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Dalton Schultz

Dalton Schultz is a tight end for the Houston Texans. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Dalton Schultz: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Dalton Schultz at a glance

Dalton Schultz is a 30-year-old tight end for the Houston Texans, listed at 6'5" and 242 pounds. The Dallas Cowboys drafted Schultz 137th overall in the fourth round in 2018, out of Stanford, and 2026 is Schultz's 9th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Schultz for 130.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE17 at the position and works out to 8.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Schultz has scored 33.5 PPR points, or 16.8 per game. That is 25.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Schultz would finish with about 285 points, ahead of the 130.8 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 26.0 points in Week 2 against CIN, the TE1 finish that week. Schultz has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Schultz ranks in the 95th percentile in receptions, the 95th percentile in receiving yards and the 89th percentile in target share. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 23rd percentile in receiving TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Schultz has finished as TE12 in 2020, TE3 in 2021, TE10 in 2022, TE10 in 2023, TE20 in 2024 and TE10 in 2025. Five of those 8 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 208.8 PPR points in 2021. Across 113 regular-season games on record, the totals read 421 receptions, 4,241 receiving yards and 27 receiving touchdowns.

Dalton Schultz by the numbers

Schultz has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 5 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 19 times and finished in the top twelve 41 times. The career high is 27.0 PPR points, set in Week 9 of 2023 against TB, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 2 100-yard receiving games. In all, Schultz has reached 20 points in 8 games, 7% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Schultz drew 11.0 targets per game at an average depth of 5.9 air yards. 9% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 0 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Schultz is playing on a one-year, $12.6 million contract signed with the Houston Texans in 2026, an average of $12.6 million per year with $17.6 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Schultz carries a GV stock price of 5,495, which ranks 82nd overall and TE11 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Schultz 49th overall. Value has moved up 9.8 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Mark Andrews, Sam LaPorta and Cade Otton. See where Schultz sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
130.8
PPR / game
8.4

Dalton Schultz fantasy outlook

Dalton Schultz enters the 2026 season with HOU and ranks TE17 and #147 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 130.8 PPR points across 15.5 games, or 8.4 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Dalton Schultz as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Dalton Schultz produced 177.7 PPR points in 17 games (10.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 61%, with a 65% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Dalton Schultz is projected for 10.6 PPR points at home against BUF in week 1, with a likely range of 1.6 to 24.8.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 9.8 since the previous model run (rising).

Redraft
65.1
Dynasty
53.3
Superflex redraft
70.6
Superflex dynasty
64.6
TE premium dynasty
55.0

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026HOU2221617500033.5
2025HOU1710682777300177.7
2024HOU178553532200118.2
2023HOU158859635500150.5
2022DAL158957577500142.7
2021DAL1710478808800208.8
2020DAL168963615400146.5
2019DAL62160001.6
2018DAL8171211600023.6

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