Free agent · WR
Curtis Samuel
Curtis Samuel is a wide receiver.
Scouting report
Curtis Samuel: the full picture
Curtis Samuel at a glance
Curtis Samuel is a 30-year-old wide receiver, listed at 5'11" and 195 pounds. The Carolina Panthers drafted Samuel 40th overall in the second round in 2017, out of Ohio State; this is year ten in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Samuel at 26.1 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR157 at the position and works out to 1.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Samuel has finished as WR24 in 2020, WR179 in 2021, WR33 in 2022, WR43 in 2023, WR102 in 2024 and WR149 in 2025. The high-water mark is 212.1 PPR points in 2020. Across 110 regular-season games on record, the totals read 355 receptions, 3,717 receiving yards and 24 receiving touchdowns.
Curtis Samuel by the numbers
Samuel has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 7 times. The career high is 26.8 PPR points, set in Week 9 of 2020 against KC. The game log also shows 4 100-yard receiving games. In all, Samuel has reached 20 points in 7 games, 6% of career appearances.
Contract
Samuel is playing on a three-year, $34.5 million contract signed with the Washington Commanders in 2021, an average of $11.5 million per year with $23 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2023 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Samuel carries a GV stock price of 1,658, which ranks 393rd overall and WR139 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Samuel 302nd overall. Value has moved up 0.4 since the previous model run. See where Samuel sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 26.1
- PPR / game
- 1.9
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.4 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 17.1
- Dynasty
- 16.1
- Superflex redraft
- 27.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 14.9
- TE premium dynasty
- 9.7
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BUF | 6 | 9 | 7 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 |
| 2024 | BUF | 14 | 46 | 31 | 253 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 63.7 |
| 2023 | WAS | 16 | 91 | 62 | 613 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 157.2 |
| 2022 | WAS | 17 | 92 | 64 | 656 | 4 | 38 | 187 | 176.3 |
| 2021 | WAS | 5 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 2020 | CAR | 15 | 97 | 77 | 851 | 3 | 41 | 200 | 212.1 |
| 2019 | CAR | 16 | 105 | 54 | 627 | 6 | 19 | 130 | 171.7 |
| 2018 | CAR | 13 | 65 | 39 | 494 | 5 | 8 | 84 | 138.8 |
| 2017 | CAR | 8 | 26 | 15 | 115 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 32.9 |
Wide receivers ranked near Curtis Samuel
- Tylan Wallace WR154 · 28.1 PPR
- Gabe Davis WR155 · 27.4 PPR
- Mason Tipton WR156 · 27.3 PPR
- Hunter Renfrow WR158 · 25.8 PPR
- Tutu Atwell WR159 · 25.2 PPR
- Brandin Cooks WR160 · 24.4 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.