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Josh Downs

WR - Indianapolis Colts

  • 5' 9"
  • 171 lbs
  • Age 25
  • North Carolina
Rostered In ~81% of leagues

2026 Outlook

Strength of Schedule
WR Rank: 11th
Draft Rank (ECR)
#120
Best / Worst
#80 / #149
ADP
#130

Availability



Recent Articles
3 Fantasy Football Burning Questions (2026) photo

My Discord AMA on Wednesday, August 5th was popping. I couldn’t have asked for a better way to log steps on my birthday than by fielding questions from FantasyPros Discord members, and they brought the heat with many excellent questions. … read more »

Image of Josh Shepardson by Josh Shepardson in FantasyAug 7, 2026
8 Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers (2026) photo

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and which to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and … read more »

Image of FantasyPros Staff by FantasyPros Staff in FantasyAug 7, 2026
Top 5 Fantasy Football Draft Values on CBS (2026) photo

Everyone likes to shop for value, right? You never want to overpay for anything, including in a fantasy football draft. As training camp news moves player prices, new values emerge across the draft board. The key is knowing what players … read more »

Top 5 Fantasy Football Draft Values on CBS (2026) by Kyle Zeigler in FantasyAug 6, 2026
6 Fantasy Football ADP Risers & Fallers (2026) photo

When preparing for your fantasy football draft, it’s important to have a sense of where players are getting drafted. This is known as their average draft position (or ADP). Unlike traditional ADP, our Real-Time ADP quickly detects changes in a … read more »

Image of FantasyPros Staff by FantasyPros Staff in Fantasy4 days ago
Expert Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Wide Receivers (2026) photo

Wyatt Earp and his crew did not bring butter knives to the O.K. Corral for their showdown against the Clanton-McLaury gang. If you play in a fantasy football league that requires you to start three wide receivers every week, and … read more »

Image of Pat Fitzmaurice by Pat Fitzmaurice in Fantasy5 days ago
5 Players to Draft Using Zero WR Strategy (Fantasy Football) photo

We hear quite a bit about the Zero RB strategy during fantasy football draft season. It is a popular strategy in which one punts the running back position for the first several rounds while loading up at wide receiver and … read more »

5 Players to Draft Using Zero WR Strategy (Fantasy Football) by Wolf Trelles-Heard in Fantasy6 days ago
2026 Fantasy Football Late-Round Draft Strategy photo

Late-round acumen is what separates good fantasy football managers from bad ones. One of the keys to long-term success in fantasy football is the ability to get more out of later-round picks than your opponents. Look at any championship roster, … read more »

Image of Pat Fitzmaurice by Pat Fitzmaurice in Fantasy1 wk ago
Identifying the Next Breakout Wide Receivers (2026 Fantasy Football) photo

In fantasy football, hitting on a breakout wide receiver can swing a league. But what exactly defines a breakout? For this article, we’re identifying breakout WR1s as players who have never finished a season as a top-12 wide receiver in … read more »

Image of Andrew Erickson by Andrew Erickson in Fantasy2 wks ago
3 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Busts to Avoid (2026) photo

With training camp officially underway, welcome back to fantasy football season. Now is the time to get brushed up on players’ average draft position (ADP). In case you missed it, I wrote a four-bounce-back wide receivers article. With the good … read more »

3 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Busts to Avoid (2026) by Kyle Zeigler in Fantasy2 wks ago
5 Late-Round Wide Receiver Targets (2026 Fantasy Football) photo

While it’s important to get the beginning of a fantasy football draft right, nobody wins their league based on their first- or second-round pick. Where teams really differentiate throughout the season is by discovering hidden gems late in drafts or … read more »

5 Late-Round Wide Receiver Targets (2026 Fantasy Football) by in Fantasy2 wks ago
Fantasy Football Value Picks by ECR (2026) photo

Finding value is one of the easiest ways to build a winning fantasy football roster, and Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) can help you spot players the public is overlooking. These are the best fantasy football value picks for 2026, highlighting … read more »

Image of FantasyPros Staff by FantasyPros Staff in Fantasy2 wks ago
10 Middle-Round Picks Experts Love to Draft (Fantasy Football) photo

Rounds six through 10 in fantasy football drafts are where real roster differentiation happens. Our analysts each picked their favorite value in every one of these rounds, arguing head-to-head for the best player on the board. Here’s the full breakdown, … read more »

Image of FantasyPros Staff by FantasyPros Staff in Fantasy3 wks ago
Best Ball Draft Picks to Target (2026 Fantasy Football) photo

After jamming 32 entries into Underdog pre-NFL Draft best ball contests, I didn’t lose steam. Instead, I’ve drafted 53 Underdog fantasy football teams since the NFL Draft. Only four of those teams are in Best Ball Mania VII. The others … read more »

Image of Josh Shepardson by Josh Shepardson in Fantasy3 wks ago
3 WR3s With WR1 Potential (2026 Fantasy Football) photo

In fantasy football, finding wide receivers later in the draft provides ample value to your team. These players can either become every-week starters, effective bench players or trade bait to upgrade a certain position. There’s nothing better than drafting a … read more »

3 WR3s With WR1 Potential (2026 Fantasy Football) by in Fantasy3 wks ago