Silver And Black Pride
Consistency, reliability makes the veteran the top option in Las Vegas’ position group
Reliable production.
That’s where Jakobi Meyers stands out heading into his third season with the Las Vegas Raiders.
No other wide receiver on the roster can come close to the 28-year-old’s stat sheet. Meyers played in 15 games (started all of them) in 2024 and drew 129 targets hauling in 87 passes for 1,027 yards and four touchdowns. It was the undrafted free agent’s first-ever career 1,000-yard receiving performance in his six-year career.
And that looms large as to why Meyers rolls into this offseason and the 2025 campaign as the Silver & Black’s unquestioned WR1.
By The Numbers:
Jakobi Meyers, Wide Receiver,
Meyers has 20 career touchdown catches on his resume — to go along with two rushing scores and three passing TDs — and nary a wide receiver on Las Vegas’ roster comes close.
Tre Tucker — heading into his third season in the league — has six career touchdowns (five receiving, one rushing). Collin Johnson, a veteran flier signing, has two receiving touchdowns in his four seasons in the league. The rest of the wide receiver room has zero touchdown receptions.
Even if you look at the running back and tight end rooms, the career totals fall short of Meyers. Veteran tailback Raheem Mostert has eight career receiving touchdowns in his 10 seasons and superstar tight end Brock Bowers — heading into Year 2 — has five-career end zone visits (all receiving). Fellow tight end Michael Mayer has two total touchdown catches.
But it’s not just touchdowns that make Meyers a reliable target the Raiders quarterbacks of previous years and what new starter Geno Smith can expect heading into 2025.
Depending on which statistical group you prefer or subscribe to, Meyers either didn’t drop a single pass last season or dropped one. Pro Football Focus charted Meyers without a single drop in 2024, while Pro Football Reference tagged the wide receiver with one. Either way, that’s damn impressive for a receiver who was targeted 127 times.
Of Meyers’ 87 receptions, 52 of said catches moved the chains for first downs and while he isn’t the most fleet of foot — like in comparison to Tucker or Dont’e Thornton Jr. (taken by the Raiders in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft — Meyers’ short-area quickness and route running leads to crucial separation and his 6-foot-2 and 200-pound frame and strong hands result in an impressive catch rate.
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“Anything thrown in his direction, he seems to somehow come down (with it),” Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly said about Meyers, after the team’s OTA session last week. “He’s got a really good understanding of coverage and schemes, where he knows how to...
