Player
Isaac TeSlaa
WR · Lions
Isaac TeSlaa: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
6 TDs on just 27 targets — a 22.2% TD rate that's nearly unheard of for a rookie role player.
TrendTeSlaa's rookie line is wild for its TD efficiency: 6 touchdowns on 27 career targets — a 22.2% target-to-TD conversion rate. Most TD-heavy WRs convert at 7–12%, so TeSlaa's rate is nearly double that ceiling.
The Lions deployed him as a red-zone and play-action specialist rather than a volume target. He was low-usage but high-leverage — and the evidence backs it up: 6 scores on 27 looks in his first NFL season.
Detroit's TD-focused role: 16 catches, 239 yards, 6 TDs — 1 score every 2.7 receptions.
SplitTeSlaa's TD games (2025 rookie year)
| Week | Opp | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GB | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 5 | CIN | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 13 | GB | 2 | 2 | 35 | 1 |
| 14 | DAL | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | PIT | 7 | 4 | 52 | 1 |
| 17 | MIN | 4 | 3 | 49 | 1 |
TeSlaa scored in 6 different games across his rookie year — including 2 of his last 4 regular season games (Weeks 16–17 vs. Pittsburgh and Minnesota). The season ended quietly (1 target, no TD in Week 18), but the mid-season stretch showed he could produce.
The Week 1 vs Green Bay TD came on his very first NFL target — a 13-yard score on his lone target of the game.
Week 16 vs Steelers: career-high 7 targets, 52 yards, 1 TD — the breakout the Lions had teased.
MilestoneThrough 11 games, TeSlaa never saw more than 3 targets in a game. Week 16 vs. Pittsburgh broke that: 7 targets, 4 catches, 52 yards and a score, on a 13.5% target share — easily his largest workload of the season.
The follow-up in Week 17 vs. Minnesota was also strong (4 tgt, 3 rec, 49 yds, 1 TD), the second-best yardage day of his rookie year. The end-of-season trajectory points to a bigger Year 2 role.
Caught a TD on his very first NFL target. His second TD also came on a single-target game (Week 5).
AnomalyTeSlaa's first two career TDs both came on single-target games: a Week 1 strike vs. Green Bay (1-of-1, 13 yards, TD) and a Week 5 score vs. Cincinnati (1-of-1, 12 yards, TD).
For a rookie 3rd-round pick out of Arkansas, that's a remarkably efficient start — two of his first five single-target appearances produced touchdowns, with both coming when Detroit called his number on high-leverage plays.
For a rookie with under 30 targets: 6 TDs is in elite territory.
RareAmong all 2025 rookie WRs who reached 6+ receiving TDs, TeSlaa's 27 targets is the lowest by a wide margin — Jayden Higgins needed 68 targets for his 6 TDs, Emeka Egbuka needed 127.
The Lions' offensive ecosystem under Goff/Campbell has been generous to specialty receivers (St. Brown, Williams, Gibbs), and TeSlaa carved out a real piece of that pie as a rookie. His 5.7% average target share sounds modest until you factor in that he converted those limited looks into 6 touchdowns.
Among 2025 rookie WRs with 6+ TDs, TeSlaa had fewer than half the targets of anyone else.
ComparisonTeSlaa finished tied for 2nd in TDs among 2025 rookie WRs (6 TDs, behind only Tetairoa McMillan's 7), but his 27 targets is the lowest of any 2025 rookie WR with 6+ TDs. Jayden Higgins reached 6 TDs on 68 targets; Emeka Egbuka needed 127.
The Lions clearly value him as a red-zone weapon. With 14 games played and a season-ending stretch of escalating usage, Year 2 sets up for both more volume and the TD profile that already exists.
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