TE · Carolina Panthers
Darren Waller fantasy stats and usage
- Team
- CARTE
- Age
- 34
- Bye
- Week 5
- Status
- No injury designation
- Week 4 report: No game status · Not injury related - resting player, Toe · Full Participation in Practice
- Depth chart: TE2 (nflverse)
- #4 most dropped across fantasy platforms (as of Oct 6, 5:00 PM ET, Fantasy Nerds)
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What changed
Target share 8% → 17%; snap share 40% → 52% over the last 2 weeks.
Weeks 3 and 4 vs weeks 1, 2.
Next: Week 6 @ PHI, Sun 1:00 PM ET
Usage by week
Snap share
53%▲102026 avg 46% · 2025 45%
Target share
15%▲42026 avg 12% · 2025 15%
Carry share
0%2026 avg 0% · 2025 0%
Air-yards share
15%▲72026 avg 10% · 2025 22%
2026 season2025 season
Share of team dropbacks he was on the field for. nflverse participation data stops after 2025, so 2026 is blank.
Carries / team rush attempts.
2026: 19 targets, 0 carries, 4 red-zone opportunities and 0 goal-line carries in 4 games.
Projection
Rest of 2026 season (13 games) · Edgehalla model (nfl-1.1.0)
88.5 PPR pts
80% range 60–117
- Rec
- 35
- Rec yds
- 383
- Rush yds
- 1
- Scrimmage TD
- 2.7
Latest news
No recent headlines tagged to Darren Waller.
Depth chart: TE2 per nflverse (Oct 6, 10:08 AM ET) · TE2 per Fantasy Nerds (Oct 6, 11:18 AM ET) · full Panthers depth chart
Game log
Regular season. Fantasy points are calculated from the box score in the scoring format you pick above.
- Games
- 4
- Total (PPR)
- 39.8
- Per game
- 9.9
| Opp | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs CHI | 35% | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 2 | @ ATL | 44% | 3 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 |
| 3 | @ CLE | 51% | 8 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 |
| 4 | vs DET | 53% | 6 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
Splits
Fantasy points per game at home vs away, and against defenses grouped by how many points they allowed to TEs that season (simple season averages, not adjusted for schedule). Early in the season these groups rest on a handful of games each.
2026: home vs away
| Split | G | PPR/G | vs avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 2 | 5.7 | -4.2 |
| Away | 2 | 14.2 | +4.3 |
2026: by opponent defense vs TE
| Split | G | PPR/G | vs avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tough defenses (ranks 1–8) | 1 | 4.8 | -5.1 |
| Middle defenses (9–24) | 2 | 14.2 | +4.3 |
| Soft defenses (25–32) | 1 | 6.6 | -3.3 |
2025: home vs away
| Split | G | PPR/G | vs avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 5 | 8.3 | -1.5 |
| Away | 4 | 11.8 | +1.9 |
2025: by opponent defense vs TE
| Split | G | PPR/G | vs avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tough defenses (ranks 1–8) | 1 | 9.2 | -0.7 |
| Middle defenses (9–24) | 3 | 8.5 | -1.4 |
| Soft defenses (25–32) | 5 | 10.8 | +0.9 |
How this works
Snap share is the share of the Panthers’ offensive snaps he played. Target share and air-yards share are his share of the team’s targets and air yards; carry share is his carries divided by team rush attempts. Red-zone opportunities count targets and carries inside the opponent’s 20; goal-line carries are inside the 5.
The “what changed” line compares the average of his last two games with the up to four games before them and only appears when snap share moves 10 points, target share 5 points or carry share 10 points. Route participation is approximated by the share of team dropbacks he was on the field for (nflverse participation data, available through 2025).
Sources: nflverse, Fantasy Nerds (news, adds/drops, interim projections, depth)Updated through Week 4 2026
Frequently asked questions
How many fantasy points does Darren Waller score per game in 2026?
Darren Waller averages 10.0 PPR points per game over 4 games in 2026 (8.3 in half-PPR, 6.7 in standard scoring).
What is Darren Waller’s snap share and role?
Darren Waller has played 46% of the Carolina Panthers’ offensive snaps on average in 2026, with a 12% target share. He has 4 red-zone opportunities (targets plus carries) this season.
When is Darren Waller’s bye week?
The Carolina Panthers have their bye in Week 5, so Darren Waller won’t play that week.