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Chigoziem Okonkwo — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 7.29 points per game in 2025, usage worth 8.4.

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
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The offense he plays in, 2026

Tennessee Titans returns 2 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1, te1, hc, oc. Cam Ward at quarterback, Robert Saleh as head coach, Brian Daboll calling it. The offense projects to 33.5 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 24.5 rushes.

In: Mitch Trubisky (qb2), Carnell Tate (wr1), Wan'Dale Robinson (wr2), Nicholas Singleton (rb3), Michael Carter (rb4), Daniel Bellinger (te2). Out: Tyler Lockett (wr4), Julius Chestnut (rb3), Chig Okonkwo (te1), Josh Whyle (te2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Carnell Tate18.3%
Calvin Ridley18.3%
Wan'Dale Robinson15.5%
Elic Ayomanor11.2%
Chimere Dike9.1%
Tyjae Spears8.9%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: It is an offense that could slowly be on the rise. It could QUICKLY be on the rise if Ward figures it out early in 2026 and could catch people off guard. Tate & Robinson are our primary targets. Ward is a great potential riser especially in SF. RB room is difficult to project, but Pollard it likely to be lead back in 2026 and could be a low end RB2 in fantasy.

Key additions: Titans HUGE adds to coaching staff that could turn this team aroud. HC Robert Saleh & former Giants (and QB whisperer) HC Brian Daboll head head to Tennessee and may a GREAT duo. Bring in WR Wan'Dale Robinson in free agency from NY (1000 yard slot WR last year) & draft WR Carnell Tate 4th overall. Beef up the O line with Austin Schlottmann & Volson. Drafted RB Nicholas Singleton in the 5th round (likely depth).

Key departures: HC Brian Callahan was fired after 1-5 start last season (ass) and this will be a huge help to the Titans offensive success. TE Chig Okonkwo left to Commanders in free agency

Notes: Titans draft Carnell Tate 1.04. Large potential for early breakout & Cam Ward to deliver at a high level. Calvin Ridley is trash but if Cam Ward can sling the rock could produce (we don't want to own Ridley). Ayomanor & Dike COULD be good if Ward produces but with Tate and Robinson around now will never be WR1 on the team. Could gain relevance though. Gunnar Helm entering 2nd year and should operate as TE1. Tony Pollard is aging & only has a few years left (not attractive to own). Tyjae Spears cannot stay healthy. Have to image the Titans will invest in another RB long term (Nicholas Singleton is probably not that guy either).

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Cam Ward returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (33.5 att/g); Regressed 53% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33.5 att/g; New OC Brian Daboll — pass rate and tempo may shift; New HC Robert Saleh.

Offensive environment: TEN rates 20.8 against a league average of 23, 2.2 below it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season+5.1 · easier
Weeks 1–6+0.2 · neutral
Weeks 12–17+10 · easier
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+9.6 · easier

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +52.5% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-spike. The base rate that applies: after a +30% spike, TEs crash the following year 47% of the time (hold 53%). That puts the measured risk of his dynasty value falling sharply over the next year at 47% — a probability drawn from comparable historical seasons, not a prediction, and not a statement about his 2026 scoring.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 1.3 elite seasons and 2.3 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Juwan Johnson20237.577%-4.4%
Juwan Johnson20248.275%+55.3%
Noah Gray20247.171%-19%
Jake Ferguson20247.570%+24.4%
Tyler Conklin20227.764%-4.9%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 2 gained value, 3 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0002023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2022-08 to 2026-07. Up 311% across the series, peaking at 3,146.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Height6′3″
Weight238 lb
40-yard dash4.52s
Vertical35.5″

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game7.1
Week-to-week variation0.7
Boom rate16.7%
Bust rate20.4%
Games missed per season0
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score-0.23

