Free agent · TE
Shane Zylstra
Shane Zylstra is a tight end. Injury status: Questionable.
Scouting report
Shane Zylstra: the full picture
Shane Zylstra at a glance
Shane Zylstra is a 29-year-old tight end, listed at 6'4" and 240 pounds. Zylstra entered the league undrafted in 2021 out of Minnesota State and is now in a 6th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Zylstra for 11.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE80 at the position and works out to 1.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Zylstra has finished as TE98 in 2021, TE50 in 2022, TE102 in 2024 and TE101 in 2025. The high-water mark is 41.0 PPR points in 2022. Across 14 regular-season games on record, the totals read 18 receptions, 136 receiving yards and 4 receiving touchdowns.
Shane Zylstra by the numbers
Zylstra has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time. The career high is 25.6 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2022 against CAR. The game log also shows 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Zylstra has reached 20 points in 1 game, 7% of career appearances.
Contract
Zylstra is playing on a one-year, $1.2 million contract signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2026, an average of $1.2 million per year. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Zylstra carries a GV stock price of 2,011, which ranks 482nd overall and TE83 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Zylstra 560th overall. Value has moved up 6.4 since the previous model run. See where Zylstra sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 11.8
- PPR / game
- 1.0
Week 2 projection
Shane Zylstra is projected for 0.5 PPR points at home against DET in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 2.1.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 6.4 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 7.5
- Dynasty
- 19.5
- Superflex redraft
- 7.4
- Superflex dynasty
- 25.1
- TE premium dynasty
- 16.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | DET | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | DET | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | DET | 8 | 15 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 |
| 2021 | DET | 3 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 |
Tight ends ranked near Shane Zylstra
- Max Klare TE77 · 14.8 PPR
- Jelani Woods TE78 · 14.8 PPR
- Albert Okwuegbunam TE79 · 13.9 PPR
- John FitzPatrick TE81 · 11.0 PPR
- Harrison Bryant TE82 · 7.8 PPR
- Stone Smartt TE83 · 6.6 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.