Isaiah Likely

2026 Fantasy Football Player Profile

2025 Season Recap

Isaiah Likely had the worst season of his four-year career in 2025 with Baltimore. He missed the first three games with a small fracture in his right foot and finished with career lows across the board: just 27 catches for 307 yards and a single touchdown. The season included two costly fumbles near the goal line, one in a Thanksgiving night loss to Cincinnati and another in the end zone against Pittsburgh, that compounded a difficult year playing behind Mark Andrews in Baltimore's rotation.

2026 Fantasy Outlook

Likely signed a three-year, $40 million deal with the Giants this offseason, reuniting with John Harbaugh, who coached him for four seasons in Baltimore. This is a legitimately exciting fresh start. With Mark Andrews no longer ahead of him on the depth chart, Likely steps into a featured role for the first time in his career, and the timing lines up perfectly given Malik Nabers' uncertain recovery from a torn ACL. If Nabers is not ready for Week 1, Likely could be Jaxson Dart's clear top target out of the gate. Harbaugh's Baltimore offense ran two-tight-end sets more than almost any team in football, and the Giants are expected to deploy Likely alongside incumbent Theo Johnson in a similar approach. Likely's catch radius, after-the-catch ability, and Harbaugh's clear intention to feature him make this one of the more interesting buy-low situations at the position. He is consensus TE11, but the talent, contract investment, and crowded receiver room around him in transition all point toward a discount price for what could be a true TE1 role.