AJ Barner
Seattle SeahawksAJ Barner has 21 catches, 203 receiving yards and 0 touchdowns in 8 games for the Seattle Seahawks this season through Week 8, 6 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 6.0 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 reliable underneath tight end who finishes in the red zone.
The case for
- Super Bowl LX champion in his second NFL season; the postseason resume is built early.
- 10 receiving TDs on 82 career catches; the red-zone rate is among the better marks at the position.
The worry
- 82 career catches across two seasons is part-time-TE territory; the volume case is thin.
- Recent game log includes 3.4 (Wk 18) and 3.8 (Wk 12) PPR weeks; the floor games come often.
What to watch: Whether the Super Bowl LX role expands in 2026 or stays as Smith-Njigba's complementary read.
Full take and bio
Barner at STTM #15 tier 4 in his second NFL season closes with a Super Bowl LX ring and a 12-rank improvement from his rookie year. The 10 career TDs on 82 catches is a strong red-zone conversion rate for a 4th-round pick. Sam Darnold's tier-4 QB rank and Jaxon Smith-Njigba's OPOY season both depended on Barner being a reliable underneath option.
Barner was born in Aurora, Ohio, attended Aurora High, and played at Indiana before transferring to Michigan where he won the 2023 CFP national title. Seattle took him 121st overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. He won Super Bowl LX with Seattle in the 2025 season. Career line is 82 catches for 764 yards and 10 receiving TDs across two seasons.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Adam Trautman ’2177%Roland Williams ’0174%
Colston Loveland ’2673%Plays like: John Carlson, Adam Trautman, Anthony Fasano. Built like: Luke Lachey, Jared Wiley, Luke Musgrave.
AJ Barner Injury StatusNot listed
AJ Barner is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 8 games
6 fantasy points a game, 48 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
Our rest-of-season board has AJ Barner at TE27; the model has 58 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts CHI.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 4, pick 121 to the Seattle Seahawks in 2024, out of Michigan (Big Ten). He went earlier than consensus.
In college, 2021-2023, 27 games: 61 rec, 573 yds, 4 TD, 9.4 yds/rec.
Recruited
Class of 2020 · Tight end · High school: Aurora, OH
His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2020 class are still being added.