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AJ Barner

Seattle Seahawks · Tight endTE1

Over 20 games last season AJ Barner averaged 2.9 receptions and 29 yards on 79% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 3.2 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
3.2
0.3 above his 2025 average
Receiving yards
31
Anytime TD
30%
red-zone role (+0.07)

What a realistic week looks like

7%015%120%219%315%410%56%64%72%8910111213Receptions
The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 1 and 6 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

How his role is trending

Snap shareTarget share
Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.98 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.94 and touchdowns 0.72. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round.

Game log

GameOppSnap shareTarget shareTgtRecRec ydsCarRush ydsTDWe said
26 wk4—————————3.2 projected
26 wk3WAS91%20.0%95690002.7 +2.3
26 wk2ARI80%3.8%118111—
26 wk1NE88%8.3%2213000—
25 wk22NE90%11.1%4454001—
25 wk21LA96%8.8%3213000—
25 wk20SF79%0.0%000120—
25 wk18SF61%11.5%3214000—
25 wk17CAR79%11.5%3343001—
25 wk16LA94%19.4%6449111—
25 wk15IND83%18.2%6327000—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

How often he has actually done it

Rates over his last 22 games. A projection says what to expect on average; this says how often the thing you actually need has happened.

OutcomeGames it happenedHow often
3+ receptions11 of 2250%
5+ receptions2 of 229%
7+ receptions2 of 229%
50+ receiving yards4 of 2218%
75+ receiving yards0 of 220%
100+ receiving yards0 of 220%
Scored a touchdown8 of 2236%

Career by season

AJ Barner: snap share and target share by season020406080100202420252026Snap shareTarget shareSeasonshare of the team
Role is the part of a player that carries. Snap share repeats at 0.98 between halves of a season and target share at 0.96, so this line is a far better guide to what comes next than a points total would be.
SeasonGamesCatches/gmRec yds/gmTargets/gmTDs, seasonSnap shareTarget share
2026 so far32.730.04.0186%10.7%
2025202.929.33.8879%12.7%
2024171.814.42.2445%7.0%

3 seasons of usage, 2024–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If AJ Barner sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the SEA room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole Seattle Seahawks roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about tight ends

Does a new head coach change who gets the ball?It changes WHO, not how muchIs any defense actually “weak against tight ends”?Not a real trait

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 4