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Puka Nacua

Los Angeles Rams#123 yrs expBYU; Washington74 · 216 lb
99Form
99Established
Elite creator#1 of 151 wide receivers
Games17last 17
Targets19411.4 a game
Catches14575% caught
Yards1814107 a game
TDs12
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 151 wide receivers

Elite volume, weak depth

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 99th percentileDepth: 22th percentileSeparation: 70th percentileAfter the catch: 85th percentileHands: 71th percentileEfficiency: 90th percentileVolume99thDepth22ndSeparation70thAfter the catch85thHands71stEfficiency90th
NacuaPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeEliteshare of team targets
32.1%99th pct
DepthBelow avgavg depth of target
8.6 yd22nd pct
SeparationAbove avgyards of separation at the catch
3.00 yd70th pct
After the catchAbove avgYAC over expected per catch
+1.3 yd85th pct
HandsAbove avgdrop rate
3.1% drops71st pct
EfficiencyEliteEPA per target
+0.4890th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

99: elite creator

One number for how well Nacua has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 99 (#1 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
80
Consistencyhow steady game to game
97
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
70
Trend, last 6 gamesCooling
Schedule facedSoft

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
The matchup · week 10 · LA at ARI

Where Nacua can hurt the Cardinals

How he gets his production, set against how the Cardinals have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

Puka Nacua · against ARI

The opening is underneath, not deep

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
64%
Intermediate
23%
Deep (20+)
13%
Left side
34%
Middle
23%
Right side
44%

How ARI defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
31st
Intermediate
21st
Deep (20+)
30th
Left side
29th
Middle
26th
Right side
31st
Yards after catch allowed
30th
Sack rate forced
23rd
The read
  1. Arizona rank 31st against short throws and 30th for yards after the catch allowed. Nacua takes 64% of his targets short and is 85th percentile after the catch.
  2. Work the right side: 44% of his targets go that way and Arizona rank 31st defending throws there.
  3. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

ARI's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Denzel Burke706.863%10.192
Will Johnson478.264%11.3103
Max Melton336.555%12.378
Garrett Williams3210.769%7.391

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–24 yds: 0 games025–49 yds: 1 games50–74 yds: 4 games5075–99 yds: 6 games100–124 yds: 0 games100125–149 yds: 2 games150–174 yds: 2 games150175–199 yds: 1 games200–224 yds: 0 games200225–249 yds: 1 games
17/17games with 40+ yds
16/17games with 60+ yds
10/17games with 80+ yds
6/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 11.4 targets25 wk 9: 825 wk 10: 625 wk 11: 825 wk 12: 1125 wk 13: 925 wk 14: 1125 wk 15: 1125 wk 16: 1625 wk 17: 1025 wk 18: 1126 wk 1: 926 wk 4: 1226 wk 5: 2426 wk 6: 726 wk 7: 1026 wk 8: 1226 wk 9: 1925 wk 926 wk 9
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPA
26 wk 9WAS19141501170+6.8
26 wk 8LAC121180118+2.7
26 wk 7LV10868157+5.1
26 wk 6ARI7680060+1.0
26 wk 5BUF24171381184+4.5
26 wk 4PHI1291250136+3.7
26 wk 1SF95740115-2.6
25 wk 18ARI111076144+9.6
25 wk 17ATL105471119+1.7
25 wk 16SEA16122252171+17.3
25 wk 15DET1191810148+15.8
25 wk 14ARI1171672146+11.1
25 wk 13CAR9672049-2.7
25 wk 12TB11797093+3.3
25 wk 11SEA8775059+0.1
25 wk 10SF6564128+9.5
25 wk 9NO8795181+5.5