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Devaughn Vele injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
New Orleans Saints · Wide receiver · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 2 full seasons on record, Devaughn Vele played 26 of 34 regular-season games (76%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The New Orleans Saints room absorbs +1.38 receptions, and Chris Olave takes the largest single share at +0.23. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devaughn Vele WR · 92% snaps | 4.00 | — | OUT |
| Chris Olave WR · 81% snaps | 5.80 | 6.03 | +0.23 |
| Juwan Johnson TE · 63% snaps | 3.90 | 3.90 | +0.00 |
| Alvin Kamara RB · 30% snaps | 2.50 | 2.50 | +0.00 |
| Noah Fant TE · 56% snaps | 2.20 | 2.20 | +0.00 |
| Travis Etienne RB · 46% snaps | 1.90 | 1.90 | +0.00 |
| Kendre Miller RB · 30% snaps | 1.40 | 1.40 | +0.00 |
| Bryce Lance WR · 66% snaps | 1.10 | 1.33 | +0.23 |
| CJ Donaldson RB · 32% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Kevin Austin Jr. WR · 11% snaps | 0.70 | 0.93 | +0.23 |
| Oscar Delp TE · 29% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Jalen Cropper WR · 0% snaps | 0.60 | 0.83 | +0.23 |
| Barion Brown WR · 11% snaps | 0.50 | 0.73 | +0.23 |
| Cedric Tillman WR · 4% snaps | 0.30 | 0.53 | +0.23 |
Injury history
Over his 2 full seasons on record, Devaughn Vele played 26 of 34 regular-season games (76%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NO | 6 of 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | NO | 13 of 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Hip |
| 2024 | DEN | 13 of 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Ribs |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Devaughn Vele’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection