WR#5
Josh Palmer
gsis_id 00-0036988
BUF
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Separation
- 2.58 yd
- Cushion
- 5.49 yd
- YAC above expectation
- 0.08
- Avg YAC
- 2.92
- Share of intended air yards
- 19.1%
- Catch rate
- 47.8%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 0
- Drops
- 0
- Drop rate
- 0.0%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 75.6
- Interceptions on targets
- 2
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 37 | 22 | 303 | 0 | 6.7 | 0.102 | 0.25 | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2024 | 15 | 65 | 39 | 584 | 1 | 27.3 | 0.146 | 0.39 | 0 | 107.4 |
| 2023 | 10 | 61 | 38 | 581 | 2 | 8.5 | 0.177 | 0.44 | 6 | 106.7 |
| 2022 | 17 | 113 | 74 | 800 | 3 | 23.0 | 0.165 | 0.41 | 4 | 174.4 |
| 2021 | 15 | 49 | 33 | 353 | 4 | 12.5 | 0.086 | 0.20 | 6 | 92.9 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- College
- Tennessee (Southeastern Conference)
- Draft
- 2021 · Rd 3 · Pk 77 · LAC
- Rookie season
- 2021
- Experience
- 6 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 19 · Out · Ankle · practice: Did Not Participate In Practice
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via crosswalk:name+birth_date
71 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2024 · WR cohort of 96
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified WR in 2024; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Xavier LegetteWR · CAR · distance 0.21
- Separation
- 2.62
- Cushion
- 6.36
- YAC over expected
- 0.06
- Share of air yards
- 24.7
- Catch rate
- 58.3
Jalen TolbertWR · DAL · distance 0.24
- Separation
- 2.72
- Cushion
- 6.54
- YAC over expected
- 0.10
- Share of air yards
- 20.3
- Catch rate
- 62.0
Tre TuckerWR · LV · distance 0.39
- Separation
- 2.80
- Cushion
- 6.16
- YAC over expected
- -0.02
- Share of air yards
- 24.7
- Catch rate
- 58.0
Romeo DoubsWR · GB · distance 0.40
- Separation
- 2.57
- Cushion
- 6.09
- YAC over expected
- 0.20
- Share of air yards
- 22.3
- Catch rate
- 63.9
Michael PittmanWR · IND · distance 0.44
- Separation
- 2.84
- Cushion
- 6.58
- YAC over expected
- 0.79
- Share of air yards
- 23.0
- Catch rate
- 62.2
Josh Palmer baseline
- Separation
- 2.56
- Cushion
- 6.61
- YAC over expected
- 0.14
- Share of air yards
- 23.4
- Catch rate
- 60.0