Player
Dontayvion Wicks
WR · Packers
Green Bay rolls four or five wideouts in rotation, so target volume gets split thin. Wicks's rookie 606 yards remains his ceiling, and 2025's 332 in 13 games puts him on pace below that — the third straight year his usage has been capped by Reed, Doubs, and Watson sharing the field.
3 seasons in Green Bay — 112 catches, 1,392 yards, 12 TDs, never breaking 700 yards.
TrendWicks by season (regular season + playoffs)
| Season | Gms | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17 | 62 | 41 | 606 | 5 |
| 2024 | 18 | 82 | 41 | 454 | 5 |
| 2025 | 13 | 46 | 30 | 332 | 2 |
Yards per season
| Season | Receiving Yards |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 606 |
| 2024 | 454 |
| 2025 | 332 |
Wicks was a 5th-round pick out of Virginia in 2023 and immediately carved out a rotational role in Green Bay's WR-by-committee offense. Rookie year was the high-water mark: 41 catches, 606 yards, 5 TDs.
The Packers' deep room (Reed, Doubs, Watson, Wilson) has kept his volume capped — three straight years under 700 yards, despite consistent snap counts.
Why it matters. Green Bay rolls four or five wideouts in rotation, so target volume gets split thin. Wicks's rookie 606 yards remains his ceiling, and 2025's 332 in 13 games puts him on pace below that — the third straight year his usage has been capped by Reed, Doubs, and Watson sharing the field.
Catch rate dropped from 66% (2023) to 50% (2024) — a worrying trend that hasn't fully reversed.
SplitWicks catch rate by season
| Season | Tgt | Rec | Catch% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 62 | 41 | 66.1% |
| 2024 | 82 | 41 | 50.0% |
| 2025 | 46 | 30 | 65.2% |
The 2024 catch rate (50.0% on 82 targets) is the lasting concern. Wicks led Green Bay in drops that season and the offense visibly lost trust in him on contested throws.
2025 has been a rebound on a smaller sample — 65.2% on 46 targets suggests the route-running and hands are back, even as the volume has shrunk further.
Why it matters. 2024's 50.0% catch rate on 82 targets is the season that reshaped his role — a 16-point drop from his rookie year while volume actually grew. The 2025 rebound to 65.2% lines up with the cut in targets to 46: when the Packers ask less, the conversion looks like 2023 again.
14.8 yards per catch as a rookie — 2nd among all 2023 rookie WRs with 40+ receptions, behind only Tank Dell.
Rare2023 rookie WRs, 40+ receptions, ranked by YPC
| Rank | Player | Rec | YPC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tank Dell | 47 | 15.09 |
| 2 | Dontayvion Wicks | 41 | 14.78 |
| 3 | Puka Nacua | 114 | 14.62 |
| 4 | Jordan Addison | 70 | 13.01 |
| 5 | Jayden Reed | 68 | 12.18 |
| 6 | Zay Flowers | 86 | 11.79 |
| 8 | Rashee Rice | 105 | 11.43 |
As a 5th-round pick, Wicks finished his rookie season 2nd in yards per reception among all 2023 rookie WRs with 40+ catches — ahead of Nacua, Addison, Flowers, Reed, and Rice. He profiled as Green Bay's designed deep shot in Jordan Love's first year as starter.
The efficiency has since slipped: 11.07 YPC in both 2024 and 2025. The role shifted from downfield X to short/intermediate slot, and the per-touch impact came with it.
Why it matters. This is the strongest evidence Wicks's draft slot understated his talent. A 5th-rounder beating Nacua, Addison, Reed, and Rice on YPC in their shared rookie class isn't an accident — it's a deep-threat profile the Packers used in 2023 and then phased out as Reed and Watson absorbed the downfield work.
Career-best game: 6-94-2 vs. Detroit in Week 13, 2025 — still no 100-yard game in 48 tries.
MilestoneWicks's top games
| Season | Wk | Opp | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | TB | 6 | 97 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | DET | 6 | 94 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | LAC | 3 | 91 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | MIN | 5 | 78 | 2 |
| 2023 | 18 | CHI | 6 | 61 | 2 |
Three different seasons, three multi-TD games — 2023 Wk 18 vs CHI (6-61-2), 2024 Wk 4 vs MIN (5-78-2), and 2025 Wk 13 vs DET (6-94-2). Every one came on 7 or fewer targets.
The yardage ceiling has held: his career-high is 97 yards vs Tampa Bay in 2023 Week 15, and he has zero 100-yard games across 48 career outings.
Why it matters. Wicks scores in bunches on small target counts — three career multi-TD games, each on 7 targets or fewer — but has never broken 100 yards. That's the profile of a part-time red-zone weapon, not a featured receiver, and it explains why his volume hasn't grown despite efficient production.
1 TD every 9.3 catches — almost exactly Doubs (9.0) and Reed (9.4) in the same WR room.
ComparisonPackers WR room, catches and TDs since 2023
| Player | Rec | TD | Rec/TD | TD% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Watson | 97 | 14 | 6.93 | 14.4% |
| Romeo Doubs | 180 | 20 | 9.00 | 11.1% |
| Dontayvion Wicks | 112 | 12 | 9.33 | 10.7% |
| Jayden Reed | 150 | 16 | 9.38 | 10.7% |
Across 2023-2025, Wicks's 1-TD-per-9.33-catches rate sits in the middle of the Green Bay WR room — virtually identical to Doubs (9.00) and Reed (9.38), but well behind Watson's 6.93.
In 2024 specifically, 5 of his 41 catches were TDs (12.2%) — 20th-best TD rate among WRs with 30+ receptions that season. The targets dropped but the trust near the goal line hasn't.
Why it matters. The Packers' four-WR rotation pays each receiver in TDs at roughly the same rate — Wicks, Doubs, and Reed are within a half-catch of each other on TD frequency. That tells you Matt LaFleur isn't favoring any of them in scoring range; Watson is the only true outlier, and only because his sample is smallest.
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