WR · NYJ · GWTTKB

Xavier Gipson — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 0.43 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 317.5, usage worth 0.6.

25 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 317.5
Consensus across 2 books, standard deviation 208.6, 295 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on sleeper, priciest on espn.
SLEEPER465
ESPN170
FFA708

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 27, pick 6 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankWR209
ADP standard deviation208.6 picks

The offense he plays in, 2026

New York Jets returns 3 of 6 continuity slots, replacing qb1, te1, oc. Geno Smith at quarterback, Aaron Glenn as head coach, Frank Reich calling it. The offense projects to 32.8 pass attempts a game at low confidence and 26.6 rushes.

In: Geno Smith (qb), Cade Klubnik (qb2), Omar Cooper Jr (wr2), Irvin Charles (wr5), Mac Dalena (wr7), Kenyon Sadiq (te1). Out: Justin Fields (qb), John Metchie III (wr3), Tyler Johnson (wr4), Jeremy Ruckert (te2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Garrett Wilson22.9%
Omar Cooper Jr16.3%
Kenyon Sadiq14%
Breece Hall10.8%
Adonai Mitchell10.1%
Mason Taylor9.3%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: This is a tough offense for fantasy managers to be heavily invested in. An even worse spot for a rookie to be drafted to. Kenyon Sadiq has to be upset. Not only that, but he has to share the TE room with Mason Taylor, who was looking like he could become a top 15 TE. For Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall, realistically for a MASSIVE value spike, they both need to be traded. It will be tough to produce in NY.

Key additions: QB Geno Smith traded to Jets from Raiders. QB Cade Klubnik drafted 5th round, Kenyon Sadiq drafted 1st round 16th overall. WR Omar Cooper Jr. drafted 1st round 30th overall

Key departures: Justin Fields QB traded to Chiefs.

Notes: Fields traded. Jets bring in Geno Smith from Raiders who was AWFUL in Vegas last year. Could provide decent opportunity for Garrett Wilson (elite WR needs better QB play). Adonai Mitchell likely to play WR3 behind Omar Cooper Jr (round 1 pick). Will have to monitor closely to see. Drafted Kenyon Sadiq Round 1 TE (high ceiling but may take time to break out). Mason Taylor will likely be TE2 behind Sadiq but could be starter at beginning of season. Breece Hall lands HUGE extension 3 year $45 million deal. Keeping him in New York through 2028. The talent is there, but the offense has to be able to score for Breece to be productive.

How the volume number was reached: New QB Geno Smith, avg 31.9 att/g over 2025,2024; Regressed 53% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 32.8 att/g; New OC Frank Reich — pass rate and tempo may shift.

Offensive environment: NYJ rates 18.8 against a league average of 23, 4.2 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-3.2 · harder
Weeks 1–6+2.9 · easier
Weeks 12–17-5 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-7.6 · 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 -11.8% 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 — 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
Ihmir Smith-Marsette20240.480%+9.4%
Jaelon Darden20240.177%+13.5%
Tylan Wallace20231.472%+138.3%
Jaelon Darden20220.371%-9%
Tylan Wallace2024369%+9%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 4 gained value, 1 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,000202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2023-07 to 2026-07. From 0 to 973, peaking at 1,452.

The player

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game2.3
Week-to-week variation1.4
Boom rate3.2%
Bust rate51.6%
Games missed per season0.3
Injury historyShoulder

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 · NYJ · 6 games

His best game was Week 8 against NYG — 1.3 PPR on 1 targets and a 5% target share, in a game that finished 38-20. His worst was Week 11 against DET at 0, on 0 targets, final score 16-9. Across 6 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 6 times.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 0.6 points per game. He scored 0.43, 23.5% below it. The engine classified the season as low_volume.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1PIT32-34000000%0%
7MIN28-22000000%0%
8NYG38-201.311305%8%
10GB10-7000000%2%
11DET16-9000000%0%
12DAL21-241.311302.8%5%

Production

Receptions2
Targets2
Receiving yards6
Touchdowns0
Points per game0.43
Yards per target3
Catch rate100%

Role

Snap share2.5%
Target share1.3%
Air-yards share-0.8%
WOPR0.013
RACR0

Efficiency

Average depth of target-4.5
Yards after catch per reception7.5
Yards before catch per reception-4.5
Total YAC15
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted79.2
Receiving EPA per game-0.1

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.6%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0.15
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.15

