Carolina Panthers Target Share 2026 — With 2025 Week by Week
2026 so far: Tetairoa McMillan leads the Carolina Panthers with 26% of the targets (54 of 211) through 6 games. Tetairoa McMillan led the Carolina Panthers with 25.4% of the team's targets in 2025 (122 of 480), ahead of Xavier Legette 13.3%, Rico Dowdle 10.4%. Below, every Carolina Panthers skill player's touches week by week for 2025 — with scoring-territory touches (inside the opponent's 50) beside each number. The season's biggest role shift: Rico Dowdle took over in week 5 and Chuba Hubbard's workload never recovered.
2026 target share and carry share — so far
From the play-by-play, updated the morning after each game. 2025 below is the baseline.
2025 target share
Share of the team's total targets, regular season. Carries shown for context — target share counts passing-game usage only.
Touches by week (targets + carries · |inside-50 touches)
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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| Rico Dowdle RB | 6|1 | 7|5 | 11|7 | 10|4 | 27|10 | 35|20 | 19|8 | 8|4 | 28|13 | 21|10 | 26|13 | 10|4 | 20|5 | — | 17|6 | 15|9 | 17|5 | 9|4 |
| Chuba Hubbard RB | 21|12 | 16|7 | 20|13 | 13|5 | — | — | 17|8 | 13|7 | 6|6 | 4|1 | 7|4 | 7|3 | 19|10 | — | 9|6 | 7|3 | 7|3 | 7|2 |
| Tetairoa McMillan WR | 9|6 | 10|4 | 8|6 | 8|5 | 8|5 | 5|3 | 5|3 | 10|3 | 6|2 | 8|2 | 12|5 | 7|2 | 2|2 | — | 4|2 | 10|6 | 4|1 | 6|4 |
| Xavier Legette WR | 7|3 | 9|5 | — | — | 3|1 | 2|2 | 11|4 | 3|2 | 3|3 | 1|1 | 8|5 | 5|3 | 2|1 | — | 3|1 | 3|0 | 1|1 | 4|3 |
| Bryce Young QB | 5|2 | 2|1 | 2|2 | 1|1 | 3|1 | 3|0 | 2|2 | — | 2|0 | 2|2 | 1|0 | 4|4 | 5|1 | — | 7|1 | 4|2 | 9|1 | 2|1 |
| Jalen Coker WR | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2|0 | 4|3 | 1|0 | 4|1 | 4|1 | 4|4 | 6|3 | — | 4|2 | 5|2 | 2|1 | 7|2 |
Amber cells = 18+ touch weeks. — = did not play. Inside-50 =
touches in opponent territory, where game plans concentrate.
Detected role shifts
- Rico Dowdle rose from 8.5 to 19.4 touches/game starting week 5 — and Chuba Hubbard fell from 17.5 to 9.4 over the same stretch.
A shift is flagged when one player gained 3+ touches/game and a teammate lost 3+ across the same split week — descriptive, not causal: injuries, trades and game script all move touches.
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