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Brandin Cooks
Brandin Cooks is a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers.
Scouting report
Brandin Cooks: the full picture
Brandin Cooks at a glance
Brandin Cooks is a 32-year-old wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, listed at 5'10" and 190 pounds. The New Orleans Saints drafted Cooks 20th overall in the first round in 2014, out of Oregon State, and 2026 is Cooks's 13th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Cooks for 24.4 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR160 at the position and works out to 1.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Cooks has finished as WR17 in 2020, WR20 in 2021, WR49 in 2022, WR38 in 2023, WR96 in 2024 and WR106 in 2025. One of those 12 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 253.6 PPR points in 2015. Across 169 regular-season games on record, the totals read 734 receptions, 9,811 receiving yards and 60 receiving touchdowns.
Brandin Cooks by the numbers
Cooks has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 12 times and finished in the top twelve 31 times. The career high is 39.6 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2020 against TEN, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 7 games of 30 or more PPR points and 25 100-yard receiving games. In all, Cooks has reached 20 points in 31 games, 18% of career appearances.
Contract
Cooks is playing on a two-year, $39.8 million contract signed with the Houston Texans in 2022, an average of $19.9 million per year with $39 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2023 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Cooks carries a GV stock price of 1,617, which ranks 349th overall and WR119 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Cooks 216th overall. Value has moved up 7.1 since the previous model run. See where Cooks sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
2 news items linked to Cooks in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 23, 2026. Read the latest Brandin Cooks news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 24.4
- PPR / game
- 1.7
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 7.1 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 25.0
- Dynasty
- 15.7
- Superflex redraft
- 41.2
- Superflex dynasty
- 13.5
- TE premium dynasty
- 9.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NO | 13 | 36 | 24 | 279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.9 |
| 2024 | DAL | 10 | 54 | 26 | 259 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 69.6 |
| 2023 | DAL | 16 | 81 | 54 | 657 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 173.2 |
| 2022 | HOU | 13 | 93 | 57 | 699 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 145.6 |
| 2021 | HOU | 16 | 134 | 90 | 1,037 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 231.8 |
| 2020 | HOU | 15 | 119 | 81 | 1,150 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 232.0 |
| 2019 | LA | 14 | 72 | 42 | 583 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 117.5 |
| 2018 | LA | 15 | 117 | 80 | 1,204 | 5 | 10 | 68 | 243.2 |
| 2017 | NE | 16 | 114 | 65 | 1,082 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 221.2 |
| 2016 | NO | 15 | 117 | 78 | 1,173 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 246.3 |
Wide receivers ranked near Brandin Cooks
- Curtis Samuel WR157 · 26.1 PPR
- Hunter Renfrow WR158 · 25.8 PPR
- Tutu Atwell WR159 · 25.2 PPR
- Isaiah Hodgins WR161 · 23.3 PPR
- Zay Jones WR162 · 23.0 PPR
- Josh Reynolds WR163 · 22.1 PPR
San Francisco 49ers fantasy players
- Christian McCaffrey RB · 332.3 PPR
- Brock Purdy QB · 270.5 PPR
- George Kittle TE · 180.9 PPR
- Mike Evans WR · 158.2 PPR
- Deebo Samuel Sr. WR · 153.4 PPR
- Kaelon Black RB · 116.5 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.