Washington Position Group Breakdown: Wide Receivers

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June 19, 2026

by David Earl

Washington’s Wide Receiver Group Dip in Production from 2024 Season

The 2025 WR corps had notably lower per-game production and team passing support than 2024’s more consistent, higher-volume group. This reflected broader team struggles with health, quarterback consistency, and offensive output. In 2024, the group benefited from better health, depth, and quarterback play (primarily Jayden Daniels), with Terry McLaurin posting 64.5 yards per game and 1,096 yards in 17 games, 13.4 yards per reception, and 9.4 yards per target. Supporting WRs such as Olamide Zaccheaus, who had 29.8 yards/game & 11.2 yards/reception, Noah Brown, who had 41.2 yards/game in 11 games, 12.9 yards/reception, and Dyami Brown contributed solidly, driving a high-output passing attack.

In the 2025 season, McLaurin, who was limited to 10 games, averaged 58.2 yards per game with a strong 15.3 yards/reception and 9.7 yards per target, while new addition Deebo Samuel led the group at 45.4 yards/game and 727 yards in 16 games, but with lower efficiency at 10.1 yards/reception and 7.3 yards per target. Depth options like Jaylin Lane, who had 15.0 yards/game and 14.1 yards/reception, and Chris Moore, at 14.8 yards/game and 18.8 yards/reception, offered occasional big plays but limited volume. This reflected broader team struggles with health, quarterback consistency, and offensive volume output. Below is what the correct 2026 roster looks like heading into training camp:

Veteran Players

Terry McLaurin 6’0″, 210lbs, age 30
  • Career Totals: (107 games): Targets 786, Rec 498, Yards 6,961, Yards/Target 8.9, Yards/Reception 14.0, 41 TDs, Catch Rate 63.4%.
  • 2025 Season (10 games): Targets 60, Rec 38, Yards 582, Yards/Target 9.7, Yards/Reception 15.3, TDs 3, Catch Rate 63.3%.
  • Fit in OC David Blough‘s scheme: McLaurin is a proven X receiver who excels in contested situations, deep routes, and as a reliable target. Blough’s Johnson-style offenses emphasize motion, play-action, run-game setup, and versatile alignments. McLaurin fits as the primary boundary threat and chain-mover, capable of winning outside and in contested catches to complement motion and play-action. Expect high targets – possibly 8-10+ per game – in a scheme that values precise route-running and YAC potential.
Treylon Burks 6’2″, 225lbs, age 26
  • Career Totals (35 games): Targets 114, Rec 63, Yards 829, Yards/Target 7.3, Yards/Reception 13.2, 2 TDs, Catch Rate 55%.
  • 2025 Season (8 games with Commanders): Targets 22, Rec 10, Yards 130, Yards/Target 5.9, Yards/Reception 13.0, 1 TD, Catch Rate 45%.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Burks brings size, contested-catch ability, and some run-after-contact big bodied piece in motion-heavy schemes. He can align in multiple spots (including as a big slot) to create mismatches, support the run game with blocking or motion, and serve as a red-zone option. His fit depends on staying healthy and refining consistency in a Johnson-influenced system that uses versatile personnel groupings.
Dyami Brown 6’0″, 195lbs, age 26
  • Career Totals (77 games): Targets 139, Rec 79, Yards 1,011, Yards/Target 7.3, Yards/Reception 12.8, 5 TDs, Catch Rate 57%.
  • 2025 Season (14 games with JAX): Targets 37, Rec 20, Yards 227, Yards/Target 6.1, Yards/Reception 11.4, 1 TD, Catch Rate 54%.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Brown offers speed and deep-threat potential that aligns with play-action and vertical elements in a Johnson-style attack. He can stretch the field from the boundary or motion across formations. In a motion/pre-snap heavy scheme, his versatility helps create mismatches, though he needs to improve consistency and intermediate route precision for a larger role.
Luke McCaffrey 6’2″, 195lbs, age 25
  • Career Totals (26 games): Targets 39, Rec 29, Yards 371, Yards/Target 9.5, Yards/Reception 12.8, TDs 3, Catch Rate 74%.
  • 2025 Season (9 games): Targets 15, Rec 11, Yards 203, Yards/Target 13.5, Yards/Reception 18.5, 3 TDs, Catch Rate 73%.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: McCaffrey’s size, athleticism, and improved production could suit a versatile, multi-positional role. He can line up outside or in the slot, contribute in motion packages, and exploit play-action mismatches. His profile fits Johnson’s emphasis on versatile skill players who can create after the catch or in specialty designed plays.
Jaylin Lane 5’10”, 196lbs, age 24
  • Career Totals (2025 rookie season, 15 games): Targets 32, Rec 16, Yards 225, Yards/Target 7.0, Yards/Reception 14.1, 0 TDs, Catch Rate 50%.
  • 2025 Season (15 games): Targets 32, Rec 16, Yards 225, Yards/Target 7.0, Yards/Reception 14.1, 0 TDs, Catch Rate 50%.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: With speed and return ability, Lane can contribute as a deep/speed threat and in motion/pre-snap movement to disrupt defenses. His YAC and return skills fit a dynamic scheme, but he needs to reduce drops and refine route running for reliable snaps in a Johnson-influenced system that values precision alongside explosiveness.
Van Jefferson 6’1″, 200lbs, age 29
  • Career Totals (94 games): Targets 299, Rec 166, Yards 2,226, Yards/Target 7.4, Yards/Reception 13.4, 13 TDs, Catch Rate 55.5%.
  • 2025 Season (16 games): Targets 52, Rec 29, Yards 350, Yards/Target 6.7, Yards/Reception 12.1, 1 TDs, Catch Rate 56%.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Jefferson is a solid, experienced rotational piece with route versatility and some deep ability. He fits as a Z or slot option in motion-heavy packages, helping set up play-action and providing reliable hands in a scheme that prioritizes scheme diversity and run/pass balance. Good veteran complement for alignments and mismatches.