Who else ate

The offense threw it 493 times. 0 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Mason Taylor14.1%
Garrett Wilson12.8%
Adonai Mitchell12.58%
Breece Hall10.41%
John Metchie III9.54%
Isaiah Williams7.81%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Justin Fields410.3331.25%
Tyrod Taylor210.6531.4%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 6 games were blowouts, 50% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 1.3 in those and 0.26 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · NYJ · 17 games

His best game was Week 8 against NE — 7.1 PPR on 1 targets and a 4% target share, in a game that finished 22-25. His worst was Week 17 against BUF at 0, on 0 targets, final score 14-40. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 17 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 1.2; in the 7 decided by more, 0.6. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 2.5 points per game. He scored 0.96, 7.3% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1SF19-32000000%59%
2TEN24-17000000%11%
3NE24-33.6221605.9%21%
4DEN9-101.614609.8%19%
5MIN17-23000000%3%
6BUF20-23000000%21%
7PIT15-37000000%2%
8NE22-257.111114%10%
9HOU21-13000000%17%
10ARI6-31001003%41%
11IND27-282.7111703.4%53%
13SEA21-260.911-102.6%28%
14MIA26-32000000%1%
15JAX32-25000000%2%
16LA9-19000000%0%
17BUF14-40000000%14%
18MIA32-200.500000%6%

Production

Receptions6
Targets10
Receiving yards39
Carries1
Rushing yards5
Touchdowns1
Points per game0.96
Yards per target3.9
Catch rate60%
Yards per carry5

Role

Snap share18.12%
Target share1.69%
Air-yards share3.01%
WOPR0.046
RACR0.596

Efficiency

Average depth of target11.2
Yards after catch per reception3.7
Yards before catch per reception2.8
Total YAC22
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted101.7
Receiving EPA per game-0.16
Rushing EPA per game0.02

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.1%
End-zone target share2.7%
Expected receiving TDs0.48
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.52

Who else ate

The offense threw it 607 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Garrett Wilson25.98%
Davante Adams19.35%
Breece Hall12.9%
Tyler Conklin12.22%
Allen Lazard10.36%
Jeremy Ruckert4.75%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 17 games were blowouts, 22% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 0.9 in those and 1.23 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · NYJ · 17 games

His best game was Week 13 against ATL — 12.8 PPR on 6 targets and a 16.7% target share, in a game that finished 8-13. His worst was Week 5 against DEN at 0, on 0 targets, final score 31-21. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 14 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 3.7; in the 9 decided by more, 3.7. Game state made no difference to his scoring.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 4.7 points per game. He scored 3.69, 4% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 1.24 expected, a gap of -1.2.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1BUF22-16600000%2%
2DAL10-30000000%0%
3NE10-15000000%0%
4KC20-232.711402.6%19%
5DEN31-21000000%31%
6PHI20-141.800000%11%
8NYG13-100.301002.9%25%
9LAC6-275.2223204.2%58%
10LV12-163.4132408.1%68%
11BUF6-321.712707.1%79%
12MIA13-343.5221505.6%72%
13ATL8-1312.85677016.7%71%
14HOU30-68.211312.9%44%
15MIA0-304.92629018.2%69%
16WAS30-282.712104.4%62%
17CLE20-378.14733015.9%70%
18NE17-31.4154027.8%57%

Production

Receptions21
Targets38
Receiving yards229
Carries8
Rushing yards68
Touchdowns1
Points per game3.69
Yards per target6.03
Catch rate55.26%
Yards per carry8.5

Role

Snap share43.41%
Target share6.85%
Air-yards share8.44%
WOPR0.162
RACR0.486

Efficiency

Average depth of target9.4
Yards after catch per reception5.2
Yards before catch per reception5.7
Total YAC109
Broken tackles3
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted62.3
Receiving EPA per game-0.04
Rushing EPA per game0.23

Scoring position

Red-zone targets6
Red-zone target share10.5%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share5%
Expected receiving TDs1.24
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-1.24
Expected rushing TDs0.17

Who else ate

The offense threw it 600 times. He took 6.8% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Garrett Wilson30.05%
Breece Hall16.99%
Tyler Conklin15.56%
Allen Lazard8.77%
Xavier Gipson 6.8%
Jeremy Ruckert3.94%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Zach Wilson11102.6672.53%
Trevor Siemian4204.273.3516.57%
Tim Boyle288.1511.511.15%

Blowouts against close games

7 of his 17 games were blowouts, 50.4% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.51 in those and 3.71 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

Ask the Coach about Xavier Gipson →
All player profiles · 2026 rankings · Research findings · Methodology
GWTTKB publishes research and education. Nothing here is betting advice.