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Parker Washington — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 11.54 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 89.1, usage worth 10.7.

24 years old · 3 seasons of experience · 2023 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 89.1
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 9.6, 22.8 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on espn, priciest on underdog.
SLEEPER79.7
ESPN102.5
YAHOO87.8
UNDERDOG59.1
CBS86.5
FFA72

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 8, pick 5 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankWR36
Bye week7
ADP standard deviation9.6 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 190.4 points, 11.6 per game — 65.4 catches, 845 yards, 5.9 TDs. That is WR4, 72 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 7.6 points per game to a ceiling of 17.1, with the median at 11.6. Boom rate 47%, bust rate 34%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 89.1 on consensus and our board has him 72. We rank him 17.1 picks better than the room drafts him, so the market is underpricing him — that is the disagreement worth acting on.

Our written view

clearly the best WR on his own team last season by underlying metrics, and that performance extended into and through the playoffs, not just a good regular season. Now confirmed (per the coaching staff's own framing) to be locked into the Z/F rotation on essentially every snap while a teammate (Brian Thomas Jr.) handles the tougher X-outside routes — this specific split sets Washington up as the more efficient, higher-target-share option of the two despite going off the board much later.

hold · medium conviction · 2026-08

The offense he plays in, 2026

Jacksonville Jaguars returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing rb1. Trevor Lawrence at quarterback, Liam Coen as head coach, Grant Udinski calling it. The offense projects to 33.2 pass attempts a game at high confidence and 28.1 rushes.

In: CJ Williams (wr5), Josh Cameron (wr6), Bhaysul Tuten (rb1), Chris Rodriguez Jr. (rb2), DeeJay dallas (rb4), Nate Boerkircher (te2). Out: Travis Etienne Jr (rb1), Bhayshul Tuten (rb2), Johnny Mundt (te2).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 14.5%, with a bear case of 12.3% and a bull case of 15.7% and a full range of 9.1% to 16.2%. That comes from 29 historical comparables, not from a depth chart.

The projected target split across the offense:

Jakobi Meyers19.9%
Brian Thomas Jr18.8%
Parker Washington 14.5%
Brenton Strange11%
Nate Boerkircher8.8%
Josh Cameron6.8%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Chris Rodriguez Jr. signed 2 year deal (previously with commanders). Nate Boerkircher TE 2nd round. 2 6th round WR Josh Cameron & CJ Williams.

Key departures: Travis Etienne Jr. left Jacksonville for Saints in free agency.

Notes: Travis Etienne Jr. has left the Jaguars in free agency for the Saints. Opening door for Bhayshul Tuten to operate as team lead back. Jaguars sign Chris Rodriguez Jr. to 2 year deal from Commanders. Jaguars draft Nate Boerkircher (TE) in 2nd round and should cause competition for Brenton Strange. Also drafted Josh Cameron & CJ Williams both WR in the 6th round. Travis Hunter is expected to play more CB than WR in 2026, but we will need confirmation through camp (very bad for dynasty value if true). Brian Thomas Jr looks to return to his rookie form as a true WR1 but Jakobi Meyers may operate as the teams 1A. Parker Washington has potential to be massive contributor in 2026 if BTJ struggles continue.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Trevor Lawrence returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (33.1 att/g); Regressed 30% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33.2 att/g.

How that share projection was built

29 historical comps for WRs age ~24, prior share 17.6%, same team, OC continuity. Distribution: median 16.6%, p25-p75 [11.9%, 19.3%], tails [5.0%, 20.3%]. Closest comps: Tim Patrick 2021→2022 (DEN: 17.6%→0.0%); Jauan Jennings 2024→2025 (SF: 18.5%→19.3%); Romeo Doubs 2024→2025 (GB: 17.9%→19.5%). Adjustment: flat from opportunity_breakout (volume must hold)

self-anchored 45% to own 17.6% role (2yr), 55% to comp median 16.6%

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: JAX rates 22.4 against a league average of 23, 0.6 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+3.5 · easier
Weeks 1–6-8.7 · harder
Weeks 12–17+11.3 · easier
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+8.4 · 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 +144.9% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-spike. The base rate that applies: after a +30% spike, WRs crash the following year 40% of the time (hold 60%). That puts the measured risk of his dynasty value falling sharply over the next year at 40% — 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 2.1 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
Khalil Shakir202412.264%-7.5%
Donovan Peoples-Jones20229.863%-37%
Gabe Davis202211.463%+8.1%
Dontayvion Wicks20246.562%+0.3%
Kendrick Bourne202312.560%+6.2%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 2 gained value, 2 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,000202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2023-03 to 2026-07. Up 155% across the series, peaking at 3,684.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2023, round 6, pick 185 by JAX
CollegePenn St.
Age at draft21
Height5′10″
Weight204 lb

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game9.6
Week-to-week variation0.7
Boom rate20.7%
Bust rate24.1%
Games missed per season0.3
Injury historyKnee
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.37

That correlation is how closely the books’ posted line tracked what he actually scored, week to week. A higher number means the market has him figured out and there is less to exploit; a lower one means his weeks are harder to price.

