Seattle Seahawks · TE · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Michigan (2024 Round 4, Pick 121)

AJ Barner

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43.2

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #25 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 19/2913.5% target share
Receiving yards: 1809.5 YPR
Receiving TD: 025.7 yds/G
Snap share: 88%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: −0.26529 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 41.4%Play-by-play positive EPA

AJ Barner among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Barner#2543.2

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw −0.266 → Shrunk +0.716

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Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw −0.079 → Shrunk +0.589

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Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 6.21 → Shrunk 30.32

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Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 5.24 → Shrunk 16.23

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Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 3.14 → Shrunk 25.87

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.92 → Shrunk 51.05

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Target share34% weight · Raw 13.5% → Shrunk 13.9%

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First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 34.5% → Shrunk 36.3%

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20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 3.4% → Shrunk 6.6%

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for AJ Barner. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rush yds
Week 1	Sep 9, 2026	vs NE	W 13-10	2	2	13	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ ARI	W 31-7	1	1	8	1
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ WAS	L 31-33	5	9	69	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs LAC	W 30-23	1	3	12	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs SF	L 29-32	3	5	20	0
Week 6	Oct 15, 2026	@ DEN	L 14-17	3	4	16	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs KC	W 20-3	4	5	42	4

College to the NFL: Michigan to Seattle Seahawks

Verified identity bridge linking AJ Barner's college regular-season yards at Michigan to official NFL game lines.

Michigan (College yards)

1622021

1932022

2492023

121121st pick
2024 Draft

SEA (NFL yards)

2452024

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 3 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2024	SEA	17	0	0	0	30/38	245	4
2025	SEA	17	10	14	1	52/68	519	6
2026 (so far)	SEA	7	4	5	1	19/29	180	0

Compare AJ Barner with top tight ends

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 TE.

AJ Barner vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 43.2 vs. 96.5 AJ Barner vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 43.2 vs. 89.5 AJ Barner vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 43.2 vs. 86.4 AJ Barner vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 43.2 vs. 86.4 AJ Barner vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 43.2 vs. 84.9 AJ Barner vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 43.2 vs. 82.3