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Bryce Young

Bryce Young is a quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. Depth chart: QB1.

Scouting report

Bryce Young: the full picture

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

Bryce Young at a glance

Bryce Young is a 25-year-old quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, listed at 5'10" and 204 pounds. The Carolina Panthers drafted Young 1st overall in the first round in 2023, out of Alabama; this is year four in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Young at 246.7 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB21 at the position and works out to 15.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Young has scored 55.5 PPR points, or 27.8 per game. That is 22.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Young would finish with about 472 points, ahead of the 246.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 31.4 points in Week 1 against CHI, the QB3 finish that week. Young has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Young ranks in the 95th percentile in pass yards, the 94th percentile in pass TDs and the 92nd percentile in yards per attempt. Six of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 35th percentile in rush yards.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Young has finished as QB23 in 2023, QB20 in 2024 and QB19 in 2025. The high-water mark is 218.0 PPR points in 2025. Across 48 regular-season games on record, the totals read 8,939 passing yards, 55 passing touchdowns, 734 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns.

Bryce Young by the numbers

Young has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 5 times and finished in the top twelve 12 times. The career high is 36.4 PPR points, set in Week 18 of 2024 against ATL, the top QB score of that week. The game log also shows 3 games of 30 or more PPR points, 4 300-yard passing games and 9 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Young has reached 20 points in 9 games, 19% of career appearances.

Contract

Young is playing on a four-year, $38.0 million contract signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2023, an average of $9.5 million per year with $38.0 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
246.7
PPR / game
15.2

Bryce Young fantasy outlook

Bryce Young enters the 2026 season with CAR and ranks QB20 and #37 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 246.7 PPR points across 16.2 games, or 15.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Bryce Young as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Bryce Young produced 218.0 PPR points in 16 games (13.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 59%, with a 57% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Bryce Young is projected for 15.9 PPR points at home against CHI in week 1, with a likely range of 0.6 to 41.8.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 2.8 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
55.8
Dynasty
50.6
Superflex redraft
93.6
Superflex dynasty
90.4
TE premium dynasty
30.5

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCmpAttPass ydsPass TDIntRush ydsRush TDPPR
2026CAR246736486116155.5
2025CAR163044783,01123112162218.0
2024CAR142343842,4031592496195.0
2023CAR163155272,87711102530156.4

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