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Elijah Arroyo — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 2.84 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 169.9, usage worth 3.6.

23 years old · 1 season of experience · 2025 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.
ADP 169.9
Consensus across 1 books, 0 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on underdog, priciest on espn.
ESPN169.9
UNDERDOG215.8
FFA241

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 15, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankTE35

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 70.2 points, 4.6 per game — 26.8 catches, 290 yards, 2.4 TDs. That is TE5, 230 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 3.1 points per game to a ceiling of 8.7, with the median at 4.6. Boom rate 90%, bust rate 32%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 169.9 on consensus and our board has him 230. We rank him 60.1 picks worse than the room drafts him. At that distance it is a fade: we do not want him anywhere near his ADP.

The offense he plays in, 2026

Seattle Seahawks returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing rb1, oc. Sam Darnold at quarterback, Mike Macdonald as head coach, Brian Fleury calling it. The offense projects to 30.4 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 28.4 rushes.

In: Rashid Shaheed (wr2), Emmanuel Henderson Jr (wr6), Levi Wentz (wr7), Jadarian Price (rb1), Emmanuel Wilson (rb3). Out: Rasheed Shaheed (wr2), Kenneth Walker III (rb1), Zach Charbonett (rb2).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 2.7%, with a bear case of 1.1% and a bull case of 4%.

The projected target split across the offense:

Jaxon Smith-Njigba27.3%
Cooper Kupp15.3%
AJ Barner11.9%
Rashid Shaheed10.8%
Jadarian Price9%
Emmanuel Henderson Jr6.2%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: High powered offense that SHOULD be ok without OC Klint Kubiak (could possibly be a concern). Capable of putting up 40 points any game.

Key additions: Extended WR Rashid Shaheed on 3 year deal. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson from Packers in free agency (HIGHLY CAPABLE BACKUP), Drafted RB Jadarian Price in the 1st round from ND.

Key departures: SuperBowl MVP RB Kenneth Walker III left for Chiefs in free agency. OC Klint Kubiak left to become Raiders HC this offseason.

Notes: RB Price round 1 RB. with Charbonnet recovering from torn ACL. Lose OC Kubiak to Raiders. JSN top dynasty asset (ELITE). Shaheed could see expanded role in 2026 with full offseason with team. Charbonnet has never truly broken out & torn ACL places concern on productivity when back from injury. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson in free agency & he could really hurt Price production early (this is a real concern). Cooper Kupp is dust & totally cooked. Tory Horton could be a break out candidate in 2026. Darnold needs to be rostered in all formats & decent low end QB1 with a high powered offense.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Sam Darnold returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (28.2 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.4 att/g; New OC Brian Fleury — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How that share projection was built

Depth/practice piece (holdover_no_qualifying_multi_year_sample) — slot prior 3.0% baseline.

The named comps are the closest historical matches and the arrow is what their share actually did the following season. That is the working, not a summary of it — if you disagree with the projection, this is the part to argue with.

Offensive environment: SEA rates 25 against a league average of 23, 2 points above 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+0.6 · neutral
Weeks 1–6-0.2 · neutral
Weeks 12–17+1.1 · neutral
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-9.6 · harder

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 -16.5% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as stable.

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

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Brenton Strange20232.183%+160.9%
Luke Schoonmaker20232.275%0%
Cole Kmet20204.173%+14.5%
Luke Musgrave20241.670%-6.8%
Michael Mayer20243.368%+22.9%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 1 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0002026
Monthly superflex value, 2025-05 to 2026-07. Down 5% across the series, peaking at 3,584.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2025, round 2, pick 50 by SEA
CollegeMiami (FL)
Age at draft22
Height6′5″
Weight250 lb

The record, season by season

2025 · SEA · 13 games

His best game was Week 9 against WAS — 10.9 PPR on 2 targets and a 8.3% target share, in a game that finished 38-14. His worst was Week 14 against ATL at 0, on 1 targets, final score 37-9. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 2.8; in the 6 decided by more, 2.9. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 3.6 points per game. He scored 2.84, 21.8% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 1.39 expected, a gap of -1.4.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1SF13-171.711704.5%31%
2PIT31-175.12331010%40%
3NO44-13001005%49%
4ARI23-206.42444016.7%55%
5TB35-382111002.9%43%
6JAX20-121.612608.3%45%
7HOU27-196.24542017.2%38%
9WAS38-1410.9222918.3%43%
10ARI44-221.511508.3%47%
11LA19-21002004.8%37%
12TEN30-241.511504%38%
13MIN26-0002008.7%37%
14ATL37-9001003.3%11%

Production

Receptions15
Targets26
Receiving yards179
Touchdowns1
Points per game2.84
Yards per target6.88
Catch rate57.69%

Role

Snap share39.54%
Target share7.85%
Air-yards share8.41%
WOPR0.178
RACR1.243

Efficiency

Average depth of target8.5
Yards after catch per reception5.2
Yards before catch per reception6.7
Total YAC78
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted52.1
Receiving EPA per game-1.25

Scoring position

Red-zone targets5
Red-zone target share6.3%
End-zone target share3.3%
Expected receiving TDs1.39
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-1.39

Who else ate

The offense threw it 481 times. He took 5.71% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba35.82%
Cooper Kupp15.38%
A.J. Barner14.95%
Kenneth Walker7.91%
Rashid Shaheed5.71%
Elijah Arroyo 5.71%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 13 games were blowouts, 33.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 2.48 in those and 2.77 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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