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Zay Jones

WR •

Zay Jones

Active

Photo: nflverse / NFL.com
General Value1,450Recent production fallback • athlete profile +0.4% (career explosive index 56.9 (position #97))
Age30.0
Height6'2"
Weight200 lb
CollegeEast Carolina
Experience9 years

Current Sleeper availability

Injury & Availability

No active Sleeper designation
No active Sleeper designationSleeper currently lists no active injury designation for this player.
NFL roster statusActive
Current designationNone
Body areaNot specified
Practice participationNot reported
Designation since
Sleeper record updatedJuly 28, 2026 1:20 am
FLIQ checkedJuly 28, 2026 7:24 pm

Current availability is supplied by Sleeper’s player directory and is not a complete medical history. Sleeper’s documented player feed supplies status and practice context, not article headlines. No active designation does not mean the player has no prior injuries.

Complete athlete profile

Evaluation Evidence

Open and authorized data, normalized by position and kept separate from league scoring.

78%profile coverage
Athletic profile82th percentileCompared only with historical WR testing records
Dynasty value effect+0.4% value effectSmall supporting adjustment from athleticism, draft capital, breakout age, and explosive history; it fades with NFL experience
Weekly outlook inputsProjection + roleLeague scoring, expected usage, availability, and matchup drive weekly value—not workout testing
Speed70thBurst79thChange of direction86thShort-area quickness94thExplosion78th81PROFILE

Athletic shape

81th percentile profile

Every axis compares Zay Jones with historical WR testing records—not with every NFL position.

Signature strengthsShort-area quickness + Change of direction
4.45 sec71th percentile

40-yard dash

2017 WR class#8 of 25All-time WR#335 of 1161
15 repsBenchmark pending

Bench press

More same-position results needed
37 in66th percentile

Vertical jump

2017 WR class#6 of 25All-time WR#343 of 1008
133 in97th percentile

Broad jump

2017 WR class#3 of 25All-time WR#29 of 978
6.79 sec81th percentile

3-cone

2017 WR class#8 of 20All-time WR#138 of 716
4.01 sec94th percentile

20-yard shuttle

2017 WR class#3 of 20All-time WR#46 of 740
102.568th percentile

FLIQ speed score

2017 WR class#10 of 25All-time WR#374 of 1158
49.873th percentile

FLIQ burst score

2017 WR class#4 of 25All-time WR#259 of 965
10.890th percentile

FLIQ agility time

2017 WR class#6 of 20All-time WR#68 of 685
Compared withWRs at the same position2017 draft class and all synchronized historical testing records

Workout source: nflverse. Percentiles and comparison groups are independent FantasyLeagueIQ calculations; unavailable metrics are omitted rather than estimated.

NFL Draft Capital

Draft year2,017
Draft round2
Overall pick37
Draft teamBUF
Draft Age22
Draft CollegeEast Carolina

Source: nflverse. Draft capital affects dynasty only through a bounded, experience-decaying modifier.

Big-play ability + league scoring

Explosive Play Profile

Long-play efficiency, volume, repeatability, and the selected league’s bonus opportunities in one view.

56.9NFL Explosive IndexWR #97
Peak season58.9
Recent three-season form58.9
Latest season2025 • WR #88
Selected league bonus overlayNo explicit big-play bonuses
Long gains still earn normal yardage and touchdown points.
Plays behind the ratingHighest-impact imported nflverse evidence
2025 • Week 7 • vs GB
43-yard reception

(2:00) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass deep right to 17-Z.Jones ran ob at GB 41 for 43 yards. Penalty on GB-99-B.Sorrell, Defensive Offside, declined.

2.5 impact credits
2025 • Week 6 • vs IND
24-yard reception

(12:48) 68-K.Beachum reported in as eligible. 7-J.Brissett pass deep middle to 17-Z.Jones to IND 41 for 24 yards (53-G.Pratt).

1.0 impact credits
2025 • Week 7 • vs GB
24-yard reception

(1:28) (No Huddle, Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass deep middle to 17-Z.Jones to GB 45 for 24 yards (29-X.McKinney).

