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Jeremy Ruckert
Jeremy Ruckert is a tight end for the New York Jets. Depth chart: TE2.
Scouting report
Jeremy Ruckert: the full picture
Jeremy Ruckert at a glance
Jeremy Ruckert is a 26-year-old tight end for the New York Jets, listed at 6'5" and 250 pounds. The New York Jets drafted Ruckert 101st overall in the third round in 2022, out of Ohio State, and 2026 is Ruckert's 5th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Ruckert for 26.7 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE58 at the position and works out to 1.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Ruckert has scored 3.9 PPR points, or 1.9 per game. That is 14.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Ruckert would finish with about 33 points, ahead of the 26.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 2.5 points in Week 2 against GB, the TE39 finish that week. Ruckert has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Ruckert has finished as TE112 in 2022, TE63 in 2023, TE62 in 2024 and TE56 in 2025. The high-water mark is 46.9 PPR points in 2025. Across 42 regular-season games on record, the totals read 61 receptions, 452 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdowns.
Jeremy Ruckert by the numbers
The career high is 7.5 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2025 against BUF.
Contract
Ruckert is playing on a two-year, $10 million contract signed with the New York Jets in 2025, an average of $5 million per year with $5.0 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Ruckert carries a GV stock price of 1,676, which ranks 464th overall and TE77 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Ruckert 509th overall. Value has moved up 0.3 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Daniel Bellinger, Darnell Washington and Noah Gray. See where Ruckert sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 26.7
- PPR / game
- 1.8
Jeremy Ruckert fantasy outlook
Jeremy Ruckert enters the 2026 season with NYJ and ranks TE71 and #432 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 25.6 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 1.8 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jeremy Ruckert as TE3, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jeremy Ruckert produced 46.9 PPR points in 14 games (3.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 40%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The primary risk is earning enough weekly opportunity from a lower depth-chart position.
Week 2 projection
Jeremy Ruckert is projected for 1.5 PPR points at home against GB in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 7.9.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.3 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 8.7
- Dynasty
- 16.2
- Superflex redraft
- 10.2
- Superflex dynasty
- 15.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 13.7
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NYJ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | NYJ | 14 | 29 | 23 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2024 | NYJ | 14 | 28 | 18 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 2023 | NYJ | 10 | 22 | 16 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
Tight ends ranked near Jeremy Ruckert
- Jackson Hawes TE55 · 26.9 PPR
- Sam Roush TE56 · 26.8 PPR
- Josh Whyle TE57 · 26.7 PPR
- Matthew Hibner TE59 · 26.5 PPR
- Ja'Tavion Sanders TE60 · 26.2 PPR
- Luke Musgrave TE61 · 26.0 PPR
New York Jets fantasy players
- Breece Hall RB · 245.6 PPR
- Garrett Wilson WR · 217.9 PPR
- Geno Smith QB · 180.3 PPR
- Kenyon Sadiq TE · 113.1 PPR
- Braelon Allen RB · 102.9 PPR
- Adonai Mitchell WR · 96.8 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.