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2026 season · TE · #88 · 3rd season

88AJ Barner

Age 24 · 6'6" · 251 lb · Michigan; Indiana · Pick 121 overall (2024). Listed TE1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 88% across 8 games.

No injury listingTE1Seahawks players
SEASeahawks offense88% of snaps
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Targets
34
4.3 per game
T-20th of 45
Receptions
21
62% catch rate
24th of 45
Yards
203
25 per game
26th of 45
Touchdowns
0
11 first downs
T-37th of 45
Target share
13%
4% of air yards
25th of 45
aDOT
2.1
air yards per target
45th of 45
EPA / target
-0.40
-13.8 total
44th of 45
YAC / catch
7.9
165 after the catch
3rd of 45
The short version
  • How goodBarner's -13.8 EPA is 44th of 45 tight ends.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+19.6, 77th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy3.4 standard points a game, TE34 of 109.4.7 half-PPR points a game, TE33 of 109.6.0 PPR points a game, TE32 of 109.
  • How he's usedMuch of his damage comes after the catch: 81% of his yards (league 49%).
  • LatelyTargets are steady: 4.7 a game over his last three against 4.3 for the season.
  • This weekA soft matchup: the Cardinals rank 23rd vs TE, allowing +0.33 EPA per target to tight ends.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Target shareof team targets13%25th of 45
46th
Depth of targetair yards per target2.145th of 45
1st
After the catchyards per reception7.93rd of 45
94th
Catch ratereceptions per target62%41st of 45
10th
EPA per target-0.4044th of 45
3rd
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
First downsper target32%31st of 45
32nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better6%36th of 45
21st
Yards per game25.427th of 45
41st
Success rate38%41st of 45
10th
Total EPA-13.844th of 45
3rd
How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Barner scores 3.4 standard points a game, TE34 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.4 and 6.0; 0 boom weeks (9+) and 5 busts (under 3). This week the Cardinals allow the 8th-most standard points to TEs, 9.9 a game.

Points a game3.4TE34 of 109
Season26.8TE31 · 8 games
Most weeks1.4–6.0his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 59+ · under 3

Barner scores 4.7 half-PPR points a game, TE33 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.6 and 7.1; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 5 busts (under 4). This week the Cardinals allow the 9th-most half-PPR points to TEs, 12.6 a game.

Points a game4.7TE33 of 109
Season37.3TE28 · 8 games
Most weeks2.6–7.1his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 512+ · under 4

Barner scores 6.0 PPR points a game, TE32 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 3.7 and 8.3; 0 boom weeks (15+) and 4 busts (under 5). This week the Cardinals allow the 9th-most PPR points to TEs, 15.4 a game.

Points a game6.0TE32 of 109
Season47.8TE27 · 8 games
Most weeks3.7–8.3his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 415+ · under 5
How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the TE12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 45 tight ends

Much of his damage comes after the catch: 81% of his yards (league 49%). The screen game runs through him: 18% of his targets are screens (league 5%). His share of the team's targets is 14%: on third down it falls to 7%; inside the 20 it climbs to 21%. AJ rarely goes deep: 0% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 6% for the league's receivers.

Yards after the catchAfter the catch 81% · 97th pctlScreen gameScreens 18% · 94th pctlNot the third-down option7% on third down · 14% overallRed-zone guy21% inside the 20 · 14% overall
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
0%
9th
Screensshare of his targets
18%
94th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
21%
34th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
81%
97th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
7%
28th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
21%
68th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
62%
79th
Play actiontargets off play action
38%
86th
How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying tight ends; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

This weekWeek 9 · vs CardinalsSun Nov 8 · 4:25 PM EST
The game
ARIvs Cardinals
Sun Nov 8 · 4:25 PM EST
Lumen Field
SEA −11.5 · O/U 44.5
The defense vs TE
23rd vs TE
allow +0.33 EPA per target to tight ends, league +0.21
a soft matchup
His history
vs bottom-10 defenses: 3 games, 4.7 targets a game, 31 yards a game
Week 2 vs ARI: 1 catch, 8 yards
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 89%

A soft matchup: the Cardinals rank 23rd vs TE, allowing +0.33 EPA per target to tight ends. He has averaged 31 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season, and he went 1 catch, 8 yards against them in Week 2.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season3 seasons
40Games
140Targets
103Receptions
967Yards
10TD
2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2025, 519 receiving yards in 17 games. This season's 25.4 a game puts him on pace for 431 over 17, short of it.

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SeasonTeamGTgtRecYdsTDY/RYds/gEPA/tgt
2024SEA15383024548.216.3+0.29
2025SEA176852519610.030.5+0.41
2026SEA8342120309.725.4-0.40
Career1 tm40140103967109.424.2+0.18
Career highsYards 519 · 2025TD 6 · 2025Receptions 52 · 2025
How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 8
Depth chart
TE1 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
2 on 34 targets
Broken tackles
2
Passer rating when targeted
76.1
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    23Emanuel WilsonRB120468 · 4 TD-18.4
    11Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR921014 · 9 TD+66.2
    36George HolaniRB52205 · 1 TD-12.6
    8Jadarian PriceRB49177-16.5
    22Rashid ShaheedWR34202 · 1 TD-15.4
    10Cooper KuppWR30206 · 2 TD+8.0
    15Tory HortonWR1693 · 1 TD+3.4
    14Sam DarnoldQB1172+5.6