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AJ Barner

AJ Barner is a tight end for the Seattle Seahawks. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

AJ Barner: the full picture

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

AJ Barner at a glance

AJ Barner is a 24-year-old tight end for the Seattle Seahawks, listed at 6'6" and 251 pounds. The Seattle Seahawks drafted Barner 121st overall in the fourth round in 2024, out of Michigan, and 2026 is Barner's 3rd NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Barner for 131.2 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE16 at the position and works out to 8.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Barner has scored 11.2 PPR points, or 5.6 per game. That is 8.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Barner would finish with about 95 points, behind the 131.2 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 7.9 points in Week 2 against ARI, the TE20 finish that week. Barner 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 39 qualified tight ends of 2025, Barner ranks in the 94th percentile in average separation, the 77th percentile in receiving TDs and the 60th percentile in receptions. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 35th percentile in target share.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Barner has finished as TE35 in 2024 and TE14 in 2025. The high-water mark is 147.3 PPR points in 2025. Across 34 regular-season games on record, the totals read 85 receptions, 785 receiving yards and 10 receiving touchdowns.

AJ Barner by the numbers

Barner has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 8 times. The career high is 24.3 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2025 against TB, the top TE score of that week. In all, Barner has reached 20 points in 1 game, 3% of career appearances.

Contract

Barner is playing on a four-year, $4.8 million contract signed with the Seattle Seahawks in 2024, an average of $1.2 million per year with $755,108 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
131.2
PPR / game
8.5

AJ Barner fantasy outlook

AJ Barner enters the 2026 season with SEA and ranks TE16 and #146 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 131.2 PPR points across 15.4 games, or 8.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists AJ Barner as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, AJ Barner produced 147.3 PPR points in 17 games (8.7 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 55%, with a 64% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

AJ Barner is projected for 7.0 PPR points on the road at ARI in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 17.5.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.2 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
33.2
Dynasty
37.1
Superflex redraft
48.6
Superflex dynasty
51.4
TE premium dynasty
34.7

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026SEA2332101111.2
2025SEA17685251961014147.3
2024SEA15383024540078.5

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