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Dalton Kincaid

Dalton Kincaid is a tight end for the Buffalo Bills. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Dalton Kincaid: the full picture

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

Dalton Kincaid at a glance

Dalton Kincaid is a 26-year-old tight end for the Buffalo Bills, listed at 6'3" and 246 pounds. The Buffalo Bills drafted Kincaid 25th overall in the first round in 2023, out of Utah; this is year four in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Kincaid at 137.0 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE15 at the position and works out to 9.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Kincaid has scored 40.5 PPR points, or 20.3 per game. That is 29.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Kincaid would finish with about 344 points, ahead of the 137.0 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 22.5 points in Week 2 against DET, the TE3 finish that week. Kincaid 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, Kincaid ranks in the 98th percentile in receiving yards, the 98th percentile in yards per target and the 92nd percentile in target share. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 47th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Kincaid has finished as TE11 in 2023, TE30 in 2024 and TE20 in 2025. One of those 3 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 150.3 PPR points in 2023. Across 43 regular-season games on record, the totals read 168 receptions, 1,917 receiving yards and 10 receiving touchdowns.

Dalton Kincaid by the numbers

Kincaid has finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 18 times. The career high is 22.5 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2026 against DET. The game log also shows 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Kincaid has reached 20 points in 2 games, 5% of career appearances.

Contract

Kincaid is playing on a four-year, $13.4 million contract signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2023, an average of $3.4 million per year with $13.4 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
137.0
PPR / game
9.5

Dalton Kincaid fantasy outlook

Dalton Kincaid enters the 2026 season with BUF and ranks TE15 and #136 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 137.0 PPR points across 14.4 games, or 9.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Dalton Kincaid as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Dalton Kincaid produced 126.1 PPR points in 12 games (10.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 58%, with a 70% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

Dalton Kincaid is projected for 11.3 PPR points at home against DET in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 26.5.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 7.7 since the previous model run (rising).

Redraft
65.0
Dynasty
57.6
Superflex redraft
70.4
Superflex dynasty
67.5
TE premium dynasty
57.8

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026BUF2141222510040.5
2025BUF124939571500126.1
2024BUF137544448200100.8
2023BUF169173673200150.3

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