Bryan Edwards, Raiders. Just last year, Alexanders 20 forced incompletions were second at the cornerback position behind Carlton Davis. window.PLAYERCARDS_CONFIG={affiliateCode:"fpros_cards"}; Copyright 2010- FantasyPros.com All rights reserved. He is coming off a 2019 season that earned a 96.0 overall grade, and he produced two consecutive seasons with an elite pass-rushing grade (90.0-plus) and over 50 quarterback pressures. Allen Robinson will be 29 years old in August, and the wide receiver's list of starting quarterbacks he has played with are Blake Bortles, Mitchell Trubisky, Nick Foles, Andy Dalton and a. Following that dip to only thirteen 1,000-yard wideouts in 2017, the number went back up to 18 in 2018, then 25 (nearly double the 2017 total) in 2019. He finished last year with 4,466 yards passing and 26 touchdowns at age 34. Jackson doesnt get enough appreciation for how solid hes been to start his NFL career. Even Stafford saw it happen when he played with perhaps the most respected wide receiver of the century. Gronk is set to come out of retirement to join the Bucs in 2020. Are you looking to contact Customer Support about a subscription or account related question? Wide receivers are in their prime fantasy years from age-25 through age-32, according to this chart. There have been trade talks and speculation surrounding Adams as he awaits a contract extension, but he deserves to get paid. He had 1,077 yards when he was 29, but missed three games. McCaffrey is the ideal modern NFL running back. He was traded to the Titans for basically a second round pick and here are his numbers with Tennessee: nine games, 26 receptions, 376 yards, 0 TD. Running Backs He will be 34 before Week 1, and the new Raven has made three consecutive Pro Bowls, including two double-digit sack seasons in Jacksonville. It gets pretty ugly after the age-32 season, though, as just 4-of-64 receivers finished as top-12 receivers. Tight Ends. Dunlap has been one of the more overlooked defensive linemen in the league for much of his 10-year career in Cincy. Even at 29-years-old, he's still one of the best wide receivers in the league. Dallas is the top unit because of its top three wide receivers. Wide Rest of Season Strength of Schedules, Wide Receiver Fantasy Points Scored Slot vs. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Edwards is the No. 29 year old wide receivers in the afc. Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Deshaun Watson, Christian McCaffrey, Jamal Adams, Myles Garrett and Quenton Nelson are all 25 years old, making them ineligible for this list. If there's one reason to sell, it should be when a wide receiver is 30 or 31 years old . This chart clearly shows that a wide receiver holds tons of value through his age 31 season, though thats where we start to see a drop-off in elite production. Wilson continues to be one of the NFL's best quarterbacks, making his sixth Pro Bowl last year and ending on the short list of Hall of Fame candidates. For more from Mike, check out hisarchiveand follow him@MikeTagliereNFL. Beckham will likely spend next summer looking for the right fit for my talents instead of being subject to a bidding war for his services and that says A LOT. When you breakdown the production 25-29 vs. 30-34 wide receivers age 30-34 still produce at just over 92% in points and PPG vs. their late 20 counterparts. Through Week 11, his 91.6 pass-rushing grade ranked first among qualifying edge defenders, and his 25% pass-rush win rate trailed only Joey Bosa and J.J. Watt. You dont want to make a habit of letting multi-faceted, elite defenders like him walk. Of the 69 wide receivers to play at age 29, weve watched 11.6 percent of them finish as a top-five fantasy option, the highest mark on the chart, putting the idea that wide receivers fall off at age 28 to bed. pic.twitter.com/WrhsYbFYCD. Some fantasy owners want safety on their roster, even if they know the player may not offer WR1-type upside. The 31-year-old has made six consecutive Pro Bowls and finished last season with 99 catches for 1,394 yards and six touchdowns. But then, turning 30 was not necessarily even the really big concern for a wideout then. His two-year contested-target percentage and forced incompletion rate both rank among the top 10 players at the position. Wagner has been one of the constants on Seattle's defense since 2012 and has been an All-Pro in five of the last six seasons. He is just another player on the list of recent Saints draft hits. Suttons 83.1 PFF grade was a top-10 mark at the wide receiver position in 2019. If theres someone in your dynasty league who wants to sell a wide receiver because hes rebuilding, take advantage