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David Njoku

TE·Cleveland Browns·#83·6'4"·246 lb·9th year·Miami
Round 1, pick 29 in 2017
Updated November 4, 2026
79.0
Model Score
Up from 77.1 last year
Trade value ·a 7th

David Njoku has 6 catches, 67 receiving yards and 0 touchdowns in 2 games for the Cleveland Browns this season through Week 8, 6.3 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

Up 1.9 from last season.

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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 →

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: Dallas Clark, Julius Thomas, Logan Thomas. Built like: Visanthe Shiancoe, Virgil Green, Zeron Flemister. Coming out: Maxx Williams, Eric Ebron, Dustin Keller.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 1 star, 8 starters, 7 backups, 4 didn't stick.

David Njoku Injury StatusIR

David Njoku is listed on injured reserve (Lower Leg), reported Nov 2, with a return date of Nov 8. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 2 games

Rec6
Rec Yds67
Rec TD0
Targets8
Yds/Gm33.5
Fantasy PPG6.3
EPA / target0.067
Avg separation3.6 yd
Avg cushion7.8 yd
YAC over exp1.4
Catch %100.0%

6.3 fantasy points a game, 13 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2025 Cap Hit
$24.3M
APY
$3.0M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$17.0M
Years on Deal
0
Signed
2026
Est. Value
$8.6M/yr
underpaid by $5.6M/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 David Njoku at TE36 (the public consensus says TE43); the model has 72 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 1, pick 29 to the Cleveland Browns in 2017, out of Miami (ACC). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#29
Consensus board34th
Our college model#85 TE

In college, 2015-2016, 22 games: 64 rec, 1,061 yds, 9 TD, 16.6 yds/rec. Coming out: 4.64s 40 yd, 21 reps bench, 37.5" vertical, 133" broad, 6.97s 3-cone, 4.34s shuttle.

Recruited

Class of 2014 · Athlete · High school: Cedar Grove, NJ

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 843 in the nation. Composite 0.8506, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2014 class are still being added.

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