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Zay Jones
Zay Jones is a wide receiver.
Scouting report
Zay Jones: the full picture
Zay Jones at a glance
Zay Jones is a 31-year-old wide receiver, listed at 6'2" and 200 pounds. The Buffalo Bills drafted Jones 37th overall in the second round in 2017, out of East Carolina; this is year ten in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Jones at 23.0 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR162 at the position and works out to 1.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Jones has finished as WR131 in 2020, WR68 in 2021, WR26 in 2022, WR84 in 2023, WR148 in 2024 and WR135 in 2025. The high-water mark is 198.1 PPR points in 2022. Across 107 regular-season games on record, the totals read 307 receptions, 3,295 receiving yards and 18 receiving touchdowns.
Zay Jones by the numbers
Jones has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 5 times and finished in the top twelve 8 times. The career high is 34.9 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2022 against DAL, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points, 3 100-yard receiving games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Jones has reached 20 points in 7 games, 7% of career appearances.
Contract
Jones 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 Jones carries a GV stock price of 1,731, which ranks 424th overall and WR150 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Jones 373rd overall. Value has moved down 4.2 since the previous model run. See where Jones sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 23.0
- PPR / game
- 1.8
Week 2 projection
Zay Jones is projected for 0.6 PPR points at home against CIN in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 4.4.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.2 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 13.4
- Dynasty
- 16.8
- Superflex redraft
- 20.3
- Superflex dynasty
- 17.8
- TE premium dynasty
- 10.1
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ARI | 6 | 18 | 12 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 |
| 2024 | ARI | 6 | 11 | 8 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.4 |
| 2023 | JAX | 9 | 64 | 34 | 321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 |
| 2022 | JAX | 16 | 121 | 82 | 823 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 198.1 |
| 2021 | LV | 15 | 70 | 47 | 546 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 105.9 |
| 2020 | LV | 11 | 20 | 14 | 154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.6 |
| 2019 | LV | 14 | 45 | 27 | 216 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 48.9 |
| 2018 | BUF | 16 | 102 | 56 | 652 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 165.2 |
| 2017 | BUF | 14 | 74 | 27 | 316 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70.6 |
Wide receivers ranked near Zay Jones
- Tutu Atwell WR159 · 25.2 PPR
- Brandin Cooks WR160 · 24.4 PPR
- Isaiah Hodgins WR161 · 23.3 PPR
- Josh Reynolds WR163 · 22.1 PPR
- Tyler Johnson WR164 · 21.1 PPR
- Jalin Hyatt WR165 · 21.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.