Player file
Jahan Dotson
WR Wide Receiver · official depth WR1 · Penn State · #4 · PRO
5' 11" · 184 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 2000-03-22 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
ATL · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#81 rec yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 151 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
8 rec · 17 tgt · 149 rec yds · 1 rec TD2026 WR
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T05:56:05.162Z2027Signed through
APY $7,500,000 · cap hit $5,000,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · ATL · WR · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved8 rec · 17 tgt · 149 rec yds · 1 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T05:56:05.162Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$7,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$5,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2028 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · ATL · WR · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved8 rec · 17 tgt · 149 rec yds · 1 rec TD
- 2025 · PHI · WR · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved18 rec · 36 tgt · 262 rec yds · 1 rec TD
- 2024 · PHI · WR · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 13 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 19 rec · 33 tgt · 216 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2023 · WAS · WR · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved49 rec · 83 tgt · 518 rec yds · 4 rec TD
- 2022 · WAS · WR · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 car · -7 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 35 rec · 61 tgt · 523 rec yds · 7 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · DEN at ATLStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · ATL at INDDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · ATL at MIAStarted. · 3/3, 27 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · ATL at PITStarted. · 1/3, 19 yds, 0 TD · 0 tackles (0-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2021 · Penn State · receiving91 rec · 1182 yds · 12 TDHC James FranklinCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Penn State · receiving52 rec · 884 yds · 8 TDHC James FranklinCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Penn State · receiving27 rec · 488 yds · 5 TDHC James FranklinCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Penn State · receiving13 rec · 203 yds · 0 TDHC James FranklinCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · WR · Penn St. · 5-11 · 178 lb40 4.43 · vert 36" · broad 121" · 3-cone 7.28drafted 2022 · round 1 · Washington Commanders
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
- 2026-03-12 · ATLFalcons sign TE Austin Hooper, WR Jahan Dotson
window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19
filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 3 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
- 2023 · 293 routesScreen 2% · Slant 17.7% · Curl 14.3% · Dig 15.4% · Post 11.9% · Nine 10.9% · Corner 5.5% · Out 9.2% · Comeback 4.4% · Flat 5.1% · Other 3.4%man 70.6% · zone 79.3% · press 72.2%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2022 · 274 routesScreen 1.5% · Slant 17.5% · Curl 10.9% · Dig 8.4% · Post 12.8% · Nine 23% · Corner 6.6% · Out 8.4% · Comeback 6.2% · Flat 2.2% · Other 2.6%man 69.9% · zone 80.1% · press 78.9%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01