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · JAX · 16 games

His best game was Week 16 against DEN — 26.5 PPR on 10 targets and a 28.6% target share, in a game that finished 34-20. His worst was Week 1 against CAR at 0, on 0 targets, final score 26-10. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 6 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 12.5; in the 7 decided by more, 10.3. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 10.7 points per game. He scored 11.54, 14.2% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 5 against 3.46 expected, a gap of 1.5.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1CAR26-1000000000%26%
2CIN27-3112.6557600012.2%24%
3HOU17-107.44113400028.9%71%
4SF26-215.90201-106.7%85%
5KC31-289.6231600112%26%
6SEA12-204.924290009.5%33%
7LA7-3510.241052310021.3%88%
9LV30-2917899000027.3%88%
10HOU29-3617.937332-4130.4%87%
11LAC35-6422200009.1%76%
12ARI27-2418.1577100123.3%84%
13TEN25-33.6132600012%38%
15NYJ48-208.3335300010.7%45%
16DEN34-2026.561014500128.6%56%
17IND23-17198101151-5027%81%
18TEN41-719.7598700129%74%

Production

Receptions58
Targets95
Receiving yards847
Carries7
Touchdowns5
Points per game11.54
Yards per target8.92
Catch rate61.05%

Role

Snap share61.38%
Target share18%
Air-yards share24.2%
WOPR0.44
RACR0.796

Efficiency

Average depth of target12.5
Yards after catch per reception4.6
Yards before catch per reception10
Total YAC265
Broken tackles5
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted94.5
Receiving EPA per game1.86
Rushing EPA per game-0.09

Scoring position

Red-zone targets17
Red-zone target share18.5%
End-zone target share21.6%
Red-zone carry share0.8%
Goal-line carry share3%
Expected receiving TDs3.46
Actual receiving TDs5
Receiving TD luck1.54
Expected rushing TDs0.39

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game30 of 44
Yards per target12 of 44
Target share40 of 44
Air-yards share36 of 44

Who else ate

The offense threw it 563 times. He took 18.92% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Parker Washington 18.92%
Brian Thomas18.13%
Jakobi Meyers12.15%
Brenton Strange11.95%
Travis Etienne10.36%
Dyami Brown7.37%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 16 games were blowouts, 24.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.16 in those and 12.49 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · JAX · 14 games

His best game was Week 13 against HOU — 24.3 PPR on 12 targets and a 28.6% target share, in a game that finished 20-23. His worst was Week 6 against CHI at 0, on 0 targets, final score 16-35. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 9 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 8.5; in the 4 decided by more, 3. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7 points per game. He scored 6.93, 7.3% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1MIA17-201.311305.3%13%
2CLE13-18001003.7%22%
3BUF10-473.8231806.8%31%
6CHI16-35000000%29%
7NE32-16600000%34%
8GB27-307.63446013.3%74%
9PHI23-287.13641020%85%
11DET6-5221310010.7%58%
13HOU20-2324.3612103128.6%80%
14TEN10-63.5221506.7%75%
15NYJ25-328.43654014%86%
16LV14-1911.46654017.1%94%
17TEN20-1312.13331114.3%83%
18IND23-269.52415112.9%86%

Production

Receptions32
Targets51
Receiving yards390
Touchdowns3
Points per game6.93
Yards per target7.65
Catch rate62.75%

Role

Snap share60.71%
Target share10.96%
Air-yards share14.47%
WOPR0.266
RACR0.539

Efficiency

Average depth of target11.2
Yards after catch per reception3.4
Yards before catch per reception8.8
Total YAC108
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted97.7
Receiving EPA per game0.96

Scoring position

Red-zone targets7
Red-zone target share11.1%
End-zone target share11.8%
Expected receiving TDs1.68
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck0.32

Who else ate

The offense threw it 546 times. He took 9.77% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Brian Thomas25.48%
Evan Engram12.26%
Brenton Strange10.15%
Travis Etienne9.96%
Parker Washington 9.77%
Christian Kirk9%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Trevor Lawrence7153.697.27.01%
Mac Jones73610.177.8314.9%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 14 games were blowouts, 6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 1.93 in those and 8.52 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · JAX · 8 games

His best game was Week 13 against CIN — 18.1 PPR on 6 targets and a 15.4% target share, in a game that finished 31-34. His worst was Week 12 against HOU at 0, on 0 targets, final score 24-21. Across 8 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 6 times. In the 4 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.2; in the 4 decided by more, 2.6. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6 points per game. He scored 4.9, 8.6% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 2 against 0.74 expected, a gap of 1.3.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
4ATL23-7000000%2%
12HOU24-21000000%1%
13CIN31-3418.16661115.4%59%
14CLE27-318.7232716.1%62%
15BAL7-235.24612014.3%45%
16TB12-303.9241909.1%58%
17CAR26-01.211204.3%40%
18TEN20-282.1111102.4%68%

Production

Receptions16
Targets21
Receiving yards132
Touchdowns2
Points per game4.9
Yards per target6.29
Catch rate76.19%

Role

Snap share41.88%
Target share6.45%
Air-yards share4.61%
WOPR0.129
RACR0.656

Efficiency

Average depth of target7.4
Yards after catch per reception2.1
Yards before catch per reception6.1
Total YAC34
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted103.7
Receiving EPA per game-0.19

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share4.5%
End-zone target share5%
Expected receiving TDs0.74
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck1.26

Who else ate

The offense threw it 619 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Evan Engram23.56%
Calvin Ridley22.41%
Christian Kirk14%
Travis Etienne12.03%
Zay Jones10.54%
Jamal Agnew3.46%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Trevor Lawrence7205.436.56.76%
C.J. Beathard111.224.3%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 8 games were blowouts, 13% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 2.55 in those and 7.23 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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