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Tyler Shough

Tyler Shough is a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. Depth chart: QB1.

Scouting report

Tyler Shough: the full picture

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

Tyler Shough at a glance

Tyler Shough is a 27-year-old quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, listed at 6'5" and 219 pounds. The New Orleans Saints drafted Shough 40th overall in the second round in 2025, out of Louisville; this is year two in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Shough at 241.5 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB22 at the position and works out to 14.8 points per game over 16.3 projected games. The stat line behind that number is 3,725 passing yards, 18.2 passing touchdowns, 249 rushing yards and 2.5 rushing touchdowns. The model does not treat that as a promise: the range of outcomes runs from 10 points at the 5th percentile to 464 at the 95th, with a median of 242 and 35% projection confidence.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Shough has scored 112.1 PPR points, or 18.7 per game. That is 46.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Shough would finish with about 305 points, ahead of the 241.5 projected. The best week so far is 27.0 points in Week 6 against NYG, the QB2 finish that week. Shough has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 4 of 6 games, a 67% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 34 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Shough ranks in the 87th percentile in pass TDs, the 66th percentile in rush yards and the 63rd percentile in pass yards. One of the 8 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 25th percentile in yards per attempt.

Career track record

2025 is the only completed season on record: Shough finished as QB26 with 158.0 PPR points in 11 games. The totals so far read 3,827 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, 290 rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns.

Tyler Shough by the numbers

Shough has finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 9 times. The career high is 27.0 PPR points, set in Week 6 of 2026 against NYG. The game log also shows 3 300-yard passing games and 3 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Shough has reached 20 points in 7 games, 41% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Shough threw 7.2 deep passes per game (15 or more air yards) and completed 47% of them, against 33.6 short attempts per game at 71%. About 12.6 passes per game fell incomplete. Average time to throw was 2.68 seconds.

Contract

Shough is playing on a four-year, $10.8 million contract signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2025, an average of $2.7 million per year with $10.8 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
241.5
PPR / game
14.8
Pass yards
3,725
Pass TD
18.2
Rush yards
249
Rush TD
2.5

Tyler Shough fantasy outlook

Tyler Shough enters the 2026 season with NO and ranks QB22 and #41 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 241.5 PPR points across 16.3 games, or 14.8 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Tyler Shough as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Tyler Shough produced 158.0 PPR points in 11 games (14.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 44%, with a 53% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main uncertainty is translating a limited NFL sample into a full-season role.

Week 1 projection

Tyler Shough is projected for 16.4 PPR points on the road at DET in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 48.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 5.5 since the previous model run (rising).

Redraft
54.6
Dynasty
51.9
Superflex redraft
92.1
Superflex dynasty
90.8
TE premium dynasty
31.3

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCmpAttPass ydsPass TDIntRush ydsRush TDPPR
2026NO61532351,4431251042112.1
2025NO112213272,3841061863158.0

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