AJ Barner

Seattle Seahawks·#88UNDERPAID

Pos TEHt 6'6"Wt 251 lbExp 1 yrCollege Michigan

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Model Score

73.4 MODEL

2024

63.6

2025

73.4

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 →

Season Stats · 16 games

5216th

Rec

51920th

Rec Yds

68th

Rec TD

6821st

Targets

32.426th

Yds/Gm

9.222nd

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

0.92018th

EPA / target

4.5 yd7th

Avg separation

4.2 yd

Avg cushion

0.720th

YAC over exp

77.5%

Catch %

STM Take

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.

Strengths

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.

Concerns

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.