DAL · TE
Jake Ferguson
Jake Ferguson is a tight end for the Dallas Cowboys. Depth chart: TE1.
Scouting report
Jake Ferguson: the full picture
Jake Ferguson at a glance
Jake Ferguson is a 27-year-old tight end for the Dallas Cowboys, listed at 6'5" and 250 pounds. The Dallas Cowboys drafted Ferguson 129th overall in the fourth round in 2022, out of Wisconsin; this is year five in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Ferguson at 129.6 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE18 at the position and works out to 8.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Ferguson has scored 22.9 PPR points, or 11.4 per game. That is 17.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Ferguson would finish with about 195 points, ahead of the 129.6 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 20.3 points in Week 2 against WAS, the TE4 finish that week. Ferguson has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Ferguson ranks in the 91st percentile in receiving TDs, the 83rd percentile in average separation and the 59th percentile in yards per target. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 14th percentile in target share.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Ferguson has finished as TE48 in 2022, TE9 in 2023, TE25 in 2024 and TE5 in 2025. Two of those 4 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 188.1 PPR points in 2025. Across 61 regular-season games on record, the totals read 237 receptions, 2,078 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns.
Jake Ferguson by the numbers
Ferguson has finished in the weekly top five at the position 10 times and finished in the top twelve 26 times. The career high is 23.9 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2025 against NYJ. In all, Ferguson has reached 20 points in 5 games, 8% of career appearances.
Contract
Ferguson is playing on a four-year, $50 million contract signed with the Dallas Cowboys in 2025, an average of $12.5 million per year with $20.7 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Ferguson carries a GV stock price of 4,546, which ranks 74th overall and TE10 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Ferguson 106th overall. Value has moved up 5.6 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Brenton Strange, Evan Engram and Darren Waller. See where Ferguson sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 129.6
- PPR / game
- 8.5
Jake Ferguson fantasy outlook
Jake Ferguson enters the 2026 season with DAL and ranks TE18 and #148 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 129.6 PPR points across 15.3 games, or 8.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jake Ferguson as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jake Ferguson produced 188.1 PPR points in 17 games (11.1 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 59%, with a 63% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Jake Ferguson is projected for 9.3 PPR points on the road at NYG in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 22.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 5.6 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 46.4
- Dynasty
- 44.1
- Superflex redraft
- 58.5
- Superflex dynasty
- 57.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 43.2
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DAL | 2 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.9 |
| 2025 | DAL | 17 | 102 | 82 | 600 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 188.1 |
| 2024 | DAL | 14 | 86 | 59 | 494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.4 |
| 2023 | DAL | 17 | 102 | 71 | 761 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 177.1 |
| 2022 | DAL | 11 | 22 | 19 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.4 |
Tight ends ranked near Jake Ferguson
- Dalton Kincaid TE15 · 137.0 PPR
- AJ Barner TE16 · 131.2 PPR
- Dalton Schultz TE17 · 130.8 PPR
- Juwan Johnson TE19 · 126.4 PPR
- Mike Gesicki TE20 · 121.6 PPR
- Cade Otton TE21 · 120.6 PPR
Dallas Cowboys fantasy players
- CeeDee Lamb WR · 300.8 PPR
- Dak Prescott QB · 271.4 PPR
- George Pickens WR · 221.0 PPR
- Javonte Williams RB · 193.9 PPR
- Ryan Flournoy WR · 110.3 PPR
- Joe Milton III QB · 15.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.