
Draft Note by John Paulsen
Wilson is one of the most talented receivers in the league playing in an offense that hasn’t let him cook. His 97th-percentile ESPN OPEN score is among the very best in the sample–he creates clean separation as well as anyone. His 2025 ended after seven games with injury, but in those games he averaged 11.6 points per game (WR15 pace). The Jets have 99 vacated WR targets entering 2026–37.2 percent of the team's WR target share–which is a significant opportunity for a receiver who has never had consistent volume. Geno Smith arrives as a legitimate upgrade: he's not elite, but he's functional, accurate enough to find open receivers, and far less likely to leave Wilson wide open while throwing into coverage elsewhere. At WR17 with an early-fourth-round ADP, Wilson's value assumes he continues to produce at the same level, and that may not take into account his pending QB upgrade. A healthy Wilson with a usable quarterback and the Jets' expanded target vacancy is a legitimate top-15 wide receiver.
Garrett Wilson
- WR
- , New York Jets
- 26
- 183 lbs
- 6' 0"
- Ohio State
- 37
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Wilson is one of the most talented receivers in the league playing in an offense that hasn’t let him cook. His 97th-percentile ESPN OPEN score is among the very best in the sample–he creates clean separation as well as anyone. His 2025 ended after seven games with injury, but in those games he averaged 11.6 points per game (WR15 pace). The Jets have 99 vacated WR targets entering 2026–37.2 percent of the team's WR target share–which is a significant opportunity for a receiver who has never had consistent volume. Geno Smith arrives as a legitimate upgrade: he's not elite, but he's functional, accurate enough to find open receivers, and far less likely to leave Wilson wide open while throwing into coverage elsewhere. At WR17 with an early-fourth-round ADP, Wilson's value assumes he continues to produce at the same level, and that may not take into account his pending QB upgrade. A healthy Wilson with a usable quarterback and the Jets' expanded target vacancy is a legitimate top-15 wide receiver.
2026 Strength of Schedule - NYJ
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 @TEN | 20 GB | 29 @DET | 31 @CHI | 9 CLE | 22 @NE | 27 MIA | 8 LV | 10 @KC | 6 BUF | 14 @LAC | 27 @MIA | BYE | 15 DEN | 5 @ARI | 22 NE | 1 MIN | 6 @BUF |
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 | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | 7 | 95 | 1 | 9 | 13.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.5 | 19.00 | 22.5 | 64/64 | 100.0% |
| 2 | BUF | 4 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 7.00 | 9.0 | 44/47 | 93.6% |
| 3 | @TB | 10 | 84 | 1 | 13 | 8.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.4 | 19.40 | 24.4 | 69/69 | 100.0% |
| 4 | @MIA | 6 | 82 | 1 | 8 | 13.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.2 | 17.20 | 20.2 | 62/63 | 98.4% |
| 5 | DAL | 6 | 71 | 1 | 10 | 11.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 13.1 | 16.10 | 19.1 | 77/82 | 93.9% |
| 6 | DEN | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 2.80 | 4.3 | 48/57 | 84.2% |
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Injury Details (w7)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | CAR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w8)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | @CIN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w9)
Status: Questionable Injury: Knee | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w10)
Status: Probable Injury: Knee | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 19/49 | 38.8% |
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Injury Details (w11)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | @NE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w12)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | @BAL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w13)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | ATL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w14)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | MIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w15)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | @JAX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w16)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | @NO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w17)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | NE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | @BUF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Per game | 5.14 | 56.43 | 0.57 | 8.43 | 10.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.07 | 11.64 | 14.21 | 54.71/61.57 | 86.99% | |
| Totals | 36 | 395 | 4 | 59 | 10.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 63.5 | 81.5 | 99.5 | 383/431 | 86.99% | |






