T.J. Hockenson

Minnesota Vikings TE 15 Questionable

Week 7 vs IND

Wk 7 -- Read as the page opens

Rest of season 82.4 from week 6, TE15 in our order

Opp rank -- vs IND

Avg 9.8 a game in 5 games

Last 1.7 week 5 at NO

Δ Proj --

Questionable on the latest report, which does not move his place on our board. Injury status from the hourly capture, read Mon Oct 19, 2:00 am Eastern.

This season 2026, PPR, through week 5

T.J. Hockenson week by week, 2026
Wk	Opp	the week's projection	PPR points	targets	catches	receiving yards	receiving touchdowns	carries	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	share of snaps
1	vs GB	--	13.6	5	4	36	1	0	0	0	66%
2	at CHI	--	5.9	4	3	29	0	0	0	0	69%
3	at TB	--	3.1	4	2	11	0	0	0	0	85%
4	vs MIA	--	24.9	13	13	119	0	0	0	0	83%
5	at NO	--	1.7	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	3%
6	Bye
Season5 games, 9.8 a game			49.2	27	23	202	1	0	0	0	60%

202515 games, 7.5 a game			112.8	66	51	438	3	1	0	0	79%
202410 games, 8.7 a game			86.5	62	41	455	0	0	0	0	61%
202315 games, 14.6 a game			219.0	127	95	960	5	0	0	0	79%

Still to play

Wk 7 vs IND Sun Oct 25
Wk 8 at DET Sun Nov 1
Wk 9 vs BUF Mon Nov 9
Wk 10 at GB Sun Nov 15
Wk 11 at SF Sun Nov 22
Wk 12 vs ATL Sun Nov 29
Wk 13 vs CAR Sun Dec 6
Wk 14 at NE Thu Dec 10
Wk 15 vs DET Sun Dec 20
Wk 16 vs WSH Sun Dec 27
Wk 17 at NYJ Sun Jan 3
Wk 18 vs CHI Sun Jan 10

Our read

Written Sun 12:01 am Central, for week 6

The Vikings are off in week 6 of 2026, so Hockenson does not play and scores nothing this week. His next game is week 7 at home against the Colts, kicking off Sunday 12:00 pm Central. Keep him stashed on the roster, where in our rest-of-season order he sits at TE15 with 82.4 PPR points left, and just plan a fill-in for this week. The season pace is 9.8 PPR points a game through week 5, so week 7 tells us more.

Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season

The volume is the part worth trusting. Through week 5 of 2026 Hockenson owns 27 targets and sits TE5 among 23 qualifying tight ends in red-zone share, 5 of his team's 32 red-zone carries and targets in his games, and TE5 in air yards share at 20%. Minnesota is throwing to him in the places that pay. What he has not done is finish, one touchdown all season, and the week-to-week spread tells you the rest: 24.9 in week 4 of 2026, then 1.7 in week 5.

Rest of season82.4PPR points from week 6

Preseason projection93projected PPR points

The 2025 shape is the same story. He cleared the position's weekly median in 12 of 15 games, so the weeks were rarely empty, but only once did he top 15 points, and the scoring-range usage was thin: 3 touches inside the ten, TE30 among 126 qualifying tight ends. The 2023 TE4 finish hangs over his number, and it keeps pulling drafters. His ADP moved up 16.8 picks before the season, from 170.3 to 153.5, and we had him 93 points for 2026, TE23 on our board, about nine and a half points over the historical mark for tight ends in his range.

The real downside is after the catch: minus 0.5 yards per catch over expectation, TE18 among 20 tracked tight ends, which caps the big plays even when the targets keep coming. He is 29.2 and has missed real time before, only 10 of 17 in 2024, though all five weeks this season are played. Sit him for the Minnesota bye in 2026, then run him out as a TE2 with TE1 weeks when the red-zone looks land, Jefferson and Addison drawing the coverage and the targets still finding him.