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Isaiah Likely

Isaiah Likely is a tight end for the New York Giants. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Isaiah Likely: the full picture

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

Isaiah Likely at a glance

Isaiah Likely is a 26-year-old tight end for the New York Giants, listed at 6'4" and 241 pounds. The Baltimore Ravens drafted Likely 139th overall in the fourth round in 2022, out of Coastal Carolina, and 2026 is Likely's 5th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Likely for 118.5 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE24 at the position and works out to 8.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Likely has scored 36.1 PPR points, or 18.1 per game. That is 30.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Likely would finish with about 307 points, ahead of the 118.5 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 27.8 points in Week 1 against DAL, the TE1 finish that week. Likely has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Likely ranks in the 95th percentile in target share, the 92nd percentile in receptions and the 91st percentile in receiving TDs. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 11th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Likely has finished as TE27 in 2022, TE25 in 2023, TE16 in 2024 and TE45 in 2025. The high-water mark is 123.7 PPR points in 2024. Across 57 regular-season games on record, the totals read 148 receptions, 1,679 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns.

Isaiah Likely by the numbers

Likely has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 15 times. The career high is 27.8 PPR points, set in Week 1 of 2026 against DAL, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 2 100-yard receiving games. In all, Likely has reached 20 points in 2 games, 4% of career appearances.

Contract

Likely is playing on a three-year, $40 million contract signed with the New York Giants in 2026, an average of $13.3 million per year with $20.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
118.5
PPR / game
8.2

Isaiah Likely fantasy outlook

Isaiah Likely enters the 2026 season with NYG and ranks TE24 and #160 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 118.5 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 8.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Isaiah Likely as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Isaiah Likely produced 61.7 PPR points in 12 games (5.1 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 53%, with a 50% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Isaiah Likely is projected for 9.1 PPR points at home against DAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 27.2.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 2.2 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
54.3
Dynasty
44.8
Superflex redraft
64.0
Superflex dynasty
58.4
TE premium dynasty
44.2

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026NYG2181311120036.1
2025BAL12362730710061.7
2024BAL155842477600123.7
2023BAL144030411500101.1
2022BAL14603637330091.3

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