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Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Jaxon Smith-Njigba: the full picture

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

Jaxon Smith-Njigba at a glance

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a 24-year-old wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, listed at 6'0" and 197 pounds. The Seattle Seahawks drafted Smith-Njigba 20th overall in the first round in 2023, out of Ohio State, and 2026 is Smith-Njigba's 4th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Smith-Njigba for 343.5 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR1 at the position and works out to 22.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Smith-Njigba has scored 68.7 PPR points, or 34.4 per game. That is 20.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Smith-Njigba would finish with about 584 points, ahead of the 343.5 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 42.5 points in Week 2 against ARI, the WR1 finish that week. Smith-Njigba has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Smith-Njigba ranks in the 99th percentile in receiving yards, the 99th percentile in receiving TDs and the 99th percentile in target share. Five of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 51st percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Smith-Njigba has finished as WR48 in 2023, WR9 in 2024 and WR2 in 2025. Two of those 3 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 359.9 PPR points in 2025. Across 53 regular-season games on record, the totals read 299 receptions, 3,828 receiving yards and 24 receiving touchdowns.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba by the numbers

Smith-Njigba has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 3 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 6 times and finished in the top twelve 18 times. The career high is 42.5 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2026 against ARI, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 4 games of 30 or more PPR points, 14 100-yard receiving games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Smith-Njigba has reached 20 points in 16 games, 30% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Smith-Njigba drew 11.0 targets per game at an average depth of 9.0 air yards. 9% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 6 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Smith-Njigba is playing on a four-year, $169 million contract signed with the Seattle Seahawks in 2026, an average of $42.1 million per year with $69.1 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2029 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
343.5
PPR / game
22.1

Week 2 projection

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is projected for 21.6 PPR points on the road at ARI in week 2, with a likely range of 2.1 to 49.1.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.1 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
100.0
Dynasty
100.0
Superflex redraft
86.4
Superflex dynasty
87.1
TE premium dynasty
60.2

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026SEA2221727740068.7
2025SEA171631191,79310736359.9
2024SEA171371001,1306526253.0
2023SEA179363628400149.8

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