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Brenton Strange

Brenton Strange is a tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Brenton Strange: the full picture

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

Brenton Strange at a glance

Brenton Strange is a 25-year-old tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars, listed at 6'4" and 253 pounds. The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Strange 61st overall in the second round in 2023, out of Penn State; this is year four in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Strange at 118.6 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE23 at the position and works out to 8.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Strange has scored 59.9 PPR points, or 10.0 per game. That is 50.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Strange would finish with about 170 points, ahead of the 118.6 projected. The best week so far is 16.5 points in Week 4 against CIN, the TE5 finish that week. Strange has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 4 of 6 games, a 67% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 34 qualified tight ends of 2026, Strange ranks in the 78th percentile in receiving yards, the 76th percentile in receptions and the 75th percentile in yards per target. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 31st percentile in receiving TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Strange has finished as TE79 in 2023, TE31 in 2024 and TE23 in 2025. The high-water mark is 118.0 PPR points in 2025. Across 39 regular-season games on record, the totals read 117 receptions, 1,265 receiving yards and 7 receiving touchdowns.

Brenton Strange by the numbers

Strange has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 12 times. The career high is 18.3 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2024 against NYJ.

How the production happens

In 2026, Strange drew 5.2 targets per game at an average depth of 7.6 air yards. 8% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 3 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Strange is playing on a three-year, $36 million contract signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2026, an average of $12 million per year with $17 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
118.6
PPR / game
8.4

Brenton Strange fantasy outlook

Brenton Strange enters the 2026 season with JAX and ranks TE23 and #159 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 118.6 PPR points across 14.1 games, or 8.4 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Brenton Strange as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Brenton Strange produced 118.0 PPR points in 12 games (9.8 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 54%, 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 3 projection

Brenton Strange is projected for 8.8 PPR points at home against NE in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 21.8.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 5.8 since the previous model run (falling).

Redraft
40.4
Dynasty
44.0
Superflex redraft
53.8
Superflex dynasty
57.6
TE premium dynasty
42.2

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026JAX6332627910059.9
2025JAX126046540300118.0
2024JAX14534041120091.1
2023JAX7953510014.5

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