John Metchie III

Carolina Panthers
Wide Receiver #8

Personal

Age 25
Birthdate July 18, 2000
Height 6'0"
Weight 195 lb

Draft

College Alabama
Year 2022
Pick Round: 2, Overall: 44
Team HOU

Fantasy Value

Week 1 Projections
Catches Yards Touchdowns
0.0 0.0 0.0

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John Metchie III: Can John Metchie III Carve Out a Fantasy-Relevant Role with the Panthers?

After a quiet start to the year with the Philadelphia Eagles, wide receiver John Metchie III was a 2025 trade deadline acquisition of the New York Jets, where a much thinner depth chart allowed him to catch 28 passes for 253 yards and two scores over his final eight games. While not earth-shattering numbers, his 17-game pace of 60-538-4 would represent career-highs across the board, and he proved himself a fantasy viable player with two finishes as the WR17 or better. His one-year deal with the Carolina Panthers was one of the more under-the-radar signings of the 2026 free agency period, but in another receiver room that thins out quickly behind Tetatiroa McMillan and Jalen Coker, there is a role to be carved out in an offense that has seen more than 63% of its targets go to wide receivers in the past two years under Dave Canales. The Panthers spent a 2026 third-round pick on Chris Brazzell II, and 2024 first-rounder Xavier Legette is still on the team, so there's no guarantee of Metchie's spot in the pecking order, but at RotoBaller's WR129, he is a dart throw whose value has sunk so low he can almost be seen as a free throw-in as part of a larger trade.

Jun. 20, 2026 11:25 AM EST

Player Stats

YEAR TM GM Receiving Rushing
REC TGT % YDS TD YPC ATT YDS YPC TD FUM
2022 HOU 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 HOU 16 15 28 53.6 153 0 10.2 1 4 4.0 0 0
2024 HOU 16 22 33 66.7 230 1 10.5 0 0 0 0 0
2025 2TM 16 30 44 68.2 254 2 8.5 3 -5 -1.7 0 0

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