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Tyler Conklin — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 2.88 points per game in 2025, usage worth 3.

31 years old · 8 seasons of experience · 2018 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.

The offense he plays in, 2026

Los Angeles Chargers returns 5 of 6 continuity slots, replacing oc. Justin Herbert at quarterback, Jim Harbaugh as head coach, Mike McDaniel calling it. The offense projects to 33.5 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 27 rushes.

In: Brenen Thompson (wr4), Luke Grimm (wr7), Keaton Mitchell (rb2), Charlie Kolar (te2). Out: Keenan Allen (wr3), Tyler Conklin (te2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Ladd McConkey24.2%
Quentin Johnston18.9%
Tre' Harris13.3%
Oronde Gadsden10.6%
Omarion Hampton10%
Brenen Thompson8.6%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: The top targets and back in this offense will be STELLAR fantasy assets in 2026 and beyond. Herbert SHOULD have a killer season in 2026.

Key additions: Joe Alt & Slater are back. This offense should do a complete 180. Joe Alt & Slater return in 2026 from injury & Chargers add Jake Slaughter LG in the 2nd round of 2026 draft. Sign Tyler Biadasz C, and RG Cole Strange. Entire different O ine from later year. Signed RB Keaton Mitchell to 2 year deal. Signed FB Alex Ingold from Miami. Biggest change is teh offensive Genius Mike McDaniel is the new OC.

Key departures: Keenan Allen remains a free agent and is not currently expected back with the Chargers

Notes: Chargers bring in Mike McDaniel as offensvie coordinator who could SUPERCHARGE offense. Herbert ascending as top 7 dynasty QB. Keenan Allen remains a free agent. Ladd & QJ should operate as 1A & 1B with Ladd having more potential. Tre' Harris should operate as WR3 if no one else is brought in. TE Oronde Gadsden could be very good. RB room is complex. Hampton is the presumed starter week 1 with massive potential but Vidal has been very capable as a back up & chargers also signed Keaton Mitchell to 2 year deal in free agency. Question mark people should think about in usage. Thompson round 4.

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

Offensive environment: LAC rates 24.3 against a league average of 23, 1.3 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-2.5 · harder
Weeks 1–6-7.8 · harder
Weeks 12–17+1.1 · neutral
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+0.6 · neutral

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 -35.3% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-crash. The base rate that applies: after a -25% crash, TEs recover only 30% of the time (keep falling 70%).

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
Durham Smythe2024163%+26.5%
Will Dissly20233.151%+219.4%
Mo Alie-Cox20242.750%+6.5%
Austin Hooper2023347%+46.1%
Harrison Bryant20242.944%+48.9%

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

Four years of dynasty value

02,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-04 to 2026-07. From 0 to 785, peaking at 1,645.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2018, round 5, pick 157 by MIN
CollegeCentral Michigan
Age at draft23
Height6′3″
Weight254 lb
40-yard dash4.8s
Vertical38″
Broad jump120″
3-cone7.13s
Shuttle4.23s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game7.2
Week-to-week variation0.7
Boom rate15.6%
Bust rate29.7%
Games missed per season0.2
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.05

The record, season by season

2025 · LAC · 6 games

His best game was Week 1 against KC — 7.2 PPR on 2 targets and a 5.9% target share, in a game that finished 27-21. His worst was Week 3 against DEN at 0, on 2 targets, final score 23-20. Across 6 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 6 times. In the 3 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 2.8; in the 3 decided by more, 2.9. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 3 points per game. He scored 2.88, 4.9% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1KC27-217.2225005.9%43%
3DEN23-20002004.4%26%
4NYG18-211.311302.6%19%
5WAS10-275233009.4%30%
10PIT25-102.2111203%32%
18DEN3-191.611602.6%32%

Production

Receptions7
Targets10
Receiving yards101
Carries1
Rushing yards2
Touchdowns0
Points per game2.88
Yards per target10.1
Catch rate70%
Yards per carry2

Role

Snap share30.33%
Target share4.65%
Air-yards share3.48%
WOPR0.097
RACR1.333

Efficiency

Average depth of target4.5
Yards after catch per reception8.1
Yards before catch per reception6.3
Total YAC57
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0.2%
Passer rating when targeted102.5
Receiving EPA per game-0.61
Rushing EPA per game0.09

Who else ate

The offense threw it 569 times. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Keenan Allen22.63%
Ladd McConkey19.67%
Quentin Johnston15.58%
Oronde Gadsden II12.8%
Tre Harris7.98%
Omarion Hampton6.49%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Justin Herbert593.1410.565.06%
Trey Lance111.662.6%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 6 games were blowouts, 28.9% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 5 in those and 2.83 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · NYJ · 16 games

