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Isaiah Likely
Isaiah Likely is a tight end for the New York Giants. Depth chart: TE1.
Scouting report
Isaiah Likely: the full picture
Isaiah Likely at a glance
Isaiah Likely is a 26-year-old tight end for the New York Giants, listed at 6'4" and 241 pounds. The Baltimore Ravens drafted Likely 139th overall in the fourth round in 2022, out of Coastal Carolina, and 2026 is Likely's 5th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Likely for 118.5 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE24 at the position and works out to 8.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 6 games of 2026, Likely has scored 109.3 PPR points, or 18.2 per game. That is 92.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Likely would finish with about 310 points, ahead of the 118.5 projected. The best week so far is 32.4 points in Week 5 against WAS, the TE1 finish that week. Likely has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 5 of 6 games, a 83% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 34 qualified tight ends of 2026, Likely ranks in the 99th percentile in receiving yards, the 97th percentile in receiving TDs and the 96th percentile in receptions. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 16th percentile in average separation.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Likely has finished as TE27 in 2022, TE25 in 2023, TE16 in 2024 and TE45 in 2025. The high-water mark is 123.7 PPR points in 2024. Across 61 regular-season games on record, the totals read 174 receptions, 1,951 receiving yards and 20 receiving touchdowns.
Isaiah Likely by the numbers
Likely has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 4 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 10 times and finished in the top twelve 18 times. The career high is 32.4 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2026 against WAS, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 2 100-yard receiving games. In all, Likely has reached 20 points in 4 games, 7% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Likely drew 9.6 targets per game at an average depth of 7.3 air yards. 10% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 8 targets came in the red zone.
Contract
Likely is playing on a three-year, $40 million contract signed with the New York Giants in 2026, an average of $13.3 million per year with $20.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Likely carries a GV stock price of 4,616, which ranks 66th overall and TE8 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Likely 54th overall. Value has moved up 2.2 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Trey McBride, Mike Gesicki and Mark Andrews. See where Likely sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Likely in the past two weeks, the most recent on October 7, 2026. Read the latest Isaiah Likely news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 118.5
- PPR / game
- 8.2
Isaiah Likely fantasy outlook
Isaiah Likely enters the 2026 season with NYG and ranks TE24 and #160 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 118.5 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 8.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Isaiah Likely as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Isaiah Likely produced 61.7 PPR points in 12 games (5.1 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 53%, with a 50% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Isaiah Likely is projected for 9.1 PPR points at home against DAL in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 27.2.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 2.2 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 54.3
- Dynasty
- 44.8
- Superflex redraft
- 64.0
- Superflex dynasty
- 58.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 44.2
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NYG | 6 | 59 | 39 | 383 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109.3 |
| 2025 | BAL | 12 | 36 | 27 | 307 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 |
| 2024 | BAL | 15 | 58 | 42 | 477 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 123.7 |
| 2023 | BAL | 14 | 40 | 30 | 411 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 101.1 |
| 2022 | BAL | 14 | 60 | 36 | 373 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91.3 |
Tight ends ranked near Isaiah Likely
- Cade Otton TE21 · 120.6 PPR
- T.J. Hockenson TE22 · 118.9 PPR
- Brenton Strange TE23 · 118.6 PPR
- Evan Engram TE25 · 117.3 PPR
- Kenyon Sadiq TE26 · 113.1 PPR
- Chig Okonkwo TE27 · 107.7 PPR
New York Giants fantasy players
- Cam Skattebo RB · 206.3 PPR
- Malik Nabers WR · 191.3 PPR
- Jameis Winston QB · 180.8 PPR
- Malachi Fields WR · 155.7 PPR
- Darnell Mooney WR · 110.3 PPR
- Devin Singletary RB · 102.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.