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Josh Palmer

Josh Palmer is a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills.

Scouting report

Josh Palmer: the full picture

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

Josh Palmer at a glance

Josh Palmer is a 27-year-old wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills, listed at 6'1" and 210 pounds. The Los Angeles Chargers drafted Palmer 77th overall in the third round in 2021, out of Tennessee; this is year six in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Palmer at 47.7 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR123 at the position and works out to 3.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Palmer has scored 21.7 PPR points, or 10.8 per game. That is 45.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Palmer would finish with about 184 points, ahead of the 47.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 11.3 points in Week 2 against DET, the WR30 finish that week. Palmer 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, Palmer ranks in the 97th percentile in yards per target, the 92nd percentile in average separation and the 91st percentile in receiving TDs. Three of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 4th percentile in receptions.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Palmer has finished as WR76 in 2021, WR36 in 2022, WR65 in 2023, WR74 in 2024 and WR105 in 2025. The high-water mark is 169.3 PPR points in 2022. Across 70 regular-season games on record, the totals read 206 receptions, 2,667 receiving yards and 12 receiving touchdowns.

Josh Palmer by the numbers

Palmer has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 4 times. The career high is 30.6 PPR points, set in Week 11 of 2022 against KC. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 4 100-yard receiving games. In all, Palmer has reached 20 points in 2 games, 3% of career appearances.

Contract

Palmer is playing on a three-year, $30 million contract signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2025, an average of $10 million per year with $15 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Palmer carries a GV stock price of 2,421, which ranks 261st overall and WR93 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Palmer 236th overall. Value has moved up 2.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Rashod Bateman, Demarcus Robinson and Rashee Rice. See where Palmer sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR: 47.7
PPR / game: 3.3

Week 2 projection

Josh Palmer is projected for 3.1 PPR points at home against DET in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 14.9.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 2.7 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft: 22.3
Dynasty: 23.5
Superflex redraft: 38.2
Superflex dynasty: 33.0
TE premium dynasty: 14.1

Compare Josh Palmer on the trade value chart

Career stats

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Car	Rush yds	PPR
2026	BUF	2	5	2	77	2	0	0	21.7
2025	BUF	12	37	22	303	0	0	0	52.3
2024	LAC	15	65	39	584	1	0	0	107.4
2023	LAC	10	61	38	581	2	1	6	106.7
2022	LAC	16	107	72	769	3	1	4	169.3
2021	LAC	15	49	33	353	4	1	6	92.9

Wide receivers ranked near Josh Palmer

Skyler Bell WR120 · 48.9 PPR
Deion Burks WR121 · 48.4 PPR
DeAndre Hopkins WR122 · 48.4 PPR
Kaden Wetjen WR124 · 47.2 PPR
Chris Brazzell II WR125 · 46.9 PPR
Calvin Austin III WR126 · 46.8 PPR

Buffalo Bills fantasy players

Josh Allen QB · 339.2 PPR
James Cook RB · 294.6 PPR
DJ Moore WR · 187.3 PPR
Dalton Kincaid TE · 137.0 PPR
Khalil Shakir WR · 133.4 PPR
Keon Coleman WR · 92.4 PPR

Buffalo Bills depth chart and projections

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