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13 personnel might be the next big trend in the NFL, and it actually creates some of the most valuable fantasy opportunities, not for tight ends, but for wide receivers, which might seem counterintuitive, but the one wide receiver on the field for 13 personnel pass plays is incredibly valuable. In every other personnel grouping outside of 13 personnel, the league-wide wide receiver target rate in 2025 was 18.5%.

In 13 personnel, that jumped all the way up to 24.7%, over a 6% increase. Fantasy-wise, that translated to a wide receiver league average of 0.31 fantasy points per route out of non-13 personnel plays. And an insane 0.56 fantasy points per route out of 13 personnel. Just for context for how big of a gap that is, Taequann Thornton was a 0.31 fantasy points

per route wide receiver in 2025. Amon Rastain Brown was a 0.56 fantasy points per route wide receiver. So first, here is a list of the top 15 wide receivers in 13 personnel routes run last season. But more importantly than that is how often were teams actually running 13 personnel? And when they were how often were they calling pass from it Now again this is 2025 numbers and there a few outliers with head coaching changes offensive coordinator changes just to be aware of For 2026 we don really know how these teams are planning on deploying 13 personnel

but there's a few that stick out to me. If you want to be even more in on Luther Burden, here it is. The Bears are a team that could lean way more into 13 personnel in 2026. DJ Moore led all Chicago wide receivers in 13 personnel routes run last season. he's obviously not Chicago anymore. He's gone to Buffalo. Second most, of course, right behind DJ

Moore was Luther Burton. And important to call out, Roma Dunze ran just two such routes last season. Another team with an innovative offensive-minded coach is the Vikings with Kevin O'Connell. I'm not sure if they have the personnel to be able to do it, but the important call out here is of the 13,