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Jaylen Waddle or Luther Burden III?

Jaylen Waddle or Luther Burden III? Both are WRs. Here is what each man's 2025 season was actually built on, updated Aug 17, 2026.

The file holds Jaylen Waddle's 2025 season — it just measures too few of these inputs for persistence to say what his was built on, here or against Luther Burden III.

The file holds Luther Burden III's 2025 season — it just measures too few of these inputs for persistence to say what his was built on, here or against Jaylen Waddle.

Figures are 2025 verified play-by-play (nflverse); scored Half-PPR. Repeatability is measured from year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025, not projected. Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice.

Who led the NFL in target share in 2026?

Jaylen Waddle

WR · Denver Broncos

Luther Burden III

WR · Chicago Bears

Jaylen Waddle vs Luther Burden III, 2025

Verified 2025 figures for Jaylen Waddle and Luther Burden III, with each figure's rank in its source population
MetricJaylen WaddleLuther Burden III
Half-PPR/G8.09.3
Target share23.0%25.6%
Rec yards15039th15635th

A dash means the panel holds no qualifying figure for that player — usually too few games or attempts to clear the metric's floor, not a zero. Ranks are the source's own, against the population shown. Not shown, because neither player qualified: 2025 finish, Games, Snap share, Availability, Air yards share, Yds/pass snap.

What repeats

Jaylen Waddle: UNSETTLEDLuther Burden III: UNSETTLED

The file holds Jaylen Waddle's 2025 season — it just measures too few of these inputs for persistence to say what his was built on, here or against Luther Burden III. The file holds Luther Burden III's 2025 season — it just measures too few of these inputs for persistence to say what his was built on, here or against Jaylen Waddle. The file holds both seasons and still doesn't separate them on durability — neither man leads the inputs that historically repeat. That is a finding, not a gap in the evidence.

“Repeats” is measured year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025 — opportunity carries between seasons, scoring rate largely does not. This describes what a 2025 season was built on. It is not a forecast, and Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice. How we measure it.

Settle it — hear both stories

The same verified data, told as the story of each man's season.

Jaylen Waddle's episode →Luther Burden III's episode →

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Muffed, “Jaylen Waddle vs Luther Burden III, 2025 verified comparison,” muffed.ai/compare/jaylen-waddle-vs-luther-burden. Through the 2026 season. Data via nflverse.

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Source: Data via nflverse. Updated Aug 17, 2026. How we verify our data.

Scored Half-PPR. Repeatability is measured year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025 (nflverse), not a projection.

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