and buy wide receivers in the 27-30 age range, as thats arguably their prime. Brown, D.K. From ages 25-30, Jones consistently crossed over 1,400 yards and he averaged: 103 receptions, 1,564 yards, 6 TDs. Here are the links to the study on other positions: Unreal snag by Robert Woods pic.twitter.com/XmhQidpeXf. Wide receivers dont necessarily have to be straight speed demons although it certainly doesnt hurt if theyre blazing fast. If this chart wont convince you, nothing will. There are things youre told when you start playing fantasy football that you believe to be true. Players who are getting close to that mark: Julio Jones (31) and T.Y. The Ravens have one of the most talented secondaries in the NFL, and Humphrey has been a big part of that group. This list is meant to recognize the young players who figure to be the face of the game for years to come. In 2001, 10 receivers of that age crossed over 1,000 yards, including 39-year-old Jerry Rice: 83 catches on 125 targets, 1,139 yards, 9 touchdowns. Like we always promise we will give you the high-level data first and you can take it for what it is worth. Wide receivers dont necessarily have to be straight speed demons although it certainly doesnt hurt if theyre blazing fast. Here's a look at the 30 best NFL players in their 30s heading into the 2020 season. Credit where credit is due, though. The team will have to decide whether or not to keep Woods at a salary of $15.7 million, release Woods prior to June 1st for $3.6 million in savings, release Woods with post-June 1 for $10 million in savings, or renegotiate a new deal with Woods to lower his salary cap. Meanwhile once they hit 30 instead of a steep decline, we find a slight drop in fantasy production, but it quickly stabilizes similarly to wide receivers in their late 20s. Ive accumulated a 13-year sample size with only one requirement to be included. In 2019 alone, he played 75 or more snaps at edge defender, in the box, in the slot and deep at free safety, and he did it all well. He forced 42 missed tackles as a runner in 2019, more than double that of the next closest quarterback (Josh Allen, 20). Read about the tight ends here. In conclusion it seems that once a wide receiver hits age 30 the narrative is to fade them in drafts. Hes put up three consecutive seasons with overall grades of 73.0 or higher on 750 or more defensive snaps, and that culminated in an 82.5 coverage grade this past season that ranked sixth among qualifying cornerbacks. Sutton wasnt sniffing this list after a rookie season where he earned just a 63.8 overall grade and dropped nine passes (second most in the NFL). Ryan was the 2016 NFL MVP and has been a consistent producer over 12 seasons. From age 23-29, he averaged 135 targets, 79 receptions, and 1,173 yards per season. Barkleys inclusion on this list is based on the obvious talent he showcased as a rookie in 2018 rather than the relatively disappointing, injury-plagued sophomore campaign we saw from him this past season. He has now graded above 70.0 in each of his first four NFL seasons and is coming off back-to-back years with pass-rushing grades above 87.0. Meanwhile once they hit 30 instead of a steep decline, we find a slight drop in fantasy production, but it quickly stabilizes similarly to wide receivers in their late 20s. This is a rudimentary way of evaluating wide receiver value: But it really doesnt matter if you want to be arbitrary or if you want to hide behind a security blanket called analytics, the name of the game is no different: Theres no way to slice this bread and not have it tell you that the average age of a good wide receiveror at least the wide receivers being employed and targeted most oftenhas gone down SIGNIFICANTLY in the last 20 years and even in the last five years. Watson isnt without his faults namely his penchant for holding on to the ball too long and inviting pressure upon himself but that shouldnt detract from the fact that he has been one of the leagues best quarterbacks over the last two seasons, ranking seventh in PFF grade among qualifiers over that period. Down from 26-percent only a couple of years earlier. A person with knowledge of the situation had told . Thats where well start today, the wide receiver position. The Spartans ranked. The average NFL career for a wide receiver is a little more than two years. The only way to test whether this was true was to go through a large sample size of data. Top 5 WRs age 30+AJ Green, 718 yardsThielen, 686Beasley, 640M Jones, 624E Sanders, 606WRs turning 30 next year:D AdamsK AllenLockettHopkinsWoodsOBJLandryTurning 29KuppDiggsCooksEvansGolladayWatkins. @Real10jayy__ is only the 5th rookie WR in the Super