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Courtland Sutton

Courtland Sutton is a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos. Depth chart: WR2.

Scouting report

Courtland Sutton: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Courtland Sutton at a glance

Courtland Sutton is a 31-year-old wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, listed at 6'4" and 216 pounds. The Denver Broncos drafted Sutton 40th overall in the second round in 2018, out of SMU; this is year nine in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Sutton at 162.7 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR37 at the position and works out to 10.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Sutton has scored 31.3 PPR points, or 5.2 per game. That is 19.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Sutton would finish with about 89 points, behind the 162.7 projected. The best week so far is 9.8 points in Week 5 against LAC, the WR37 finish that week. Sutton has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 6 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Sutton ranks in the 53rd percentile in average separation, the 42nd percentile in receiving TDs and the 42nd percentile in target share. The softest mark is the 4th percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Sutton has finished as WR179 in 2020, WR44 in 2021, WR43 in 2022, WR35 in 2023, WR15 in 2024 and WR13 in 2025. The high-water mark is 240.3 PPR points in 2024. Across 120 regular-season games on record, the totals read 466 receptions, 6,480 receiving yards and 40 receiving touchdowns.

Courtland Sutton by the numbers

Sutton has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 15 times. The career high is 29.7 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2024 against LV. The game log also shows 10 100-yard receiving games. In all, Sutton has reached 20 points in 11 games, 9% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Sutton drew 4.7 targets per game at an average depth of 10.9 air yards. 29% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 6 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Sutton is playing on a four-year, $92 million contract signed with the Denver Broncos in 2025, an average of $23 million per year with $40 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
162.7
PPR / game
10.5

Week 1 projection

Courtland Sutton is projected for 12.1 PPR points on the road at KC in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 31.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.8 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
50.1
Dynasty
37.8
Superflex redraft
60.9
Superflex dynasty
51.9
TE premium dynasty
22.8

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026DEN6281312310031.3
2025DEN17124741,017700219.7
2024DEN16135811,081800240.3
2023DEN1690597721000190.2
2022DEN1510964829215159.4
2021DEN179858776200150.2
2020DEN163660009.6
2019DEN16124721,1126317222.4
2018DEN16844270441-1136.3

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