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Josh Downs

WR, Indianapolis Colts. This page is line history: what he did against the number the books posted, game by game, with the window and the sample size printed beside every figure. Records run through the 2025 season.

Data as of 2026-10-20 · team report
Lined games
49
2023-09-17 to 2026-10-18
Markets priced
3
84 graded market-games
Receiving yards, over rate
44%
11-14
25 decided of 25 lined
Games played
53
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Receiving yards against the posted line

Last 14 lined games · bar = what he did, number on the bar = the result, dash = the opening line (median of the books quoting it, each book's earliest capture) · teal over, red under
020406072vs BUF'24 W1027vs DETW1222at NYGW1751vs DEN'25 W234at TENW342vs ARIW657at PITW93vs ATLW1037vs BAL'26 W172at KCW277vs HOUW316at WASW447at PITW540vs TENW6

Counts of what happened against a real posted number, not a projection.

Matchup context

The game Indianapolis Colts plays next · 2026 regular season to date · rosters checked October 20
Week 7 · Sunday, October 25 · 1:00 PM ET
Indianapolis Colts at Minnesota Vikings
U.S. Bank Stadium · sportturf · dome

No one on the Colts saw more targets than Downs in 2026: 42 of the 204 they threw in the 6 regular season games he played. He is listed at 5-9 and 171 pounds, shorter than 92 percent of the 358 wide receivers on a 2026 roster and lighter than 95 percent of them. Defensive backs gave him 7.62 yards of cushion at the snap, a bigger cushion than 99 percent of the 67 receivers the league's tracking data qualified in 2026. The 17 defenses on the Colts' 2026 schedule gave up 240.6 passing yards a game last season; the 17 they met gave up 240.6.

Receiving matchup

What the defense he meets has given up through the air, how much his offense throws, and how much of that goes to him
Minnesota Vikings defense
2026 regular season to date · 5 games
Passing yards allowed per game3rd of 32 · 1st = fewest allowed195.4yds
Completions allowed per game1st of 32 · 1st = fewest allowed16.6
Yards allowed per completion27th of 32 · 1st = fewest allowed11.77yds
Passing touchdowns allowed per game1st of 32 · 1st = fewest allowed0.60TD
Indianapolis Colts offense
2026 regular season to date · 6 games
Pass attempts per game12th of 32 · 1st = most36.3att
Passing yards per game22nd of 32 · 1st = most215.0yds
Pass plays as a share of plays from scrimmage14th of 32 · 1st = most pass-heavy58%
Share of passing yards gained after the catch11th of 32 · 1st = highest share48%
Josh Downs
2026 regular season to date · 6 games
Targets per game7.0
Receptions per game4.0
Receiving yards per game48.2yds
Catch rate57%
Share of his team's targets21%
Offensive snap share81%
Pass attempts plus sacks taken, over those plus rushing attempts. A sack is a called pass that never became an attempt, so it counts on the pass side. Kneel-downs sit inside the rushing attempts and cannot be separated out.His targets over his club's, counted across the games he played. Games he missed are in neither total.These are box score totals, not charted by alignment, so there is no split of what a defense gives up to slot receivers, to backs or to any other role. Nothing here claims one.

Touchdown matchup

Touchdowns the defense he meets has allowed, beside his own offense
Minnesota Vikings defense
2026 regular season to date · 5 games
Offensive touchdowns allowed per game1st of 32 · 1st = fewest allowed1.00TD
Points allowed per game1st of 32 · 1st = fewest allowed12.8
Indianapolis Colts offense
2026 regular season to date · 6 games
Offensive touchdowns per game20th of 32 · 1st = most2.17TD
Rushing plus receiving touchdowns. Return and defensive scores are not in this figure.

Method: per-game figures over the 2026 regular season, with the games behind each one shown on its panel and every 2026 opponent rated on that same season. Clubs and roles move between seasons. Conditions, not forecasts.

Record against the posted line, by market

Every market our archive priced him in at least eight times · the line is each book's opening number, median across the books quoting it · a market we priced fewer times is left off rather than shown with a sample too small to mean anything
MarketLined gamesOver-UnderOver rateAvg lineAvg resultLast line seenWindow
Receiving yards2511-1444% of 2544.642.348.5 (2026-10-18)2023-09-17 to 2026-10-18
Receptions145-936% of 144.144.004.5 (2026-10-18)2023-10-01 to 2026-10-18
Anytime touchdown4510 of 4522%28% implied10 scored, 13 implied36% implied (2026-10-18)2023-09-17 to 2026-10-18

Over rate excludes pushes and prints the decided count it is taken over. Whole-number markets (receptions, interceptions) push often, so overs divided by games would read several points off. The touchdown market posts no number at all, only a price, so it is graded as scored or not against the price implied by the books before their margin.

Where that record came from

Receiving yards · every split carries its own sample size, and a small one is left small rather than rounded into a headline
SplitOver-UnderRateAvg linen
All lined games11-1444%44.625
Home7-750%44.914
Away4-736%44.211
2026 season2-433%50.26
2025 season4-180%37.35
2024 season1-233%55.23
2023 season4-736%42.011

Game by game

Receiving yards · last 14 lined games · books = how many had a number up when we captured it
DateOppLineResultGradedBooks
2026-10-18vs TEN48.540under6
2026-10-11at PIT57.547under6
2026-10-04at WAS62.516under7
2026-09-27vs HOU49.577over6
2026-09-20at KC38.572over6
2026-09-13vs BAL44.537under6
2025-11-09vs ATL40.53under2
2025-11-02at PIT35.557over2
2025-10-12vs ARI40.542over3
2025-09-21at TEN33.534over2
2025-09-14vs DEN36.551over1
2024-12-29at NYG44.522under4
2024-11-24vs DET58.527under3
2024-11-10vs BUF62.572over5

Season totals behind those lines

Our own game logs · totals with the per-game figure beside them · only the quantities the markets above are graded on
SeasonGamesReceiving yardsReceptionsGames with a TD
20266289 (48.2/gm)24 (4.00/gm)0 of 6
202516566 (35.4/gm)58 (3.62/gm)4 of 16
202414803 (57.4/gm)72 (5.14/gm)5 of 14
202317771 (45.4/gm)68 (4.00/gm)2 of 17

Tracking profile

2025 season · percentile = the share of the 67 qualified players (8+ tracked games) this player is above on the raw number · these are style and situation measures, so a high bar means more of the thing, not better
Separation at the catch point
2.57
24
Cushion at the snap
7.62
99
Yards after catch above expectation
-0.18
13
Share of the team's intended air yards
20.1%
18

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Where these numbers come from

On method: every figure here is a count or a rate over completed games, measured against numbers the books actually posted, with its window and its games shown beside it. Small samples are left small and labelled. Nothing here is a pick or a recommendation.

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