Chris Godwin Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Chris Godwin
WR
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Age: 28
Weight: 209 lbs
Height: 6' 1"

ADP: 74
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
14.3	83	1	8	0

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

In his seventh season, Chris Godwin turned 130 targets into 83 catches, 1,024 yards, and two touchdowns. The Bucs played him mostly outside (~38% slot) after he ran 70%+ of his routes out of the slot in both 2021 (WR12) and 2022 (WR20). They are reportedly moving him back to the slot this season, which is good news. Last year, Godwin averaged 1.71 fantasy points per slot target versus just 1.03 fantasy points per non-slot target, so moving back to the slot should boost his production at this point in his career. He may also benefit from positive touchdown regression as he only caught two touchdowns with an expectation of 5.3 touchdowns. Keep in mind that those top-20 fantasy finishes came with Tom Brady at quarterback, and the team’s passing pie as a whole is much smaller with Baker Mayfield under center. With Mayfield, Godwin looks like more of a WR3 than the fantasy WR2 he was with Brady.

Latest news

Buccaneers Beat: Jalen McMillian could play outside in 3-WR sets

Ian Hartitz on X

Aug 12 · 9:30 AM EDT

Jalen McMillan lined up out wide on 7 of his 10 snaps on Sunday — good news for his potential to start early in three-WR sets.

Related players: Chris Godwin, Mike Evans, Trey Palmer, Sterling Shepard

Fantasy Impact:

With Evans on the outside and Godwin expected to be back in a full-time slot role this season, it leaves the other outside position up for grabs. Palmer flashed at times last season in the WR3 role, but, McMillan was drafted this past spring and looks to have a serious shot at taking that outside role, which would give him a boost in value heading into drafts.

Scouting report

by Bill Riccette

· Aug 01 · 9:00 AM EDT

TB WR Chris Godwin - 2024 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Chris Godwin posted his third straight 1,000-yard season as Baker Mayfield helped boost the offense after replacing Tom Brady. Godwin is also expected to go back to seeing more work out of the slot, a similar role to that of Cooper Kupp now that Liam Coen is the offensive coordinator for the Bucs. Coen was once OC for the Rams.

Fantasy Downside

Godwin had just three total touchdowns last season and has six total touchdowns in the last two seasons. He also still has Mike Evans on the field, who built a strong connection with Mayfield last season.

2024 Bottom Line

Godwin is still quite fine in Tampa and moving back to the slot will help. But now, also given the touchdown output, Godwin is a WR3 with upside.

2024 Strength of Schedule - TB

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
29 WAS	32 @DET	5 DEN	28 PHI	11 @ATL	15 @NO	9 BAL	11 ATL	3 @KC	16 SF	BYE	21 @NYG	2 @CAR	19 LV	31 @LAC	7 @DAL	2 CAR	15 NO

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	YPC	STD	0.5 PPR	PPR	Snaps	%
1	WAS	8	83	1	8	10.38	0	0.00	14.3	18.30	22.3	50/64	78.1%
Per game			8.00	83.00	1.00	8.00	10.38	0	0.00	14.30	18.30	22.30	50.00/64.00	78.13%
Totals			8	83	1	8	10.38	0	0.00	14.3	18.3	22.3	50/64	78.13%

Previous Games vs. DET


Season	Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	STD	0.5 PPR	PPR	Snaps	%
2023	6	DET	6	77	0	7	12.83	0	0	0	0	7.7	10.70	13.7	47/56	83.93%
2020	16	@DET	5	84	1	9	16.80	0	0	0	0	14.4	16.90	19.4	51/77	66.23%
2019	15	@DET	5	121	0	7	24.20	0	0	0	0	12.1	14.60	17.1	46/75	61.33%
2017	14	DET	5	68	0	6	13.60	0	0	0	0	6.8	9.30	11.8	40/71	56.34%
Average					5.25	87.50	0.25	7.25	16.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.25	12.88	15.50	46.00/69.75	66.96%

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