NYJ · WR
Sterling Shepard
Sterling Shepard is a wide receiver for the New York Jets.
Scouting report
Sterling Shepard: the full picture
Sterling Shepard at a glance
Sterling Shepard is a 33-year-old wide receiver for the New York Jets, listed at 5'10" and 194 pounds. The New York Giants drafted Shepard 40th overall in the second round in 2016, out of Oklahoma, and 2026 is Shepard's 11th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Shepard for 29.7 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR149 at the position and works out to 2.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 89 qualified wide receivers of 2025, Shepard ranks in the 77th percentile in average separation, the 36th percentile in receptions and the 24th percentile in yards per target. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 11th percentile in receiving TDs.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Shepard has finished as WR43 in 2020, WR97 in 2021, WR129 in 2022, WR152 in 2023, WR92 in 2024 and WR80 in 2025. The high-water mark is 184.4 PPR points in 2016. Across 111 regular-season games on record, the totals read 443 receptions, 4,800 receiving yards and 25 receiving touchdowns.
Sterling Shepard by the numbers
Shepard has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 11 times. The career high is 33.6 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2020 against DAL. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 10 100-yard receiving games. In all, Shepard has reached 20 points in 11 games, 10% of career appearances.
Contract
Shepard is playing on a one-year, $1.3 million contract signed with the Houston Texans in 2026, an average of $1.3 million per year. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Shepard carries a GV stock price of 1,951, which ranks 315th overall and WR109 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Shepard 255th overall. Value has moved down 5.0 since the previous model run. See where Shepard sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 29.7
- PPR / game
- 2.1
Week 3 projection
Sterling Shepard is projected for 0.9 PPR points on the road at IND in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 8.5.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 5.0 since the previous model run (falling).
- Redraft
- 21.6
- Dynasty
- 18.9
- Superflex redraft
- 36.7
- Superflex dynasty
- 23.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 11.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TB | 13 | 53 | 39 | 371 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 82.0 |
| 2024 | TB | 13 | 51 | 32 | 334 | 1 | 8 | 69 | 80.3 |
| 2023 | NYG | 10 | 22 | 10 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22.3 |
| 2022 | NYG | 3 | 24 | 13 | 154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2021 | NYG | 7 | 53 | 36 | 366 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 77.7 |
| 2020 | NYG | 12 | 90 | 66 | 656 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 162.5 |
| 2019 | NYG | 10 | 83 | 57 | 576 | 3 | 6 | 72 | 141.8 |
| 2018 | NYG | 16 | 107 | 66 | 872 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 182.5 |
| 2017 | NYG | 11 | 84 | 59 | 731 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 144.5 |
| 2016 | NYG | 16 | 105 | 65 | 683 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 184.4 |
Wide receivers ranked near Sterling Shepard
- Christian Kirk WR146 · 33.3 PPR
- CJ Daniels WR147 · 32.4 PPR
- Ryan Miller WR148 · 31.4 PPR
- Van Jefferson WR150 · 29.3 PPR
- Ray-Ray McCloud WR151 · 28.6 PPR
- Cedric Tillman WR152 · 28.6 PPR
New York Jets fantasy players
- Breece Hall RB · 245.6 PPR
- Garrett Wilson WR · 217.9 PPR
- Geno Smith QB · 180.3 PPR
- Kenyon Sadiq TE · 113.1 PPR
- Braelon Allen RB · 102.9 PPR
- Adonai Mitchell WR · 96.8 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.