Darius Slayton
New York GiantsDarius Slayton is a WR for the New York Giants (updated November 7, 2026).
Model Score by season
Up 0.3 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 deep-threat receiver whose floor weeks sink the average.
The case for
- Four 700+ receiving yard seasons across seven years is meaningful baseline production for a 5th-round pick. Career receiving touchdowns total 28, a respectable per-target conversion rate.
- Wks 10 and 13 2025 produced 12.9 and 14.1 PPR; the deep-shot conversion still happens monthly. Career-long survival in NYG means the institutional knowledge is real.
The worry
- Three straight tier 8 finishes (#113 in 2021, #80 in 2024, #61 in 2025) confirm the back-half decline. The 2023 tier 6 (#44) bounce was the exception, not the rule.
- At 29 with Malik Nabers as the locked-in alpha plus the 2025 Wandale Robinson contract, Slayton's target share has nowhere to grow.
What to watch: Whether the Giants retain him through 2026 final cuts at his contract level or move on for a cheaper deep-threat option.
Full take and bio
From tier 5 #37 as a rookie to tier 8 #61 in 2025 with a 2023 tier 6 (#44) bounce in between is the typical career arc of a deep-threat 5th-rounder. The 2025 game log is genuinely steady (Wks 9-13 produced 11.2, 12.9, 3.3, 14.1, 5.6 PPR), but the floor weeks keep the average too low for fantasy relevance. At 29 with the Giants' QB room still unsettled, the trajectory is sideways at best.
Slayton came out of Auburn as the New York Giants' 5th-round pick (171st overall) in 2019. He has spent his entire seven-year NFL career with the Giants, posting four 700+ receiving yard seasons including a 740-yard rookie campaign (tier 5 #37) that established him as a deep-threat starter. He has survived multiple regime changes (Daniel Jones, Tyrod Taylor, Drew Lock, multiple coaches) and remains the longest-tenured Giants WR. His 2025 #61 (tier 8) finish continues a clear back-half-of-career decline.
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: Frank Sanders, Josh Bellamy, Josh Palmer. Built like: Kadarius Toney, Torrey Smith, Chris Owusu. Coming out: Damion Ratley, Devin Smith, Sammie Coates.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 2 starters, 11 backups, 7 didn't stick.
Darius Slayton Injury StatusNot listed
Darius Slayton is not on the injury report as of Nov 6. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season
0 fantasy points a game. 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 Darius Slayton at WR114 (the public consensus says WR130); the model has 28 PPR points left for him this season.
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Draft & College
Round 5, pick 171 to the New York Giants in 2019, out of Auburn (SEC). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2016-2018, 33 games: 78 rec, 1,573 yds, 10 TD, 20.2 yds/rec. Coming out: 4.39s 40 yd, 11 reps bench, 40.5" vertical, 135" broad, 7s 3-cone, 4.15s shuttle.
Recruited
Class of 2015 · Receiver · High school: Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, GA
AuburnHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2015 class are still being added.