LAC · TE
David Njoku
David Njoku is a tight end for the Los Angeles Chargers. Injury status: IR. Depth chart: TE3.
Scouting report
David Njoku: the full picture
David Njoku at a glance
David Njoku is a 30-year-old tight end for the Los Angeles Chargers, listed at 6'4" and 246 pounds. The Cleveland Browns drafted Njoku 29th overall in the first round in 2017, out of Miami, and 2026 is Njoku's 10th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Njoku for 30.9 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE51 at the position and works out to 2.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Njoku has scored 12.7 PPR points, or 6.3 per game. That is 41.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Njoku would finish with about 108 points, ahead of the 30.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 10.8 points in Week 1 against ARI, the TE13 finish that week. Njoku has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Njoku ranks in the 68th percentile in yards per target, the 65th percentile in average separation and the 56th percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 23rd percentile in receiving TDs.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Njoku has finished as TE49 in 2020, TE23 in 2021, TE11 in 2022, TE6 in 2023, TE11 in 2024 and TE34 in 2025. Four of those 9 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 201.2 PPR points in 2023. Across 114 regular-season games on record, the totals read 390 receptions, 4,129 receiving yards and 34 receiving touchdowns.
David Njoku by the numbers
Njoku has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 17 times and finished in the top twelve 39 times. The career high is 27.9 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2021 against LAC. The game log also shows 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Njoku has reached 20 points in 6 games, 5% of career appearances.
Contract
Njoku is playing on a one-year, $3 million contract signed with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2026, an average of $3 million per year with $850,000 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Njoku carries a GV stock price of 3,043, which ranks 219th overall and TE38 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Njoku 220th overall. Value has moved down 5.8 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Hunter Henry, Tucker Kraft and Michael Mayer. See where Njoku sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 30.9
- PPR / game
- 2.2
David Njoku fantasy outlook
David Njoku enters the 2026 season with LAC and ranks TE66 and #421 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 30.9 PPR points across 14.1 games, or 2.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists David Njoku as TE2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, David Njoku produced 86.3 PPR points in 11 games (7.8 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 37%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Out.
Week 2 projection
David Njoku is projected for 7.5 PPR points at home against LV in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 24.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 5.8 since the previous model run (falling).
- Redraft
- 26.1
- Dynasty
- 29.5
- Superflex redraft
- 42.5
- Superflex dynasty
- 42.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 28.0
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LAC | 2 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 |
| 2025 | CLE | 11 | 48 | 33 | 293 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 |
| 2024 | CLE | 11 | 97 | 64 | 505 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 148.5 |
| 2023 | CLE | 16 | 123 | 81 | 882 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 201.2 |
| 2022 | CLE | 14 | 80 | 58 | 628 | 4 | 2 | -8 | 142.0 |
| 2021 | CLE | 15 | 53 | 36 | 475 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 107.6 |
| 2020 | CLE | 11 | 29 | 19 | 213 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2019 | CLE | 3 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | CLE | 15 | 88 | 56 | 639 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 143.9 |
| 2017 | CLE | 16 | 60 | 32 | 386 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 94.7 |
Tight ends ranked near David Njoku
- Terrance Ferguson TE48 · 50.1 PPR
- Connor Heyward TE49 · 37.6 PPR
- Austin Hooper TE50 · 32.6 PPR
- Darren Waller TE52 · 30.6 PPR
- Marlin Klein TE53 · 28.9 PPR
- Carsen Ryan TE54 · 27.3 PPR
Los Angeles Chargers fantasy players
- Justin Herbert QB · 304.4 PPR
- Ladd McConkey WR · 215.6 PPR
- Omarion Hampton RB · 212.2 PPR
- Quentin Johnston WR · 177.3 PPR
- Oronde Gadsden II TE · 107.7 PPR
- Tre Harris WR · 107.5 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.