Juwan Johnson
New Orleans SaintsJuwan Johnson has 26 catches, 255 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns in 7 games for the New Orleans Saints this season through Week 8, 9.9 PPR points a game (updated November 5, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 5.1 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
A converted receiver who grew into a real tight end threat.
The case for
- Year-over-year STTM improvement from tier 8 (#60) as a rookie to tier 4 (#16) in 2025 is the cleanest TE development arc on the board for a UDFA. The 6'4" WR-converted frame gives him route-tree advantages over pure inline blockers.
- Wk 17 2025's 13.5 PPR and Wk 18's 15.74 PPR show the TE1 ceiling weeks happen monthly. Career receiving touchdowns total 19 across 5 NFL seasons.
The worry
- UDFA pedigree means the structural ceiling is what the role allows, not what physical tools demand. The 30-year-old development arc has a natural plateau.
- Multiple zero-PPR appearances in the duplicate-row game log show what a quiet game looks like. Behind Chris Olave as the primary receiving target the TE work is the secondary read.
What to watch: Whether his 2026 target share clears 5 per game with Alvin Kamara likely declining, because Johnson is the natural beneficiary of any RB-targets compression.
Full take and bio
The career trajectory is now clearly upward: tier 8 (#60, #36) in his first two seasons to tier 5 (#20) in 2024 to tier 4 (#16) in 2025. The duplicate-row game log Wks 17-19 (showing alternating zero and 7-15 PPR weeks) is the typical TE usage pattern. At 30 he is in his prime TE years and the Saints have invested in him as the post-Kamara receiving outlet.
Johnson came out of Penn State as an undrafted free agent in 2020 with the Giants, originally as a wide receiver. New Orleans claimed him off waivers later that year and converted him to tight end given his 6'4" frame. He has spent six seasons with the Saints, gradually working his way from depth to starting role. The 2024 tier 5 #20 finish was his career baseline, and the 2025 tier 4 #16 jump established him as a genuine TE2 with TE1 spike-week ceiling.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Hunter Henry ’2382%
Dallas Goedert ’2382%Jacob Tamme ’1557%
Kellen Winslow ’1052%
Dalton Schultz ’2351%Plays like: Dennis Pitta, Charles Clay, Randy McMichael. Built like: Justin Shorter, Maurice Stovall, Elijah Higgins.
Juwan Johnson Props This Weekvs CLE Sun Nov 8
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime TD | +330 Fanatics |
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Juwan Johnson Injury StatusNot listed
Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report as of Nov 5. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 7 games
9.9 fantasy points a game, 70 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 Juwan Johnson at TE17 (the public consensus says TE19); the model has 81 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts CLE.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Undrafted in 2020, out of Oregon (Pac-12).
In college, 2017-2019, 31 games: 113 rec, 1,570 yds, 6 TD, 13.9 yds/rec.
Recruited
Class of 2015 · Receiver · High school: Glassboro, NJ
