Michael Mayer

TE·

Las Vegas Raiders·#87·6'4"·256 lb·3rd year·Notre Dame

Round 2, pick 35 in 2023

Updated November 4, 2026

78.7

Model Score

Up from 77.7 last year

Trade value ·a late 2nd

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Michael Mayer has 36 catches, 351 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 8 games for the Las Vegas Raiders this season through Week 8, 9.6 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

A career-high 78.7 this season, up from 77.7.

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: Brandon Myers, Freddie Jones, Dalton Kincaid. Built like: Bauer Sharp, Billy Bajema, Jeremy Sprinkle. Coming out: Zach Ertz, Tyler Eifert, Cole Turner.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 5 stars, 2 starters, 11 backups, 2 didn't stick.

Michael Mayer Props This Weekat NYJ

Market	Line	Over	Under
Receptions	2.5	-170 Bovada	+130 Bovada
Receiving yards	25.5	-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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Michael Mayer Injury StatusNot listed

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

This season · 8 games

Rec364th

Rec Yds3519th

Rec TD121st

Targets4310th

Yds/Gm43.911th

Fantasy PPG9.615th

EPA / target0.54423rd

Avg separation3.2 yd18th

Avg cushion5.5 yd

YAC over exp-0.123rd

Catch %81.7%

9.6 fantasy points a game, 77 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

$5.8M

APY

$15.0M/yr

Guaranteed at Signing

$22.5M

Years on Deal

Signed

2026

Est. Value

$8.2M/yr

underpaid by $5.8M/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 Michael Mayer at TE25 (the public consensus says TE26); the model has 74 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits NYJ.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.