MIN · TE

Josh Oliver

Josh Oliver is a tight end for the Minnesota Vikings. Depth chart: TE2.

Scouting report

Josh Oliver: the full picture

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

Josh Oliver at a glance

Josh Oliver is a 29-year-old tight end for the Minnesota Vikings, listed at 6'5" and 264 pounds. The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Oliver 69th overall in the third round in 2019, out of San Jose State, and 2026 is Oliver's 8th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Oliver for 66.7 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE43 at the position and works out to 4.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Oliver has scored 7.6 PPR points, or 3.8 per game. That is 11.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Oliver would finish with about 65 points, in line with the 66.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 4.2 points in Week 1 against GB, the TE31 finish that week. Oliver has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Oliver ranks in the 95th percentile in average separation, the 74th percentile in yards per target and the 32nd percentile in target share. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 8th percentile in receptions.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Oliver has finished as TE103 in 2019, TE82 in 2021, TE51 in 2022, TE42 in 2023, TE38 in 2024 and TE49 in 2025. The high-water mark is 65.8 PPR points in 2024. Across 65 regular-season games on record, the totals read 88 receptions, 907 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns.

Josh Oliver by the numbers

Oliver has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times. The career high is 17.6 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2022 against JAX.

Contract

Oliver is playing on a three-year, $23.3 million contract signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2025, an average of $7.8 million per year with $15.6 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
66.7
PPR / game
4.7

Josh Oliver fantasy outlook

Josh Oliver enters the 2026 season with MIN and ranks TE52 and #262 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 52.4 PPR points across 14.2 games, or 3.7 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Josh Oliver as TE2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Josh Oliver produced 55.0 PPR points in 12 games (4.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 42%, 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 3 projection

Josh Oliver is projected for 3.1 PPR points on the road at TB in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 12.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.2 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
13.1
Dynasty
15.6
Superflex redraft
19.8
Superflex dynasty
13.0
TE premium dynasty
13.5

Compare Josh Oliver on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026MIN253460007.6
2025MIN12191516040055.0
2024MIN12282225830065.8
2023MIN13282221320053.3
2022BAL12251414920040.9
2021BAL111596600015.6
2019JAX363150004.5

Tight ends ranked near Josh Oliver

Minnesota Vikings fantasy players

Minnesota Vikings depth chart and projections

Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.