1.0 impact credits
2025 • Week 6 • vs IND
21-yard reception

(3:41) 7-J.Brissett pass deep right to 17-Z.Jones to IND 27 for 21 yards (35-J.Edwards).

1.0 impact credits
How the explosive profile and league overlay work

The NFL Explosive Index compares a player only with the same position. Its season model blends impact per opportunity, impact per game, positional share, long-touchdown rate, and longest gain; the career index blends 50% peak season, 30% recent three-season form, and 20% career share percentile. The league overlay reads synchronized Sleeper scoring for long-play and yardage-threshold bonuses. Those rules affect league-scored projections and fantasy value without rewriting the player’s league-neutral NFL explosiveness. Source: nflverse play-by-play and Sleeper league settings.

Availability + repeatability

Dependability Index

Two lenses, because weekly trust and dynasty durability are different questions.

Weekly dependability
59C

67% scoring-floor hit rate • 57% workload stability

Dynasty dependability
74B

61% three-year game availability • 3 seasons of evidence

How dependability is calculated

Weekly dependability blends recorded-game availability, how often the player clears 60% of his median fantasy output, and stability of attempts, carries, and targets. Dynasty dependability emphasizes three-year game availability and repeat seasons, with a small age-context adjustment. Scores use PPR scoring and do not treat ceiling as reliability.

2023 Production & Efficiency

Carries0
Targets64#60 of 127 WRs
Receptions34#68 of 127 WRs
Scrimmage yards321#82 of 104 WRs
Yards / touch9.44
Total TD2#62 of 104 WRs

NFL production supplied by nflverse. Same-position ranks include qualified players from the selected season. Volume ranks require 20 touches; yards per touch requires 50. Fantasy output elsewhere on this page is recalculated with standard PPR scoring.

How this affects value

Recent production fallback • athlete profile +0.4% (career explosive index 56.9 (position #97)). Athletic and draft inputs are supporting evidence—not a replacement for current projections, ECR, production, availability, or the selected league’s rules.

2026 Sleeper projection

Season Projection

Projected points0.00
Dynasty ADP
Projected pass/rush yards0
Projected TDs0
Standard PPR points78.10
Points per game8.68
Games9
Position rank#77

Standard PPR

Game Logs

WkOppLeague PtsPassingRushingReceivingFum
1IND16.507 tar • 5 rec • 55 yd • 1 TD0
2KC0.006 tar • 0 rec • 0 yd • 0 TD0
5BUF11.305 tar • 3 rec • 23 yd • 1 TD0
11TEN6.004 tar • 4 rec • 20 yd • 0 TD0
12HOU2.003 tar • 1 rec • 10 yd • 0 TD0
13CIN12.808 tar • 5 rec • 78 yd • 0 TD0
14CLE7.9014 tar • 5 rec • 29 yd • 0 TD0
15BAL10.908 tar • 5 rec • 59 yd • 0 TD0
18TEN10.709 tar • 6 rec • 47 yd • 0 TD0

Fallback statistics supplied by nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Standard PPR points calculated by FantasyLeagueIQ.

Standard PPR

Career by Season

YearGPointsPPGPassingRushingReceiving
20251630.301.8912 rec • 183 yd • 0 TD
2024616.402.738 rec • 84 yd • 0 TD
2023978.108.6834 rec • 321 yd • 2 TD
202216198.1012.3818 yd • 0 TD82 rec • 823 yd • 5 TD
202115105.907.063 yd • 0 TD47 rec • 546 yd • 1 TD
20201136.563.3229 yd • 0 TD14 rec • 154 yd • 1 TD

Imported Player Data

Every metric retains its source and effective context.

2017
Draft Age
22
Draft College
East Carolina
Draft Pick
37
Draft Round
2
Draft Team
BUF
Draft Year
2017
Workoutnflverse
2017
Agility Score
10.8
Bench
15
Broad Jump
133
Burst Score
49.8
Combine Height
6-2
Combine School
East Carolina
Combine Weight
201
Cone
6.79
Forty
4.45
Shuttle
4.01
Speed Score
102.514668
Vertical
36.5