Bowl era with 1,000 Rec Yards and 10 Rec TD. And these are the good wide receivers. After removing the players with less than 50 targets, were left with a total of 1,080 individual seasons, more than enough for a conclusion. Over eight seasons with the Chargers, Ingram has 49 sacks, including 24.5 sacks over the last three years. Youll take that as an NFL team 10 times out of 10. The percentage of accurate passes he received dropped from 61.4% in 2017 and 2018 to 50.8% in 2019. The percentage of accurate passes he received dropped from 61.4% in 2017 and 2018 to 50.8% in 2019. The New York Giants have told wide receiver Kenny Golladay he will be released after two horrible seasons. Go back to the year 1999, the season in which Kurt Warner changed everything just so that he could one day inspire a movie that be directly targeted to Brenda and Kurt Warner, and of the 26 players to cross the 1,000-yard threshold, seven were at least 30 years of age: Jimmy Smith*, Tim Brown*, Cris Carter*, Rocket Ismail, Tony Martin, Ed McCaffrey, and Terance Mathis. Which is quite a statement. In fact, their prime might be in-between 29 and 31. From a talent standpoint, the NFL is in a good place. As a free safety, Williams doesnt see the ball come his way all that often as the primary coverage defender, but he has put up at least eight combined interceptions and pass breakups (on 25 or fewer targets) in both 2017 and 2019. He had a league-leading 159 tackles last year and is entering his age 30 season. Tate is out of the NFL this year, so his career ended at 32. Who could have had a better argument as the next Chad Johnson or a mini-me version of Terrell Owens? Whenever I hear such stereotypes, I want to do my best to set the record straight. Brown quickly showed he was already one of the better receivers in the league in that regard as a rookie in 2019. Since turning 30, Green has struggled to stay healthy and when hes on the field hes nowhere near the dominant presence he once was; even with a resurgence in Arizona this year, Green is still not one of the top 40 players at his position. This Sundays game between the Rams and Vikings will feature the top two receivers in the NFL in receiving yards, each on one end of the twenties spectrum: Cooper Kupp has 1,625 yards at age 28, Justin Jefferson has 1,335 yards at age 22. Brandon Cooks already has an impressive 44 catches for 694 yards, a 15.8 yards per catch. For 225 PPR fantasy points per year (roughly top-24 production), the average age was 27 with 80% of peak seasons falling within the age range of 23-30. Still, from former MVPs and Pro Bowlers to 2021 draftees, the group of players under 25 remains stacked. You don't currently have any notifications, Dont give up on Julio Jones just yet, dynasty managers. ), surely you have noticed what Ive noticed. His accomplished career includes two MVPs, one Super Bowl and eight Pro Bowls. The third-year receiver is only 24 years old and has shown flashes of being a dangerous weapon. Fine. The 29-year-old wideout will be released on March 15, which marks the first day of the new league year . After one year in LA, Wagner is looking for his third team in three years, Jalen Carter news shakes NFL Draft plans for all 32 teams, Carter is wanted in connection with a deadly crash in Georgia. Is there a player falling down draft boards due to his age and perceived drop-off? Maybe they went RB-heavy in the first few rounds and want to choose some high-floor options at wide receiver. He has 81.5 career sacks, including nine sacks along with 63 tackles last season. The 6'1 190 pound wide receiver will turn 29 this year. The wide receiver must have had 50 or more targets to be included in the sample, as this will eliminate players who never get a shot at a young age, and those who fizzled out of the league after a few years. He appeared in 16 games, catching 34 passes for 571 yards. The Rams drafted Van Jefferson in the second round in 2020 and have already gotten a taste of how the offense can operate with him starting over Woods; it would be surprising if the team sees Woods as a $15 million receiver coming off of ACL surgery. When you look at the company McLaurin is keeping when it comes to receiving grade as a rookie, its hard not to get excited about his prospects in 2020. The gregarious Kelce has established himself as one of the elite tight ends in football over seven seasons. Probably by a lot. Wide receivers dont decline after 28 years old from a fantasy perspective. Wide receivers dont decline after 28 years old from a fantasy perspective. Is there a player falling down draft boards due to his age and perceived drop-off? Relive this Cowboys vs. Giants