The record, season by season

2025 · TEN · 17 games

His best game was Week 16 against KC — 16.4 PPR on 8 targets and a 29.6% target share, in a game that finished 26-9. His worst was Week 7 against NE at 0, on 2 targets, final score 13-31. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 10 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.3; in the 10 decided by more, 7.3. Game state made no difference to his scoring.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.4 points per game. He scored 7.29, 13.5% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DEN12-204.93419016%88%
2LA19-337.54635019.4%76%
3IND20-4111.65666017.6%66%
4HOU0-261.4134013%70%
5ARI22-218.84548013.5%63%
6LV10-2010.66646017.6%57%
7NE13-31002006.3%60%
8IND14-389.34553013.5%62%
9LAC20-273221009.5%68%
11HOU13-168.6335608.3%68%
12SEA24-3073440010.5%63%
13JAX3-256.94529014.3%61%
14CLE31-294222008%48%
15SF24-377.34633022.2%57%
16KC26-916.46844129.6%45%
17NO26-3414.53755120%51%
18JAX7-412.2252015.2%80%

Production

Receptions56
Targets79
Receiving yards560
Touchdowns2
Points per game7.29
Yards per target7.09
Catch rate70.89%

Role

Snap share63.71%
Target share14.97%
Air-yards share8.71%
WOPR0.285
RACR3.336

Efficiency

Average depth of target4.7
Yards after catch per reception6.1
Yards before catch per reception3.9
Total YAC342
Broken tackles6
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted93.9
Receiving EPA per game0.75

Scoring position

Red-zone targets5
Red-zone target share9.8%
End-zone target share5.3%
Expected receiving TDs1.17
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-0.17

Who else ate

The offense threw it 570 times. He took 14.93% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Elic Ayomanor16.82%
Chigoziem Okonkwo 14.93%
Chimere Dike13.99%
Gunnar Helm10.4%
Van Jefferson9.83%
Tyjae Spears9.45%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Cam Ward16747.617.5414.96%
Brandon Allen152.20.415.2%

Blowouts against close games

7 of his 17 games were blowouts, 38.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.83 in those and 7.26 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · TEN · 16 games

His best game was Week 16 against IND — 19.1 PPR on 11 targets and a 33.3% target share, in a game that finished 30-38. His worst was Week 8 against DET at 1.4, on 5 targets, final score 14-52. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 10 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 9; in the 8 decided by more, 5.2. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7.7 points per game. He scored 7.1, 8.3% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1CHI17-249.5221517.4%59%
2NYJ17-244.63316011.1%48%
3GB14-303.5221505.9%56%
4MIA31-121.5135016.7%51%
6IND17-203.6336011.1%57%
7BUF10-3494450010.5%58%
8DET14-521.42514013.2%62%
9NE20-176.83438014.8%73%
10LAC17-272.4111404.3%54%
11MIN13-233.92419013.8%71%
12HOU32-2714117014%76%
13WAS19-425.73627016.7%65%
14JAX6-103.8348012.5%72%
15CIN27-3713.981059027%63%
16IND30-3819.191181033.3%85%
17JAX13-2010.95742023.3%74%

Production

Receptions52
Targets70
Receiving yards479
Carries1
Rushing yards17
Touchdowns2
Points per game7.1
Yards per target6.84
Catch rate74.29%
Yards per carry17

Role

Snap share64%
Target share14.1%
Air-yards share11.04%
WOPR0.289
RACR2.692

Efficiency

Average depth of target5.9
Yards after catch per reception4.8
Yards before catch per reception4.4
Total YAC249
Broken tackles5
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted78.2
Receiving EPA per game-0.46
Rushing EPA per game0.07

Scoring position

Red-zone targets5
Red-zone target share10.4%
End-zone target share14.3%
Expected receiving TDs1.04
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-0.04

Who else ate

The offense threw it 530 times. He took 13.83% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Calvin Ridley23.72%
Chigoziem Okonkwo 13.83%
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine11.86%
Tyler Boyd11.26%
Tony Pollard11.26%
Josh Whyle7.31%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Will Levis9265.677.319.64%
Mason Rudolph7448.946.5719.83%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 16 games were blowouts, 15.5% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.4 in those and 9.04 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · TEN · 17 games

