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Josh Downs
Josh Downs is a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. Depth chart: WR1.
Scouting report
Josh Downs: the full picture
Josh Downs at a glance
Josh Downs is a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, listed at 5'9" and 171 pounds. The Indianapolis Colts drafted Downs 79th overall in the third round in 2023, out of North Carolina; this is year four in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Downs at 155.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR40 at the position and works out to 10.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Downs has scored 19.9 PPR points, or 9.9 per game. That is 12.8% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Downs would finish with about 169 points, ahead of the 155.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 14.2 points in Week 2 against KC, the WR20 finish that week. Downs has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Downs ranks in the 78th percentile in receptions, the 74th percentile in receiving yards and the 72nd percentile in target share. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Downs has finished as WR44 in 2023, WR35 in 2024 and WR43 in 2025. The high-water mark is 183.5 PPR points in 2024. Across 49 regular-season games on record, the totals read 207 receptions, 2,249 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns.
Josh Downs by the numbers
Downs has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 5 times. The career high is 23.5 PPR points, set in Week 7 of 2023 against CLE. The game log also shows 2 100-yard receiving games. In all, Downs has reached 20 points in 3 games, 6% of career appearances.
Contract
Downs is playing on a four-year, $5.5 million contract signed with the Indianapolis Colts in 2023, an average of $1.4 million per year with $1.0 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Downs carries a GV stock price of 4,978, which ranks 87th overall and WR36 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Downs 104th overall. Value has moved up 6.3 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Ladd McConkey, Tee Higgins and Adonai Mitchell. See where Downs sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 155.9
- PPR / game
- 10.3
Week 3 projection
Josh Downs is projected for 9.5 PPR points at home against HOU in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 26.2.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 6.3 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 52.9
- Dynasty
- 48.3
- Superflex redraft
- 63.2
- Superflex dynasty
- 61.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 29.1
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | IND | 2 | 13 | 9 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.9 |
| 2025 | IND | 16 | 88 | 58 | 566 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 138.4 |
| 2024 | IND | 14 | 107 | 72 | 803 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 183.5 |
| 2023 | IND | 17 | 98 | 68 | 771 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 157.1 |
Wide receivers ranked near Josh Downs
- Courtland Sutton WR37 · 162.7 PPR
- Jayden Reed WR38 · 158.2 PPR
- Mike Evans WR39 · 158.2 PPR
- Malachi Fields WR41 · 155.7 PPR
- Malik Washington WR42 · 154.9 PPR
- Jakobi Meyers WR43 · 153.9 PPR
Indianapolis Colts fantasy players
- Jonathan Taylor RB · 307.0 PPR
- Daniel Jones QB · 239.4 PPR
- Tyler Warren TE · 192.7 PPR
- Alec Pierce WR · 172.4 PPR
- Seth McGowan RB · 95.1 PPR
- Darius Slayton WR · 64.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.