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David Njoku 2026 stats

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#83 · TE · Los Angeles Chargers · 2026 regular season

Week 8 · this week

On a reserve list

Kickoff Sun Nov 1, 3:05 PM CT · Fox

Playing this week? No: on a reserve list

On a reserve list (official NFL roster)

Fantasy: Last 2: 6 touches · 8 targets · 12.7 PPR (6.4 a game) · season 6.4 PPR a game

6'4" · 246 lbs · 30 years old · Miami · 12th season

At a glance: 2026: 67 receiving yards, 8 targets and 0 TDs in 2 games.

David Njoku has 67 receiving yards in 2 games, under the mark to be ranked among tight ends (1.875 catches per team game).

Official sources, timestamped

Usage

David Njoku's usage, the season and the last three games he played
David NjokuSeasonWeeks 1–2Last 3Weeks 1–2
Targets88
Target share15%15%
Air yards (average depth of target)53 (6.6)53 (6.6)
Red-zone touches (share of team red-zone plays)1 (7%)1 (7%)
Goal-to-go touches00
Targets on 3rd down25%25%

Counted from nflverse's play-by-play, in the games he played: target share is his targets over his team's pass attempts; the red zone is inside the opponent's 20; goal-to-go is nflverse's flag; the down rows are shares of his own carries and targets. Source: nflverse play-by-play.

Data through Week 7's games, from nflverse player stats; nflverse last published it .

  • 67Yards receiving
  • 6Catches
  • 8Targets
  • 0TD
  • 4.6%Share of team targets

Receiving yards by week

0 30 60 Week 1: 58 Week 2: 9 Wk 1 Wk 2

Stats

  • Games with a stat2
  • Yardsreceiving67
  • Catches6
  • Targets8
  • Share ofteam targets4.6%
  • Air yards53
  • Share ofteam air yards3.8%
  • Yardsper catch11.2
  • TD0
  • EPAper target−0.63

Games with a stat: the games where nflverse's official box score credits him with a stat; a game he played without one is not counted. Tackles are solo tackles plus assists, as NFL.com counts them; assists on kickoffs and punts are not counted.

Fantasy points

Standard and PPR scoring · computed from official stats · Weeks 1–2 (2 games with a stat)

  • Per gamePPR / standard6.4 / 3.4
  • Best / median / worstPPR10.8 / 6.4 / 1.9
  • Season pointsPPR / standard12.7 / 6.765th among TEs in PPR points
David Njoku's fantasy points in each game
WeekPPRPPR points as a barStandard
Week 110.85.8
Week 21.90.9

Points are stat math, not advice. Points are counted by us from nflverse's player stats in standard scoring (0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, 6 per rushing or receiving touchdown, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, -2 per interception or fumble lost, 2 per two-point conversion); PPR adds 1 per catch. Source: nflverse player stats.

Game log

David Njoku, every 2026 regular-season game
GameResultCatchesTargetsYardsreceivingTDAir yards
Week 1 vs CardinalsL 14–265558028
Week 2 vs RaidersL 14–26139025

Career stats · receiving

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

David Njoku's career receiving, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statTargetsRecYdsTD
2023CLE16123818826
2024CLE1197645055
2025CLE1148332934
2026LAC286670
Since 2023402761841,74715

Injury status

On a reserve list (official NFL roster)

The latest entry for David Njoku on the official NFL injury report, as nflverse publishes it (updated Wed, Oct 28 · 8:57 AM CT).

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