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Darnell Washington

Darnell Washington is a tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Depth chart: TE2.

Scouting report

Darnell Washington: the full picture

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

Darnell Washington at a glance

Darnell Washington is a 25-year-old tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers, listed at 6'7" and 265 pounds. The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Washington 93rd overall in the third round in 2023, out of Georgia, and 2026 is Washington's 4th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Washington for 78.1 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE35 at the position and works out to 5.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Washington has scored 5.5 PPR points, or 2.8 per game. That is 7.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Washington would finish with about 47 points, behind the 78.1 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 3.8 points in Week 1 against ATL, the TE34 finish that week. Washington has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 39 qualified tight ends of 2025, Washington ranks in the 73rd percentile in average separation, the 71st percentile in yards per target and the 22nd percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 6th percentile in receiving TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Washington has finished as TE82 in 2023, TE48 in 2024 and TE39 in 2025. The high-water mark is 73.4 PPR points in 2025. Across 36 regular-season games on record, the totals read 60 receptions, 650 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns.

Darnell Washington by the numbers

Washington has finished in the top twelve 1 time. The career high is 10.7 PPR points, set in Week 11 of 2025 against CIN.

Contract

Washington is playing on a four-year, $42 million contract signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2026, an average of $10.5 million per year with $11.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2029 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
78.1
PPR / game
5.5

Darnell Washington fantasy outlook

Darnell Washington enters the 2026 season with PIT and ranks TE34 and #226 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 78.1 PPR points across 14.2 games, or 5.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Darnell Washington as TE2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Darnell Washington produced 73.4 PPR points in 13 games (5.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 35%, with a 6% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

Darnell Washington is projected for 3.9 PPR points on the road at NE in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 13.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.3 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
14.2
Dynasty
21.9
Superflex redraft
22.7
Superflex dynasty
29.5
TE premium dynasty
19.2

Compare Darnell Washington on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026PIT243250005.5
2025PIT13433136410073.4
2024PIT13251920010045.0
2023PIT81076100013.1

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