Terry McLaurin
29-Year-Old
2024 Receiving Stats
REC
8
YDS
39
TD
0
AVG
4.9
TAR
12
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
McLaurin remains the clear No. 1 receiver in Washington after Jahan Dotson's second-year breakout in 2023 failed to materialize. The 2022 first-round pick finished south of his rookie-year totals for yards and TDs, while McLaurin (barely) reached 1,000 yards for a fourth straight year. The 28-year-old has been somewhat frustrating despite that measure of consistency, as he's never reached 1,200 yards and hasn't scored more than five TDs since his rookie season. Subpar QB play may be more to blame than McLaurin himself, though a truly dominant No. 1 receiver might earn larger target shares even if the per-target efficiency left something to be desired. Last year, we saw problems in both regards, with McLaurin right around his usual raw number of targets (130) despite playing in an offense that led the league in passes. His 21.5 percent target share was a career low, and if you only include his active games the number has curiously dropped a bit with each passing season, starting from a high-water mark of 26.9 percent in his 2019 rookie campaign. McLaurin also finished 2023 with career lows for yards per catch (12.7) and per target (7.6), and with an 11.4 aDOT not far from his career mark of 12.2. The good news is that there's still a late-breakout argument, thanks to the Commanders bringing in a new coaching staff and drafting QB Jayden Daniels second overall. To the naked eye, McLaurin still looks like the same guy who ran a 4.35 40 at 208 pounds at the 2019 Combine and then put up 919 yards and seven TDs in 14 games as a rookie. Washington might be a tough situation efficiency-wise again, but we'll be fully out of excuses if the target share portion doesn't at least improve. Read Past Outlooks
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Six grabs in Sunday's win
McLaurin caught six of eight targets for 22 yards in Sunday's 21-18 win over the Giants.
ANALYSIS
While the veteran wideout led the Commanders in targets and receptions, McLaurin's longest gain went for only 12 yards, as rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels rarely tried to stretch the field. New offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury has a long track record of building his passing game around short, high-percentage routes, but McLaurin doesn't have the yards-after-catch ability to turn those into big gains -- his 4.4 YAC per reception in 2023 ranked 79th out of 139 qualified pass catchers. McLaurin will try to at least maintain a useful target volume in Week 3 against the Bengals.
While the veteran wideout led the Commanders in targets and receptions, McLaurin's longest gain went for only 12 yards, as rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels rarely tried to stretch the field. New offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury has a long track record of building his passing game around short, high-percentage routes, but McLaurin doesn't have the yards-after-catch ability to turn those into big gains -- his 4.4 YAC per reception in 2023 ranked 79th out of 139 qualified pass catchers. McLaurin will try to at least maintain a useful target volume in Week 3 against the Bengals.
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Air Yards Per Game
53.5Air Yards Per Snap
0.98% Team Air Yards
41.8%% Team Targets
22.6%Avg Depth of Target
8.9 YdsCatch Rate
66.7%Drop Rate
0.0%Avg Yds After Catch
3.3% Targeted On Route
17.4%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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Overall QB Rating Against
47.3
Cornerbacks
47.8
Safeties
95.8
Linebackers
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2024 Terry McLaurin Split Stats
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Measurables Review
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6' 0"Weight
210 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.35 secShuttle Time
4.15 secCone Drill
7.01 secVertical Jump
37.5 inBroad Jump
125 inBench Press
18 repsHand Length
9.13 inArm Length
31.50 in
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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McLaurin's long-awaited quarterback upgrade now appears dependent on the progress of 2022 fifth-round pick Sam Howell, who is expected to enter camp as Washington's starter after a strong preseason last year and an impressive cameo at the end of the campaign. Despite another year of substandard QB play, McLaurin finished 2022 with a career-high 1,191 yards, perhaps getting an efficiency boost from the emergence of Jahan Dotson and Curtis Samuel as legitimate complementary weapons. That does, of course, give McLaurin a bit more target competition than in the past, and even last year his 120 looks were his fewest since 2019 when he was a rookie. He made up for it with a 64.2 percent catch rate and 9.9 YPT, numbers far beyond the Washington passing game as a whole. McLaurin has the size (6-0, 210), speed (4.35 40) and route-running skills to break out of the 900-1,200-yard range he's been stuck in, but betting on a fifth-round QB to unlock that -- even a promising one like Howell -- is rather risky.
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Minimal chemistry with rookie QB
McLaurin caught two of four targets for 17 yards in Sunday's 37-20 loss to the Buccaneers.
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Pair of catches from Daniels
McLaurin secured two of three targets for 27 yards in the Commanders' 13-6 preseason loss to the Dolphins on Saturday night.
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Catches one pass from rookie QB
McLaurin caught his only target for three yards in Saturday's 20-17 preseason loss to the Jets.
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Optimistic about new-look offense
McLaurin said this summer that the offseason felt "like the start of something new, special," Ben Standig of The Athletic reports.
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Fourth straight 1,000-yard season
McLaurin caught six of eight targets for 56 yards in Sunday's 38-10 loss to the Cowboys.
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Showing good chemistry with Daniels
McLaurin has been displaying strong rapport with rookie second overall pick Jayden Daniels, who's taken most of the first-team reps at quarterback over the last two training camp practices, John Keim of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
McLaurin will naturally be a key target for whoever is under center for the Commanders this season, and that increasingly looks like it will be Daniels. Therefore, reports McLaurin and Daniels continued to display plenty of chemistry in Friday's practice in the form of a one-handed grab by the wideout on a back-shoulder throw are certainly encouraging for the overall prospects of the duo as they continue to log more time together.
McLaurin will naturally be a key target for whoever is under center for the Commanders this season, and that increasingly looks like it will be Daniels. Therefore, reports McLaurin and Daniels continued to display plenty of chemistry in Friday's practice in the form of a one-handed grab by the wideout on a back-shoulder throw are certainly encouraging for the overall prospects of the duo as they continue to log more time together.