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Quentin Johnston

Quentin Johnston is a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers. Depth chart: WR2.

Scouting report

Quentin Johnston: the full picture

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

Quentin Johnston at a glance

Quentin Johnston is a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers, listed at 6'2" and 208 pounds. The Los Angeles Chargers drafted Johnston 21st overall in the first round in 2023, out of TCU; this is year four in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Johnston at 177.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR27 at the position and works out to 12.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Johnston has scored 6.1 PPR points, or 3.0 per game. That is 3.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Johnston would finish with about 52 points, behind the 177.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 3.7 points in Week 1 against ARI, the WR82 finish that week. Johnston 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, Johnston ranks in the 63rd percentile in target share, the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs and the 25th percentile in average separation. The softest mark is the 2nd percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Johnston has finished as WR74 in 2023, WR39 in 2024 and WR35 in 2025. The high-water mark is 174.7 PPR points in 2024. Across 47 regular-season games on record, the totals read 147 receptions, 1,901 receiving yards and 18 receiving touchdowns.

Quentin Johnston by the numbers

Johnston has finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 31.6 PPR points, set in Week 18 of 2024 against LV. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Johnston has reached 20 points in 6 games, 13% of career appearances.

Contract

Johnston is playing on a four-year, $14.2 million contract signed with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2023, an average of $3.5 million per year with $14.2 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
177.3
PPR / game
12.0

Week 2 projection

Quentin Johnston is projected for 12.2 PPR points at home against LV in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 29.9.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.4 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
52.9
Dynasty
50.7
Superflex redraft
63.1
Superflex dynasty
62.7
TE premium dynasty
30.5

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026LAC2113240176.1
2025LAC138451735827171.2
2024LAC159155711836174.7
2023LAC17673843123994.0

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