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Darius Slayton
Darius Slayton is a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. Depth chart: WR5.
Scouting report
Darius Slayton: the full picture
Darius Slayton at a glance
Darius Slayton is a 29-year-old wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, listed at 6'1" and 198 pounds. The New York Giants drafted Slayton 171st overall in the fifth round in 2019, out of Auburn, and 2026 is Slayton's 8th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Slayton for 64.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR105 at the position and works out to 4.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 89 qualified wide receivers of 2025, Slayton ranks in the 74th percentile in yards per target, the 44th percentile in average separation and the 39th percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 11th percentile in receiving TDs.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Slayton has finished as WR54 in 2020, WR106 in 2021, WR52 in 2022, WR46 in 2023, WR73 in 2024 and WR63 in 2025. The high-water mark is 170.0 PPR points in 2019. Across 103 regular-season games on record, the totals read 296 receptions, 4,435 receiving yards and 22 receiving touchdowns.
Darius Slayton by the numbers
Slayton has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 34.1 PPR points, set in Week 10 of 2019 against NYJ. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 7 100-yard receiving games. In all, Slayton has reached 20 points in 6 games, 6% of career appearances.
Contract
Slayton is playing on a three-year, $36 million contract signed with the New York Giants in 2025, an average of $12 million per year with $22 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Slayton carries a GV stock price of 3,442, which ranks 167th overall and WR63 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Slayton 173rd overall. Value has moved up 4.0 since the previous model run. See where Slayton sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Slayton is from September 8, 2026. Read the latest Darius Slayton news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 64.3
- PPR / game
- 4.3
Week 2 projection
Darius Slayton is projected for 4.0 PPR points on the road at LA in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 12.8.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 4.0 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 32.9
- Dynasty
- 33.4
- Superflex redraft
- 48.3
- Superflex dynasty
- 46.9
- TE premium dynasty
- 20.1
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NYG | 14 | 63 | 37 | 538 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.8 |
| 2024 | NYG | 16 | 71 | 39 | 573 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 110.0 |
| 2023 | NYG | 17 | 79 | 50 | 770 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151.0 |
| 2022 | NYG | 13 | 71 | 46 | 724 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 128.4 |
| 2021 | NYG | 13 | 58 | 26 | 339 | 2 | 1 | -13 | 68.6 |
| 2020 | NYG | 16 | 96 | 50 | 751 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 141.0 |
| 2019 | NYG | 14 | 84 | 48 | 740 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 170.0 |
Wide receivers ranked near Darius Slayton
- Zavion Thomas WR102 · 75.3 PPR
- Germie Bernard WR103 · 71.5 PPR
- Bryce Lance WR104 · 68.7 PPR
- Elic Ayomanor WR106 · 63.4 PPR
- Josh Cameron WR107 · 63.4 PPR
- Jayden Higgins WR108 · 62.0 PPR
Indianapolis Colts fantasy players
- Jonathan Taylor RB · 307.0 PPR
- Daniel Jones QB · 239.4 PPR
- Tyler Warren TE · 192.7 PPR
- Alec Pierce WR · 172.4 PPR
- Josh Downs WR · 155.9 PPR
- Seth McGowan RB · 95.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.