Chase Claypool

Claypool is a 26-year-old free-agent wide receiver out of Notre Dame with four years of NFL experience. The only season in the data is 2023, and it shows a depth piece rather than a featured target. Across 12 games he drew 21 targets, about 1.8 per game, and caught 8 of them for 77 yards and one touchdown. He averaged 9.6 yards per reception, logged just 52 air yards on those 21 targets, and saw one red-zone target all season. A 38 percent catch rate on that volume points to a player who wasn't earning or converting looks.

That 2023 line produced 21.7 PPR points, roughly 1.8 per game, and ranked him 450th in PPR scoring. The data has nothing for 2024, 2025 or the 2026 season in progress, so there is no recent trend to compare against. That lack of stats, along with his free-agent status, is the main story.

The fantasy read is mostly a caution about the gap between the projection and the evidence. Clutch Edge projects him at 18.0 points per game, 80th overall among QB/RB/WR/TE. That is about ten times his 2023 per-game output, and nothing in the provided stats explains it. Without a team, a role or any 2026 games, there is no confirmed path to the volume that number implies. Until it holds up, he shouldn't be counted on in season-long lineups or DFS builds.

What would change the read is simple: a team, a defined role and actual 2026 snaps and targets. If he signs somewhere and starts earning the kind of target share an 18-point projection requires, he becomes worth a real look. Until then, the projection is the only bullish signal, and the stats don't back it up.

Written by a language model from the stat lines below. Numbers from Sleeper; the 2026 line is the season in progress.