Garrett Wilson
New York JetsGarrett Wilson has 43 catches, 527 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns in 8 games for the New York Jets this season through Week 8, 14.2 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Up 3.1 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
An elite receiver whose ceiling waits on competent quarterback play.
The case for
- 2022 Offensive Rookie of the Year (83 catches, 1,103 yards) plus three straight 1,000-yard seasons under four different QBs establishes elite per-target production. Wks 1-5 2025 produced four games of 19+ PPR.
- Career separation metrics are top-15 at the position. The Jets WR1 status is locked, and his 2024 ranking jump (#58 to #21) with Aaron Rodgers showed the ceiling when QB play is even competent.
The worry
- Season-ending knee injury in Wk 10 2025 is the immediate 2026 variable; recovery timing is the structural unknown.
- Jets QB room remains a problem heading into 2026. The 2023 tier 8 (#58) finish with Zach Wilson at QB is the floor outcome when the offense fails.
What to watch: Whether the Jets' 2026 QB situation (Justin Fields or a new addition) gives him sustained league-average QB play across 16+ games, the only sample size that lets him return to tier 3 territory.
Full take and bio
The 2025 #42 (tier 6) finish on a 6-game sample badly understates the player. Wks 1-5 produced 22.5, 9, 24.4, 20.2, 19.1 PPR, four games above 19 PPR, before a Wk 6 step-back and the Wk 10 injury ended the season. The underlying skill set has not changed; the 2026 question is purely Jets QB play, because the 2022 OROY ceiling re-emerges whenever the QB is functional.
Wilson came out of Ohio State as the New York Jets' #10 overall pick in 2022 after a junior season that produced 1,058 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns alongside Chris Olave and Jaxon Smith-Njigba in one of college football's deepest WR rooms. He won 2022 Offensive Rookie of the Year on 83 receptions for 1,103 yards despite a four-QB carousel. He posted three straight 1,000-yard seasons (2022-2024) and reached tier 3 #21 in 2024 with Aaron Rodgers as his QB. The 2025 season ended at Wk 10 due to a knee injury that compressed his rank to #42 (tier 6).
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: Keyshawn Johnson, Jeremy Maclin, DeVonta Smith. Built like: Chris Olave, Rashod Bateman, Quez Watkins. Coming out: Nelson Agholor, Paul Richardson, Rashod Bateman.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 3 stars, 9 starters, 6 backups, 2 didn't stick.
Garrett Wilson Props This Weekvs LV
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 5.5 | +100 Bovada | -130 Bovada |
| Receiving yards | 63.5 | -115 Bovada | -115 Bovada |
Best price across 9 books as of Mon Nov 2. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room
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Garrett Wilson Injury StatusQuestionable
Garrett Wilson is listed Questionable (Concussion), reported Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 8 games
14.2 fantasy points a game, 114 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 Garrett Wilson at WR17 (the public consensus says WR16); the model has 121 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts LV.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 10 to the New York Jets in 2022, out of Ohio State (Big Ten).
In college, 2019-2021, 31 games: 139 rec, 2,167 yds, 23 TD, 15.6 yds/rec.
Recruited
Class of 2019 · Receiver · High school: Lake Travis, Austin, TX
Ohio StateHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2019 class are still being added.