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Dawson Knox

Dawson Knox is a tight end for the Buffalo Bills. Depth chart: TE2.

Scouting report

Dawson Knox: the full picture

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

Dawson Knox at a glance

Dawson Knox is a 29-year-old tight end for the Buffalo Bills, listed at 6'4" and 254 pounds. The Buffalo Bills drafted Knox 96th overall in the third round in 2019, out of Mississippi, and 2026 is Knox's 8th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Knox for 76.4 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE37 at the position and works out to 5.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Knox has scored 10.2 PPR points, or 5.1 per game. That is 13.3% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Knox would finish with about 87 points, ahead of the 76.4 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.5 points in Week 2 against DET, the TE18 finish that week. Knox has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 39 qualified tight ends of 2025, Knox ranks in the 73rd percentile in yards per target, the 65th percentile in average separation and the 50th percentile in receiving TDs. The softest mark is the 14th percentile in target share.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Knox has finished as TE39 in 2020, TE11 in 2021, TE14 in 2022, TE41 in 2023, TE42 in 2024 and TE28 in 2025. One of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 164.1 PPR points in 2021. Across 98 regular-season games on record, the totals read 232 receptions, 2,706 receiving yards and 28 receiving touchdowns.

Dawson Knox by the numbers

Knox has finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 21 times. The career high is 21.8 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2022 against MIA. The game log also shows 1 100-yard receiving game. In all, Knox has reached 20 points in 3 games, 3% of career appearances.

Contract

Knox is playing on a three-year, $20 million contract signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2026, an average of $6.7 million per year with $10 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
76.4
PPR / game
5.2

Dawson Knox fantasy outlook

Dawson Knox enters the 2026 season with BUF and ranks TE37 and #231 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 76.4 PPR points across 14.8 games, or 5.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Dawson Knox as TE2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Dawson Knox produced 103.7 PPR points in 16 games (6.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 40%, with a 4% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Dawson Knox is projected for 4.1 PPR points on the road at HOU in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 16.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 3.3 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
18.8
Dynasty
22.2
Superflex redraft
30.6
Superflex dynasty
30.0
TE premium dynasty
19.9

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026BUF2331210010.2
2025BUF164936417400103.7
2024BUF14332231110059.1
2023BUF10362218620054.6
2022BUF156548517600135.7
2021BUF157149587904164.1
2020BUF11442428830066.8
2019BUF15502838821979.7

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