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Riley Leonard
Riley Leonard is a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Depth chart: QB3.
Scouting report
Riley Leonard: the full picture
Riley Leonard at a glance
Riley Leonard is a 24-year-old quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, listed at 6'4" and 213 pounds. The Indianapolis Colts drafted Leonard 189th overall in the sixth round in 2025, out of Notre Dame; this is year two in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Leonard at 19.1 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB57 at the position and works out to 1.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
2025 is the only completed season on record: Leonard finished as QB51 with 31.0 PPR points in 5 games. The totals so far read 415 passing yards, 2 passing touchdowns, 27 rushing yards and 2 rushing touchdowns.
Riley Leonard by the numbers
Leonard has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time. The career high is 22.6 PPR points, set in Week 18 of 2025 against HOU. The game log also shows 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Leonard has reached 20 points in 1 game, 20% of career appearances.
Contract
Leonard is playing on a four-year, $4.4 million contract signed with the Indianapolis Colts in 2025, an average of $1.1 million per year with $235,244 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Leonard carries a GV stock price of 1,359, which ranks 472nd overall and QB66 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Leonard 535th overall. Value has moved up 16.0 since the previous model run. See where Leonard sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 19.1
- PPR / game
- 1.6
Riley Leonard fantasy outlook
Riley Leonard enters the 2026 season with IND and ranks QB67 and #570 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 19.2 PPR points across 12.2 games, or 1.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Riley Leonard as QB3, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Riley Leonard produced 31.0 PPR points in 5 games (6.2 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 18%, 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
Riley Leonard is projected for 0.5 PPR points at home against BAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 2.9.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 16.0 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 6.6
- Dynasty
- 13.2
- Superflex redraft
- 17.6
- Superflex dynasty
- 34.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 7.9
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IND | 5 | 39 | 67 | 415 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 31.0 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Riley Leonard
- Marcus Mariota QB54 · 20.9 PPR
- Justin Fields QB55 · 20.2 PPR
- Quinn Ewers QB56 · 19.8 PPR
- Aidan O'Connell QB58 · 19.1 PPR
- Tyler Huntley QB59 · 18.7 PPR
- Brady Cook QB60 · 18.3 PPR
Indianapolis Colts fantasy players
- Jonathan Taylor RB · 307.0 PPR
- Daniel Jones QB · 239.4 PPR
- Tyler Warren TE · 192.7 PPR
- Alec Pierce WR · 172.4 PPR
- Josh Downs WR · 155.9 PPR
- Seth McGowan RB · 95.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.