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Gardner Minshew

Gardner Minshew is a quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. Depth chart: QB2.

Scouting report

Gardner Minshew: the full picture

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

Gardner Minshew at a glance

Gardner Minshew is a 30-year-old quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, listed at 6'1" and 225 pounds. The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Minshew 178th overall in the sixth round in 2019, out of Washington State, and 2026 is Minshew's 8th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Minshew for 34.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks QB38 at the position and works out to 2.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Minshew has finished as QB26 in 2020, QB45 in 2021, QB48 in 2022, QB21 in 2023, QB35 in 2024 and QB79 in 2025. The high-water mark is 229.2 PPR points in 2019. Across 61 regular-season games on record, the totals read 11,987 passing yards, 68 passing touchdowns, 681 rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns.

Gardner Minshew by the numbers

Minshew has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 13 times. The career high is 27.1 PPR points, set in Week 7 of 2023 against CLE. The game log also shows 9 300-yard passing games and 7 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Minshew has reached 20 points in 10 games, 16% of career appearances.

Contract

Minshew is playing on a one-year, $5.8 million contract signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2026, an average of $5.8 million per year with $5.1 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Minshew carries a GV stock price of 857, which ranks 454th overall and QB64 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Minshew 433rd overall. Value has moved up 0.3 since the previous model run. See where Minshew sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
34.3
PPR / game
2.6

Gardner Minshew fantasy outlook

Gardner Minshew enters the 2026 season with ARI and ranks QB38 and #391 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 34.3 PPR points across 13.0 games, or 2.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Gardner Minshew as QB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Gardner Minshew produced -0.3 PPR points in 4 games (-0.1 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

Gardner Minshew is projected for 0.5 PPR points at home against SEA in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 5.1.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.3 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
6.9
Dynasty
8.3
Superflex redraft
18.9
Superflex dynasty
11.2
TE premium dynasty
5.0

Compare Gardner Minshew on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGCmpAttPass ydsPass TDIntRush ydsRush TDPPR
2025KC4613370120-0.3
2024LV102033062,01391058096.3
2023IND163054903,3051591003196.2
2022PHI54476663333136.8
2021PHI341604394121033.7
2020JAX92163272,2591651531160.7
2019JAX142854703,2712163440229.2

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