Puka Nacua
- WR
- LA (2026)
- BYU; Washington
- Drafted 2023, round 5, pick 177 by LA
2026 regular season
2 games for LA. Data as of 9 October 2026.
- Targets
- 21
- Receptions
- 14
- Receiving yards
- 199
- Receiving touchdowns
- 0
- Catch rate
- 66.7%
- Receiver first-down rate
- 33.3%
- Yards per reception
- 14.21
- Yards per target
- 9.48
- Target share
- 0.135
- Air yards share
- 0.162
- Weighted opportunity rating (WOPR)
- 0.315
- EPA per target
- +0.053
- Yards after catch
- 79
- Red-zone target share
- 0.200
- Catch rate deep (air yards 20+)
- 40.0%
All metrics
| Metric | Value | How it is calculated |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 1 | carries (season total) |
| Rushing yards | 2 | rushing_yards (season total) |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | rushing_tds (season total) |
| Rushing first downs | 1 | rushing_first_downs (season total) |
| Total rushing EPA | +0.889 | sum of EPA on the player's rushes (nflverse rushing_epa) |
| Yards per carry | 2 | rushing_yards / carries |
| EPA per rush | +0.889 | sum(epa) / rushes, over plays with play_type = run where the player is the rusher (includes QB scrambles; excludes kneels, no-play penalties, two-point attempts) |
| Rush success rate | 100.0% | 100 x rushes with EPA > 0 / rushes |
| Explosive rush rate | 0.0% | 100 x rushes gaining 10+ yards / rushes |
| Receiving air yards | 251 | receiving_air_yards (season total) |
| Receiving first downs | 7 | receiving_first_downs (season total) |
| Total receiving EPA | +1.109 | sum of EPA on passes to the player (nflverse receiving_epa) |
| Receiver air conversion ratio (RACR) | 0.793 | receiving_yards / receiving_air_yards (nflverse racr) |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) at or inside the opponent 20 |
| Red-zone carries | 1 | rushes (incl. QB scrambles) at or inside the opponent 20 |
| Red-zone carry share | 0.077 | player red-zone carries / team red-zone carries in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Carries inside the 10 | 1 | rushes at or inside the opponent 10 |
| Targets inside the 10 | 1 | targets at or inside the opponent 10 |
| Goal-line carries (inside the 5) | 1 | rushes at or inside the opponent 5 |
| Touchdown opportunity share (inside the 10) | 0.182 | (carries + targets inside the opponent 10) / the team's carries + targets inside the 10 in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Targets behind the line (air yards < 0) | 1 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards < 0 |
| Catch rate behind the line (air yards < 0) | 100.0% | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards < 0 |
| Targets short (air yards 0-9) | 11 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 0-9 |
| Catch rate short (air yards 0-9) | 81.8% | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 0-9 |
| Targets intermediate (air yards 10-19) | 4 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 10-19 |
| Catch rate intermediate (air yards 10-19) | 50.0% | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 10-19 |
| Targets deep (air yards 20+) | 5 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 20+ |
| Pass-play snaps | — | dropbacks (pass attempts, sacks, scrambles) with the player on the field; a proxy for routes run that also counts pass-blocking snaps |
| Pass-play snap share (route participation proxy) | — | pass-play snaps / the team's dropbacks in the games the player was on the field, 0-1 |
| Targets per pass-play snap (targets per route proxy) | — | targets / pass-play snaps; pass-play snaps stand in for routes run (pass-blocking snaps count too, so the value understates targets per route for RBs and TEs) |
| Scrimmage yards | 201 | rushing_yards + receiving_yards |
| Rushing + receiving touchdowns | 1 | rushing_tds + receiving_tds |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | sack_fumbles_lost + rushing_fumbles_lost + receiving_fumbles_lost |
| Punt returns | 0 | punt_returns (season total) |
| Punt return yards | 0 | punt_return_yards (season total) |
| Kickoff returns | 0 | kickoff_returns (season total) |
| Kickoff return yards | 0 | kickoff_return_yards (season total) |
| Yards per punt return | — | punt_return_yards / punt_returns |
| Yards per kickoff return | — | kickoff_return_yards / kickoff_returns |
| Special teams touchdowns | 0 | special_teams_tds (season total) |
Game log
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Carries | Rushing yards | Rushing touchdowns | Total rushing EPA | Targets | Receptions | Receiving yards | Receiving touchdowns | Total receiving EPA | carry share pct | target share pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SF | L 7-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 5 | 74 | 0 | -2.607 | 0 | 33.3 |
| 4 | @ PHI | W 24-20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +0.889 | 12 | 9 | 125 | 0 | +3.716 | 4 | 24 |
Weeks without a row: the player recorded no statistics (inactive, injured or bye).