Jay Ward Fantasy Projections | This Week, Season

Player Information

Team	MIN	Pos	DB (S)	Age	26
Height	6' 1"	Weight	188

Fantasy Stats

Projections: This Week || Rest of Season
Stats/News: Game Log || Season Stats || News

Jay Ward Rest of Season Projections

Jay Ward of the Minnesota Vikings is ranked #88 in our 2026 rest of season DB rankings.

Games	Snaps	Tackles	Tackles Solo	Tackles Ast	TFL	Sacks	Pass Def	Ints	Fum Forc	Fum Rec	Saf	TD Ret	Ret Yds	STD PTS
11	446	45.7	24.5	20.9	2.7	0.1	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	4	66.4

Jay Ward 2026 Outlook | Minnesota Vikings DB Depth Chart

Name	Pos Det	This Week Role	This Week Snap%	ROS Role	ROS Snap%	YTD Games	YTD Snap%	LY Team	LY Games	LY Snap%
Isaiah Rodgers	CB	Starter	85	Starter	75	6	90	MIN	17	90
Byron Murphy	CB	Starter	85	Starter	74	6	91	MIN	17	98
James Pierre	CB	Rotation	67	Rotation	69	5	38	PIT	10	32
Charles Demmings	CB	Out	0	Backup	21	0	0	NA	0	0
Zemaiah Vaughn	CB	Depth	5	Depth	5	0	0	NA	0	0
Theo Jackson	FS	Backup	27	Rotation	44	6	64	MIN	12	48
Jay Ward	S	Starter	85	Starter	72	0	0	MIN	11	20
Jacob Thomas	S	Depth	6	Depth	9	0	0	NA	0	0
Josh Metellus	SS	Starter	97	Starter	93	6	99	MIN	14	81
Harrison Smith	SS	Starter	85	Starter	72	6	48	MIN	14	70
Jakobe Thomas	SS	Out	0	Depth	9	0	0	NA	0	0

Minnesota Vikings 2026 Schedule

The bye week for Jay Ward and the Minnesota Vikings in 2026 is Week 7.

w1	w2	w3	w4	w5	w6	w7	w8	w9	w10	w11	w12	w13	w14	w15	w16	w17	w18
GB	@CHI	@TB	MIA	@NO	OFF	IND	@DET	BUF	@GB	@SF	ATL	CAR	@NE	DET	WAS	@NYJ	CHI
GB	@CHI	@TB	MIA	@NO	OFF	IND	@DET	BUF	@GB	@SF	ATL	CAR	@NE	DET	WAS	@NYJ	CHI
GB	@CHI	@TB	MIA	@NO	OFF	IND	@DET	BUF	@GB	@SF	ATL	CAR	@NE	DET	WAS	@NYJ	CHI
GB	@CHI	@TB	MIA	@NO	OFF	IND	@DET	BUF	@GB	@SF	ATL	CAR	@NE	DET	WAS	@NYJ	CHI
GB	@CHI	@TB	MIA	@NO	OFF	IND	@DET	BUF	@GB	@SF	ATL	CAR	@NE	DET	WAS	@NYJ	CHI
GB	@CHI	@TB	MIA	@NO	OFF	IND	@DET	BUF	@GB	@SF	ATL	CAR	@NE	DET	WAS	@NYJ	CHI

Jay Ward Projections | Week 8

Jay Ward Week 8 projected points and position rank. Standard scoring defined as: Solo Tackles * 1.5 + Assisted Tackles * 0.75 + Tackles For Loss * 2 + Sacks * 4 + Interceptions * 5 + Fumbles Forced * 4 + Fumbles Recovered * 4 + TD Returns * 6 + Safeties * 2 + Passes Defended * 1.5. Subscribe to see projections for all players!

Week	Day	Hour	Opp	Status	STD PTS	STD Pos Rank	Updated
8	SUN	1	@DET	Probable (Knee)‑ Ward is active for Week 8 versus the Lions.	7.25	72	11/1_02:57:34 PM_EST
				Out/Inactive	0.00	0

Jay Ward week 8 fantasy football projections. Assisted tackles counted as 0.5. Subscribe to see projections for all players!

Week	Day	Hour	Opp	Snaps	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	Ints	Fum For	Fum Rec	Pass Def	Safeties	TD Returns	Return Yds
8	SUN	1	@DET	49	5.0	0.29	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.4
				0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0

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Jay Ward Game Log

Snaps updated on Thursday/Fridays for previous week's game. Standard scoring defined as: Tackles + Sacks * 2 + Interceptions * 2 + Fumbles Forced * 2 + Fumbles Recovered * 2 + TD Returns * 6 + Safeties * 2 + Passes Defended.

	Week	Opp	Snap %	Snaps	Tack %	Tack Tot	Tack Solo	Tack Asst	Pass Def	STD Pos Rk	STD PTS
2025	18	GB	88.2	45	9.1	6	2	4	0	75	4
2025	17	DET	60.9	39	8.5	5	3	2	0	74	4
2025	16	@NYG	78.6	44	10.3	6	2	4	0	85	4
2025	14	WAS	36.5	19	1.5	1	1	0	1	126	2
2025	13	@SEA	19.4	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	193	0
2025	11	CHI	8.0	6	2.1	1	1	0	0	168	1
2025	10	BAL	7.1	5	2.4	1	0	1	0	154	1
2025	8	@LAC	8.2	6	2.4	1	0	1	0	145	1
2025	4	@PIT	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	204	0
2025	2	ATL	24.2	16	2.2	1	1	0	0	175	1
2025	1	@CHI	37.3	25	4.3	2	1	1	0	152	2
2024	15	CHI	13.4	9	0.0	0	0	0	1	173	1
2024	5	NYJ	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	182	0
2024	1	@NYG	4.2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	197	0
2023	18	@DET	17.5	10	1.6	1	1	0	0	157	1
2023	16	DET	5.1	4	2.4	1	1	0	0	171	1

Jay Ward Stats | Season

Jay Ward stats and fantasy value. Standard scoring defined as: Tackles + Sacks * 2 + Interceptions * 2 + Fumbles Forced * 2 + Fumbles Recovered * 2 + TD Returns * 6 + Safeties * 2 + Passes Defended.

	Team	Games	Snap %	Snaps	Tackle %	Tack Tot	Tack Solo	Tack Asst	Tack PG	Pass Def	STD	STD PG	STD Pos Rank	STD Per Game Rank
2025	MIN	11	20.4	218	2.2	24	11	13	2.2	1	19	1.7	211	241
2024	MIN	3	0.0	12	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.3	276	234
2023	MIN	2	1.2	14	0.2	2	2	0	1.0	0	2	1.0	212	194

Player data for Jay Ward maintained by Rudy Gamble | Updated: 2026-11-02 21:07:27 EST

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