TE · Seattle Seahawks · #88

AJ Barner

TE1
College
Indiana
Height
6'6"
Weight
251 lb
Experience
3rd season
EPA / target
−0.27▼ 0.68 vs '25
22nd of 22 TEs
Catch rate
65.5%▼ 11.0 vs '25
18th of 22 TEs
Yards / target
6.2▼ 1.4 vs '25
16th of 22 TEs
Target share
13.3%▼ 0.5 vs '25
21st of 22 TEs
Receiving
180 yds−0.27 EPA/TGT
19 rec · 29 tgt · 0 td

Ranks compare against the 21 qualifying tight ends on the 2026 leaderboard plus Barner.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

2025: +0.41+0.44Week 1+0.53Week 2−0.93Week 3−0.33Week 4+0.02Week 5−0.39Week 6+0.34Week 7

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving−7.7
Rushing+1.7
Net−6.0
Best game · Wk 2 @ ARI
1/1
Rec/Tgt
8
Rec yds
0
TD
+0.5
Rec EPA
+0.53
EPA/target
8.0
Yds/rec

2026 game log

ReceivingRushing
Game
Wk 1 vs NEW22136.50100.0−0.5+0.9+0.44000
Wk 2 @ ARIW1188.00100.08.0+0.5+0.53111
Wk 3 @ WASL956913.8055.61.1−8.4−0.93000
Wk 4 vs LACW311212.0033.36.0−1.0−0.33000
Wk 5 vs SFL53206.7060.01.4+0.1+0.02000
Wk 6 @ DENL43165.3075.04.3−1.5−0.39000
Wk 7 vs KCW544210.5080.00.6+1.7+0.34340
Season29191809.5065.52.1−7.7−0.27451

How he compares

2026 tight ends who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

1.53.86.28.510.8−0.35−0.03+0.29+0.61+0.94KelceHenryHigbeeKittleGoedertSchultzAndrewsHockensonJohnsonFreiermuthMcBrideLikelyOttonStrangeKraftLaPortaMayerBowersLovelandWarrenFannin Jr.AJ Barner↑ EPA per targetaDOT →

Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Seahawks

$4.8Mover 4 years
Avg. per year
$1.2M
Guaranteed
$755K 16%
2026 cap hit
$1.3M 0.4% of the cap
Signed
2024
Runs through
2027
2024
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 3 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallReceivingRushing
Season
20267−6.02919180065.59.56.213.3−0.27451
202517+35.26852519676.510.07.613.8+0.4110141
202417+11.13830245478.98.26.48.0+0.29000
Career41+40.31351019441074.89.37.011.5+0.2314192