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Jalen Tolbert — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 3.86 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 170.4, usage worth 4.8.

27 years old · 4 seasons of experience · 2022 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 170.4
Consensus across 1 books, 0 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on underdog, priciest on espn.
ESPN170.4
UNDERDOG215.8
FFA281

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 15, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankWR134

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 70.8 points, 4.3 per game — 25.7 catches, 325 yards, 2.1 TDs. That is WR6, 267 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 2.8 points per game to a ceiling of 8.3, with the median at 4.3. Boom rate 92%, bust rate 34%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 170.4 on consensus and our board has him 267. We rank him 96.6 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

Miami Dolphins returns 1 of 6 continuity slots, replacing qb1, wr1, te1, hc, oc. Malik Willis at quarterback, Jeff Hafley as head coach, Bobby Slowik calling it. The offense projects to 30 pass attempts a game at low confidence and 26.1 rushes.

In: Malik Willis (qb), Caleb Douglas (wr1), Chris Bell (wr2), Jalen Tolbert (wr4), Tutu Atwell (wr5), Kevin Coleman Jr. (wr6), Terrace Marshall Jr. (wr7), Donovan Edwards (rb4), Will Kacmarek (te2). Out: Tua Tagovailoa (qb), Tyreek Hill (wr1), Jaylen Waddle (wr2), Theo Wease Jr. (wr4), Darren Waller (te1).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 6%, with a bear case of 3.7% and a bull case of 7.8% and a full range of 3.7% to 9.4%. That comes from 29 historical comparables, not from a depth chart.

The projected target split across the offense:

De'Von Achane15%
Greg Dulcich14%
Tutu Atwell10.4%
Caleb Douglas9.3%
Malik Washington9.2%
Chris Bell9.1%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: QB Malik Willis signed to 3 year deal (was with Green Bay), RG Kadyn Proctor RD 1 RG, WR Caleb Douglas 3rd round draft pick, WR Chris Bell 3rd round draft pick, signed WR Jalen Tolbert, signed WR Tutu Atwell, signed WR Terrace Marshall Jr

Key departures: Tua Tagovailoa was released, Tyreek Hill was released, WR Jaylen Waddle was traded, and TE Darren Waller remains a free agent.

Notes: Dolphins sign Malik Willis in free agency to 3 year deal. Mobile QB with high fantasy upside. Offense skill positions (other than Achance) now worst in NFL. Unsure who starting WR will be. Dolphins drafted Caleb Douglas & Chris Bell (both have very good potential). Malik Washington is not good, Tutu Atwell unlikely to be highly productive, Terrace Marshall & Turpin also signed. Both are also not good. Greg Dulcich does have potential if Willis can get the offense working De'Von Achane landed HUGE contract for 4 years 64 million keeping him in Miami through 2030.

How the volume number was reached: New QB Malik Willis, avg 8.9 att/g over 2025,2024; Regressed 65% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30 att/g; New OC Bobby Slowik — pass rate and tempo may shift; New HC Jeff Hafley.

How that share projection was built

29 historical comps for WRs age ~25, prior share 9.5%, team change, OC change, QB change. Distribution: median 4.5%, p25-p75 [0.0%, 7.4%], tails [0.0%, 10.2%]. Closest comps: DeAndre Carter 2021→2022 (WAS→LAC: 10.5%→9.7%); Scott Miller 2022→2023 (TB→ATL: 8.9%→5.8%); Marquise Goodwin 2022→2023 (SEA→CLE: 10.1%→4.5%). Adjustment: -6% from role_decline (real opportunity collapse)

arrival self-anchored 41% to own 9.5% role (3yr)

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: MIA rates 19.5 against a league average of 23, 3.5 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-3 · harder
Weeks 1–6-4.8 · harder
Weeks 12–17-5.1 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-13.9 · 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 +26.9% 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 2.1 elite seasons and 2.6 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
Tre'Quan Smith20225.377%-38.1%
Van Jefferson2023375%+39%
Jalen Guyton20233.672%-62.1%
Michael Gallup20235.569%-68.5%
Demarcus Robinson2021568%+52.9%

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

02,0002023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2022-03 to 2026-07. Up 37% across the series, peaking at 2,851.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2022, round 3, pick 88 by DAL
CollegeSouth Alabama
Age at draft23
Height6′1″
Weight194 lb
40-yard dash4.49s
Vertical36″
Broad jump123″
3-cone7.08s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game6
Week-to-week variation0.9
Boom rate20.6%
Bust rate38.2%
Games missed per season0
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.27

The record, season by season

2025 · DAL · 12 games

His best game was Week 8 against DEN — 12.7 PPR on 2 targets and a 5.7% target share, in a game that finished 24-44. His worst was Week 18 against NYG at 0, on 1 targets, final score 17-34. Across 12 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 10 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 3.9; in the 6 decided by more, 3.8. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 4.8 points per game. He scored 3.86, 20.3% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1PHI20-24112006.1%44%
2NYG40-373.6241607.7%65%
3CHI14-317.43624013.6%88%
4GB40-4010.14661015.8%81%
5NYJ37-22001003.6%77%
6CAR27-301.811802.9%91%
7WAS44-222.6121606.7%49%
8DEN24-4412.7224715.7%19%
11LV33-16001003.1%18%
13KC31-28000000%25%
17WAS30-237.14831022.2%62%
18NYG17-34001004.3%38%

Production

Receptions18
Targets34
Receiving yards203
Touchdowns1
Points per game3.86
Yards per target5.97
Catch rate52.94%

Role

Snap share54.75%
Target share7.64%
Air-yards share11.91%
WOPR0.199
RACR0.527

Efficiency

Average depth of target12
Yards after catch per reception2.6
Yards before catch per reception8.7
Total YAC46
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted68.6
Receiving EPA per game0.41

