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Jaxson Dart — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 17.26 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 82.2, usage worth 16.1.

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 82.2
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 5.6, 13.7 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on underdog, priciest on espn.
SLEEPER81.2
ESPN75.8
YAHOO82.4
UNDERDOG100.7
CBS89.5
FFA84

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 7, pick 10 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankQB9
Bye week8
ADP standard deviation5.6 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 334.2 points, 19.9 per game — 3,944 passing yards, 23.9 passing TDs, 544 rushing yards. That is QB3, 83 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 15.9 points per game to a ceiling of 26.8, with the median at 19.9. Boom rate 35%, bust rate 20%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 82.2 on consensus and our board has him 83. Those agree, so there is no market disagreement to exploit. The question is whether you want the profile, not whether it is mispriced.

Our written view

excellent rookie debut as a passer, specifically singled out (given the era of QB play the team just went through) as clearly the best QB play they've gotten in a long time — offense visibly fell apart on tape whenever he left the field. The real swing area: a tendency to take unnecessary extra hits fighting for extra yards rather than sliding, which the staff has reportedly made an explicit offseason emphasis specifically because they don't want to risk losing him over marginal yardage.

buy · medium conviction · 2026-08

The offense he plays in, 2026

New York Giants returns 2 of 6 continuity slots, replacing qb1, te1, hc, oc. Jaxson Dart at quarterback, Jim Harbaugh as head coach, Matt Nagy calling it. The offense projects to 30.3 pass attempts a game at low confidence and 27.7 rushes.

In: Darnell Mooney (wr2), Malachi Fields (wr4), Calvin Austin III (wr5), Isaiah Likely (te1). Out: Jaxon Dart (qb), Russell Wilson (qb), Wan'Dale Robinson (wr2), Gunner Olszewski (wr4), Daniel Bellinger (te2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Malik Nabers25.9%
Darius Slayton11.2%
Darnell Mooney10.4%
Malachi Fields8.6%
Theo Johnson8.2%
Cam Skattebo7.5%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: NY still reamins a question mark but there is a lot of potential in this offense if Jaxson Dart turns into the franchise QB. He has a strong arm, is mobile, and plays with a certain type of swagger not all QBs play with. Despite what Ravens fans say, bringing Harbaugh & Nagy into NY is a very good thing. A future HOF coach that is putting his reputation on the line for this team to succeed. Harbaugh has mainly focused on the defense so far, which could imply he thinks the offense is in a good spot, but we will have to see.

Key additions: Darnell Mooney WR from ATL, Calvin Austin III WR from Steelers, Drafted WR Malachi Fields 3rd round, signed TE Isaiah Likely in free agency, New Coach Jim Harbaugh & new OC Matt Nagy.

Key departures: Russell Wilson left to free agency. Won'Dale Robinson left in free agency to the Tennessee Titans (opens up significant amount of targets)

Notes: Giants fired Daboll & brought in Harbaugh. Harbaugh should revamp offense. Brought it Isaiah Likely from Baltimore who seriously hurts Theo Johnson dynasty value (likely should be good). NY did not draft RB & Skattebo will be the starter week 1 of 2026 unless they add someone. He could have a monster season with his Jaxson Dart connection growing. Jaxson Dart gets to play with Malik Nabers for the first time & connection should be electric. Darnell Mooney is a great signing & is on a 1 year prove it deal in NY. If Dart play continues, Mooney will have value.

How the volume number was reached: New QB Jaxson Dart, avg 24.2 att/g over 2025; Regressed 65% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.2 att/g; New OC Matt Nagy — pass rate and tempo may shift; New HC Jim Harbaugh.

How the quarterback projection was built

Base case 205.6 PPR points, with a bear case of 36.3 and a bull case of 420.9, and a comp mean of 211.7. The model puts 50% probability on him beating this and 50% on falling short. Drawn from 20 comparable quarterback seasons.

Comparable seasonWhat he actually scoredDistance
Justin Fields 2023119.10.6
Drake Maye 2024416.90.7
Lamar Jackson 2022385.90.7
Tua Tagovailoa 2020180.90.8
Tyrod Taylor 201741.40.8

Cross-check against the dynasty market: his production ranks in the 31th percentile and his value in the 79th, which the engine reads as well above production. Players with a similar production-against-value gap saw dynasty value move -8.7% over the following year, across 14 cases — a dynasty signal, not a 2026 scoring one.

Offensive environment: NYG rates 21.8 against a league average of 23, 1.1 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+4.4 · easier
Weeks 1–6+8.3 · easier
Weeks 12–17+5.7 · easier
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+7.9 · 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.

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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 +37.4% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-spike. The base rate that applies: after a +30% spike, QBs crash the following year 52% of the time (hold 48%). That puts the measured risk of his dynasty value falling sharply over the next year at 52% — 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 2.8 elite seasons and 3.1 startable seasons.

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

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

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Caleb Williams20241561%+24.1%
Kyler Murray202121.559%-17.6%
Trevor Lawrence202111.757%+39.1%
Trevor Lawrence202316.455%0%
Joe Burrow202017.455%+25.9%

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

02,0004,0006,0008,0002026
Monthly superflex value, 2025-05 to 2026-07. Up 68% across the series, peaking at 7,032.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2025, round 1, pick 25 by NYG
CollegeMississippi
Age at draft22
Height6′2″
Weight223 lb

The record, season by season

2025 · NYG · 14 games

His best game was Week 7 against DEN — 28.42 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 32-33. His worst was Week 2 against DAL at -0.3, on 0 targets, final score 37-40. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 7 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 16.1; in the 8 decided by more, 18.1. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 16.1 points per game. He scored 17.26, 7.4% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
2DAL37-40-0.301-300%4%
3KC9-220.301300%5%
4LAC21-1819.840105420%97%
5NO14-2615.58075520%100%
6PHI34-1723.60135820%97%
7DEN32-3328.42051140%100%
8PHI20-3819.42061720%100%
9SF24-3427.24085630%100%
10CHI20-2426.28066620%71%
13NE15-3313.56042010%100%
15WAS21-2922.14096320%97%
16MIN13-160.0202700%100%
17LV34-1025.08094820%100%
18DAL34-1720.4053220%100%

Production

Carries86
Rushing yards487
Touchdowns24
Points per game17.26
Yards per carry5.66

Role

Snap share83.64%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game2.72

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share22.7%
Goal-line carry share23.3%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs3.89

Who else ate

The offense threw it 526 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Wan'Dale Robinson27.89%
Theo Johnson14.74%
Darius Slayton12.55%
Tyrone Tracy9.56%
Malik Nabers6.97%
Cam Skattebo6.37%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jaxson Dart12020.130%
Russell Wilson2000%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 14 games were blowouts, 42.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 20.41 in those and 16.07 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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