Konata

Mumpfield

Mumpfield had an eight-target game in Davante Adams’ hamstring-related absence and certainly appears to be the main backup wideout on the outside after the Rams picked him in the seventh round of last year’s draft. He finished the year with a 10/92/1 line. There’s not an obvious fantasy vacuum for him to step into even if he managed to be the main third receiver in 2026 — especially given how successful three tight-end looks were for the Rams this year. Still, he’s an interesting dynasty bench stash after making good progress in his rookie year.

With Davante Adams out due to a hamstring injury, Mumpfield was given a chance to make some plays. He didn’t make enough of them, as Matthew Stafford just missed on a few connections with the seventh-round pick of this year’s draft. If Adams can’t go in Week 17 against the Falcons, Mumpfield will be in the conversation for fantasy relevance in that contest. If Adams can go, there’s not enough upside for consideration in redraft formats.

Adams has been rehabbing this hamstring injury for weeks. He played through it without issue in Week 14 but suffered a re-injury in Week 15. Tonight’s absence was expected. It gives rookie WR Konata Mumpfield a chance to establish himself as a contributor, though expectations must be held in check. He should not be started in re-draft formats. The Rams also declared CB Ahkello Witherspoon, QB Stetson Bennett IV, RB Jarquez Hunter, OL Beaux Limmer and OLB Nick Hampton inactive in Week 16 against the Seahawks.

Nacua continued to say that Mumpfield “has been behind him and watching him and is someone we see as Tae’s apprentice.” While The Athletic’s Nate Atkins wouldn’t come out and directly say it, he did note that Mumpfield is “built most like Adams of the group at 6 feet 1, 185 pounds” and noted Mumpfield was the player that took on the majority of the snaps when Adams left Week 15’s game against the Lions. You probably don’t want to bank the fantasy playoffs on Mumpfield, but those in deeper leagues or playing the Thursday-only DFS contests may be interested in rolling the dice on the rookie seventh-round wideout.

He and Konata Mumpfield (33 snaps, zero catches) led the Rams’ WR3 platoon with Jordan Whittington only playing seven snaps. None of these players are worthwhile roster spots in this current incarnation of the Rams’ offense, though perhaps if a team thoroughly game-scripted the Rams they’d pop up. Nobody has really stepped up to fill the Tutu Atwell role to this point.

Mumpfield made his first NFL catch a week ago and then got in the end zone for the first time on a five-yard strike from Stafford today. He ran 10 routes to Tutu Atwell’s nine. With Puka Nacua expected to return after the team’s upcoming bye, fantasy managers can ignore the Rams’ depth receivers going forward.

Great news. Mumpfield earned McVay’s praise with his “smart and conscientious” play last week. It will be difficult for him to make his way onto the re-draft radar this year but he is a name to know for dynasty leagues. McVay added that RB Ronnie Rivers (ribs) and TE Anthony Torres (ankle) will both miss “a little bit of time.”

The Rams selected Mumpfield in the seventh round of this year’s draft, and the former Pitt receiver already seems to be turning heads in training camp. McVay praised Mumpfield for being “smart and conscientious” on the field while making the most of the targets that have come his way. Mumpfield isn’t a lock to make the Rams’ 53-man roster, and is a part of a receiver room that is loaded up top with Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, and Tutu Atwell. While he’s unlikely to make much of an impact as a rookie, Mumpfield is a name to know for dynasty leaguers and could be worth a stash ahead of the Rams’ first preseason game against the Cowboys.

He will join a fairly crowded LA wide receiver room, with little chance of being a factor in the team’s passing offense in 2025. Inconsistencies in Mumpfield’s (5’11/186) play have followed him for much of his career. A reliable contributor who posted a 63-749-8 line as a true freshman at Akron, Mumpfield surpassed 500 yards in each of his four college seasons, but never showed traits of a dominant No. 1 receiver (career .215 TPRR). He topped out with a line of 52-813-5 in 2024 with Pittsburgh, leading the team, but never stood out amongst his fellow receivers during his three seasons with the team. Known more for his route running than his athletic abilities (4.59 40-time, 6.35 RAS), Mumpfield can play both out wide (54.6 percent snap rate) and in the slot (46.1 percent slot rate). He averaged a pedestrian 4.4 YAC/REC for his career, per PFF, and his 1.71 career YPRR puts him on the lower end of prospects taken in recent years. Overall, Mumpfield profiles as a player who could eventually turn into a contributing role player.

Mumpfield (6'1/178) led Akron in receiving yards in 2021, totaling 63 receptions for 749 yards and eight receptions on 96 targets, while receiving a Pro Football Focus grade of 77.4 on what was an impressive freshman season. Mumpfield was a three-star recruit from the 2020 class and was the 207th ranked athlete on 247Sports’ composite rankings, while ranking as the 2,675th player overall. It’s safe to say that he has outperformed his expectations as a recruit, and now gets a chance to prove himself at Pitt alongside wide receiver Jordan Addison and with transfer quarterback Kedon Slovis.