← 2021 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R2 · #34 OVERALL · WR

Elijah Moore

Drafted by NYJ · GM Joe Douglas · Mississippi

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Full-career context

These totals follow Elijah Moore across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played70
Games started42
Weighted career AV15
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons5

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2021 · Round 2 · #34

NYJ draft credit

GM Joe Douglas

Team games27
Team starts15
On-team AV7
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Terrible-1.18 contribution35th of 40 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Terrible pick

Elijah Moore was Joe Douglas's 35th-best of 40 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -1.18. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Joe Douglas's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
27
on drafting team · 70 full-career
Games started
15
on drafting team · 42 full-career
Snap-z
1.5
2 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
7
modeled; full weighted AV 15
AV / 1k snaps
5.8
1,215 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
-0.1
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Joe Douglas's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Joe Douglas pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Elijah Moore totals -1.18. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-10+1+2+3+44. Gardner#4 · Sauce Gardner · aggregate +4.14Gardner +4.136. Hall#36 · Breece Hall · aggregate +0.86200. Echols#200 · Brandin Echols · aggregate +0.72146. Sherwood#146 · Jamien Sherwood · aggregate +0.71117. Clemons#117 · Micheal Clemons · aggregate +0.66158. Hall#158 · Bryce Hall · aggregate +0.63154. II#154 · Michael Carter II · aggregate +0.5026. II#26 · Jermaine Johnson II · aggregate +0.46191. Mann#191 · Braden Mann · aggregate +0.39171. Travis#171 · Jordan Travis · aggregate +0.32176. Stiggers#176 · Qwan'tez Stiggers · aggregate +0.31220. Kuntz#220 · Zack Kuntz · aggregate +0.2743. Tippmann#43 · Joe Tippmann · aggregate +0.2410. Wilson#10 · Garrett Wilson · aggregate +0.23257. Key#257 · Jaylen Key · aggregate +0.17173. Davis#173 · Isaiah Davis · aggregate +0.13120. Warren#120 · Carter Warren · aggregate +0.01134. Allen#134 · Braelon Allen · aggregate +0.01107. Carter#107 · Michael Carter · aggregate +0.00204. Bernard-Converse#204 · Jarrick Bernard-Converse · aggregate -0.0215. McDonald#15 · Will McDonald · aggregate -0.02101. Ruckert#101 · Jeremy Ruckert · aggregate -0.07111. Mitchell#111 · Max Mitchell · aggregate -0.31184. Barnes#184 · Zaire Barnes · aggregate -0.34175. Pinnock#175 · Jason Pinnock · aggregate -0.46143. Abanikanda#143 · Israel Abanikanda · aggregate -0.5268. Davis#68 · Ashtyn Davis · aggregate -0.6165. Corley#65 · Malachi Corley · aggregate -0.63186. Nasirildeen#186 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · aggregate -0.75125. Morgan#125 · James Morgan · aggregate -0.7714. Vera-Tucker#14 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · aggregate -0.83207. Marshall#207 · Jonathan Marshall · aggregate -0.90120. Perine#120 · La'Mical Perine · aggregate -1.0059. Mims#59 · Denzel Mims · aggregate -1.1034. Moore#34 · Elijah Moore · aggregate -1.18Moore -1.211. Fashanu#11 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · aggregate -1.1879. Zuniga#79 · Jabari Zuniga · aggregate -1.33129. Clark#129 · Cameron Clark · aggregate -1.412. Wilson#2 · Zach Wilson · aggregate -1.8411. Becton#11 · Mekhi Becton · aggregate -2.63Becton -2.6

