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Josh Jacobs
Josh Jacobs is a running back for the Green Bay Packers. Injury status: NA. Depth chart: RB4.
Scouting report
Josh Jacobs: the full picture
Josh Jacobs at a glance
Josh Jacobs is a 28-year-old running back for the Green Bay Packers, listed at 5'10" and 223 pounds. The Las Vegas Raiders drafted Jacobs 24th overall in the first round in 2019, out of Alabama, and 2026 is Jacobs's 8th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Jacobs for 73.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB56 at the position and works out to 5.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 55 qualified running backs of 2025, Jacobs ranks in the 95th percentile in rush TDs, the 72nd percentile in receptions and the 67th percentile in receiving yards. One of the 5 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 34th percentile in yards per carry.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Jacobs has finished as RB8 in 2020, RB12 in 2021, RB3 in 2022, RB28 in 2023, RB6 in 2024 and RB13 in 2025. Four of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 328.3 PPR points in 2022. Across 105 regular-season games on record, the totals read 7,803 rushing yards, 74 rushing touchdowns, 269 receptions and 2,072 receiving yards.
Josh Jacobs by the numbers
Jacobs has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 23 times and finished in the top twelve 42 times. The career high is 48.3 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2022 against SEA, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 7 games of 30 or more PPR points, 20 100-yard rushing games and 4 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Jacobs has reached 20 points in 31 games, 30% of career appearances.
Contract
Jacobs is playing on a four-year, $48 million contract signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2024, an average of $12 million per year with $12.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Jacobs carries a GV stock price of 5,066, which ranks 65th overall and RB10 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Jacobs 19th overall. Value has moved down 6.1 since the previous model run. See where Jacobs sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Jacobs in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 15, 2026. Read the latest Josh Jacobs news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 73.3
- PPR / game
- 5.1
Josh Jacobs fantasy outlook
Josh Jacobs enters the 2026 season with GB and ranks RB66 and #238 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 73.3 PPR points across 14.4 games, or 5.1 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Josh Jacobs as RB4, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Josh Jacobs produced 237.1 PPR points in 15 games (15.8 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 45%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The primary risk is earning enough weekly opportunity from a lower depth-chart position.
Week 1 projection
Josh Jacobs is projected for 11.6 PPR points on the road at MIN in week 1, with a likely range of 2.0 to 25.3.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 6.1 since the previous model run (falling).
- Redraft
- 73.6
- Dynasty
- 49.1
- Superflex redraft
- 75.1
- Superflex dynasty
- 61.9
- TE premium dynasty
- 29.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | GB | 15 | 234 | 929 | 13 | 44 | 36 | 282 | 1 | 237.1 |
| 2024 | GB | 17 | 301 | 1,329 | 15 | 43 | 36 | 342 | 1 | 293.1 |
| 2023 | LV | 13 | 233 | 805 | 6 | 54 | 37 | 296 | 0 | 181.1 |
| 2022 | LV | 17 | 340 | 1,653 | 12 | 64 | 53 | 400 | 0 | 328.3 |
| 2021 | LV | 15 | 217 | 872 | 9 | 64 | 54 | 348 | 0 | 226.0 |
| 2020 | LV | 15 | 273 | 1,065 | 12 | 45 | 33 | 238 | 0 | 231.3 |
| 2019 | LV | 13 | 242 | 1,150 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 166 | 0 | 191.6 |
Running backs ranked near Josh Jacobs
- Tank Bigsby RB53 · 90.3 PPR
- Mike Washington RB54 · 90.3 PPR
- Jaydon Blue RB55 · 80.9 PPR
- Zach Charbonnet RB57 · 64.3 PPR
- James Conner RB58 · 64.2 PPR
- Sean Tucker RB59 · 60.3 PPR
Green Bay Packers fantasy players
- Jordan Love QB · 258.4 PPR
- Christian Watson WR · 211.8 PPR
- Tucker Kraft TE · 191.7 PPR
- Jayden Reed WR · 158.2 PPR
- Matthew Golden WR · 153.8 PPR
- Jonnu Smith TE · 78.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.