DET · QB
Joshua Dobbs
Joshua Dobbs is a quarterback for the Detroit Lions. Depth chart: QB2.
Scouting report
Joshua Dobbs: the full picture
Joshua Dobbs at a glance
Joshua Dobbs is a 31-year-old quarterback for the Detroit Lions, listed at 6'3" and 216 pounds. The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Dobbs 135th overall in the fourth round in 2017, out of Tennessee; this is year ten in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Dobbs at 29.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB46 at the position and works out to 2.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Dobbs has finished as QB63 in 2018, QB69 in 2020, QB51 in 2022, QB20 in 2023, QB48 in 2024 and QB67 in 2025. The high-water mark is 200.7 PPR points in 2023. Across 27 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,346 passing yards, 17 passing touchdowns, 515 rushing yards and 8 rushing touchdowns.
Joshua Dobbs by the numbers
Dobbs has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 7 times. The career high is 25.2 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2023 against NYG. The game log also shows 1 300-yard passing game and 3 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Dobbs has reached 20 points in 6 games, 22% of career appearances.
Contract
Dobbs is playing on a one-year, $1.4 million contract signed with the Detroit Lions in 2026, an average of $1.4 million per year with $475,000 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Dobbs carries a GV stock price of 919, which ranks 401st overall and QB61 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Dobbs 425th overall. Value has moved down 0.7 since the previous model run. See where Dobbs sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 29.3
- PPR / game
- 2.4
Joshua Dobbs fantasy outlook
Joshua Dobbs enters the 2026 season with DET and ranks QB47 and #438 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 29.3 PPR points across 12.2 games, or 2.4 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Joshua Dobbs as QB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Joshua Dobbs produced 2.1 PPR points in 4 games (0.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 27%, 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
Joshua Dobbs is projected for 1.0 PPR points on the road at BUF in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 7.3.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 7.0
- Dynasty
- 8.9
- Superflex redraft
- 19.4
- Superflex dynasty
- 16.1
- TE premium dynasty
- 5.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NE | 4 | 7 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | SF | 2 | 32 | 47 | 361 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 30.8 |
| 2023 | MIN | 13 | 262 | 417 | 2,464 | 13 | 10 | 421 | 6 | 200.7 |
| 2022 | TEN | 2 | 40 | 68 | 411 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 20.8 |
| 2020 | PIT | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2.1 |
| 2018 | PIT | 5 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0.8 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Joshua Dobbs
- Mac Jones QB43 · 31.3 PPR
- Mitchell Trubisky QB44 · 31.2 PPR
- Davis Mills QB45 · 29.6 PPR
- Tyrod Taylor QB47 · 28.8 PPR
- Jake Browning QB48 · 26.9 PPR
- Russell Wilson QB49 · 26.3 PPR
Detroit Lions fantasy players
- Jahmyr Gibbs RB · 349.0 PPR
- Amon-Ra St. Brown WR · 322.7 PPR
- Jared Goff QB · 304.9 PPR
- Jameson Williams WR · 169.2 PPR
- Sam LaPorta TE · 154.9 PPR
- Isaac TeSlaa WR · 95.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.