Josh Oliver
Minnesota Vikings·#84Model Score
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 →
Season Stats · 1 games
Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats
Draft & College
He went well ahead of consensus.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
STM Take
$36M Vikings contract as the elite blocking TE next to T.J. Hockenson puts Oliver in the rare specialty-position market value class. The San Jose State Mountain West 3rd-round origin plus the structural Vikings blocking-TE role create the structural market value. The 2026 question is whether Oliver holds the structural blocking-TE role or whether Minnesota explores a draft replacement.
Oliver came out of San Jose State as the Jacksonville Jaguars' 3rd-round pick (69th overall) in 2019. He bounced through the Jaguars and Ravens as a blocking TE before signing a three-year, $21M deal with the Minnesota Vikings in 2023. He extended that deal to a three-year, $36M contract in 2025 to lock in the elite blocking TE role next to T.J. Hockenson.
Strengths
- $36M Vikings contract as the elite blocking TE next to T.J. Hockenson establishes the rare specialty-position market value class.
- San Jose State Mountain West 3rd-round origin plus seven years of NFL development gives him real journeyman veteran value.
Concerns
- Career STTM range typically tier 8 (blocking-TE role doesn't generate receiving production) confirms the specialty-position ceiling.
- $10M 2026 cap hit on a specialty blocking-TE creates moderate contract-value risk.
What to watch: Whether Oliver holds the structural blocking-TE role for the full 2026 Vikings season or whether the role compresses to swing depth.
Fantasy Outlook
Josh Oliver scored 4 PPR points, 4.2 per game this season. Compare him against any TE and track weekly rankings in our fantasy tools.