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Isaac TeSlaa Detroit Lions · #18

Wide Receiver · 6' 4", 214 lbs · Hudsonville, MI · Age 24

Isaac TeSlaa is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions, drafted 70th overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 9 passes for 187 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 70th overall2-yr veteran
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Isaac TeSlaa
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Detroit Lions · #18 · Wide Receiver
Isaac TeSlaa
Season avg9 rec · 187 yds · 0 td
Career avg25 rec · 426 yds · 6 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
9rec
187yds
0td
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Scouting report

Isaac TeSlaa — 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
Isaac TeSlaa is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions, drafted 70th overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 9 passes for 187 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
B+
Receiving yards
Excellent · offense
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Volume
Strong · offense
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Big-play
Elite · offense
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Scoring
Solid · offense
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Target share
Excellent · offense
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Act II

Where Isaac TeSlaa 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
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #277 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
75Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Isaac TeSlaa — every number, three levels deep

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

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Receiving
187 YDS
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Volume
9 REC
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Big-play
20.8 Y/R
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C-
Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Isaac TeSlaa

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
12
rec
9–14
208
rec yds
188–229
2
td
0–4
21
targets
17–25
8
games
3–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 9 → projected 12 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
+0.2
Net vs last season+2.6 rec
Everything it reads
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2 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 24 — 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 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Isaac TeSlaa career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2025171623962714.9
2026 in progress · 4 games4918701720.8
Career2125426644
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 Detroit Lions built to win?

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

12–5proj record
91off index
99def index
+56net
95%playoff odds
61roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A (91), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 86, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 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 Isaac TeSlaa

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

2002-02-20

The beginning

Isaac TeSlaa is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions, in his 2nd NFL season.

Detroit Lions

Turning pro

Drafted 70th overall, 2025 as a Wide Receiver.

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Isaac TeSlaa is a Detroit Lions wide receiver, drafted 70th overall, 2025.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 25 passes for 426 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 9 passes for 187 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2026.

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TeSlaa's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
214 lbs
Draft
70th overall, 2025
Born
Hudsonville, MI
Age
24
Jersey
#18
Background

Isaac TeSlaa is from Hudsonville, MI and is 24 years old. He was drafted 70th overall, 2025 and plays wide receiver at 6' 4", 214 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 25 passes for 426 yards and 6 touchdowns. TeSlaa is currently on the Detroit Lions roster.

The person

Isaac TeSlaa is a depth receiver who has caught 25 passes for 426 yards and 6 touchdowns across 2 seasons (2025–2026).

Receiving25 career catches, 426 yards, 6 touchdowns.
Best season16 catches for 239 yards in 2025.
Yards per catch17.0 yards per reception over his career.
Draft pedigree70th overall, 2025.
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FAQ

Isaac TeSlaa — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Isaac TeSlaa, answered.

What position does Isaac TeSlaa play?
Isaac TeSlaa is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions.
When was Isaac TeSlaa drafted?
Isaac TeSlaa was drafted 70th overall, 2025.
How many seasons has Isaac TeSlaa played?
2 (2025–2026).
What are Isaac TeSlaa's career stats?
He has caught 25 passes for 426 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Isaac TeSlaa 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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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR3
behind the starter
Snap share
68%
of offensive snaps
Target share
11%
WOPR 0.28

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
vs NO
Week 1 · Tough
Season outlook
44
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
35
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs NOW2 @ BUFW3 vs NYJW4 @ CARW5 @ ARIW6 · BYEW7 vs GBW8 vs MINW9 @ MIAW10 vs NEW11 vs TBW12 vs CHIW13 @ ATLW14 vs TENW15 @ MINW16 vs NYGW17 @ CHIW18 @ GB

Each week grades Isaac TeSlaa'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
3
since 2025
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
0
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk13 · Hand (Questionable)2025 Wk12 · Oblique (Questionable)2025 Wk11 · Oblique (Questionable)2025 Wk1 · Illness

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 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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