His best game was Week 17 against BUF — 21.7 PPR on 8 targets and a 25.8% target share, in a game that finished 14-40. His worst was Week 9 against HOU at 0.7, on 2 targets, final score 21-13. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 9 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 5.7; in the 7 decided by more, 10.1. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8 points per game. He scored 7.62, 4.3% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1SF19-321.612606.9%90%
2TEN24-172121006.9%93%
3NE24-314.35693017.6%92%
4DEN9-105.74817019.5%92%
5MIN17-2311.56955017.6%82%
6BUF20-233231008.8%73%
7PIT15-3710.7447110.3%86%
8NE22-2513.23442116%81%
9HOU21-130.712-306.3%78%
10ARI6-311.812806.1%78%
11IND27-281.712706.9%92%
13SEA21-267.24532013.2%82%
14MIA26-326.33533012.8%79%
16LA9-1910.95759016.7%77%
17BUF14-4021.78857125.8%84%
18MIA32-209.6231618.6%22%

Production

Receptions51
Targets72
Receiving yards449
Carries1
Touchdowns4
Points per game7.62
Yards per target6.24
Catch rate70.83%

Role

Snap share80.06%
Target share12.5%
Air-yards share9.07%
WOPR0.251
RACR1.755

Efficiency

Average depth of target4.9
Yards after catch per reception5.1
Yards before catch per reception3.7
Total YAC262
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted105.6
Receiving EPA per game0.7
Rushing EPA per game-0.2

Scoring position

Red-zone targets9
Red-zone target share10%
End-zone target share10.8%
Expected receiving TDs3.15
Actual receiving TDs4
Receiving TD luck0.85

Who else ate

The offense threw it 607 times. He took 12.22% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Garrett Wilson25.98%
Davante Adams19.35%
Breece Hall12.9%
Tyler Conklin 12.22%
Allen Lazard10.36%
Jeremy Ruckert4.75%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 16 games were blowouts, 39.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 12.13 in those and 5.7 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · NYJ · 17 games

His best game was Week 10 against LV — 14 PPR on 7 targets and a 18.9% target share, in a game that finished 12-16. His worst was Week 8 against NYG at 0, on 2 targets, final score 13-10. Across 17 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 6.3; in the 9 decided by more, 8.1. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.9 points per game. He scored 7.24, 18.2% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 2.54 expected, a gap of -2.5.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1BUF22-161.211205.6%80%
2DAL10-30105650024%87%
3NE10-155.63526017.9%76%
4KC20-239.84658015.4%68%
5DEN31-2110.74567019.2%55%
6PHI20-145.43424012.1%71%
8NYG13-10002005.9%69%
9LAC6-2712.66666012.5%62%
10LV12-16147770018.9%64%
11BUF6-323.82318010.7%67%
12MIA13-347.34533013.9%60%
13ATL8-136.53935025%74%
14HOU30-69.74657017.1%56%
15MIA0-305.84718021.2%66%
16WAS30-287.64736015.6%83%
17CLE20-379.55545011.4%79%
18NE17-33.62316016.7%77%

Production

Receptions61
Targets87
Receiving yards621
Carries1
Touchdowns0
Points per game7.24
Yards per target7.14
Catch rate70.11%

Role

Snap share70.24%
Target share15.48%
Air-yards share13.92%
WOPR0.329
RACR1.125

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.9
Yards after catch per reception4
Yards before catch per reception6.2
Total YAC245
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted85.5
Receiving EPA per game0.38
Rushing EPA per game-0.21

Scoring position

Red-zone targets9
Red-zone target share15.8%
End-zone target share23.1%
Expected receiving TDs2.54
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-2.54

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game14 of 14
Yards per target12 of 14
Target share14 of 14
Air-yards share10 of 14

Who else ate

The offense threw it 600 times. He took 15.56% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Garrett Wilson30.05%
Breece Hall16.99%
Tyler Conklin 15.56%
Allen Lazard8.77%
Xavier Gipson6.8%
Jeremy Ruckert3.94%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Zach Wilson11517.538.5914.48%
Trevor Siemian4226.635.2316.22%
Tim Boyle2146.94.8619.45%

Blowouts against close games

7 of his 17 games were blowouts, 47.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 8.39 in those and 6.26 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2022 · NYJ · 17 games

His best game was Week 8 against NE — 25.9 PPR on 10 targets and a 29.4% target share, in a game that finished 17-22. His worst was Week 5 against MIA at 0, on 1 targets, final score 40-17. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 10 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.1; in the 7 decided by more, 8.6. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 9 points per game. He scored 7.74, 13.7% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 3 against 1.18 expected, a gap of 1.8.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1BAL9-2411.64716112.3%92%
2CLE31-30106940020.9%100%
3CIN12-2716.48884016.7%79%
4PIT24-208.23552015.2%81%
5MIA40-17001004.8%68%
6GB27-102.71216011.8%67%
7DEN16-96.24622026.1%75%
8NE17-2225.961079229.4%75%
9BUF20-171.712708.3%72%
11NE3-103.52315015%74%
12CHI31-1083350010.7%79%
13MIN22-272.9279012.7%72%
14BUF12-207.85828018.2%72%
15DET17-201.912705.9%75%
16JAX3-197.44434013.3%71%
17SEA6-23146680013.3%61%
18MIA6-113.32413012.5%96%

