$Signed a four-year, $120.01 million contract with the Lions in April of 2024.
See red zone opportunities inside the 20, 10 and 5-yard lines along with the percentage of time they converted the opportunity into a touchdown.
This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player’s percentile rank. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player.
Avg Depth of Target
7.5 Yds
Avg Yds Per Route Run
2.46
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This Week’s Opposing Pass Defense
The bars represents the team’s percentile rank (based on QB Rating Against). The longer the bar, the better their pass defense is. The team and position group ratings only include players that are currently on the roster and not on injured reserve. The list of players in the table only includes defenders with at least 3 attempts against them.
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Overall QB Rating Against
70.6
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This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player’s percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
* All metrics are from his Pro Day (not the combine).
A 2021 fourth-round pick who went beserk in the second half of his rookie year, St. Brown got it done from start to finish in 2022 and definitively answered any doubts about his Year 1 production. An ankle sprain in late September cost him one game and rendered him ineffective in the next two, yet he finished with 106 catches for 1,161 yards and six touchdowns, with no fewer than four receptions or 49 yards in any of his other 14 appearances. The Lions now hope 2022 first-rounder Jameson Williams can emerge as their primary perimeter weapon after a six-game suspension, but that would still leave a boatload of targets for the primarily slot-based St. Brown given the team’s otherwise mediocre depth chart at wide receiver and tight end. The tight ends, in particular, appear to be a weak point after last year’s T.J. Hockenson trade, leaving the short passing attack in the hands of St. Brown and running backs David Montgomery and 2023 first-round pick Jahmyr Gibbs. Another 100-catch season is coming so long as St. Brown stays relatively healthy.
St. Brown was perhaps the most unlikely fantasy hero of 2021. His final stat line isn’t
overwhelming, but he got there by finishing the year with six consecutive games of at least 10
targets, eight catches and 74 yards, scoring six TDs (one rushing) in that stretch. Neither
particularly big nor fast, St. Brown nonetheless had some promise ahead of last year’s draft,
after catching 178 passes for 2,270 yards and 16 TDs in two and a half seasons at USC. He
caught 60 passes as a true freshman, consistently earning targets while playing alongside
Michael Pittman (and later Drake London). A 4.51 40-yard dash at USC’s pro day may have
contributed to the notion of St. Brown merely being a slot prospect, but he otherwise put up solid
numbers, including a 38.5-inch vertical and 20 bench-press reps. The Lions drafted him early in
the fourth round, initially installing him as their slot/third receiver. Eventually, though, his role
expanded, with the rookie taking double-digit snaps on the perimeter each game from Week 12
on. He still played the slot, primarily, but the Lions got creative to spice up their otherwise
moribund offense, even giving St. Brown seven carries over the final six weeks. He’ll have more competition for touches this year, featured alongside running back D’Andre Swift and tight end T.J. Hockenson in the Detroit offense, with veteran wideout DJ Chark and speedy rookie
Jameson Williams (coming back from a torn ACL in January) being the wild cards. TBD if St.
Brown is still a target hog.
The 112th overall pick in this year’s draft, St. Brown landed in a good spot. Not good in the sense he’ll be vying for a Super Bowl ring, but he will have a chance to see targets right away in an unsettled passing game. Journeymen Tyrell Williams (who missed all of last year with a shoulder injury) and Kalif Raymond appear to pace the depth chart, while last year’s fifth-rounder, the unestablished Quintez Cephus, has mostly worked with backups. At 5-11, 197, St. Brown, like Cephus, has poor timed speed (4.59 40), but still shows explosiveness (38.5-inch vertical, 127-inch broad jump). St. Brown probably projects best as a slot receiver, but he has the strength and physicality to operate on the outside if needed.
