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T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson is a tight end for the Minnesota Vikings. Injury status: Out. Depth chart: TE1.
Scouting report
T.J. Hockenson: the full picture
T.J. Hockenson at a glance
T.J. Hockenson is a 29-year-old tight end for the Minnesota Vikings, listed at 6'5" and 248 pounds. The Detroit Lions drafted Hockenson 8th overall in the first round in 2019, out of Iowa, and 2026 is Hockenson's 8th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Hockenson for 118.9 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE22 at the position and works out to 8.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 5 games of 2026, Hockenson has scored 49.2 PPR points, or 9.8 per game. That is 41.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Hockenson would finish with about 167 points, ahead of the 118.9 projected. The best week so far is 24.9 points in Week 4 against MIA, the TE1 finish that week. Hockenson has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 2 of 5 games, a 40% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 34 qualified tight ends of 2026, Hockenson ranks in the 81st percentile in target share, the 60th percentile in receptions and the 57th percentile in yards per target. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 31st percentile in receiving TDs.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Hockenson has finished as TE5 in 2020, TE15 in 2021, TE2 in 2022, TE4 in 2023, TE34 in 2024 and TE26 in 2025. That is three top-five positional finishes in 7 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 219.0 PPR points in 2023. Across 102 regular-season games on record, the totals read 456 receptions, 4,642 receiving yards and 27 receiving touchdowns.
T.J. Hockenson by the numbers
Hockenson has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 6 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 23 times and finished in the top twelve 45 times. The career high is 39.9 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2022 against SEA, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 3 games of 30 or more PPR points and 6 100-yard receiving games. In all, Hockenson has reached 20 points in 9 games, 9% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Hockenson drew 5.4 targets per game at an average depth of 6.6 air yards. 19% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 5 targets came in the red zone.
Contract
Hockenson is playing on a one-year, $10.3 million contract signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2026, an average of $10.3 million per year with $10.2 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Hockenson carries a GV stock price of 3,722, which ranks 161st overall and TE31 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Hockenson 119th overall. Value has moved down 1.4 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Brenton Strange, Mark Andrews and Sam LaPorta. See where Hockenson sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 118.9
- PPR / game
- 8.2
Week 3 projection
T.J. Hockenson is projected for 8.1 PPR points on the road at TB in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 20.3.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.4 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 45.9
- Dynasty
- 36.1
- Superflex redraft
- 57.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 50.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 35.1
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIN | 5 | 27 | 23 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.2 |
| 2025 | MIN | 15 | 66 | 51 | 438 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 112.8 |
| 2024 | MIN | 10 | 62 | 41 | 455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.5 |
| 2023 | MIN | 15 | 127 | 95 | 960 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 219.0 |
| 2022 | MIN | 17 | 129 | 86 | 914 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 217.4 |
| 2021 | DET | 12 | 84 | 61 | 583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 145.3 |
| 2020 | DET | 16 | 101 | 67 | 723 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 175.3 |
| 2019 | DET | 12 | 59 | 32 | 367 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.7 |
Tight ends ranked near T.J. Hockenson
- Juwan Johnson TE19 · 126.4 PPR
- Mike Gesicki TE20 · 121.6 PPR
- Cade Otton TE21 · 120.6 PPR
- Brenton Strange TE23 · 118.6 PPR
- Isaiah Likely TE24 · 118.5 PPR
- Evan Engram TE25 · 117.3 PPR
Minnesota Vikings fantasy players
- Justin Jefferson WR · 281.5 PPR
- Kyler Murray QB · 236.4 PPR
- Aaron Jones RB · 175.5 PPR
- Jordan Addison WR · 148.9 PPR
- Jauan Jennings WR · 110.3 PPR
- Josh Oliver TE · 66.7 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.