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A.J. Brown

A.J. Brown is a wide receiver for the New England Patriots. Injury status: IR. Depth chart: WR6.

Scouting report

A.J. Brown: the full picture

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

A.J. Brown at a glance

A.J. Brown is a 29-year-old wide receiver for the New England Patriots, listed at 6'1" and 226 pounds. The Tennessee Titans drafted Brown 51st overall in the second round in 2019, out of Mississippi, and 2026 is Brown's 8th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Brown for 120.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR61 at the position and works out to 8.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 1 game of 2026, Brown has scored 5.6 PPR points, or 5.6 per game. That is 4.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Brown would finish with about 95 points, behind the 120.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 5.6 points in Week 1 against SEA, the WR66 finish that week. Brown has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 1 game, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 89 qualified wide receivers of 2025, Brown ranks in the 87th percentile in target share, the 85th percentile in receptions and the 85th percentile in receiving TDs. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 10th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Brown has finished as WR12 in 2020, WR32 in 2021, WR6 in 2022, WR5 in 2023, WR20 in 2024 and WR11 in 2025. Four of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 299.6 PPR points in 2022. Across 106 regular-season games on record, the totals read 527 receptions, 8,055 receiving yards and 56 receiving touchdowns.

A.J. Brown by the numbers

Brown has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 4 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 17 times and finished in the top twelve 37 times. The career high is 39.6 PPR points, set in Week 8 of 2022 against PIT, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 9 games of 30 or more PPR points, 34 100-yard receiving games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Brown has reached 20 points in 33 games, 31% of career appearances.

Contract

Brown is playing on a three-year, $96 million contract signed in 2024, an average of $32 million per year with $51 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
120.3
PPR / game
8.1

Week 1 projection

A.J. Brown is projected for 15.7 PPR points on the road at SEA in week 1, with a likely range of 1.2 to 36.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.5 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
74.7
Dynasty
51.0
Superflex redraft
75.6
Superflex dynasty
62.9
TE premium dynasty
30.7

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026NE143260005.6
2025PHI15121781,003700220.3
2024PHI1397671,079700216.9
2023PHI171581061,456700289.6
2022PHI17145881,4961100299.6
2021TEN13105638695210180.9
2020TEN14106701,0751100247.5
2019TEN1684521,0518360217.1

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