Austin Hooper Wild Card Preview vs. the Chargers

New England Patriots receiver Austin Hooper has a difficult matchup in the AFC Wild Card Round (Sunday at 8:15 p.m. ET), up against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers allowed the fifth-fewest passing yards in the regular season, 179.9 per game.

Hooper has 21 grabs on 26 targets for 263 yards and two scores, with an average of 20.2 yards per game.

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Hooper vs. the Chargers

• Hooper vs the Chargers (since 2021): 3 GP / 6.3 REC YPG / 0 REC TD
• Three players have racked up 100 or more receiving yards in a game against Los Angeles in the 2025 season.
• The Chargers have allowed 15 opposing players to register a TD reception against them this year.
• Los Angeles has allowed two or more TD receptions to just one opposing player on the season.
• The Chargers give up 179.9 passing yards per game, the NFL's fifth-ranked pass defense this season.
• The Chargers have the No. 3 defense in the NFL in passing TDs allowed, giving up 16 this season (0.9 per game).

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Hooper Receiving Insights

• Hooper, in six of 10 games, has gone over on his receiving yards prop bet.
• Hooper has 5.2% of his team's target share (26 targets on 502 passing attempts).
• He has racked up 10.1 yards per target (263 yards on 26 targets).
• Hooper has hauled in two touchdown catches this season in 13 games, one apiece on two occasions.
• He has two total touchdowns this season (3.8% of his team's 53 offensive TDs).
• Hooper has been targeted five times in the red zone (6.9% of his team's 72 red zone pass attempts).

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Hooper's Recent Performance