← 2023 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R2 · #50 OVERALL · WR

Jayden Reed

Drafted by GB · GM Brian Gutekunst · Michigan St.

All NFL teams

Full-career context

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

Games played40
Games started26
Weighted career AV19
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons3

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2023 · Round 2 · #50

GB draft credit

GM Brian Gutekunst

Team games40
Team starts26
On-team AV20
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Excellent+1.23 contribution11th of 80 picks for this GM

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

An Excellent pick

Jayden Reed was Brian Gutekunst's 11th-best of 80 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +1.23. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Brian Gutekunst'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
40
on drafting team
Games started
26
on drafting team
Snap-z
1.2
3 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
20
modeled; full weighted AV 19
AV / 1k snaps
13.0
1,540 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
+0.6
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 Brian Gutekunst's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Brian Gutekunst pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Jayden Reed totals +1.23. 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

-10+1+244. Jenkins#44 · Elgton Jenkins · aggregate +2.88Jenkins +2.9249. Walker#249 · Rasheed Walker · aggregate +2.56Walker +2.6132. Doubs#132 · Romeo Doubs · aggregate +1.82140. Tom#140 · Zach Tom · aggregate +1.77192. Jr.#192 · Jon Runyan Jr. · aggregate +1.7578. Kraft#78 · Tucker Kraft · aggregate +1.56159. Wicks#159 · Dontayvion Wicks · aggregate +1.36173. Slaton#173 · Tedarrell Slaton · aggregate +1.34220. McDuffie#220 · Isaiah McDuffie · aggregate +1.33232. Valentine#232 · Carrington Valentine · aggregate +1.2850. Reed#50 · Jayden Reed · aggregate +1.23Reed +1.226. Love#26 · Jordan Love · aggregate +1.1562. Myers#62 · Josh Myers · aggregate +1.15239. Bradley#239 · Hunter Bradley · aggregate +1.09179. Enagbare#179 · Kingsley Enagbare · aggregate +1.06207. Carlson#207 · Anders Carlson · aggregate +1.0318. Alexander#18 · Jaire Alexander · aggregate +0.98142. Newman#142 · Royce Newman · aggregate +0.9434. Watson#34 · Christian Watson · aggregate +0.77242. Johnson#242 · Anthony Johnson · aggregate +0.6792. Rhyan#92 · Sean Rhyan · aggregate +0.66111. Williams#111 · Evan Williams · aggregate +0.63245. Pratt#245 · Michael Pratt · aggregate +0.59198. Brinson#198 · Warren Brinson · aggregate +0.57116. Wooden#116 · Colby Wooden · aggregate +0.55179. Brooks#179 · Karl Brooks · aggregate +0.55174. Valdes-Scantling#174 · Marquez Valdes-Scantling · aggregate +0.53150. Keke#150 · Kingsley Keke · aggregate +0.46237. Robinson#237 · Micah Robinson · aggregate +0.43256. Dubose#256 · Grant Dubose · aggregate +0.38202. Glover#202 · Travis Glover · aggregate +0.3754. Belton#54 · Anthony Belton · aggregate +0.37169. Oladapo#169 · Kitan Oladapo · aggregate +0.3212. Gary#12 · Rashan Gary · aggregate +0.31255. King#255 · Kalen King · aggregate +0.30250. Williams#250 · John Williams · aggregate +0.29124. Sorrell#124 · Barryn Sorrell · aggregate +0.27159. Oliver#159 · Collin Oliver · aggregate +0.1822. Walker#22 · Quay Walker · aggregate +0.17258. Toure#258 · Samori Toure · aggregate +0.0862. Dillon#62 · AJ Dillon · aggregate +0.07235. Nichols#235 · Lew Nichols · aggregate -0.05163. Monk#163 · Jacob Monk · aggregate -0.06149. Clifford#149 · Sean Clifford · aggregate -0.0742. Musgrave#42 · Luke Musgrave · aggregate -0.14178. Jean-Charles#178 · Shemar Jean-Charles · aggregate -0.1545. Cooper#45 · Edgerrin Cooper · aggregate -0.1787. Williams#87 · Savion Williams · aggregate -0.1858. Bullard#58 · Javon Bullard · aggregate -0.21242. Garvin#242 · Jonathan Garvin · aggregate -0.22234. Ford#234 · Jonathan Ford · aggregate -0.2525. Morgan#25 · Jordan Morgan · aggregate -0.2788. Lloyd#88 · MarShawn Lloyd · aggregate -0.27228. Carpenter#228 · Tariq Carpenter · aggregate -0.2891. Hopper#91 · Ty'Ron Hopper · aggregate -0.32248. Donnerson#248 · Kendall Donnerson · aggregate -0.37172. Scott#172 · JK Scott · aggregate -0.4321. Jr.#21 · Darnell Savage Jr. · aggregate -0.5545. Jackson#45 · Josh Jackson · aggregate -0.56232. Looney#232 · James Looney · aggregate -0.56207. Brown#207 · Equanimeous St. Brown · aggregate -0.59236. Scott#236 · Vernon Scott · aggregate -0.6028. Wyatt#28 · Devonte Wyatt · aggregate -0.67208. Hanson#208 · Jake Hanson · aggregate -0.68214. Lanen#214 · Cole Van Lanen · aggregate -0.69185. Hollman#185 · Ka'dar Hollman · aggregate -0.69256. Hill#256 · Kylin Hill · aggregate -0.7623. Golden#23 · Matthew Golden · aggregate -0.76175. Martin#175 · Kamal Martin · aggregate -0.81194. Williams#194 · Dexter Williams · aggregate -0.8494. Deguara#94 · Josiah Deguara · aggregate -0.8629. Stokes#29 · Eric Stokes · aggregate -0.87226. Summers#226 · Ty Summers · aggregate -0.89133. Moore#133 · J'Mon Moore · aggregate -0.92209. Stepaniak#209 · Simon Stepaniak · aggregate -1.03138. Madison#138 · Cole Madison · aggregate -1.2175. Sternberger#75 · Jace Sternberger · aggregate -1.2985. Rodgers#85 · Amari Rodgers · aggregate -1.3813. Ness#13 · Lukas Van Ness · aggregate -1.6588. Burks#88 · Oren Burks · aggregate -1.81

