CAR · TE
Ja'Tavion Sanders
Ja'Tavion Sanders is a tight end for the Carolina Panthers. Depth chart: TE4.
Scouting report
Ja'Tavion Sanders: the full picture
Ja'Tavion Sanders at a glance
Ja'Tavion Sanders is a 23-year-old tight end for the Carolina Panthers, listed at 6'4" and 252 pounds. The Carolina Panthers drafted Sanders 101st overall in the fourth round in 2024, out of Texas; this is year three in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Sanders at 26.2 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE60 at the position and works out to 1.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Sanders has finished as TE36 in 2024 and TE50 in 2025. The high-water mark is 73.2 PPR points in 2024. Across 27 regular-season games on record, the totals read 62 receptions, 532 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns.
Ja'Tavion Sanders by the numbers
Sanders has finished in the top twelve 3 times. The career high is 12.7 PPR points, set in Week 9 of 2024 against NO.
Contract
Sanders is playing on a four-year, $5.0 million contract signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2024, an average of $1.3 million per year with $874,236 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Sanders carries a GV stock price of 4,067, which ranks 142nd overall and TE26 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Sanders 248th overall. Value has moved up 6.3 since the previous model run. See where Sanders sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 26.2
- PPR / game
- 1.8
Ja'Tavion Sanders fantasy outlook
Ja'Tavion Sanders enters the 2026 season with CAR and ranks TE69 and #410 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 27.8 PPR points across 14.4 games, or 1.9 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Ja'Tavion Sanders as TE3, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Ja'Tavion Sanders produced 54.0 PPR points in 12 games (4.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 40%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The primary risk is earning enough weekly opportunity from a lower depth-chart position.
Week 1 projection
Ja'Tavion Sanders is projected for 1.1 PPR points at home against CHI in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 8.4.
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
- 21.2
- Dynasty
- 39.4
- Superflex redraft
- 35.7
- Superflex dynasty
- 53.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 35.7
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CAR | 12 | 34 | 29 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 |
| 2024 | CAR | 15 | 43 | 33 | 342 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.2 |
Tight ends ranked near Ja'Tavion Sanders
- Josh Whyle TE57 · 26.7 PPR
- Jeremy Ruckert TE58 · 26.7 PPR
- Matthew Hibner TE59 · 26.5 PPR
- Luke Musgrave TE61 · 26.0 PPR
- Seydou Traore TE62 · 25.8 PPR
- Tyler Conklin TE63 · 24.9 PPR
Carolina Panthers fantasy players
- Bryce Young QB · 246.7 PPR
- Tetairoa McMillan WR · 229.0 PPR
- Chuba Hubbard RB · 223.9 PPR
- Jalen Coker WR · 120.3 PPR
- Xavier Legette WR · 110.3 PPR
- Tommy Tremble TE · 86.7 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.