
Michael Pittman Jr.
Player Info
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Rankings
Analysis
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Player Info
Team
Indianapolis Colts
School
USC
Experience
5
Position
WR
Age
27.7
Drafted
2020 (RD2-P34)
Contract Info
Status
Signed
Cap Hit
$23,000,000
Expires In
2027
Statistics
Week
Opp
Target
Rec
Rec Yds
Yds/Rec
Rec TD
Team Tgt%
Rush Att
Rush Yds
Rush TD
Snap%
Pts
Rank
1
HOU
8
4
31
7.8
0
42.1
0
0
0
88.9
7.1
WR58
2
GB
7
3
21
7
0
22.6
0
0
0
85.7
5.1
WR62
3
CHI
5
4
36
9
0
27.8
0
0
0
83.9
7.6
WR54
4
PIT
9
6
113
18.8
0
32.1
0
0
0
87.9
17.3
WR20
5
JAC
8
5
37
7.4
1
17.8
0
0
0
88.6
14.7
WR22
6
TEN
5
3
35
11.7
1
13.9
0
0
0
80
12.5
WR28
7
MIA
5
3
63
21
0
22.7
0
0
0
88.7
9.3
WR37
8
HOU
6
1
16
16
0
19.4
0
0
0
95.3
2.6
WR93
9
MIN
4
1
14
14
0
14.8
0
0
0
75.9
2.4
WR86
11
NYJ
8
5
46
9.2
0
28.6
0
0
0
87.1
9.6
WR44
12
DET
7
6
96
16
0
28
0
0
0
74.5
15.6
WR16
13
NE
7
5
42
8.4
0
29.2
0
0
0
91.9
9.2
WR48
15
DEN
9
6
58
9.7
0
25
0
0
0
96.1
9.8
WR40
16
TEN
3
2
19
9.5
0
27.3
0
0
0
98.4
3.9
WR86
17
NYG
10
9
109
12.1
1
27
0
0
0
93.5
25.9
WR9
18
JAC
10
6
72
12
0
25.6
0
0
0
91
13.2
WR33
This player has not yet recorded any stats for this season.
Year
Team
Age
GP
Targets
Rec
Rec Yds
Yds/Rec
Team Tgt%
Total TDs
Snap%
Points
PPG
Rank
2024
IND
27
16
111
69
808
11.7
24.3
3
83.2
165.8
10.36
WR41
2023
IND
26
16
156
109
1152
10.6
30.5
4
86.3
250.2
15.64
WR13
2022
IND
25
16
141
99
925
9.3
25.6
4
92.5
216.5
13.53
WR20
2021
IND
24
17
129
88
1082
12.3
25.7
6
88
238.6
14.04
WR17
2020
IND
23
13
61
40
503
12.6
14.1
1
64.1
98.9
7.61
WR78
This player has not yet recorded any stats for his career.
Rankings
Week 1
MIA
Overall
ECR
106
100
Positional
ECR
WR43
WR41
FLEX
ECR
76
71
2025 Season
Overall
ECR
105
108
Positional
ECR
WR43
WR44
FLEX
ECR
95
96
Dynasty
Overall
ECR
91
110
Positional
ECR
WR41
WR41
FLEX
ECR
67
67
Player Analysis
August 16, 2024
Zach Rizzuto
Despite playing just two full games and parts of two more with Anthony Richardson at quarterback, Pittman Jr. was able to put up new career highs in fantasy points per game (15.7), targets (156), receptions (109), and receiving yards (1152). That was thanks to serviceable quarterback play from Gardner Minshew, who did his job in propping up Pittman to the 5th-highest target share (28.1%) and a very respectable 2.19 yards per route run (24th) among WRs to run 100 or more routes in 2023. Prior to being concussed in Week 15 against the Steelers, Pittman was one of the league's most productive PPR receivers - he racked up at least 8 or more receptions in 10 of his 13 games through Week 14. He's been one of the better-kept secrets in fantasy football since entering the league in 2020, a result of disastrous QB play over a three-year span that featured the likes of Philip Rivers, Carson Wentz, and Nick Foles taking snaps through the 2022 season. With a healthy Anthony Richardson and Shane Steichen spearheading the offense, though, Pittman has a chance to break free of his backup QB shackles and push for the first top-12 finish of his career. One thing to note with Steichen: he's called offenses that ranked inside the top-10 in overall passing rate (2019 and 2020 with LAC) and top-3 in overall rushing rate (2021 and 2022 with PHI). He's demonstrated that he'll tailor his offense to the skillset of his backfield, and with Richardson under center and Jonathan Taylor lining up behind him, there's a chance we see something closer to the run-heavy schemes of Steichen's days in Philly than the pass-heavy scheme he deployed with the Chargers. The addition of Adonai Mitchell in the draft adds an explosive playmaker to a WR room that also features a quality second-year slot receiver in Josh Downs, but neither of them figure to drain enough targets from Pittman's share in 2024 to warrant any real concern for a receiver that ranked 9th in targets per route run(0.29) in 2023. However, there is an unexpected range of outcomes with Richardson at QB; it's worth noting that only 59.1% of Pittman's 22 targets from Richardson (27% target share) were caught, and in their two full games together, Pittman had catchable target rates of 89% and 25%. We could be in for a bumpy ride.
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