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JuJu Smith-Schuster
JuJu Smith-Schuster is a wide receiver.
Scouting report
JuJu Smith-Schuster: the full picture
JuJu Smith-Schuster at a glance
JuJu Smith-Schuster is a 29-year-old wide receiver, listed at 6'1" and 215 pounds. The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Smith-Schuster 62nd overall in the second round in 2017, out of USC; this is year ten in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Smith-Schuster at 43.1 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR134 at the position and works out to 2.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 89 qualified wide receivers of 2025, Smith-Schuster ranks in the 85th percentile in average separation, the 50th percentile in yards per target and the 20th percentile in receptions. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 1st percentile in target share.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Smith-Schuster has finished as WR16 in 2020, WR133 in 2021, WR27 in 2022, WR97 in 2023, WR113 in 2024 and WR86 in 2025. One of those 9 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 296.9 PPR points in 2018. Across 118 regular-season games on record, the totals read 481 receptions, 5,624 receiving yards and 33 receiving touchdowns.
JuJu Smith-Schuster by the numbers
Smith-Schuster has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 17 times. The career high is 37.9 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2018 against DEN. The game log also shows 5 games of 30 or more PPR points and 15 100-yard receiving games. In all, Smith-Schuster has reached 20 points in 18 games, 15% of career appearances.
Contract
Smith-Schuster is playing on a one-year, $3.3 million contract signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022, an average of $3.3 million per year with $2.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2022 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Smith-Schuster carries a GV stock price of 2,284, which ranks 246th overall and WR90 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Smith-Schuster 233rd overall. Value has moved up 1.8 since the previous model run. See where Smith-Schuster sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 43.1
- PPR / game
- 2.9
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.8 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 23.0
- Dynasty
- 22.1
- Superflex redraft
- 39.0
- Superflex dynasty
- 29.9
- TE premium dynasty
- 13.3
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | KC | 17 | 45 | 33 | 345 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.5 |
| 2024 | KC | 11 | 26 | 18 | 231 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2023 | NE | 11 | 47 | 29 | 260 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 |
| 2022 | KC | 16 | 101 | 78 | 933 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 185.3 |
| 2021 | PIT | 5 | 28 | 15 | 129 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 34.8 |
| 2020 | PIT | 16 | 128 | 97 | 831 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 234.1 |
| 2019 | PIT | 12 | 70 | 42 | 552 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113.2 |
| 2018 | PIT | 16 | 166 | 111 | 1,426 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 296.9 |
| 2017 | PIT | 14 | 79 | 58 | 917 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 197.7 |
Wide receivers ranked near JuJu Smith-Schuster
- Jaylin Noel WR131 · 43.8 PPR
- Omar Cooper Jr. WR132 · 43.3 PPR
- Malik Benson WR133 · 43.2 PPR
- Elijah Moore WR135 · 42.7 PPR
- Marquise Brown WR136 · 42.0 PPR
- Luke McCaffrey WR137 · 41.2 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.