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Fantasy Football Draft Advice: DeVonta Smith
Here’s our 2023 fantasy football outlook for DeVonta Smith.
The Eagles utilized DeVonta Smith in a different role in 2022 than during his rookie season, and the results were beautiful. In 2021, Smith was ninth in deep targets and sixth in aDOT among wide receivers as Philadelphia rolled him out as a field stretcher. While Smith was solid in this role, his upside as a zone-destroying intermediate-level threat was seized in 2022.
Smith still finished 19th in deep targets among wideouts, but his aDOT dropped to 9.9 (65th) as he began to gobble up targets. Smith was 13th in targets (136), 14th in target share (27.0%) and 19th in target per route run rate (26.2%). He finished with 95 receptions (ninth-best), 1,196 receiving yards (eighth) and seven total touchdowns (14th) as the WR14 in fantasy. Smith was 18th in PFF receiving grade and yards per route run (minimum 50 targets, per PFF). With a consolidated target tree and an ascending quarterback talent in Philadelphia, Smith is poised to be a solid WR2 again in 2023.
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