Malik Benson

Las Vegas Raiders · Wide receiverWR depth

6′1″, 195 lb · age 24 · Oregon; Florida State; Alabama; Hutchinson CC · 2026 draft, round 6

Week 6 stats

Sun Oct 18, vs BUF: Malik Benson played 12% of snaps without a touch.

Stats through week 6; the week 7 projection below. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Full game log.

Malik Benson has no full prior season to anchor to, so this week’s projection leans on his 5 games of current-season usage alone — treat it as a thinner read than a veteran’s.

Week 7 projection

PPR points

2.2

WR118 this week

Receptions

0.6

Receiving yards

Anytime TD

He is used both near the goal line and on third down, roles that run slightly ahead of trailing form: +0.11 receptions.

What a realistic week looks like

The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 0 and 2 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

Malik Benson snap share, game by game

Snap shareTarget share

Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.96 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.89 and touchdowns 0.56. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round. Snap share leaders.

Game log

Game	Opp	Snap share	Target share	Tgt	Rec	Rec yds	Car	Rush yds	TD	We said
26 wk7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6 projected
26 wk6	BUF	12%	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7 -0.7
26 wk5	NE	27%	11.1%	4	1	6	0	0	0	0.9 +0.1
26 wk4	KC	8%	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8 -0.8
26 wk3	NO	6%	3.3%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.7 -0.7
26 wk2	LAC	13%	3.4%	1	0	0	0	0	0	—
26 wk1	MIA	10%	6.9%	2	1	6	1	-8	0	—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

Malik Benson 2026 stats

Through 6 games of 2026, Malik Benson has 2 catches for 12 receiving yards (0.3 catches and 2.0 yards a game), on 13% of snaps.

His first season in the warehouse, so there is no prior year to compare against and no career arc to draw — the projection leans on the league's rookies rather than on him.

	2026 so far (6 games)
Catches per game	0.3
Receiving yards per game	2.0
Target share	4.1%

The whole Las Vegas Raiders roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

Related players

The rest of the Las Vegas Raiders receiver room, by target share.

Ranked next to him at WR for week 7.

Ben Skowronek WR115 · PIT
Chimere Dike WR116 · TEN
J. Michael Sturdivant WR117 · GB
Deion Burks WR119 · IND
Jeshaun Jones WR120 · MIN
Jackson Meeks WR121 · DET

What we have measured about wide receivers

Are players better coming off a bye week?They are slightly worse Do defenses shut down the other team’s best receiver?Barely

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 7