Incremental contribution by season

-218-216-214-212-210-208-206-204-202-200-198-196-194-192-190-188-186-184-182-180-178-176-174-172-170-168-166-164-162-160-158-156-154-152-150-148-146-144-142-140-138-136-134-132-130-128-126-124-122-120-118-116-114-112-110-108-106-104-102-100-98-96-94-92-90-88-86-84-82-80-78-76-74-72-70-68-66-64-62-60-58-56-54-52-50-48-46-44-42-40-38-36-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+18+20+22+24+26+28+30+32+34+36+38+40+42+44+46+48+50+52+54+56+58+60+62+64+66+68+70+72+74+76+78+80+82+84+86+88+90+92+94+96+98+100+102+104+106+108+110+112+114+116+118+120+122+124+126+128+130+132+134+136+138+140+142+144+146+148+150+152+154+156+158+160+162+164+166+168+170+172+174+176+178+180+182+184+186+188+190+192+194+196+198+200+202+204+206+208+210+212+214+216+218+220+222+224+226+228+230+2322018 · Marquez Valdes-Scantling · incremental +0.262018 · Hunter Bradley · incremental +0.742018 · JK Scott · incremental -0.292018 · Jaire Alexander · incremental -0.342018 · Kendall Donnerson · incremental -0.632018 · Equanimeous St. Brown · incremental -0.652018 · Josh Jackson · incremental -0.682018 · James Looney · incremental -0.872018 · J'Mon Moore · incremental -1.222018 · Cole Madison · incremental -1.942018 · Oren Burks · incremental -2.042019 · Kingsley Keke · incremental +0.032019 · Jaire Alexander · incremental +0.322019 · Marquez Valdes-Scantling · incremental +0.332019 · Elgton Jenkins · incremental +0.592019 · Hunter Bradley · incremental +0.622019 · JK Scott · incremental -0.132019 · James Looney · incremental -0.152019 · Josh Jackson · incremental -0.232019 · J'Mon Moore · incremental -0.242019 · Cole Madison · incremental -0.252019 · Ka'dar Hollman · incremental -0.322019 · Rashan Gary · incremental -0.332019 · Ty Summers · incremental -0.702019 · Jace Sternberger · incremental -0.712019 · Dexter Williams · incremental -0.772019 · Darnell Savage Jr. · incremental -0.922019 · Oren Burks · incremental -1.602020 · Darnell Savage Jr. · incremental +0.022020 · Rashan Gary · incremental +0.172020 · Hunter Bradley · incremental +0.592020 · Marquez Valdes-Scantling · incremental +0.612020 · Kingsley Keke · incremental +0.652020 · Jaire Alexander · incremental +0.952020 · Elgton Jenkins · incremental +1.872020 · Jon Runyan Jr. · incremental -0.012020 · Jonathan Garvin · incremental -0.072020 · Equanimeous St. Brown · incremental -0.072020 · Jake Hanson · incremental -0.132020 · Jordan Love · incremental -0.142020 · James Looney · incremental -0.152020 · Cole Madison · incremental -0.232020 · J'Mon Moore · incremental -0.232020 · Josh Jackson · incremental -0.312020 · AJ Dillon · incremental -0.372020 · JK Scott · incremental -0.612020 · Dexter Williams · incremental -0.612020 · Oren Burks · incremental -0.622020 · Vernon Scott · incremental -0.632020 · Ty Summers · incremental -0.752020 · Ka'dar Hollman · incremental -1.102020 · Kamal Martin · incremental -1.122020 · Josiah Deguara · incremental -1.502020 · Jace Sternberger · incremental -1.542020 · Simon Stepaniak · incremental -1.652021 · Oren Burks · incremental +0.042021 · Isaiah McDuffie · incremental +0.042021 · Josiah Deguara · incremental +0.052021 · Darnell Savage Jr. · incremental +0.052021 · Jaire Alexander · incremental +0.062021 · Rashan Gary · incremental +0.172021 · AJ Dillon · incremental +0.232021 · Hunter Bradley · incremental +0.242021 · Jordan Love · incremental +0.252021 · Marquez Valdes-Scantling · incremental +0.262021 · Elgton Jenkins · incremental +0.382021 · Tedarrell Slaton · incremental +0.442021 · Kingsley Keke · incremental +0.572021 · Jon Runyan Jr. · incremental +1.502021 · Royce Newman · incremental +1.872021 · Josh Myers · incremental -0.082021 · James Looney · incremental -0.142021 · Simon Stepaniak · incremental -0.182021 · Jonathan Garvin · incremental -0.202021 · Cole Madison · incremental -0.202021 · Dexter Williams · incremental -0.212021 · J'Mon Moore · incremental -0.212021 · Vernon Scott · incremental -0.242021 · Shemar Jean-Charles · incremental -0.242021 · Jake Hanson · incremental -0.272021 · Jace Sternberger · incremental -0.392021 · Equanimeous St. Brown · incremental -0.532021 · Ty Summers · incremental -0.542021 · Kylin Hill · incremental -0.862021 · Eric Stokes · incremental -1.332021 · Cole Van Lanen · incremental -1.352021 · Amari Rodgers · incremental -1.932022 · Quay Walker · incremental +0.032022 · Darnell Savage Jr. · incremental +0.032022 · Samori Toure · incremental +0.112022 · AJ Dillon · incremental +0.162022 · Rashan Gary · incremental +0.172022 · Jordan Love · incremental +0.212022 · Christian Watson · incremental +0.262022 · Devonte Wyatt · incremental +0.352022 · Zach Tom · incremental +0.432022 · Isaiah McDuffie · incremental +0.542022 · Tedarrell Slaton · incremental +0.552022 · Kingsley Enagbare · incremental +0.582022 · Royce Newman · incremental +0.592022 · Romeo Doubs · incremental +0.692022 · Jaire Alexander · incremental +0.952022 · Josh Myers · incremental +0.982022 · Jon Runyan Jr. · incremental +1.482022 · Elgton Jenkins · incremental +1.732022 · Jonathan Garvin · incremental -0.022022 · Shemar Jean-Charles · incremental -0.042022 · Kingsley Keke · incremental -0.142022 · James Looney · incremental -0.152022 · Simon Stepaniak · incremental -0.182022 · Jonathan Ford · incremental -0.202022 · Josiah Deguara · incremental -0.212022 · J'Mon Moore · incremental -0.212022 · Dexter Williams · incremental -0.222022 · Cole Madison · incremental -0.222022 · Vernon Scott · incremental -0.252022 · Kamal Martin · incremental -0.272022 · Kylin Hill · incremental -0.282022 · Eric Stokes · incremental -0.342022 · Tariq Carpenter · incremental -0.442022 · Jace Sternberger · incremental -0.452022 · Rasheed Walker · incremental -0.582022 · Amari Rodgers · incremental -0.672022 · Jake Hanson · incremental -1.002022 · Sean Rhyan · incremental -1.052023 · Darnell Savage Jr. · incremental +0.012023 · AJ Dillon · incremental +0.082023 · Colby Wooden · incremental +0.082023 · Jaire Alexander · incremental +0.132023 · Samori Toure · incremental +0.152023 · Rashan Gary · incremental +0.212023 · Eric Stokes · incremental +0.232023 · Quay Walker · incremental +0.252023 · Karl Brooks · incremental +0.342023 · Christian Watson · incremental +0.452023 · Kingsley Enagbare · incremental +0.672023 · Jordan Love · incremental +0.772023 · Elgton