 |
| Xavier Grimble washed out | TE | 2020 | 0.919 | 2.5 | 3 seasons · ended age 26 | 1 | 60 | 14 |
| Ed Perry washed out | TE | 2005 | 0.918 | 2.1 | 5 seasons · ended age 30 | 3 | 53 | 0 |
| Brandon Bostick washed out | TE | 2016 | 0.910 | 2.0 | 3 seasons · ended age 27 | 1 | 46 | 14 |
| Tony Stewart washed out | TE | 2009 | 0.899 | 1.8 | 7 seasons · ended age 30 | 5 | 132 | 69 |
| Neal Sterling washed out | TE | 2018 | 0.882 | 2.8 | 3 seasons · ended age 26 | 1 | 45 | 10 |
| Jack Doyle | TE | 2021 | 0.868 | 9.7 | 9 seasons · ended age 31 | 6 | 681 | 550 |
| John Phillips washed out | TE | 2018 | 0.861 | 2.4 | 7 seasons · ended age 29 | 4 | 122 | 52 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons washed out | TE | 2009 | 0.858 | 2.9 | 7 seasons · ended age 29 | 4 | 178 | 87 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 23.
fantasy_arc_v2
Projection path: peak_anchored
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.872
Comp pool washed-out rate: 75% (15/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 116 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 96. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 230 | 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) | 144 | 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) | 116 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.393 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 0.600 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(46 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 46 × 0.600) 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) | 0.700 | 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 2025 season entirely (last played 2024) |
| = Final production score | 23 | Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page. |
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