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Geno Smith
Geno Smith is a quarterback for the New York Jets. Depth chart: QB1.
Scouting report
Geno Smith: the full picture
Geno Smith at a glance
Geno Smith is a 36-year-old quarterback for the New York Jets, listed at 6'3" and 221 pounds. The New York Jets drafted Smith 39th overall in the second round in 2013, out of West Virginia, and 2026 is Smith's 14th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Smith for 180.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks QB29 at the position and works out to 11.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 6 games of 2026, Smith has scored 81.6 PPR points, or 13.6 per game. That is 45.3% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Smith would finish with about 231 points, ahead of the 180.3 projected. The best week so far is 26.0 points in Week 3 against DET, the QB3 finish that week. Smith has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 1 of 6 games, a 17% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 34 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Smith ranks in the 93rd percentile in CPOE, the 87th percentile in interception rate and the 66th percentile in yards per attempt. Two of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 16th percentile in intended air yards.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Smith has finished as QB75 in 2020, QB40 in 2021, QB5 in 2022, QB19 in 2023, QB14 in 2024 and QB24 in 2025. One of those 12 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 303.9 PPR points in 2022. Across 114 regular-season games on record, the totals read 23,504 passing yards, 131 passing touchdowns, 1,645 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.
Geno Smith by the numbers
Smith has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 13 times and finished in the top twelve 36 times. The career high is 31.7 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2022 against DET. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points, 18 300-yard passing games and 16 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Smith has reached 20 points in 25 games, 22% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Smith threw 4.8 deep passes per game (15 or more air yards) and completed 58% of them, against 24.4 short attempts per game at 72%. About 9.0 passes per game fell incomplete. Average time to throw was 2.80 seconds.
Contract
Smith is playing on a one-year, $3.3 million contract signed with the New York Jets in 2026, an average of $3.3 million per year with $3.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Smith carries a GV stock price of 2,623, which ranks 225th overall and QB39 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Smith 118th overall. Value has moved up 1.5 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Jacoby Brissett, Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford. See where Smith sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Smith is from September 27, 2026. Read the latest Geno Smith news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 180.3
- PPR / game
- 11.3
Geno Smith fantasy outlook
Geno Smith enters the 2026 season with NYJ and ranks QB29 and #84 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 180.4 PPR points across 16.0 games, or 11.3 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Geno Smith as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Geno Smith produced 173.9 PPR points in 15 games (11.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 57%, with a 11% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 3 projection
Geno Smith is projected for 13.6 PPR points on the road at DET in week 3, with a likely range of 0.9 to 36.1.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.5 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 39.8
- Dynasty
- 25.4
- Superflex redraft
- 80.5
- Superflex dynasty
- 65.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 15.3
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NYJ | 6 | 122 | 177 | 1,336 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 81.6 |
| 2025 | LV | 15 | 302 | 448 | 3,025 | 19 | 17 | 109 | 0 | 173.9 |
| 2024 | SEA | 17 | 407 | 578 | 4,320 | 21 | 15 | 272 | 2 | 266.0 |
| 2023 | SEA | 15 | 323 | 499 | 3,624 | 20 | 9 | 155 | 1 | 227.3 |
| 2022 | SEA | 17 | 399 | 572 | 4,282 | 30 | 11 | 366 | 1 | 303.9 |
| 2021 | SEA | 4 | 65 | 95 | 702 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 54.3 |
| 2020 | SEA | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | LAC | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.5 |
| 2017 | NYG | 2 | 21 | 36 | 212 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9.7 |
| 2016 | NYJ | 2 | 8 | 14 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7.9 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Geno Smith
- Cam Ward QB26 · 199.9 PPR
- Michael Penix Jr. QB27 · 199.9 PPR
- Jameis Winston QB28 · 180.8 PPR
- Kirk Cousins QB30 · 177.4 PPR
- Deshaun Watson QB31 · 177.0 PPR
- Matthew Stafford QB32 · 176.1 PPR
New York Jets fantasy players
- Breece Hall RB · 245.6 PPR
- Garrett Wilson WR · 217.9 PPR
- Kenyon Sadiq TE · 113.1 PPR
- Braelon Allen RB · 102.9 PPR
- Adonai Mitchell WR · 96.8 PPR
- Isaiah Williams WR · 76.5 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.