Dalton Schultz

TE·

Houston Texans·#86·6'5"·242 lb·8th year·Stanford

Tier 2Round 4, pick 137 in 2018

Updated November 5, 2026

86.7

Model Score

Down from 87.2 last year

Trade value ·a 3rd

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Dalton Schultz has 33 catches, 322 receiving yards and 0 touchdowns in 7 games for the Houston Texans this season through Week 8, 9.3 PPR points a game (updated November 5, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 0.5 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 reliable veteran tight end tied to his quarterback.

The case for

20-rank rebound from 2024 to 2025; the role share returned once the offense stabilized.
Career 405 receptions through eight seasons; the volume baseline is built into the position's veteran tier.

The worry

2024 STTM #34 tier 8 dip is recent enough that the floor risk is real.
C.J. Stroud's tier-6 QB finish capped the team-level passing volume in 2025.

What to watch: Whether Stroud's year-four jump (or replacement) lifts the Texans' passing tier and pushes Schultz into tier 3.

Full take and bio

Schultz at STTM #14 tier 4 in 2025 climbed from STTM #34 tier 8 in 2024 (his worst season) back into the top-15 range alongside C.J. Stroud's STTM #22 tier 6 finish. The 405 career catches and 27 TDs across eight seasons make him a reliable middle-tier TE; the rank trend is tied to the Texans' QB development.

Schultz was born in Sandy, Utah, attended Bingham, and was first-team All-Pac-12 at Stanford. Dallas took him 137th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. He spent five years with the Cowboys before signing with Houston in 2023. Career line is 405 catches for 4,066 yards and 27 receiving TDs across eight 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.

Darren Waller ’2389%

Hunter Henry ’2479%Heath Miller ’1366%Gary Barnidge ’1664%

Plays like: Darren Waller, Michael Mayer, Erron Kinney. Built like: Shad Meier, Marcellus Rivers, Charlie Woerner. Coming out: Jim Dray, John Phillips, Jerell Adams.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 3 starters, 13 backups, 4 didn't stick.

Dalton Schultz Injury StatusNot listed

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 7 games

Rec339th

Rec Yds32213th

Rec TD028th

Targets4310th

Yds/Gm46.010th

Fantasy PPG9.318th

EPA / target0.50625th

Avg separation3.9 yd6th

Avg cushion6.6 yd

YAC over exp-0.830th

Catch %71.4%

9.3 fantasy points a game, 65 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit

$9.5M

APY

$12.6M/yr

Guaranteed at Signing

$17.6M

Years on Deal

Signed

2026

Est. Value

$15.6M/yr

underpaid by $3.0M/yr

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 Dalton Schultz at TE20; the model has 83 PPR points left for him this season.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 137 to the Dallas Cowboys in 2018, out of Stanford (Pac-12). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#137

Consensus board127th

Our college model#724 TE

In college, 2015-2017, 31 games: 54 rec, 545 yds, 5 TD, 10.1 yds/rec. Coming out: 4.75s 40 yd, 15 reps bench, 32" vertical, 120" broad, 7s 3-cone, 4.4s shuttle.