MatchWiz

Kevin Austin Jr.

WRNONew Orleans Saints

This week — @ DET · Sun, Sep 13, 1 PM

Receiving

Targets
2.5
Receptions
1.5
Yards
18
TD
0.06

Touchdown

Anytime TD
6%

Projected from a drive-level simulation of this game, run thousands of times. A projection, not a play — the market is sharper than we are on NFL props, and we say so.

Season Projection

· 28 pts · WR96 · 7.6 games
4@DET14@BAL24LV34ATL44MIN54@NYG64PIT7BYE84CLE94CAR104@CHI114@CIN124GB134@CAR144@TB154ARI164@ATL174TB18

Projected points per week, from the same simulation as the season total. Bars are scaled to this player's own best week, so the shape shows which weeks carry him. The season number already accounts for the games we expect him to miss; these weekly bars do not — each is what he does in a week he plays.

This week

Kevin is on the road against DET. We project 18 receiving yards on 2.5 targets. The number comes out of a drive-level simulation of the game rather than a season average — it asks how many possessions his side is likely to get, what they do with them, and how much of that flows through him.

How much he's on the field

Across 13 games, Kevin has been on the field for 66% of his team's snaps. That's a rotational-to-starter share. It's the number most likely to move his projection week to week, because a swing of ten points of snap share moves everything downstream with it. The model weighs this above efficiency for a simple reason: snap share predicts next week better than last week's yardage does.

What kind of receiver he is

Kevin has caught 24 of 45 targets (53%) for 291 yards and 1 touchdown — 6.5 yards per target. Yards per target is the honest efficiency number here, because catch rate mostly measures how far downfield he's used: a slot receiver on screens will always catch more of them than a deep threat, without being better.

His last 5 games

Over that stretch Kevin has 140 total yards. Five games is a small sample in any sport and a tiny one in football, where a team plays seventeen times a year — so recent form informs the projection without overriding the usage underneath it.

How the model reads him

Every projection here is built the same way for Kevin as for a starter on a contender — simulate the game, then apportion it by role. No manual adjustments, no gut calls on who's due. The weighting behind it is proprietary and re-tuned on real outcomes; everything it produces is public and graded against the box score.

What we'd flag

Three things to carry. The season is seventeen games, so most trends here are small samples wearing a confident number. Game script rewrites usage — a team trailing throws, a team ahead runs. And injury news lands after we publish.

Kevin Austin Jr. — FAQ

What is Kevin Austin Jr. projected for this week?

Kevin Austin Jr. faces DET on the road. The projection on this page comes from a drive-level simulation of that game — possessions, how far each side moves, and what share flows through him — rather than from a season average.

How much does Kevin Austin Jr. play?

He's averaged 66% of his team's snaps across 13 games in our log. Snap share is the most stable input on this page — it moves slowly and it survives a bad game, which is why the model weighs opportunity above efficiency.

Are Kevin Austin Jr.'s projections betting advice?

No. Every number here is a research signal from a statistical model, published with the graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned against real results and can be wrong on any given week. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Game Log

WkOppSnapsTgtRecRecYdCarRushYdTD
2025 · 18ATL97%9437000
2025 · 17TEN81%5452001
2025 · 16NYJ86%3218000
2025 · 15CAR38%5333000
2025 · 3SEA30%100000
2024 · 18TB55%1113000
2024 · 17LV70%2123000
2024 · 16GB89%4117000
2024 · 15WSH75%318000
2024 · 14NYG65%515000
2024 · 13LAR61%3331190
2024 · 11CLE68%2118000
2024 · 10ATL49%2236000

Not betting advice — 21+, play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).