Notes: Stats are career/2025 aggregates drawn from Pro Football Reference, ESPN, and NFL.com sources.

Remaining Players Scouting Reports

Antonio Williams 5’11”, 187lbs, age 21
  • Strengths: Savvy, precise route technician with excellent tempo, body fakes, and leverage awareness to win off the line and against zone. Tracks deep balls well, shows strong concentration and contested-catch ability (aided by explosive vertical), reliable hands, and shifty YAC with vision/wiggle. High football IQ, natural feel for zone windows, and special teams value as a returner.
  • Weaknesses: Lean/light frame and shorter arms make him vulnerable to physical press coverage and run blocking. Durability concerns from multiple injury-plagued seasons. Lacks elite top-end speed for stacking vertically on deep routes and shows only average short-area lateral agility in some metrics. Occasional route freelancing can disrupt timing.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Antonio Williams fits well as a precise slot or Z receiver in David Blough’s Ben Johnson-style scheme. His route polish, timing, YAC ability, and football IQ suit motion-heavy, quick-game, and RPO concepts that emphasize spacing and exploiting zone defenses.
Chris Hilton Jr. 6’0″, 190lbs, age 23
  • Strengths: Elite deep speed (4.41 40) and vertical threat who can stretch the field, track/adjust to deep balls, and create explosive plays (high YPR career average). Competitive, high-character player with football IQ; has experience in all-star games and special teams potential (e.g., gunner).
  • Weaknesses: Injury history (multiple missed games/seasons with knee, labrum, ankle issues) and limited production/volume. Unpolished route running with basic corrections needed underneath; tends to body-catch or jump unnecessarily (injury risk); struggles when contested and lacks consistency overall.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Chris Hilton Jr. serves as a vertical deep threat in Blough’s attack, similar to Johnson’s system. His speed stretches the field, creates one-on-one opportunities, and opens space underneath through play-action and spread formations.
Jacoby Jones 6’2″, 225lbs, age 24
  • Strengths: Big-bodied, competitive receiver with solid hands, run-blocking ability, and toughness. Shows some deep-threat potential and production in college (good YPR in flashes). Physical profile for contested situations and blocking.
  • Weaknesses: Limited top-end speed (slower 40 time), making separation harder against NFL corners. Modest production volume overall, especially after transfers/injuries. Needs to refine consistency and may struggle creating after the catch against faster defenders. Roster battle is steep.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Jacoby Jones projects as a physical outside receiver in Blough’s balanced, run-oriented scheme. His size, blocking, and contested-catch skills fit 12-personnel packages, red-zone work, and play-action looks that value toughness at the point of attack.
Jaden Bradley 6’3″, 195lbs, age 23
  • Strengths: Good size/length for the position with solid athletic testing (strong vertical/broad in some reports). Productive senior year at UNLV with decent hands and route-running flashes; plays faster than pure speed numbers suggest and shows competitiveness.
  • Weaknesses: Limited elite explosiveness or separation quickness at times; route polish and consistency can vary. Transfer history and needing to prove against higher competition. More of a developmental prospect.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Bradley’s length and frame make him a solid outside developmental piece. In Blough’s versatile, motion-based offense, he can contribute in contested catches, run support, and flexible alignments across multiple personnel groupings.
Nick Nash 6’3″, 203lbs, age 26
  • Strengths: Impressive college production (high-volume receiver), good frame with reliable hands and ball skills. Versatile alignment (slot/outside), urgency on routes, hesitation moves, and some YAC ability. Converted QB background adds schematic awareness.
  • Weaknesses: Older (redshirt senior), average speed (4.57 40), and physical limitations against top athletes. Durability/production consistency questions at NFL level; more polished short/intermediate than elite deep threat.
  • Fit in OC David Blough’s scheme: Nick Nash fits as a versatile slot or possession receiver. His production, hands, and awareness align with Blough’s creative, Johnson-inspired system that uses motion and intermediate routes in a balanced attack.

 

Note: The above scouting report strengths and weaknesses generated from NFL Draft Buzz

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