Donovan Peoples-Jones

Donovan Peoples-Jones

25-Year-Old Wide ReceiverWR
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Free Agent
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Peoples-Jones is sticking around Detroit for another season after he was traded to the team from Cleveland, spending the final eight contests of the 2023 campaign with the Lions. The wide receiver will compete with Kalif Raymond for reps as Detroit's No. 3 option behind Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams in 2024 after Josh Reynolds left the team to join the Broncos this offseason. Peoples-Jones has shown promise in the past, most notably securing 61 receptions for 839 yards and three touchdowns over 17 games with the Browns in 2022. Now operating in Ben Johnson's offense in Detroit, which ranked second in the NFL last season with 258.9 passing yards per game, the wide receiver will have a decent chance at consistent production in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
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$Released by the Lions in August of 2024.
Lands on practice squad
WRFree Agent
August 29, 2024
The Lions signed Peoples-Jones to the practice squad Thursday.
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Peoples-Jones didn't manage to stick with Detroit's initial 53-man roster, but he'll continue his development with the team and remain in house as a pivot option. The 2020 sixth-round pick is coming off the worst season of his career, but he did pile up a 61-839-3 receiving line with the Browns back in 2022. He figures to be one of the first names called up in the regular season if the Lions suffer any injuries to their wide receiver corps.
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Height
6' 2"
 
Weight
204 lbs
 
40-Yard Dash
4.48 sec
 
Vertical Jump
44.5 in
 
Broad Jump
139 in
 
Hand Length
10.13 in
 
Arm Length
33.50 in
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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A 2020 sixth-round pick, Peoples-Jones progressed from part-time deep threat to regular starter in his third pro season, posting a 61-839-3 receiving line on 96 targets in 17 games last year. He saw 38 more targets in 2022 than he had in 2021, while his aDOT dropped from 15.4 to 11.7, his YPC from 17.6 to 13.8 and his YPT from 10.3 to 8.7. It was far more volume than he'd ever seen in the pros or college, having never topped 612 yards or 72 targets in three seasons at Michigan. Peoples-Jones primarily was drafted on the basis of athleticism -- something he showed off on a punt-return TD in last season -- after shining at the 2020 combine with a 4.48 40, 139-inch broad jump and 44.5-inch vertical at 6-2, 212. The Browns, however, acquired another impressive athlete this offseason with the trade for 2021 second-round pick Elijah Moore, who is much smaller (5-10, 178) but also more agile and faster (4.35 40). It's unclear if the two will compete for a starting job or Moore will be limited to slot work as the No. 3 receiver, but either way there's tougher target competition behind Amari Cooper this year with the Browns also adding WR Cedric Tillman in Round 3 to help QB Deshaun Watson.
Peoples-Jones is already ahead of the program for a sixth-round pick, and he now gets his best opportunity yet in Year 3, after the Browns traded for QB Deshaun Watson and saw their WR depth depleted. They did also add five-time 1,000-yard receiver Amari Cooper, but only after losing Odell Beckham, Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins and TE Austin Hooper in a span of six months. Cleveland now is left with Peoples-Jones, 2021 third-round pick Anthony Schwartz and 2022 third-rounder David Bell as the top options behind Cooper, allowing the youngsters to duke it out for snaps and targets this summer. And while the other two get the nod for draft capital, Peoples-Jones has more experience (11 starts), standout measurables (4.48 40, 44.5-inch vertical at 6-2, 204) and a career 11.6 YPT on 78 targets. If you're wondering why he was a sixth-rounder, it's largely because he peaked at 612 yards in a season at Michigan, which makes for an interesting contrast with Bell (who averaged 101.6 ypg at Purdue but then ran a 4.65 40).
Peoples-Jones was a healthy scratch early in the 2020 season but was forced into a larger role after Odell Beckham sustained a season-ending knee injury Week 7. He brought an explosive element to the Browns offense and averaged 21.7 yards per catch. The vertical element is something that was missing after Beckham's injury until Peoples-Jones leap-frogged KhaDarel Hodge on the team's depth chart. With a healthy Beckham back in the mix, Peoples-Jones likely drops to the fourth on the depth chart and will compete for slotting with Hodge, Rashard Higgins, and rookie third-round draft pick Anthony Schwartz.
The Browns took Peoples-Jones in the sixth round of this April's NFL Draft, 187th overall. As a rookie, he could be an immediate contributor on special teams, but down the road, the 6-2, 212-pounder has the size and athleticism to emerge as an outside target who can go up and get the ball. At the combine, Peoples-Jones recorded a 4.48 40, as well as an excellent mark (44.5 inches) in the vertical leap category. Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry remain the Brown' clear-cut top two wide receivers, but beyond that duo, the pecking order is not set in stone, with Rashard Higgins currently penciled in as the team's WR3. As a result, Peoples-Jones does have an opportunity to climb up Cleveland's depth chart as the 2020 season rolls along.
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Let go by Detroit
WRFree Agent
August 26, 2024
The Lions are releasing Peoples-Jones on Monday, Jordan Schultz of BleacherReport.com reports.
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Gets activated Wednesday
WRDetroit Lions
July 24, 2024
The Lions activated Peoples-Jones (undisclosed) off the active/non-football injury list Wednesday.
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Starts camp on NFI list
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July 24, 2024
The Lions placed Peoples-Jones on the active/non-football injury list for the start of training camp Wednesday due to an unspecified injury or illness.
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Staying in Detroit
WRFree Agent
March 16, 2024
Peoples-Jones has agreed on a one-year, $2 million deal to re-sign with the Lions. Jordan Schultz of BleacherReport.com reports.
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Big step back in fourth season
WRDetroit Lions
February 11, 2024
Peoples-Jones caught 13 passes (on 25 targets) for 155 yards over 15 regular-season games in 2023.
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Losing grip on WR3 role?
WRDetroit Lions
August 3, 2024
Colton Pouncy of The Athletic relays that Daurice Fountain, not Peoples-Jones, has started alongside Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams in three-wideout sets with the first-team offense.
ANALYSIS
Peoples-Jones and Kalif Raymond were projected to compete for the WR3 job behind St. Brown and Williams after Josh Reynolds joined Denver in free agency. Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson told reporters Thursday that he wants consistency out of that role, and while Peoples-Jones has made his fair share of plays as a pass catcher and blocker, Fountain has been the one who has lined up with the first-team offense. It's still early in training camp, but Peoples-Jones will need to step up in practices if he wants to earn a consistent role on offense.
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