Brenton Strange
Jacksonville JaguarsBrenton Strange has 28 catches, 334 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 7 games for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season through Week 8, 9.6 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 3.5 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 rising tight end whose role has finally locked in.
The case for
- Three straight seasons of STTM improvement (#91, #26, #20) is the textbook 2nd-round TE development arc. Five games above 13 PPR in his last eight 2025 weeks confirms real role expansion.
- Penn State football-IQ pedigree plus the 2nd-round draft slot establishes a structural floor. Jacksonville's offensive investment in Trevor Lawrence guarantees a TE-friendly target distribution.
The worry
- Even the breakout 2025 finish is only tier 5; the absolute ceiling has not yet reached TE1 territory. Wks 14-15 (5.7, 3.6 PPR) show the floor when defenses prepare.
- Trevor Lawrence's career arc remains uncertain; Strange's ceiling depends on Lawrence reaching a top-12 QB sample, which he has not yet sustained.
What to watch: Whether his 2026 target share clears 5 per game with Evan Engram out of the picture, the threshold that separates tier 5 from tier 3 TE territory.
Full take and bio
Three straight seasons of improvement (#91 to #26 to #20) for a 2nd-round TE is a clean development arc, and the 2025 second-half production confirms the role is locked. Wks 12-13 produced 14.3 and 13.5 PPR, Wks 16-18 added 14.9, 8.4, 17.2. Five games above 13 PPR across his last eight is meaningful TE2 baseline, with room to grow once Evan Engram fully departs.
Strange came out of Penn State as Jacksonville's 2nd-round pick (61st overall) in 2023 after a senior season that produced 32 catches for 362 yards. The Jaguars drafted him as the long-term replacement for Evan Engram, who was on the back half of his contract. His rookie 2023 was buried (tier 8 #91), 2024 produced an incremental jump (tier 7 #26), and 2025 brought the breakout: tier 5 (#20) with multiple meaningful spike weeks once Engram missed time.
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: Vernon Davis, Martellus Bennett, Ken Dilger. Built like: Anthony McCoy, Joshua Simon, Marcedes Lewis. Coming out: Dalton Keene, Foster Moreau, Xavier Grimble.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 1 star, 6 starters, 9 backups, 4 didn't stick.
Brenton Strange Props This Weekat BAL Thu Nov 5
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 3.5 | -122 FanDuel | +108 DraftKings |
| Receiving yards | 34.5 | -114 FanDuel | -114 FanDuel |
| Anytime TD | +220 FanDuel |
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Brenton Strange Injury StatusNot listed
Brenton Strange is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 7 games
9.6 fantasy points a game, 67 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 Brenton Strange at TE14 (the public consensus says TE11); the model has 90 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits BAL.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 2, pick 61 to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2023, out of Penn State (Big Ten). He went earlier than consensus.
In college, 2020-2022, 28 games: 62 rec, 715 yds, 9 TD, 11.5 yds/rec.
Recruited
Class of 2019 · Tight end · High school: Parkersburg, WV
Penn StateHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2019 class are still being added.