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Jayden Daniels

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback for the Washington Commanders. Depth chart: QB1.

Scouting report

Jayden Daniels: the full picture

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

Jayden Daniels at a glance

Jayden Daniels is a 25-year-old quarterback for the Washington Commanders, listed at 6'4" and 210 pounds. The Washington Commanders drafted Daniels 2nd overall in the first round in 2024, out of LSU; this is year three in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Daniels at 348.5 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB3 at the position and works out to 20.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games. The stat line behind that number is 4,824 passing yards, 24.5 passing touchdowns, 496 rushing yards and 5.0 rushing touchdowns. The model does not treat that as a promise: the range of outcomes runs from 31 points at the 5th percentile to 520 at the 95th, with a median of 348 and 61% projection confidence.

2026 season so far

Through 4 games of 2026, Daniels has scored 85.7 PPR points, or 21.4 per game. That is 24.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Daniels would finish with about 364 points, in line with the 348.5 projected. The best week so far is 32.3 points in Week 5 against NYG, the QB2 finish that week. Daniels has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 2 of 4 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 34 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Daniels ranks in the 96th percentile in interception rate, the 96th percentile in rush yards and the 75th percentile in intended air yards. Three of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 16th percentile in pass yards.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Daniels has finished as QB5 in 2024 and QB34 in 2025. One of those 2 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 355.8 PPR points in 2024. Across 28 regular-season games on record, the totals read 5,589 passing yards, 38 passing touchdowns, 1,382 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns.

Jayden Daniels by the numbers

Daniels has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 15 times. The career high is 34.4 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2024 against PHI, the top QB score of that week. The game log also shows 4 games of 30 or more PPR points, 2 300-yard passing games and 6 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Daniels has reached 20 points in 14 games, 50% of career appearances.

Contract

Daniels is playing on a four-year, $37.7 million contract signed with the Washington Commanders in 2024, an average of $9.4 million per year with $37.7 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
348.5
PPR / game
20.5
Pass yards
4,824
Pass TD
24.5
Rush yards
496
Rush TD
5.0

Jayden Daniels fantasy outlook

Jayden Daniels enters the 2026 season with WAS and ranks QB3 and #5 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 348.5 PPR points across 17.0 games, or 20.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jayden Daniels as QB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jayden Daniels produced 114.3 PPR points in 7 games (16.3 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 51%, with a 88% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Out.

Week 3 projection

Jayden Daniels is projected for 15.8 PPR points at home against SEA in week 3, with a likely range of 1.1 to 35.7.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.0 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
49.6
Dynasty
54.7
Superflex redraft
88.9
Superflex dynasty
92.9
TE premium dynasty
32.9

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCmpAttPass ydsPass TDIntRush ydsRush TDPPR
2026WAS47511675950213285.7
2025WAS71141881,262832782114.3
2024WAS173314803,5682598916355.8

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Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.