Player facts
- Team
Denver Broncos- Position
- Wide Receiver
- Number
- 17
- Born
- Nov 25, 1998 (age 27)
- Birthplace
- Houston, TX, USA
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 185 lbs
- College
- Alabama
- Experience
- 6 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Offense
| REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 22 | 38 | 228 | 10.4 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 21 | 35 | 226 | 8.9 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 395 | 582 | 5,267 | 13.3 | 27 | 84 | 261 | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 |
Advanced stats
2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.
| Plays | EPA/play | Success | CPOE | League rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | 38 targets | -0.01 | 37% | 79th of 94 |
Recent games
| Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
vs  SEA | W 17-14 OT | 4 | 7 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  LAC | W 23-17 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
@  SF | L 24-14 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 7.0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  LAR | W 30-26 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  JAX | W 20-13 | 8 | 10 | 138 | 17.3 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Jaylen Waddle (born November 25, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected sixth overall by the Miami Dolphins in the 2021 NFL draft. He played the first five seasons of his career with the Dolphins until his trade to the Broncos in 2026.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jaylen Waddle, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Waddle attended Episcopal High School in Bellaire, Texas. During his time with the Knights, Waddle appeared in three Southwest Preparatory Conference championship games, winning one as a sophomore in 2014. As a senior, he played in the U.S. Army All-American Game. He committed to the University of Alabama to play college football. He made the selection on National Signing Day of 2018 and chose the Crimson Tide over Texas, Texas A&M, Florida State, TCU, and Oregon.
College career
On September 29, 2018, against Louisiana, Waddle had three receptions for 138 yards and two receiving touchdowns to go with a 63-yard punt return for a touchdown. In the SEC Championship against Georgia, he had four receptions for 113 yards and a touchdown in the win. As a true freshman at Alabama in 2018, Waddle was named the SEC Freshman of the Year after recording 45 receptions for 848 yards and seven touchdowns. As a punt returner, he also returned 16 punts for 233 yards and a touchdown.
Waddle returned to the Crimson Tide for his sophomore season in 2019. He recorded 33 receptions for 560 yards and scored six receiving touchdowns. He also returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown against LSU and a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown against Auburn. He was named first-team All-SEC as a return specialist and was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Year. He led the NCAA in both punt return yards (487) and average punt return yards (24.4).
In his first four games of the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Waddle recorded at least 120 receiving yards in each of the games. He had eight receptions for 134 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Missouri on September 26. In the following game, a win over Texas A&M, he had five receptions for 142 yards and one touchdown. In the next game, a win over Ole Miss, he had six receptions for 120 yards. In the next game, against Georgia, he had six receptions for 161 yards and a touchdown in the win. On October 24, Waddle broke his right ankle when he was tackled while returning the opening kickoff in a game against Tennessee. Waddle returned for the National Championship game against Ohio State. On January 14, 2021, Waddle announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2021 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jaylen Waddle, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Broncos’ next games
.jpg){kind=link}
Recent results
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikipediaJaylen Waddle on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Jaylen Waddle