Mason Taylor

TE·

New York Jets·#85·6'5"·251 lb·Rookie·LSU

Round 2, pick 42 in 2025

Updated November 4, 2026

76.6

Model Score

Down from 77.5 last year

Trade value ·a late 2nd

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Mason Taylor has 17 catches, 136 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in 5 games for the New York Jets this season through Week 8, 8.5 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 0.9 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 →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Eric Johnson ’0191%Ernie Conwell ’9683%

Alex Smith ’0674%

Michael Mayer ’2473%

Chris Herndon ’2070%

Plays like: Marv Cook, Alex Smith, Taysom Hill. Built like: Miles Kitselman, Elijah Arroyo, Luke Schoonmaker. Coming out: Jeron Mastrud, Hayden Hurst, Chris Herndon.

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

Mason Taylor Props This Weekvs LV

Market	Line	Over	Under
Receptions	2.5	-130 Bovada	+100 Bovada
Receiving yards	21.5	-120 Bovada	-110 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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Mason Taylor Injury StatusNot listed

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 5 games

Rec17

Rec Yds136

Rec TD2

Targets24

Yds/Gm27.2

Fantasy PPG8.5

EPA / target0.752

Avg separation2.7 yd

Avg cushion4.9 yd

YAC over exp-0.4

Catch %70.0%

8.5 fantasy points a game, 43 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit

$2.4M

APY

$2.6M/yr

Guaranteed at Signing

$9.6M

Years on Deal

Signed

2025

Est. Value

$9.9M/yr

underpaid by $7.3M/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 Mason Taylor at TE28 (the public consensus says TE32); the model has 68 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.