2026 SEASON · WEEK 3

ACTIVE PLAYER PROFILE

Josh Downs

WR · IND · Active

Age 25College North CarolinaDepth PR #2

Cumulative season CFI70.8#10 of 88 · same-position season grade

Weekly CFI · Week 283.7#7 of 103 · same-position weekly grade

Predictive CFI—Available when the next game is published

Core Fantasy Index (CFX)—— · same-position rank

CFI history and comparable paths

Qualified weekly form plus the closest same-position index profiles

Same-position context

202357.6

202456.1

202536

202670.8

Josh DownsParker Washington · comparableKalif Raymond · comparableElic Ayomanor · comparable

Parker WashingtonJAX · 77.9 CFI Kalif RaymondCHI · 53.5 CFI Elic AyomanorTEN · 53.1 CFI

Weekly CFI history

Same-position percentile grade for each qualifying week in 2026. The season CFI above is the cumulative grade.

Week	Weekly CFI	Rank	Qualified players	Volume
1	58.7	#28	100	32
2	83.7	#7	103	30

Advanced Player Research

Production, usage, efficiency, and indexes for 2026

Fantasy Performance · 2026

PPR points19.9

Expected points19.37

Actual points19.9

Points over expected0.53

Advanced efficiency

receiving

plays: 13
epa per play: 0.89
Catch rate: 69.23%
Yards / target: 8.38
Yards / reception: 12.11
First downs / target: 61.54%
TDs / target: 0%
Average depth of target: 8.38
YAC / reception: 4.89
Target share: 21.9%
Air yards share: 31.49%
Weighted opportunity rating: 0.55
Routes run: 62
Yards / route run: 1.76
Targets / route: 19.35%
First downs / route: 12.9%
Contested catch rate: 66.67%
Drop rate: 0%
Average separation (yards): 2.65
Average cushion (yards): 4.33
YAC above expected / reception: 0.78

Weekly fantasy opportunity

● Actual● Expectedffopportunity · PPR

Core indexes · experimental v1.4

CoreFootball Index (CFI) #10 of 8870.8

Cumulative CFI uses the same qualified weekly grades shown in the leaderboard and weekly history, weighted by grading volume. A qualified season BTT signal can contribute for QBs after four graded games.

Weekly game log

Week	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs
1	5.7	5.7	4	2	37	0
2	14.2	14.2	9	7	72	0

Next Gen Stats · receiving

Average cushion (yards): 4.33
Average separation (yards): 2.65
avg intended air yards: 7.94
percent share of intended air yards: 29.7
Receptions: 9
Targets: 13
catch percentage: 69.23
yards: 109
rec touchdowns: 0
avg yac: 5.12
avg expected yac: 4.34
YAC above expected / reception: 0.78

Home and away

Production by game setting

Split	Games	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs
HomeSmall sample	1	5.7	5.7	4	2	37	0
AwaySmall sample	1	14.2	14.2	9	7	72	0

Indoor and outdoor

Production by game setting

Split	Games	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs
IndoorSmall sample	1	5.7	5.7	4	2	37	0
OutdoorSmall sample	1	14.2	14.2	9	7	72	0

Temperature

Production by game setting

Split	Games	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs
70°F and aboveSmall sample	1	14.2	14.2	9	7	72	0

Wind

Production by game setting

Split	Games	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs
10 mph and aboveSmall sample	1	14.2	14.2	9	7	72	0

Opponent history

Performance against opponents across imported seasons

Opponent	Games	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs	Last meeting
JAX	6	66.1	11	50	33	271	1	2025-12-28
HOU	5	53.7	10.7	27	17	299	1	2026-01-04
BALSmall sample	2	19.4	9.7	16	10	94	0	2026-09-13
LASmall sample	2	11.8	5.9	8	6	58	0	2025-09-28
TEN	6	73	12.2	30	24	311	3	2025-10-26
CLESmall sample	1	23.5	23.5	6	5	125	1	2023-10-22
NOSmall sample	1	14.2	14.2	9	7	72	0	2023-10-29
CARSmall sample	1	2	2	1	1	10	0	2023-11-05
NESmall sample	1	6	6	3	2	40	0	2023-11-12
TBSmall sample	1	9.3	9.3	13	5	43	0	2023-11-26
CINSmall sample	1	6.2	6.2	3	3	32	0	2023-12-10
PIT	3	44.8	14.9	21	17	158	2	2025-11-02
ATLSmall sample	2	11.2	5.6	11	7	42	0	2025-11-09
LVSmall sample	2	18.7	9.4	10	8	107	0	2025-10-05
CHISmall sample	1	5.2	5.2	5	3	22	0	2024-09-22
MIASmall sample	2	4.5	2.3	6	3	15	0	2025-09-07
MINSmall sample	1	12	12	9	6	60	0	2024-11-03
BUFSmall sample	1	14.2	14.2	10	7	72	0	2024-11-10
NYJSmall sample	1	19.4	19.4	5	5	84	1	2024-11-17
DETSmall sample	1	5.7	5.7	7	3	27	0	2024-11-24
DENSmall sample	2	17.3	8.7	16	9	83	0	2025-09-14
NYGSmall sample	1	5.2	5.2	4	3	22	0	2024-12-29
ARISmall sample	1	16.2	16.2	7	6	42	1	2025-10-12
KCSmall sample	2	17.2	8.6	15	9	82	0	2026-09-20
SEASmall sample	1	10.3	10.3	5	3	13	1	2025-12-14
SFSmall sample	1	11.8	11.8	9	5	65	0	2025-12-22

Game log

Location, game environment, workload, and production

Season	Week	Opponent	Site	Environment	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs
2026	1	BAL	Home	Indoor	5.7	5.7	4	2	37	0
2026	2	KC	Away	Outdoor · 71°	14.2	14.2	9	7	72	0

Career totals

Regular-season totals across available career history

Season	Team	Games	PPR	PPR / game	Targets	Receptions	Rec yards	Rec TDs
2023	IND	17	157.1	9.2	98	68	771	2
2024	IND	14	183.5	13.1	107	72	803	5
2025	IND	16	138.4	8.7	88	58	566	4
2026	IND	2	19.9	10	13	9	109	0
Career	All teams	49	498.9	10.2	306	207	2,249	11

Weekly CFI is a same-position percentile grade using the published weekly play and production fields. CFI uses the same position model as the leaderboard. A dash means the source data or a qualified model is unavailable. Historical production is from nflverse; charted blocking and pressure metrics cover published charting reports only. Missing values are left blank rather than estimated.