Is Devaughn Vele playing this week?
No injury designationDevaughn Vele has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Kickoff: Mon, Oct 5 · 8:15 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:20 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Flex option. ATL's defense has allowed 12% more points to WRs than the league average.
Why we say flex
- Projected 9.5 points, #27 among WRs this week: a flex-range play (straight starts run through #24).
- ATL's defense has allowed 12% more points to WRs than the league average.
- NO's offense is expected to score about 25 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 7.3 targets a game.
- Played 88% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 6.0 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- NO favored by 2.5
- Game total
- 47.5
- ATL vs WRs
- 12% more points
- Last game snaps
- 88%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
28
Height
6'5"
Weight
210 lb
College
Utah
Experience
2 seasons
Draft
2024 · Pick #235 (DEN)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 63.7?
Vele's grade sits a little above average, mainly because his EPA per target — how many expected points his catches added — was solidly better than most receivers this season. Everything else about his usage was roughly average, and a rough week 3 dragged the overall number down.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target ranks 34th of 89, boosting the grade
- 31-yard catch in week 1 at Detroit added 3.0 expected points
- 29-yard catch in week 2 at Baltimore added 3.5 expected points
Holding it back
- Three incompletions in week 3 vs Las Vegas each cost expected points, including a -1.8 play on 3rd and 10
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.461
Success rate
59%
WPA (sum)
0.24
Opponent adj.
-0.013
Plays graded
22
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.0 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 5.0 | +1.0 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.