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Colby Parkinson

Colby Parkinson is a tight end for the Los Angeles Rams. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: TE2.

Scouting report

Colby Parkinson: the full picture

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

Colby Parkinson at a glance

Colby Parkinson is a 27-year-old tight end for the Los Angeles Rams, listed at 6'7" and 265 pounds. The Seattle Seahawks drafted Parkinson 133rd overall in the fourth round in 2020, out of Stanford, and 2026 is Parkinson's 7th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Parkinson for 86.7 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE31 at the position and works out to 5.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Parkinson has scored 5.1 PPR points, or 2.5 per game. That is 5.9% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Parkinson would finish with about 43 points, behind the 86.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 3.5 points in Week 2 against NYG, the TE32 finish that week. Parkinson has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 39 qualified tight ends of 2025, Parkinson ranks in the 92nd percentile in receiving TDs, the 55th percentile in average separation and the 47th percentile in yards per target. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 22nd percentile in target share.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Parkinson has finished as TE106 in 2020, TE92 in 2021, TE37 in 2022, TE38 in 2023, TE39 in 2024 and TE17 in 2025. The high-water mark is 129.8 PPR points in 2025. Across 67 regular-season games on record, the totals read 133 receptions, 1,341 receiving yards and 13 receiving touchdowns.

Colby Parkinson by the numbers

Parkinson has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 12 times. The career high is 24.5 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2025 against DET. In all, Parkinson has reached 20 points in 1 game, 1% of career appearances.

Contract

Parkinson is playing on a three-year, $22.5 million contract signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2024, an average of $7.5 million per year with $10.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
86.7
PPR / game
5.8

Colby Parkinson fantasy outlook

Colby Parkinson enters the 2026 season with LAR and ranks TE31 and #218 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 86.7 PPR points across 15.0 games, or 5.8 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Colby Parkinson as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Colby Parkinson produced 129.8 PPR points in 14 games (9.3 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 57%, with a 8% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

Colby Parkinson is projected for 8.1 PPR points at home against NYG in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 22.7.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.5 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
34.7
Dynasty
34.2
Superflex redraft
50.2
Superflex dynasty
47.6
TE premium dynasty
32.4

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026LA243210005.1
2025LA145643408800129.8
2024LA16493029410065.4
2023SEA15342524720061.7
2022SEA14342532220069.2
2021SEA585330008.3
2020SEA122160003.6

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