Darius Slayton

New York Giants·#18

Pos WRHt 6'1"Wt 190 lbExp 7 yrCollege Auburn

Updated September 23, 2026

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Model Score

73.1 MODEL

2019

76.0

2020

72.4

2021

69.3

2022

72.7

2023

74.0

2024

71.5

2025

73.1

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 →

Darius Slayton Injury StatusNot listed

Darius Slayton is not on the injury report as of Sep 23. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Darius Slayton Stats This Season

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Draft & College

Round 5, pick 171 · New York Giants · 2019

Auburn (SEC)

Taken

#171

where he actually went

Consensus board

160th

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

#618

among WR in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2016-2018 · 33 games

78 rec, 1,573 yds, 10 TD, 20.2 yds/rec

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out

4.39s

40 yd

11 reps

Bench

40.5"

Vertical

135"

Broad

3-cone

4.15s

Shuttle

Comps

College career

his college career vs theirs

Javon Walker89%Fred Gibson87%Danny Farmer85%

STM Take

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.

Strengths

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.

Concerns

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.