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Michael Mayer

Michael Mayer is a tight end for the Las Vegas Raiders. Depth chart: TE2.

Scouting report

Michael Mayer: the full picture

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

Michael Mayer at a glance

Michael Mayer is a 25-year-old tight end for the Las Vegas Raiders, listed at 6'4" and 256 pounds. The Las Vegas Raiders drafted Mayer 35th overall in the second round in 2023, out of Notre Dame; this is year four in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Mayer at 64.4 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE45 at the position and works out to 4.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Mayer has scored 14.5 PPR points, or 7.3 per game. That is 22.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Mayer would finish with about 123 points, ahead of the 64.4 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 9.2 points in Week 1 against MIA, the TE19 finish that week. Mayer has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Mayer ranks in the 74th percentile in receptions, the 68th percentile in target share and the 38th percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 14th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Mayer has finished as TE35 in 2023, TE52 in 2024 and TE38 in 2025. The high-water mark is 73.8 PPR points in 2025. Across 39 regular-season games on record, the totals read 92 receptions, 843 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.

Michael Mayer by the numbers

Mayer has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 17.9 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2025 against NYG.

Contract

Mayer is playing on a four-year, $9.3 million contract signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2023, an average of $2.3 million per year with $7.6 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
64.4
PPR / game
4.5

Michael Mayer fantasy outlook

Michael Mayer enters the 2026 season with LV and ranks TE52 and #261 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 51.7 PPR points across 14.2 games, or 3.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Michael Mayer as TE2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Michael Mayer produced 73.8 PPR points in 13 games (5.7 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 45%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Michael Mayer is projected for 5.1 PPR points at home against MIA in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 16.8.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.7 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
19.0
Dynasty
27.7
Superflex redraft
31.2
Superflex dynasty
40.2
TE premium dynasty
25.6

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026LV21195500014.5
2025LV13503532810073.8
2024LV11322115600036.6
2023LV13402730420071.4

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