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Jonnu Smith
Jonnu Smith is a tight end for the Green Bay Packers. Depth chart: TE2.
Scouting report
Jonnu Smith: the full picture
Jonnu Smith at a glance
Jonnu Smith is a 31-year-old tight end for the Green Bay Packers, listed at 6'3" and 248 pounds. The Tennessee Titans drafted Smith 100th overall in the third round in 2017, out of Florida International, and 2026 is Smith's 10th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Smith for 78.1 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE36 at the position and works out to 5.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 1 game of 2026, Smith has scored 7.0 PPR points, or 7.0 per game. That is 9.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Smith would finish with about 119 points, ahead of the 78.1 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 7.0 points in Week 1 against MIN, the TE23 finish that week. Smith has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 1 game, a 100% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 39 qualified tight ends of 2025, Smith ranks in the 83rd percentile in average separation, the 24th percentile in receptions and the 19th percentile in receiving TDs. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 1st percentile in yards per target.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Smith has finished as TE17 in 2020, TE36 in 2021, TE47 in 2022, TE17 in 2023, TE4 in 2024 and TE35 in 2025. One of those 9 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 222.3 PPR points in 2024. Across 135 regular-season games on record, the totals read 347 receptions, 3,579 receiving yards and 30 receiving touchdowns.
Jonnu Smith by the numbers
Smith has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 12 times and finished in the top twelve 32 times. The career high is 28.1 PPR points, set in Week 11 of 2024 against LV. The game log also shows 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Smith has reached 20 points in 7 games, 5% of career appearances.
Contract
Smith is playing on a four-year, $50 million contract signed with the New England Patriots in 2021, an average of $12.5 million per year with $31.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2024 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Smith carries a GV stock price of 2,218, which ranks 327th overall and TE54 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Smith 205th overall. Value has moved up 3.6 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Austin Hooper, Marlin Klein and Nate Boerkircher. See where Smith sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Smith is from August 28, 2026. Read the latest Jonnu Smith news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 78.1
- PPR / game
- 5.0
Jonnu Smith fantasy outlook
Jonnu Smith enters the 2026 season with PIT and ranks TE55 and #271 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 49.7 PPR points across 15.6 games, or 3.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The current depth-chart role is still being established, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jonnu Smith produced 85.2 PPR points in 17 games (5.0 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 46%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 2 projection
Jonnu Smith is projected for 4.3 PPR points on the road at NYJ in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 15.5.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 3.6 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 26.3
- Dynasty
- 21.5
- Superflex redraft
- 42.7
- Superflex dynasty
- 28.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 19.8
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | GB | 1 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 2025 | PIT | 17 | 54 | 38 | 222 | 2 | 9 | 70 | 85.2 |
| 2024 | MIA | 17 | 111 | 88 | 884 | 8 | 2 | -1 | 222.3 |
| 2023 | ATL | 17 | 70 | 50 | 582 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 124.2 |
| 2022 | NE | 12 | 38 | 27 | 245 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 52.0 |
| 2021 | NE | 16 | 45 | 28 | 294 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 67.4 |
| 2020 | TEN | 14 | 65 | 41 | 448 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 140.2 |
| 2019 | TEN | 15 | 44 | 35 | 439 | 3 | 4 | 78 | 104.7 |
| 2018 | TEN | 12 | 30 | 20 | 258 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63.8 |
| 2017 | TEN | 14 | 30 | 18 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 |
Tight ends ranked near Jonnu Smith
- Nate Boerkircher TE33 · 85.4 PPR
- Cole Kmet TE34 · 78.1 PPR
- Darnell Washington TE35 · 78.1 PPR
- Dawson Knox TE37 · 76.4 PPR
- Theo Johnson TE38 · 75.8 PPR
- Zach Ertz TE39 · 73.4 PPR
Green Bay Packers fantasy players
- Jordan Love QB · 258.4 PPR
- Christian Watson WR · 211.8 PPR
- Tucker Kraft TE · 191.7 PPR
- Jayden Reed WR · 158.2 PPR
- Matthew Golden WR · 153.8 PPR
- Josh Jacobs RB · 73.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.