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Chris Godwin Jr.

Chris Godwin Jr. is a wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Scouting report

Chris Godwin Jr.: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Chris Godwin Jr. at a glance

Chris Godwin Jr. is a 30-year-old wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, listed at 6'1" and 209 pounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Godwin 84th overall in the third round in 2017, out of Penn State; this is year ten in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Godwin at 149.6 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR46 at the position and works out to 11.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Godwin has scored 17.1 PPR points, or 8.6 per game. That is 11.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Godwin would finish with about 145 points, in line with the 149.6 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.8 points in Week 2 against CLE, the WR40 finish that week. Godwin has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Godwin ranks in the 82nd percentile in yards per target, the 80th percentile in average separation and the 59th percentile in receiving yards. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 22nd percentile in target share.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Godwin has finished as WR31 in 2020, WR15 in 2021, WR18 in 2022, WR28 in 2023, WR53 in 2024 and WR78 in 2025. One of those 9 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 276.1 PPR points in 2019. Across 121 regular-season games on record, the totals read 619 receptions, 7,712 receiving yards and 41 receiving touchdowns.

Chris Godwin Jr. by the numbers

Godwin has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 4 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 11 times and finished in the top twelve 24 times. The career high is 41.2 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2019 against LA, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 6 games of 30 or more PPR points and 23 100-yard receiving games. In all, Godwin has reached 20 points in 23 games, 19% of career appearances.

Contract

Godwin is playing on a three-year, $66 million contract signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025, an average of $22 million per year with $44 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
149.6
PPR / game
11.1

Week 1 projection

Chris Godwin Jr. is projected for 11.0 PPR points on the road at CIN in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 29.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.6 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
23.4
Dynasty
26.4
Superflex redraft
39.7
Superflex dynasty
37.6
TE premium dynasty
15.9

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026TB27786021517.1
2025TB9513336020083.0
2024TB76250576512137.8
2023TB17130831,0242438209.2
2022TB151421041,023335222.8
2021TB14127981,1035421242.4
2020TB128465840700191.0
2019TB14121861,333918276.1
2018TB169559842700185.2
2017TB15553452510092.5

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