Incremental contribution by season

-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+182020 · Bryce Hall · incremental +0.432020 · Braden Mann · incremental +0.602020 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.812020 · James Morgan · incremental -1.142020 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -1.222020 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -1.882020 · Cameron Clark · incremental -2.212020 · Mekhi Becton · incremental -3.352020 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental -6.712021 · Braden Mann · incremental +0.092021 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.572021 · Brandin Echols · incremental +1.032021 · Mekhi Becton · incremental +1.162021 · Bryce Hall · incremental +1.612021 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental +15.362021 · Michael Carter · incremental -0.052021 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental -0.152021 · James Morgan · incremental -0.162021 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.262021 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -0.412021 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -0.492021 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.502021 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.712021 · Jason Pinnock · incremental -0.942021 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental -1.012021 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -1.242021 · Elijah Moore · incremental -1.352021 · Zach Wilson · incremental -1.812022 · Brandin Echols · incremental +0.022022 · Michael Carter · incremental +0.112022 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental +0.142022 · Braden Mann · incremental +0.242022 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.272022 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.382022 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.552022 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +3.872022 · Garrett Wilson · incremental -0.052022 · Breece Hall · incremental -0.072022 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental -0.072022 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental -0.152022 · James Morgan · incremental -0.182022 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.242022 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.252022 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.252022 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -0.332022 · Bryce Hall · incremental -0.442022 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.492022 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.542022 · Zach Wilson · incremental -0.912022 · Elijah Moore · incremental -1.462022 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental -16.102023 · Bryce Hall · incremental +0.012023 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental +0.022023 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental +0.042023 · Joe Tippmann · incremental +0.162023 · Brandin Echols · incremental +0.202023 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.292023 · Zack Kuntz · incremental +0.322023 · Garrett Wilson · incremental +0.392023 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.432023 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.472023 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental +0.492023 · Breece Hall · incremental +0.732023 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +3.772023 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental +4.642023 · Michael Carter · incremental -0.012023 · Will McDonald · incremental -0.012023 · Jarrick Bernard-Converse · incremental -0.042023 · Carter Warren · incremental -0.052023 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.092023 · James Morgan · incremental -0.182023 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.262023 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.272023 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.282023 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -0.402023 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.502023 · Zaire Barnes · incremental -0.732023 · Israel Abanikanda · incremental -0.752023 · Zach Wilson · incremental -1.292023 · Mekhi Becton · incremental -3.802024 · Braelon Allen · incremental +0.002024 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental +0.052024 · Michael Carter II · incremental +0.072024 · Carter Warren · incremental +0.072024 · Jaylen Key · incremental +0.192024 · Isaiah Davis · incremental +0.212024 · Joe Tippmann · incremental +0.422024 · Garrett Wilson · incremental +0.422024 · Jordan Travis · incremental +0.552024 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental +0.602024 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +0.612024 · Brandin Echols · incremental +0.662024 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.702024 · Breece Hall · incremental +0.802024 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.902024 · Ashtyn Davis · incremental +1.492024 · Qwan'tez Stiggers · incremental +1.782024 · Will McDonald · incremental -0.022024 · Jarrick Bernard-Converse · incremental -0.042024 · Zack Kuntz · incremental -0.112024 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.172024 · James Morgan · incremental -0.182024 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.272024 · Cameron Clark · incremental -0.272024 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.272024 · Israel Abanikanda · incremental -0.302024 · La'Mical Perine · incremental -0.352024 · Jabari Zuniga · incremental -0.372024 · Denzel Mims · incremental -0.452024 · Alijah Vera-Tucker · incremental -0.642024 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · incremental -0.982024 · Malachi Corley · incremental -1.362025 · Garrett Wilson · incremental +0.092025 · Jordan Travis · incremental +0.092025 · Braelon Allen · incremental +0.112025 · Sauce Gardner · incremental +0.252025 · Joe Tippmann · incremental +0.412025 · Isaiah Davis · incremental +0.452025 · Micheal Clemons · incremental +0.702025 · Breece Hall · incremental +0.782025 · Jamien Sherwood · incremental +0.872025 · Will McDonald · incremental -0.032025 · Jeremy Ruckert · incremental -0.042025 · Michael Carter II · incremental -0.122025 · Max Mitchell · incremental -0.182025 · Jonathan Marshall · incremental -0.252025 · Hamsah Nasirildeen · incremental -0.262025 · Israel Abanikanda · incremental -0.282025 · Jermaine Johnson II · incremental -0.292025 · Qwan'tez Stiggers · incremental -0.832025 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · incremental -1.59Zuniga -1.9Clark -2.2Becton -3.4Davis -6.7Davis +15.4Moore -1.4Wilson -1.8Gardner +3.9Moore -1.5Davis -16.1Gardner +3.8Davis +4.6Becton -3.8Stiggers +1.820209 players202119 players202223 players202329 players202432 players202519 players
Above expectationBelow expectationElijah MooreGM total -7.1Elijah Moore by season -2.8

How much retained production did Elijah Moore return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: WRs drafted within ±5 picks of Elijah Moore since 2010 (23 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1-0.50+0.5+1Model value above slot36. SamuelDeebo Samuel · model value +1.433. HigginsTee Higgins · model value +1.134. McConkeyLadd McConkey · model value +0.934. WatsonChristian Watson · model value +0.834. Jr.Michael Pittman Jr. · model value +0.736. McClusterDexter McCluster · model value +0.433. ColemanKeon Coleman · model value +0.331. PearsallRicky Pearsall · model value +0.139. LeeMarqise Lee · model value 039. BurdenLuther Burden · model value -0.137. PolkJa'Lynn Polk · model value -0.332. LegetteXavier Legette · model value -0.434. HigginsJayden Higgins · model value -0.434. HunterJustin Hunter · model value -0.534. MooreElijah Moore · model value -0.6-0.632. HarryN'Keal Harry · model value -0.633. QuickBrian Quick · model value -0.630. JenkinsA.J. Jenkins · model value -0.729. PattersonCordarrelle Patterson · model value -0.739. BennArrelious Benn · model value -0.839. MingoJonathan Mingo · model value -0.929. DorsettPhillip Dorsett · model value -0.937. JonesZay Jones · model value -1.237. SmithDevin Smith · model value -1.2
Elijah MooreSlot-similar peers (23)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'22'24'2501427415401Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2021NYJ1184780.448.4
2022NYJ16137371.134.1
2023CLE17169091.655.5
2024CLE17178961.733.3
2025BUF, DEN90187-0.615.3

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