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Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones is a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Depth chart: QB1.

Scouting report

Daniel Jones: the full picture

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

Daniel Jones at a glance

Daniel Jones is a 29-year-old quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, listed at 6'5" and 230 pounds. The New York Giants drafted Jones 6th overall in the first round in 2019, out of Duke; this is year eight in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Jones at 239.4 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB23 at the position and works out to 14.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Jones has scored 20.4 PPR points, or 10.2 per game. That is 8.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Jones would finish with about 174 points, behind the 239.4 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 11.4 points in Week 2 against KC, the QB23 finish that week. Jones has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Jones ranks in the 68th percentile in CPOE, the 35th percentile in pass TDs and the 32nd percentile in td rate. The softest mark is the 8th percentile in intended air yards.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Jones has finished as QB24 in 2020, QB27 in 2021, QB9 in 2022, QB44 in 2023, QB28 in 2024 and QB18 in 2025. One of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 289.0 PPR points in 2022. Across 85 regular-season games on record, the totals read 18,059 passing yards, 91 passing touchdowns, 2,357 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns.

Daniel Jones by the numbers

Jones has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 3 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 13 times and finished in the top twelve 27 times. The career high is 36.2 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2022 against IND. The game log also shows 5 games of 30 or more PPR points, 11 300-yard passing games and 10 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Jones has reached 20 points in 22 games, 26% of career appearances.

Contract

Jones is playing on a two-year, $88 million contract signed with the Indianapolis Colts in 2026, an average of $44 million per year with $49.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Jones carries a GV stock price of 3,548, which ranks 91st overall and QB24 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Jones 125th overall. Value has moved down 1.9 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Bo Nix, Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert. See where Jones sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
239.4
PPR / game
14.7

Daniel Jones fantasy outlook

Daniel Jones enters the 2026 season with IND and ranks QB23 and #42 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 239.4 PPR points across 16.3 games, or 14.7 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Daniel Jones as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Daniel Jones produced 226.4 PPR points in 13 games (17.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 55%, with a 52% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Daniel Jones is projected for 14.9 PPR points at home against BAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 39.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.9 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
37.0
Dynasty
34.4
Superflex redraft
77.4
Superflex dynasty
76.1
TE premium dynasty
20.7

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCmpAttPass ydsPass TDIntRush ydsRush TDPPR
2026IND241623762214020.4
2025IND132613843,1011981645226.4
2024NYG102163412,070872652135.3
2023NYG610816090926206157.0
2022NYG163174723,2051557087289.0
2021NYG112323612,4281072982167.5
2020NYG142804482,94311104231180.0
2019NYG132844593,02724122792215.0

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