Jenkins · incremental +0.782023 · Isaiah McDuffie · incremental +0.862023 · Grant Dubose · incremental +0.872023 · Jayden Reed · incremental +0.972023 · Josh Myers · incremental +0.982023 · Dontayvion Wicks · incremental +0.992023 · Tucker Kraft · incremental +1.162023 · Carrington Valentine · incremental +1.172023 · Luke Musgrave · incremental +1.292023 · Jon Runyan Jr. · incremental +1.362023 · Romeo Doubs · incremental +1.382023 · Anthony Johnson · incremental +1.472023 · Zach Tom · incremental +1.552023 · Tedarrell Slaton · incremental +1.572023 · Rasheed Walker · incremental +2.002023 · Anders Carlson · incremental +2.192023 · Sean Clifford · incremental -0.072023 · Jonathan Garvin · incremental -0.102023 · Royce Newman · incremental -0.112023 · Lew Nichols · incremental -0.112023 · Kingsley Keke · incremental -0.162023 · Simon Stepaniak · incremental -0.192023 · Dexter Williams · incremental -0.212023 · Kylin Hill · incremental -0.212023 · Vernon Scott · incremental -0.232023 · Kamal Martin · incremental -0.282023 · Josiah Deguara · incremental -0.392023 · Jace Sternberger · incremental -0.432023 · Sean Rhyan · incremental -0.432023 · Lukas Van Ness · incremental -0.862023 · Devonte Wyatt · incremental -1.152024 · Colby Wooden · incremental +0.082024 · Jaire Alexander · incremental +0.112024 · Quay Walker · incremental +0.222024 · Kitan Oladapo · incremental +0.252024 · Rashan Gary · incremental +0.402024 · Karl Brooks · incremental +0.512024 · Christian Watson · incremental +0.512024 · Evan Williams · incremental +0.522024 · Kalen King · incremental +0.592024 · Jordan Love · incremental +0.672024 · Josh Myers · incremental +0.882024 · Travis Glover · incremental +0.912024 · Kingsley Enagbare · incremental +0.922024 · Elgton Jenkins · incremental +0.942024 · Tedarrell Slaton · incremental +0.962024 · Carrington Valentine · incremental +1.002024 · Michael Pratt · incremental +1.042024 · Romeo Doubs · incremental +1.082024 · Isaiah McDuffie · incremental +1.122024 · Jayden Reed · incremental +1.232024 · Dontayvion Wicks · incremental +1.392024 · Zach Tom · incremental +1.632024 · Sean Rhyan · incremental +1.682024 · Tucker Kraft · incremental +1.732024 · Rasheed Walker · incremental +2.502024 · Jacob Monk · incremental -0.012024 · Sean Clifford · incremental -0.082024 · Jonathan Garvin · incremental -0.092024 · Devonte Wyatt · incremental -0.142024 · Tariq Carpenter · incremental -0.162024 · Edgerrin Cooper · incremental -0.172024 · Javon Bullard · incremental -0.172024 · Simon Stepaniak · incremental -0.192024 · Vernon Scott · incremental -0.222024 · Kylin Hill · incremental -0.232024 · Kamal Martin · incremental -0.272024 · Ty'Ron Hopper · incremental -0.422024 · Amari Rodgers · incremental -0.422024 · Eric Stokes · incremental -0.492024 · MarShawn Lloyd · incremental -0.612024 · Lukas Van Ness · incremental -2.032024 · Luke Musgrave · incremental -2.462024 · Jordan Morgan · incremental -211.792025 · Rashan Gary · incremental +0.092025 · Michael Pratt · incremental +0.262025 · Quay Walker · incremental +0.282025 · Collin Oliver · incremental +0.302025 · Jayden Reed · incremental +0.392025 · Elgton Jenkins · incremental +0.392025 · Christian Watson · incremental +0.452025 · Kitan Oladapo · incremental +0.512025 · Barryn Sorrell · incremental +0.522025 · Anthony Belton · incremental +0.602025 · Luke Musgrave · incremental +0.672025 · Tucker Kraft · incremental +0.702025 · Jordan Love · incremental +0.702025 · John Williams · incremental +0.742025 · Zach Tom · incremental +0.802025 · Kingsley Enagbare · incremental +0.842025 · Micah Robinson · incremental +0.862025 · Dontayvion Wicks · incremental +0.872025 · Karl Brooks · incremental +0.962025 · Isaiah McDuffie · incremental +1.052025 · Evan Williams · incremental +1.132025 · Sean Rhyan · incremental +1.262025 · Warren Brinson · incremental +1.292025 · Colby Wooden · incremental +1.322025 · Carrington Valentine · incremental +1.412025 · Romeo Doubs · incremental +1.482025 · Rasheed Walker · incremental +2.272025 · Jordan Morgan · incremental +210.882025 · Sean Clifford · incremental -0.082025 · Javon Bullard · incremental -0.092025 · Edgerrin Cooper · incremental -0.122025 · Jacob Monk · incremental -0.152025 · Tariq Carpenter · incremental -0.152025 · Kylin Hill · incremental -0.212025 · Ty'Ron Hopper · incremental -0.302025 · Savion Williams · incremental -0.412025 · Jonathan Ford · incremental -0.432025 · Amari Rodgers · incremental -0.442025 · Devonte Wyatt · incremental -0.592025 · Lukas Van Ness · incremental -0.852025 · Matthew Golden · incremental -1.49Madison -1.9Burks -2.0Jenkins +1.9Rodgers -1.9Reed +1.0Walker +2.0Carlson +2.2Reed +1.2Walker +2.5Ness -2.0Musgrave -2.5Morgan -211.8Reed +0.4Walker +2.3Morgan +210.9201811 players201917 players202027 players202132 players202238 players202343 players202443 players202541 players
Above expectationBelow expectationJayden ReedGM total +11.7Jayden Reed by season +2.6

How much retained production did Jayden Reed 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 Jayden Reed since 2010 (19 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.

-0.50+0.5+1+1.5+2Model value above slot47. ThomasMichael Thomas · model value +2.1+2.151. BrownA.J. Brown · model value +1.553. AdamsDavante Adams · model value +1.355. RiceRashee Rice · model value +1.250. ReedJayden Reed · model value +1.2+1.252. PickensGeorge Pickens · model value +0.745. JefferyAlshon Jeffery · model value +0.755. BoydTyler Boyd · model value +0.753. PierceAlec Pierce · model value +0.549. ClaypoolChase Claypool · model value +0.352. MitchellAdonai Mitchell · model value +0.347. KirkChristian Kirk · model value 049. MooreRondale Moore · model value -0.145. RichardsonPaul Richardson · model value -0.254. BroylesRyan Broyles · model value -0.351. MillerAnthony Miller · model value -0.455. HarrisTre Harris · model value -0.446. HamlerKJ Hamler · model value -0.554. MooreSkyy Moore · model value -0.550. ThorntonTyquan Thornton · model value -0.7
Jayden ReedSlot-similar peers (19)

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.

'24'250816233101Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (3 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2023GB16116200.7914.5
2024GB17177471.2912.0
2025GB73173-0.7211.6

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