Week 4 Usage Risers: Real Roles on Players Most Leagues Passed On
The 33 players rostered in under 60% of leagues who drew a starter's share of the targets, the carries or the snaps in Week 4, led by T.J. Hockenson. If those rates hold, the points follow.
Points are the loudest number a week produces and the least reliable one. What an offense decided to do with a player (how often he was on the field, how many of the targets went his way, how much of the backfield he got) is the part that tends to show up again the next Sunday. This post reads Week 4 that way, and only for players rostered in under 60% of leagues.
33 of them cleared at least one of the bars below, 18 of those on fewer than one roster in ten. 18 scored under 10 PPR points while doing it, which is the likeliest reason they are still sitting there: the role showed up in the snap counts before it showed up in the box score.
Roster share is the slower of the two numbers on each row. The other is Sleeper adds over the past week, and it says the market has already found some of these: 21 are among Sleeper's 100 most-added players, led by Emanuel Wilson (3.6M), Keon Coleman (2.3M), Dohnte Meyers (1.7M). Treat the roster share on those as a floor, and move on them first if you are moving at all. The rest were outside that list, under 127k adds each, which is where a role is still cheap.
Two caveats before the tables. This is one game, and one game of shares is a signal, not a settled role: an injury ahead of him on the depth chart, a blowout or a game plan built for one opponent can all inflate a week. And no free data feed publishes routes run, so for receivers and tight ends snap share is standing in for route participation. On a passing play the two are close to the same thing; on a run-heavy day they are not. So every name here comes with the same condition: if these rates hold, the points should follow. Week 5 is the first chance to find out.
Earning the targets
Receivers and tight ends who drew at least 18% of their team's targets on 5 or more looks. Target share is the stickiest usage number there is, and it is the one most directly tied to PPR points. The top 10 of 15 are below.
43%Rostered24.9 PPR<127k adds
33%Rostered16.5 PPR▲ 394k adds
Malik WashingtonWRMIA
5 of 17 targets (29%)
2 of 18 carries (11%) · 34 of 39 snaps (87%) · 5 rec, 67 rec yds · 2 car, 3 rush yds
Darius CooperWRPHI
7 of 25 targets (28%)
55 of 61 snaps (90%) · 3 rec, 33 rec yds · 2 TD
56%Rostered13.2 PPR▲ 147k adds
Oronde GadsdenTELACQuiet box score
8 of 31 targets (26%)
1 of 32 carries (3%) · 39 of 71 snaps (55%) · 5 rec, 36 rec yds · 1 car, 2 rush yds
6.8%Rostered7.7 PPR<127k adds
8.1%Rostered23.6 PPR▲ 2.3M adds
8.9%Rostered5.1 PPR<127k adds
Laquon TreadwellWRINDQuiet box score
6 of 29 targets (21%)
56 of 66 snaps (85%) · 5 rec, 42 rec yds
Backfield work
Backs who took at least 30% of their team's carries on 7 or more, or at least 12% of the targets on 4 or more as the passing-down back. Ordered by their share of the whole workload, carries and targets together.
Emanuel WilsonRBSEA
21 of 33 carries (64%)
4 of 20 targets (20%) · 36 of 60 snaps (60%) · 21 car, 81 rush yds · 3 rec, 39 rec yds · 2 TD
Brian RobinsonRBATLPart-time
14 of 35 carries (40%)
1 of 20 targets (5%) · 24 of 57 snaps (42%) · 14 car, 62 rush yds · 1 rec, 5 rec yds · 3 TD
Keaton MitchellRBLACPart-time
10 of 32 carries (31%)
6 of 31 targets (19%) · 26 of 71 snaps (37%) · 10 car, 39 rush yds · 5 rec, 24 rec yds
MarShawn LloydRBGBQuiet box score
5 of 30 targets (17%)
7 of 25 carries (28%) · 33 of 60 snaps (55%) · 7 car, 13 rush yds · 5 rec, 36 rec yds
Najee HarrisRBNYGQuiet box scorePart-time
9 of 28 carries (32%)
12 of 67 snaps (18%) · 9 car, 30 rush yds
Tyler AllgeierRBARI
8 of 26 carries (31%)
2 of 35 targets (6%) · 36 of 66 snaps (55%) · 8 car, 42 rush yds · 2 rec, 7 rec yds · 1 TD
Kaleb JohnsonRBGBQuiet box scorePart-time
8 of 25 carries (32%)
17 of 60 snaps (28%) · 8 car, 42 rush yds
Mike WashingtonRBLVQuiet box scorePart-time
9 of 26 carries (35%)
2 of 48 targets (4%) · 18 of 84 snaps (21%) · 9 car, 18 rush yds · 1 rec, -1 rec yds
On the field for nearly every snap
Receivers and tight ends on the field for at least 80% of their team's snaps who did not already make the target list. Near-every-down usage is the role that turns into targets once the ball starts finding him, and it is usually the cheapest version of that role you will see.
16%Rostered1.8 PPR▲ 1.1M adds
2.1%Rostered15.3 PPR▲ 127k adds
9.7%Rostered9 PPR▲ 282k adds
Brycen TremayneWRCARQuiet box score
69 of 75 snaps (92%)
3 of 39 targets (8%) · 2 rec, 32 rec yds
16%Rostered2.2 PPR▲ 269k adds
1.3%Rostered15.2 PPR▲ 1.7M adds
1%Rostered1.7 PPR<127k adds
3.7%Rostered13.5 PPR<127k adds
8.5%Rostered0 PPR▲ 520k adds
Johnny MundtTEPHIQuiet box score
49 of 61 snaps (80%)
no touches
Left off the board: Tyquan Thornton (WR, KC) drew 8 of 27 targets (30%) and 38 of 60 snaps (63%) but is listed Out; Tank Bigsby (RB, PHI) drew 14 of 27 carries (52%) but is listed Out. A role is only worth a claim if he can play in it next week.
If you are adding one name off this post, make it Oronde Gadsden: 8 of 31 targets (26%) and 39 of 71 snaps (55%), for only 8.8 PPR points, rostered in 16% of leagues. That is a role the box score has not priced in yet. The Week 4 Sunday waiver post covers the other side of the same week, the available players who already scored. The live add and drop board will show you who is already moving.
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Snaps, targets and carries from Sleeper's Week 4 stat lines, with every share measured against the player's own team total for the week. Roster share was read from FantasyPros' consensus board at the same moment and frozen with them, on October 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM EDT, along with Sleeper's trending adds over the prior seven days (the feed lists only the 100 most-added players, so anyone below it shows as under the smallest count that made it). No free feed publishes routes run, so snap share stands in for route participation. Fantasy points are full PPR on Sleeper's scoring.