NYG · TE
Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson is a tight end for the New York Giants. Depth chart: TE2.
Scouting report
Theo Johnson: the full picture
Theo Johnson at a glance
Theo Johnson is a 25-year-old tight end for the New York Giants, listed at 6'6" and 264 pounds. The New York Giants drafted Johnson 107th overall in the fourth round in 2024, out of Penn State, and 2026 is Johnson's 3rd NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Johnson for 75.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE38 at the position and works out to 5.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Johnson has scored 1.9 PPR points, or 0.9 per game. That is 2.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Johnson would finish with about 16 points, behind the 75.8 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 1.9 points in Week 1 against DAL, the TE49 finish that week. Johnson has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Johnson ranks in the 29th percentile in average separation, the 23rd percentile in receiving TDs and the 8th percentile in target share. The softest mark is the 3rd percentile in receptions.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Johnson has finished as TE37 in 2024 and TE18 in 2025. The high-water mark is 127.8 PPR points in 2025. Across 28 regular-season games on record, the totals read 75 receptions, 868 receiving yards and 6 receiving touchdowns.
Theo Johnson by the numbers
Johnson has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 6 times. The career high is 21.3 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2025 against NO. In all, Johnson has reached 20 points in 1 game, 4% of career appearances.
Contract
Johnson is playing on a four-year, $4.9 million contract signed with the New York Giants in 2024, an average of $1.2 million per year with $831,436 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Johnson carries a GV stock price of 3,534, which ranks 172nd overall and TE32 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Johnson 168th overall. Value has moved down 7.9 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Colby Parkinson, Darnell Washington and Daniel Bellinger. See where Johnson sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 75.8
- PPR / game
- 5.2
Week 1 projection
Theo Johnson is projected for 5.9 PPR points at home against DAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 19.7.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 7.9 since the previous model run (falling).
- Redraft
- 33.5
- Dynasty
- 34.3
- Superflex redraft
- 49.0
- Superflex dynasty
- 47.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 32.7
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NYG | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | NYG | 15 | 74 | 45 | 528 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 127.8 |
| 2024 | NYG | 11 | 43 | 29 | 331 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.1 |
Tight ends ranked near Theo Johnson
- Darnell Washington TE35 · 78.1 PPR
- Jonnu Smith TE36 · 78.1 PPR
- Dawson Knox TE37 · 76.4 PPR
- Zach Ertz TE39 · 73.4 PPR
- Mason Taylor TE40 · 72.7 PPR
- Daniel Bellinger TE41 · 68.0 PPR
New York Giants fantasy players
- Cam Skattebo RB · 206.3 PPR
- Malik Nabers WR · 191.3 PPR
- Jameis Winston QB · 180.8 PPR
- Malachi Fields WR · 155.7 PPR
- Isaiah Likely TE · 118.5 PPR
- Darnell Mooney WR · 110.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.