game from 2014 tonight at 7pm ET on #FootballWeekNBCSN. I have no reason to believe Kupp wont finish out his deal, but seeing him get another contract beyond that is beginning to look like it will be more of an exception than an expectation. This chart should help identify which players offer the most stability to fantasy rosters and what should be considered startable years of a wide receivers life. Its tough to get into elite territory, and Im sure many would take WR1 production, right? The combined number of age-30 receivers among those 43 names: three. He's made two Pro Bowls in his career and is the clear No. Only one of those players was over 30: Fitzgerald, who had basically reformed his career into that of a possession receiver, dropping from 8.1 yards per target and 13.9 YPC between ages 21 and 28, to 6.9 yards per target and 10.7 YPC over ages 29-37. Again, the game we play doesnt care about whether or not a player is in his prime physical shape, because if it doesnt equal fantasy points, it doesnt matter to you, the fantasy player. . Jones is already a five-time Pro Bowler, and he led the NFL with 136 receptions in 2015. Jones needs little introduction as one of the most explosive wideouts in the NFL. Surely these players would be valuable for many more seasons to come, if history was any indication of what we could expect in the future. Dont expect that to change on a defense that should only get better in 2020. Maybe they will. Its hard to understate how impressive three consecutive seasons of 80.0 overall grades out of the gate is for a player like Garrett. Thielen is hoping to rebound in 2019 after he suffered through a nagging hamstring injury last year. Smith is one of the anchors of Minnesota's excellent defense, making his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl in 2019. Well go position-by-position to answer that question, as it varies. That means if you dont have a target baseline in the analysis then youre including a lot of young wide receivers who dont pan out. Wide. Modern NFL nose tackles are rarely anything more than space-eaters and early-down run-stuffers. Top-24? Miller is one of the first pass rushers NFL fans think of because of his longevity and consistency, with eight Pro Bowls in nine seasons. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants have told wide receiver Kenny Golladay he will be released after two horrible seasons. Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup and CeeDee Lamb may be the top trio in all of the NFL. Depending on what you want/need out of them, they really dont decline until theyre 33 years old. He's made three consecutive Pro Bowls, finishing last season with a career-high 15.5 sacks at age 30. There are certain topics that come up throughout a fantasy owners life cycle that force him to question everything hes heard. In fact, their prime might be in-between 29 and 31. Finally, Megatron had 88 catches for 1,214 yards when he was 30 and everyone assumed, Yeah, great, fineyouve only played nine seasons, SURELY you can play as long as Terrell Owens! Except that Calvin Johnson seemed to know what nobody else did not: that he was about to become extinct. Adams does it all on the Jets defense. Even then, you can likely get WR2 or WR3 production, as they have just as good of a shot as everyone else. At just 23 years of age, Andrews was the clear-cut top receiving option on the most efficient offense in the NFL last season. McCaffrey joins Alvin Kamara and Todd Gurley as the only three backs with 1,000 rushing yards between the tackles and 1,500 receiving yards over the last three seasons. That's because in his final season, 1995, he played one game for the Rams as a 41-year-old. Matthew Slater is the oldest wide receiver this season. There are a lot of things to like about his ability to stick with NFL wide receivers. He's consistently been a winner, with a career 86-41-1 regular season record and two Super Bowl appearances in eight seasons. Blame it on injuries if you want to, the fact is that one OBJ case would be an exception; when there isnt a single 30+ OBJ in the league, it means that the rule says: You cant be a wide receiver over 30 anymore. Are you looking to contact Customer Support about a subscription or account related question? Expect big things from McLaurin next year. Slot vs. Bosa did things as a rookie that we havent seen since the PFF era began in 2006. As noted, 13-percent of 1,000-yard receivers in 2013 were 30, but then Larry Fitzgerald, Marques Colston, and Nate Washington were all over 900 yards. Heyward has been an overpowering defensive lineman for most of his career and has played his best football recently. Ill