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Jayden Reed

Jayden Reed is a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers. Injury status: Out. Depth chart: WR6.

Scouting report

Jayden Reed: the full picture

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

Jayden Reed at a glance

Jayden Reed is a 26-year-old wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers, listed at 5'11" and 187 pounds. The Green Bay Packers drafted Reed 50th overall in the second round in 2023, out of Michigan State, and 2026 is Reed's 4th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Reed for 158.2 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR38 at the position and works out to 11.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Reed has scored 6.4 PPR points, or 3.2 per game. That is 4.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Reed would finish with about 54 points, behind the 158.2 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 5.0 points in Week 1 against MIN, the WR71 finish that week. Reed 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, Reed ranks in the 95th percentile in average separation, the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs and the 22nd percentile in receptions. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 4th percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Reed has finished as WR25 in 2023, WR29 in 2024 and WR114 in 2025. The high-water mark is 217.2 PPR points in 2023. Across 40 regular-season games on record, the totals read 142 receptions, 1,881 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns.

Jayden Reed by the numbers

Reed has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 33.1 PPR points, set in Week 1 of 2024 against PHI, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 4 100-yard receiving games. In all, Reed has reached 20 points in 4 games, 10% of career appearances.

Contract

Reed is playing on a three-year, $50.3 million contract signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2026, an average of $16.8 million per year with $20 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Reed carries a GV stock price of 2,516, which ranks 269th overall and WR96 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Reed 304th overall. Value has moved down 1.6 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Isaac TeSlaa, Jerry Jeudy and Keon Coleman. See where Reed sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
158.2
PPR / game
11.4

Week 2 projection

Jayden Reed is projected for 10.2 PPR points on the road at NYJ in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 26.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.6 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
17.0
Dynasty
24.4
Superflex redraft
27.8
Superflex dynasty
34.8
TE premium dynasty
14.7

Compare Jayden Reed on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026GB284240006.4
2025GB52219207132848.5
2024GB177555857620163197.0
2023GB169464793811119217.2

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