Aaron Jones
Minnesota VikingsAaron Jones has 110 carries for 458 yards, 2 rushing touchdowns and 15 catches for 90 yards in 7 games for the Minnesota Vikings this season through Week 8, 11.7 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Up 6.9 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A former star back fading into a committee role.
The case for
- Two Pro Bowls, four 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and a career 4.9 YPC are a Hall-of-Very-Good production line that few backs of his era will match.
- Career receiving production (250+ catches across 9 seasons) keeps him relevant on third downs even when the early-down workload thins, which is exactly the role he played most of 2025.
The worry
- The STTM arc from #6 (2019) to #38 (2025) is the textbook decline curve for a back entering his 30s. The 0-0-0 stretch across Wks 16-19 (per the duplicate game logs) shows the Vikings have already shifted to the next body.
- At 32 with five 1,000-touch seasons behind him, the injury floor only gets lower and the per-touch efficiency continues to drop.
What to watch: Whether Minnesota retains him for 2026 as a veteran piece or releases him to clear cap and reps for a younger committee build around Jordan Mason.
Full take and bio
The Aaron Jones career arc is now clearly in its final chapter. From two top-10 finishes (#6 in 2019, #7 in 2021) to #11 in 2023, #21 in 2024, and #38 in 2025, the trajectory is monotonic. The eight-game late-2025 sample (peak of 15.3 PPR with a 0-0-0 string across Wks 16-19 in the duplicate game logs) shows what age-32 RB usage looks like when the offense moves to a younger committee.
Jones came out of UTEP as Green Bay's 5th-round pick (182nd overall) in 2017, one of the great mid-round value picks of the decade. He made two Pro Bowls with the Packers (2020, 2023), posted four 1,000-yard rushing seasons (including a 16-touchdown 2019), and was the focal point of multiple Green Bay playoff runs. He signed with Minnesota in March 2024 and put up a tier-6 #21 first season, then re-signed for 2025 ahead of his age-32 campaign.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Jonathan Taylor, Duce Staley, Thurman Thomas. Built like: Brandon Jackson, JaMycal Hasty, Bishop Sankey.
Aaron Jones Props This Weekat DET
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing yards | 28.5 | -115 Bovada | -115 Bovada |
| Receptions | 1.5 | -170 Bovada | +130 Bovada |
| Receiving yards | 9.5 | -115 Bovada | -115 Bovada |
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Aaron Jones Injury StatusNot listed
Aaron Jones is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 7 games
11.7 fantasy points a game, 82 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
This week he visits DET, projecting 11.8 points a game from here.
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Draft & College
Round 5, pick 182 to the Green Bay Packers in 2017, out of UTEP (Conference USA). He went earlier than consensus.
In college, 2014-2016, 23 games: 2,833 rush yds, 27 TD, 6.3 yds/carry, 54 rec. (partial record) Coming out: 4.56s 40 yd, 16 reps bench, 37.5" vertical, 127" broad, 6.82s 3-cone, 4.2s shuttle.
Recruited
Class of 2013 · Athlete · High school: Burges, El Paso, TX
UTEPHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2013 class are still being added.