Production

Receptions58
Targets87
Receiving yards552
Carries2
Rushing yards3
Touchdowns3
Points per game7.74
Yards per target6.34
Catch rate66.67%
Yards per carry1.5

Role

Snap share77%
Target share14.54%
Air-yards share13.58%
WOPR0.313
RACR1.345

Efficiency

Average depth of target6.8
Yards after catch per reception5.1
Yards before catch per reception4.5
Total YAC293
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted86
Receiving EPA per game0.14
Rushing EPA per game0.07

Scoring position

Red-zone targets4
Red-zone target share6.3%
End-zone target share12%
Red-zone carry share1.6%
Goal-line carry share5%
Expected receiving TDs1.18
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck1.82
Expected rushing TDs0.43

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game11 of 11
Yards per target10 of 11
Target share10 of 11
Air-yards share9 of 11

Who else ate

The offense threw it 625 times. He took 14.82% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Garrett Wilson25.04%
Tyler Conklin 14.82%
Elijah Moore11.07%
Corey Davis10.9%
Michael Carter9.2%
Braxton Berrios5.45%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Zach Wilson9356.396.6314.42%
Joe Flacco42810.325.4615.6%
Mike White4248.186.9613.72%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 17 games were blowouts, 18.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.17 in those and 7.14 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2021 · MIN · 17 games

His best game was Week 3 against SEA — 20 PPR on 8 targets and a 21.1% target share, in a game that finished 30-17. His worst was Week 15 against CHI at 1.7, on 3 targets, final score 17-9. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 8 times. In the 14 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.6; in the 3 decided by more, 10.8. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.9 points per game. He scored 8.14, 9% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1CIN24-278.1444108.5%71%
2ARI33-343.52415012.5%80%
3SEA30-17207870121.1%72%
4CLE7-145.84618016.7%85%
5DET19-174.5232509.7%75%
6CAR34-2810.13571011.1%85%
8DAL16-2010.75757021.2%82%
9BAL31-349.55745025%87%
10LAC27-2016.13511214.3%85%
11GB34-316.5333508.8%80%
12SF26-344.5232509.4%80%
13DET27-2912.67956022%95%
14PIT36-284222006.5%70%
15CHI17-91.7137013.6%73%
16LA23-308.44544014.3%97%
17GB10-379.75947024.3%93%
18CHI31-172.6246019%67%

Production

Receptions61
Targets87
Receiving yards593
Touchdowns3
Points per game8.14
Yards per target6.82
Catch rate70.11%

Role

Snap share81%
Target share15.18%
Air-yards share10.04%
WOPR0.298
RACR1.729

Efficiency

Average depth of target5.3
Yards after catch per reception5.4
Yards before catch per reception4.4
Total YAC327
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted100.4
Receiving EPA per game0.67

Scoring position

Red-zone targets16
Red-zone target share20.5%
End-zone target share19.4%
Expected receiving TDs3.56
Actual receiving TDs3
Receiving TD luck-0.56

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game14 of 15
Yards per target11 of 15
Target share14 of 15
Air-yards share15 of 15

Who else ate

The offense threw it 604 times. He took 15.56% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Justin Jefferson29.87%
Adam Thielen16.99%
Tyler Conklin 15.56%
K.J. Osborn14.67%
Dalvin Cook8.77%
Alexander Mattison6.98%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Kirk Cousins16788.04714.61%
Sean Mannion199.75.2224.3%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 17 games were blowouts, 7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.7 in those and 7.57 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2020 · MIN · 9 games

His best game was Week 15 against CHI — 14.7 PPR on 4 targets and a 13.3% target share, in a game that finished 27-33. His worst was Week 9 against DET at 0, on 0 targets, final score 34-20. Across 9 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 5.7; in the 4 decided by more, 4. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.6 points per game. He scored 4.93, 3.5% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
2IND11-28000000%6%
9DET34-20000000%43%
10CHI19-133.1221106.3%62%
12CAR28-271.512504.7%66%
13JAX27-242111002.5%65%
14TB14-2695540014.3%57%
15CHI27-3314.73457113.3%66%
16NO33-527.14631015.8%86%
17DET37-3573640015.8%71%

Production

Receptions19
Targets26
Receiving yards194
Touchdowns1
Points per game4.93
Yards per target7.46
Catch rate73.08%

Role

Snap share58%
Target share8.08%
Air-yards share4.79%
WOPR0.154
RACR1.584

Efficiency

Average depth of target4.4
Yards after catch per reception6.6
Yards before catch per reception3.6
Total YAC126
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted106.9
Receiving EPA per game0.88

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.6%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0.14
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.86

Who else ate

The offense threw it 516 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Justin Jefferson26.48%
Adam Thielen22.88%
Dalvin Cook11.44%
Irv Smith9.11%
Kyle Rudolph7.84%
Chad Beebe6.36%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 9 games were blowouts, 16% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 3.55 in those and 5.66 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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