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Tai Felton

Wide Receiver, Minnesota Vikings · #13.

Player facts

Team: Minnesota Vikings
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 13
Born: Mar 15, 2003 (age 23)
Birthplace: Ashburn, VA, USA
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 186 lbs
College: Maryland
Experience: 2 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	LNG	FD
Regular Season	3	6	41	13.7	23	1
Last 5 Games	3	6	41	9.2	23	1
Career	6	9	66	11.0	23	3

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	6 targets	-0.06	33%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	@ NO	W 23-13	2	3	27	13.5	0	23	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs MIA	W 15-10	1	1	14	14.0	0	14	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ TB	W 23-16	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ CHI	W 9-3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs GB	W 39-22	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Tai'shar Felton (born March 15, 2003) is an American professional football wide receiver and kickoff returner for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected by the Vikings in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tai Felton, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Felton was born on March 15, 2003, in Ashburn, Virginia. He was a three-star rated recruit at Stone Bridge High School and originally committed to play college football for the Hokies at Virginia Tech before suffering an ACL injury as a senior and re-committing to play for the Terrapins at the University of Maryland.

College career

During Felton's freshman season in 2021, he played in eight games as a wide receiver, finishing the season with five total receptions for 51 yards. During the 2022 season, he played in all 13 games and started six of them at wide receiver, finishing the season with 23 receptions for 309 yards and two touchdowns.

During the 2023 season, he played in and started all 13 games at wide receiver, finishing the season with 48 receptions for 723 yards and six touchdowns, along with a rushing attempt for 16 yards. Felton earned first-team All-Big Ten and third-team All-American honors for the 2024 season after catching 96 passes, a single-season school record, for 1,124 yards and 9 touchdowns.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tai Felton, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