His best game was Week 16 against SEA — 18.3 PPR on 7 targets and a 28% target share, in a game that finished 17-20. His worst was Week 1 against NO at 0, on 2 targets, final score 15-16. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 12 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.5; in the 5 decided by more, 4.7. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7.8 points per game. He scored 6.67, 14.9% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1NO15-16002006.1%83%
2LAC27-247.54435016.7%69%
3CLE3-273.7347016.7%81%
4CIN27-35.93329011.5%65%
5IND16-238.35933026.5%58%
6BAL16-243.82418020%73%
8ATL28-236.74523019.2%72%
9PIT16-205.83428010.8%73%
10TB6-205.73627015.4%54%
11JAX14-341.6126011.8%40%
12CAR17-108.54545018.5%53%
13IND28-319.43662018.2%59%
14MIA28-279.65646016.7%68%
15HOU16-196.63336011.5%63%
16SEA17-2018.36763128%71%
17HOU3-266.43434016%75%
18JAX28-205.62336011.5%56%

Production

Receptions54
Targets77
Receiving yards528
Carries2
Rushing yards6
Touchdowns1
Points per game6.67
Yards per target6.86
Catch rate70.13%
Yards per carry3

Role

Snap share65.47%
Target share16.18%
Air-yards share12.86%
WOPR0.332
RACR0.978

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.8
Yards after catch per reception4.8
Yards before catch per reception5
Total YAC260
Broken tackles5
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted88
Receiving EPA per game0.46

Scoring position

Red-zone targets6
Red-zone target share12.5%
End-zone target share13%
Expected receiving TDs1.43
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-0.43

Who else ate

The offense threw it 494 times. He took 16.18% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

DeAndre Hopkins28.78%
Chigoziem Okonkwo 16.18%
Tyjae Spears14.71%
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine9.45%
Derrick Henry7.56%
Chris Moore7.35%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Ryan Tannehill9406.616.3817%
Will Levis8376.747.3815.26%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 17 games were blowouts, 15.5% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.4 in those and 7.51 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2022 · TEN · 16 games

His best game was Week 14 against JAX — 18.5 PPR on 6 targets and a 15.8% target share, in a game that finished 22-36. His worst was Week 7 against IND at 0, on 1 targets, final score 19-10. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 11 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 5.8; in the 6 decided by more, 6.5. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 5.4 points per game. He scored 6.08, 20.7% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1NYG20-211.7111103.2%15%
2BUF7-41000000%29%
4IND24-1712.83338114.3%24%
5WAS21-17001004.3%20%
7IND19-10001005%46%
8HOU17-101.3123025%41%
9KC17-205.81348023.1%35%
10DEN17-105.1124105.6%32%
11GB27-174.1123107.4%45%
12CIN16-206.53535014.7%33%
13PHI10-3510.84568020%58%
14JAX22-3618.56645115.8%49%
15LAC14-17104554019.2%60%
16HOU14-1921210010%46%
17DAL13-275.43424010.5%25%
18JAX16-2013.23442114.8%43%

Production

Receptions32
Targets46
Receiving yards450
Carries3
Rushing yards2
Touchdowns3
Points per game6.08
Yards per target9.78
Catch rate69.57%
Yards per carry0.67

Role

Snap share37.56%
Target share12.06%
Air-yards share12.33%
WOPR0.267
RACR1.152

Efficiency

Average depth of target7.6
Yards after catch per reception7.9
Yards before catch per reception6.1
Total YAC254
Broken tackles3
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted122.6
Receiving EPA per game1.49
Rushing EPA per game-0.2

Scoring position

Red-zone targets6
Red-zone target share10.2%
End-zone target share11.8%
Expected receiving TDs1.28
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck0.72

Who else ate

The offense threw it 456 times. He took 10.55% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Robert Woods20.87%
Austin Hooper13.76%
Treylon Burks12.39%
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine11.47%
Chigoziem Okonkwo 10.55%
Derrick Henry9.4%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Ryan Tannehill11316.3210.429.95%
Malik Willis373.038.7119.37%
Joshua Dobbs289.38.2512.65%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 16 games were blowouts, 11.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 5.4 in those and 5.84 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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