Scoring position

Red-zone targets4
Red-zone target share4%
End-zone target share6.7%
Expected receiving TDs0.95
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.95

Who else ate

The offense threw it 624 times. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

George Pickens22.57%
CeeDee Lamb19.28%
Jake Ferguson16.8%
Ryan Flournoy9.23%
Javonte Williams8.4%
Kavontae Turpin6.26%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Dak Prescott11334.216.157.95%
Joe Milton11004.3%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 12 games were blowouts, 49% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.54 in those and 3.93 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · DAL · 17 games

His best game was Week 5 against PIT — 21.7 PPR on 10 targets and a 24.4% target share, in a game that finished 20-17. His worst was Week 14 against CIN at 0, on 3 targets, final score 20-27. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 9.9; in the 7 decided by more, 7.6. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.2 points per game. He scored 8.94, 8.6% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 7 against 3.73 expected, a gap of 3.3.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1CLE33-172.2121206.5%67%
2NO19-4414.26982022%86%
3BAL25-2813.23542110%75%
4NYG20-155.43324011.5%70%
5PIT20-1721.771087124.4%89%
6DET9-478.34543011.6%93%
8SF24-307.4334408.1%89%
9ATL21-2710.93619112.5%95%
10PHI6-344.43514017.2%93%
11HOU10-344.1252109.3%80%
12WAS34-2610.22422112.5%97%
13NYG27-206.12441011.1%72%
14CIN20-27003009.7%65%
15CAR30-148.1121117.1%49%
16TB26-2410232019.1%28%
17PHI7-41123430113.8%68%
18WAS19-2313.84698018.2%72%

Production

Receptions49
Targets79
Receiving yards610
Touchdowns7
Points per game8.94
Yards per target7.72
Catch rate62.03%

Role

Snap share75.76%
Target share12.62%
Air-yards share19.14%
WOPR0.324
RACR0.76

Efficiency

Average depth of target11.5
Yards after catch per reception3.4
Yards before catch per reception9.1
Total YAC166
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted104.9
Receiving EPA per game1.48

Scoring position

Red-zone targets13
Red-zone target share18.8%
End-zone target share23.1%
Expected receiving TDs3.73
Actual receiving TDs7
Receiving TD luck3.27

Who else ate

The offense threw it 635 times. He took 12.76% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

CeeDee Lamb24.56%
Jake Ferguson13.89%
Jalen Tolbert 12.76%
Brandin Cooks8.72%
Kavontae Turpin8.4%
Rico Dowdle7.92%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Cooper Rush9367.314.9411.37%
Dak Prescott73710.349.0313.44%
Trey Lance1613.816.3318.2%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 17 games were blowouts, 28.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 8.6 in those and 9.87 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · DAL · 14 games

His best game was Week 9 against PHI — 13.9 PPR on 5 targets and a 11.4% target share, in a game that finished 23-28. His worst was Week 14 against PHI at 0, on 1 targets, final score 33-13. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 11 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 5.1; in the 9 decided by more, 3.9. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 4.7 points per game. He scored 4.34, 6.9% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1NYG40-0001004%28%
2NYJ30-104.83418010.8%68%
4NE38-39.34453011.1%34%
6LAC20-17000000%23%
8LA43-20001002.9%45%
9PHI23-2813.93549111.4%41%
10NYG49-172.2252011.4%62%
11CAR33-103.22512012.5%42%
12WAS45-106.9234909.4%37%
13SEA41-352.7111702.5%36%
14PHI33-13001002.6%45%
16MIA20-227.1225106.3%36%
17DET20-191.911902.7%38%
18WAS38-108.823817.5%32%

Production

Receptions22
Targets36
Receiving yards268
Touchdowns2
Points per game4.34
Yards per target7.44
Catch rate61.11%

Role

Snap share40.5%
Target share6.79%
Air-yards share12.6%
WOPR0.191
RACR0.466

Efficiency

Average depth of target13.2
Yards after catch per reception1.5
Yards before catch per reception10.6
Total YAC34
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted91
Receiving EPA per game0.24

Scoring position

Red-zone targets5
Red-zone target share4.2%
End-zone target share5.3%
Expected receiving TDs1.15
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck0.85

Who else ate

The offense threw it 614 times. He took 5.95% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

CeeDee Lamb29.92%
Jake Ferguson16.86%
Brandin Cooks13.39%
Tony Pollard11.07%
Michael Gallup9.42%
Jalen Tolbert 5.95%

Blowouts against close games

9 of his 14 games were blowouts, 57.9% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 3.91 in those and 5.12 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2022 · DAL · 3 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 2.6 points per game. He scored 1.07, 37.3% below it. The engine classified the season as low_volume.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
3NYG23-161.412406.7%36%
10GB28-31000000%10%
11MIN40-31.811803.3%18%

Production

Receptions2
Targets3
Receiving yards12
Touchdowns0
Points per game1.07
Yards per target4
Catch rate66.67%

Role

Snap share21.33%
Target share3.33%
Air-yards share6.73%
WOPR0.1
RACR0.417

Efficiency

Average depth of target15
Yards after catch per reception1
Yards before catch per reception5
Total YAC2
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted74.3
Receiving EPA per game-0.23

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.2%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0.13
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.13

Who else ate

The offense threw it 556 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

CeeDee Lamb28.62%
Dalton Schultz16.33%
Noah Brown13.58%
Michael Gallup13.58%
Tony Pollard10.09%
Ezekiel Elliott4.22%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Dak Prescott210.981.65%
Cooper Rush121.426.7%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 3 games were blowouts, 56.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 1.8 in those and 0.7 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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