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Darnell Mooney
Darnell Mooney is a wide receiver for the New York Giants. Depth chart: WR3.
Scouting report
Darnell Mooney: the full picture
Darnell Mooney at a glance
Darnell Mooney is a 28-year-old wide receiver for the New York Giants, listed at 5'11" and 177 pounds. The Chicago Bears drafted Mooney 173rd overall in the fifth round in 2020, out of Tulane, and 2026 is Mooney's 7th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Mooney for 110.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR68 at the position and works out to 7.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Mooney has scored 11.5 PPR points, or 5.8 per game. That is 10.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Mooney would finish with about 98 points, behind the 110.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 6.8 points in Week 2 against LA, the WR54 finish that week. Mooney has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Mooney ranks in the 96th percentile in yards per target, the 89th percentile in average separation and the 47th percentile in receiving yards. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 7th percentile in target share.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Mooney has finished as WR50 in 2020, WR23 in 2021, WR72 in 2022, WR83 in 2023, WR31 in 2024 and WR79 in 2025. The high-water mark is 219.7 PPR points in 2021. Across 91 regular-season games on record, the totals read 313 receptions, 4,103 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns.
Darnell Mooney by the numbers
Mooney has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 31.5 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2024 against TB. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 6 100-yard receiving games. In all, Mooney has reached 20 points in 6 games, 7% of career appearances.
Contract
Mooney is playing on a one-year, $3 million contract signed with the New York Giants in 2026, an average of $3 million per year with $3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Mooney carries a GV stock price of 2,405, which ranks 363rd overall and WR125 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Mooney 270th overall. Value has moved down 2.6 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Jalen Nailor, Kayshon Boutte and Mack Hollins. See where Mooney sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 110.3
- PPR / game
- 7.3
Week 1 projection
Darnell Mooney is projected for 9.2 PPR points at home against DAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 25.9.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.6 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 21.8
- Dynasty
- 23.3
- Superflex redraft
- 36.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 32.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 14.0
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NYG | 2 | 5 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 2025 | ATL | 15 | 72 | 32 | 443 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 |
| 2024 | ATL | 16 | 106 | 64 | 992 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 193.2 |
| 2023 | CHI | 14 | 61 | 31 | 414 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 78.9 |
| 2022 | CHI | 11 | 61 | 40 | 493 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 101.5 |
| 2021 | CHI | 17 | 140 | 81 | 1,055 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 219.7 |
| 2020 | CHI | 16 | 98 | 61 | 631 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 152.1 |
Wide receivers ranked near Darnell Mooney
- Jerry Jeudy WR65 · 114.2 PPR
- Marvin Mims Jr. WR66 · 114.2 PPR
- Calvin Ridley WR67 · 110.3 PPR
- Dontayvion Wicks WR69 · 110.3 PPR
- Jalen Nailor WR70 · 110.3 PPR
- Jauan Jennings WR71 · 110.3 PPR
New York Giants fantasy players
- Cam Skattebo RB · 206.3 PPR
- Malik Nabers WR · 191.3 PPR
- Jameis Winston QB · 180.8 PPR
- Malachi Fields WR · 155.7 PPR
- Isaiah Likely TE · 118.5 PPR
- Devin Singletary RB · 102.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.