Our read
The only way Tyler Huntley scores fantasy points in 2026 is if Lamar Jackson goes down. He's listed second on the BAL depth chart and that's his entire job description. Our projection sits at 33 points across an expected 5 games, and that expectation is entirely injury-contingent. Even in the scenarios where he plays, the production was thin last year: 10.2 points a game over 4 appearances, with a high week of 16.74 and a low of 2.9. He beat the position's weekly median in just 2 of his 4 games.
Here's the thing people miss when they squint at the backup QB spot: Huntley wasn't even playing in 13 of 17 weeks last season, and none of those were injury weeks. He was healthy and simply not dressing. That's the reality of holding a clipboard behind a durable starter. And when he did get on the field, the role was narrow: 6 red-zone touches last year against just 1 touch inside the ten, so the scoring paths were short even in the weeks he dressed. The staff around him is new too, with Jesse Minter as head coach and Declan Doyle calling plays, which means whatever package Huntley would inherit is being designed from scratch this fall.
So the call: he's going undrafted in your league and he should stay that way. Don't burn a late pick on him as insurance. If Jackson's status ever changed mid-season, you could stream Huntley off waivers that week instead, no draft capital required. Leaving him on the wire costs you nothing.