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Drake London Atlanta Falcons · #5

Wide Receiver · 6' 4", 215 lbs · Moorpark, CA · Age 25

Drake London is a Wide Receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, drafted 8th overall, 2022. In 2026 he caught 20 passes for 370 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 8th overall5-yr veteran
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Drake London
Season avg20 rec · 370 yds · 0 td
Career avg329 rec · 4,331 yds · 22 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
20rec
370yds
0td
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Scouting report

Drake London — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Drake London is a Wide Receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, drafted 8th overall, 2022. In 2026 he caught 20 passes for 370 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
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Volume
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Big-play
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Scoring
Solid · offense
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Target share
Excellent · offense
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Act II

Where Drake London stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
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23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #94 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
387Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Drake London — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+
Receiving
370 YDS
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Volume
20 REC
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Big-play
18.5 Y/R
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Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Drake London

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
50
rec
18–82
717
rec yds
357–1078
4
td
0–8
78
targets
24–131
9
games
4–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 20 → projected 50 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+29.3
Age curve
+1.0
Net vs last season+30.3 rec
Everything it reads
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5 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 25 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 17 / 12 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Drake London career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
20221772866411712.0
20231669905211013.1
2024171001,271915812.7
20251268919711213.5
2026 in progress · 4 games42037002518.5
Career663294,33122522
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Atlanta Falcons built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

13–4proj record
95off index
99def index
+60net
95%playoff odds
62roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A+ (95), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 92, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 13–4 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Drake London

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-07-24

The beginning

Drake London is a Wide Receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, in his 5th NFL season.

Atlanta Falcons

Turning pro

Drafted 8th overall, 2022 as a Wide Receiver.

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Drake London is an Atlanta Falcons wide receiver, drafted 8th overall, 2022.

Chapter

Across 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has caught 329 passes for 4,331 yards and 22 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 20 passes for 370 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
215 lbs
Draft
8th overall, 2022
Born
Moorpark, CA
Age
25
Jersey
#5
Background

Drake London is from Moorpark, CA and is 25 years old. He was drafted 8th overall, 2022 and plays wide receiver at 6' 4", 215 lbs.

Over 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has caught 329 passes for 4,331 yards and 22 touchdowns. London is currently on the Atlanta Falcons roster.

The person

Drake London is a starting-caliber wide receiver who has caught 329 passes for 4,331 yards and 22 touchdowns across 5 seasons (2022–2026).

Receiving329 career catches, 4,331 yards, 22 touchdowns.
Best season100 catches for 1,271 yards in 2024.
Yards per catch13.2 yards per reception over his career.
First-round pedigree8th overall, 2022.
Durability66 career games played.
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FAQ

Drake London — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Drake London, answered.

What position does Drake London play?
Drake London is a Wide Receiver for the Atlanta Falcons.
When was Drake London drafted?
Drake London was drafted 8th overall, 2022.
How many seasons has Drake London played?
5 (2022–2026).
What are Drake London's career stats?
He has caught 329 passes for 4,331 yards and 22 touchdowns.
Drake London career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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War Room · Draft

The War Room's draft verdict on Drake London

AI analyst opinion · grounded in the model below
Model rank
WR11
#22 overall
Proj / game
15.4
Tier 2 · PPR
Draft cost
Rd 2
model draft cost, illustrative
Schedule
40
matchup score 0–100
VALUEat his current draft costThe Coach· Culture & winning

A true every-down alpha at a discount.

The role is what a coach loves — 91% of snaps and 68 catches for 919 yards in a 12-game 2025. The model projects WR10 near 15.2 PPG with confidence 81. At a Round 3 cost, that target share is a clear value even in a run-leaning Atlanta offense.

Projection is a Balladex model estimate, illustrative. The War Room's verdict is argued opinion. Real stats: 2025 season. · Updated Aug 28, 2026

Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR1
listed starter
Snap share
86%
of offensive snaps
Target share
27%
WOPR 0.69
Listed as the starter (WR1) on the current depth chartAlpha target: 27% team target share (WOPR 0.686)Every-down role (86% of snaps)

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ PIT
Week 1 · Tough
Season outlook
40
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
2 / 11
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
47
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ PITW2 vs CARW3 @ GBW4 @ NOW5 vs BALW6 vs CHIW7 vs SFW8 @ TBW9 vs CINW10 vs KCW11 · BYEW12 @ MINW13 vs DETW14 @ CLEW15 @ WASW16 vs TBW17 vs NOW18 @ CAR

Each week grades Drake London's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
8
since 2022
Games missed
5
listed Out
Lower-body
6
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk18 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk17 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk16 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk15 · Knee (Out)2025 Wk14 · Knee (Out)2025 Wk13 · Knee (Out)

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 4 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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