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Ty Johnson

Ty Johnson is a running back for the Buffalo Bills. Depth chart: RB2.

Scouting report

Ty Johnson: the full picture

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

Ty Johnson at a glance

Ty Johnson is a 29-year-old running back for the Buffalo Bills, listed at 5'10" and 210 pounds. The Detroit Lions drafted Johnson 186th overall in the sixth round in 2019, out of Maryland, and 2026 is Johnson's 8th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Johnson for 59.2 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB60 at the position and works out to 4.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 4 games of 2026, Johnson has scored 28.1 PPR points, or 7.0 per game. That is 47.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Johnson would finish with about 119 points, ahead of the 59.2 projected. The best week so far is 11.2 points in Week 5 against LA, the RB25 finish that week. Johnson has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 0 of 4 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Johnson has finished as RB69 in 2020, RB46 in 2021, RB80 in 2022, RB81 in 2023, RB50 in 2024 and RB47 in 2025. The high-water mark is 117.0 PPR points in 2021. Across 101 regular-season games on record, the totals read 1,476 rushing yards, 8 rushing touchdowns, 147 receptions and 1,432 receiving yards.

Ty Johnson by the numbers

Johnson has finished in the top twelve 4 times. The career high is 19.7 PPR points, set in Week 13 of 2020 against LV. The game log also shows 1 100-yard rushing game and 1 100-yard receiving game.

Contract

Johnson is playing on a two-year, $5 million contract signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2025, an average of $2.5 million per year with $2.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Johnson carries a GV stock price of 2,334, which ranks 336th overall and RB61 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Johnson 243rd overall. Value has moved up 6.1 since the previous model run. See where Johnson sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
59.2
PPR / game
4.1

Ty Johnson fantasy outlook

Ty Johnson enters the 2026 season with BUF and ranks RB70 and #273 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 59.2 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 4.1 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Ty Johnson as RB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Ty Johnson produced 100.3 PPR points in 17 games (5.9 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 36%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Out.

Week 1 projection

Ty Johnson is projected for 5.8 PPR points on the road at HOU in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 19.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 6.1 since the previous model run (rising).

Redraft
22.0
Dynasty
22.6
Superflex redraft
37.6
Superflex dynasty
31.2
TE premium dynasty
13.6

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026BUF42601212155028.1
2025BUF1750200333242632100.3
2024BUF174121312518284391.7
2023BUF93013207762132.4
2022NYJ12301601241288042.8
2021NYJ1561238255343722117.0
2020NYJ11542541211699163.3
2019DET166327303124109060.2

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