Khalil Shakir

Khalil Shakir enters the 2026 fantasy season as a dependable but lower-ceiling receiver in Buffalo’s offense. He signed a four-year extension with the Bills in July 2025, so his team situation is stable and he remains tied to Josh Allen as one of the offense’s trusted short-area options.

For fantasy purposes, Shakir looks like a volume-based PPR receiver rather than a breakout candidate. Recent outlooks consistently project him around the WR4/WR5 range because his role has been steady but his downfield and red-zone usage has stayed limited, which keeps his weekly ceiling modest.

His 2025 production supports that view: he finished with 72 catches for 719 yards and 4 touchdowns, and projections for 2026 cluster around roughly 70-plus receptions and about 700 to 750 yards with a similar touchdown total. That makes him a useful flex or bench option in deeper leagues, especially in PPR formats, but not someone fantasy managers should expect to carry a lineup.

One thing to watch right now is a recent undisclosed injury that kept him out of Bills practice this week, though it has been described as likely minor and cautionary at this stage. If he’s healthy by Week 1, Shakir should remain a safe depth pick with a stable role, but the arrival of more target competition in Buffalo means his upside still looks capped unless his usage changes meaningfully.