start this out by saying that Alexander has had his fair share of losses at the catch point, which is why his grading has been good but not great thus far, but hes one of the more aggressive and skilled cornerbacks in the NFL when it comes to making plays on the ball. He put . Next year is a big year for JuJu to prove last season was an aberration, but were going to give him the benefit of the doubt after two strong seasons to open his career. Its a smaller sample size, sure, but seeing 34-year-olds posting top-24 numbers 38.9 percent of the time, the highest mark on the chart, it gives the older guys hope. Drafted only three years apart, the two receivers are separated by six years of age and both would be consensus picks on anybodys current list of the top-10 players at that position. For 225 PPR fantasy points per year (roughly top-24 production), the average age was 27 with 80% of peak seasons falling within the age range of 23-30. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Sources: Razzball.com, Pro Football Focus, Pro Football Reference, Football Outsiders and FFToday.com, Adam Thielen, Amari Cooper, Antonio Brown, Cole Beasley, Emmanuel Sanders, John Brown, Julio Jones, Marvin Jones Jr., T.Y. TL;DR: This article explores at which ages NFL wide receivers have their most productive seasons. PFFs lead draft analyst Mike Renner said that Young was the second prospect he felt comfortable calling a future Hall of Famer coming out of college, joining only Quenton Nelson. Expect him to put up even bigger numbers in Year 3 with Teddy Bridgewater at quarterback in Joe Bradys offense. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. At the same time, this is easily the most talented group of wide receivers they have had in years. Johnson is one of the league's most athletic and dominant offensive linemen, with three consecutive Pro Bowl appearances. However, they do need to be quick. He turns 32 in November. Maybe they went RB-heavy in the first few rounds and want to choose some high-floor options at wide receiver. Ive accumulated a 14-year sample size with only one requirement to be included. . Kelce's brother, Travis, gets most of the attention in this prodigious football family, but Jason could have a better Hall of Fame case at the moment. By doing that, were making it a stronger study, though its important to note that if we included everyone, the numbers would strongly help the older wide receivers who stuck around in the league, but we wanted to make this an even playing field. No position has seen more growth in the past two decades than wide receiver. No wide receiver has finished top-five in their age-21 season. NAME GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD; Don Hutson: 6: 55: 963: 17.5: 160.5: 12: Jim Benton: 5: 34 . Signed as a free agent by the Jaguars, Jones has 56 catches for 624 yards this season. He's posted over 100 tackles in consecutive seasons and was an All-Pro at age 30 last year, with 111 tackles, four sacks and 12 passes defensed. Brown, Will Fuller, Courtland Sutton) and who knows, we might see more than 20 new names in PFFs rankings to open next year. His most recent game with 90 or more yards was October 13, 2019. Similarly, he came close to leading the league in interceptions one year, recording an impressive eight interceptions during the same period. (via @NFLonCBS) Special. Do you expect Justin Jefferson to be capable of starting for the Vikings in 2033, when he will be 35? Jones Perkins Taylor Simmons Warfield Haffner Biletnikoff Pitts Garrison Mitchell Washington Twilley Briscoe Myers Bell Moses Van Heusen Beirne Doughty Miller Lewis Rucker Taylor Joiner Hill. Quickness is what a wide receiver will use more often than speed. See our ethics statement. He's coming off a season that saw him notch 1,138 yards and six touchdowns. If we wanted to expand this list out to 12 names, we could add 1,000-yard receivers: Lets even move the list up to 20 namesthe top-20 receivers in the NFL right nowby adding eight more. It's no coincidence that the Saints run defense improved markedly after Davis was added in 2018. It would appear age doesnt make a whole lot of difference to wide receivers, though we do see the number ramp up from their age-21 to age-26 season, highlighting when most are at the tail end of their rookie contract. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. This is a good time to remind everyone that JuJu Smith-Schuster is just 23 years old (will be 24 late this year). When does he stop offering top-12 upside? Injuries have nagged Watt over the last few years, but he remains elite when he's on the field. 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