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Kenny Gainwell

Kenny Gainwell is a running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Depth chart: RB2.

Scouting report

Kenny Gainwell: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Kenny Gainwell at a glance

Kenny Gainwell is a 27-year-old running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, listed at 5'9" and 200 pounds. The Philadelphia Eagles drafted Gainwell 150th overall in the fifth round in 2021, out of Memphis; this is year six in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Gainwell at 131.8 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB37 at the position and works out to 8.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Gainwell has scored 7.3 PPR points, or 3.6 per game. That is 5.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Gainwell would finish with about 62 points, behind the 131.8 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 4.5 points in Week 2 against CLE, the RB46 finish that week. Gainwell has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 55 qualified running backs of 2025, Gainwell ranks in the 94th percentile in receptions, the 92nd percentile in receiving yards and the 75th percentile in yards per carry. Three of the 5 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 28th percentile in rush yards.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Gainwell has finished as RB41 in 2021, RB53 in 2022, RB49 in 2023, RB61 in 2024 and RB16 in 2025. The high-water mark is 221.3 PPR points in 2025. Across 85 regular-season games on record, the totals read 1,747 rushing yards, 17 rushing touchdowns, 179 receptions and 1,215 receiving yards.

Kenny Gainwell by the numbers

Gainwell has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 10 times. The career high is 31.4 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2025 against MIN. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points. In all, Gainwell has reached 20 points in 5 games, 6% of career appearances.

Contract

Gainwell is playing on a two-year, $14 million contract signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2026, an average of $7 million per year with $9.8 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
131.8
PPR / game
8.9

Kenny Gainwell fantasy outlook

Kenny Gainwell enters the 2026 season with TB and ranks RB36 and #139 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 131.8 PPR points across 14.8 games, or 8.9 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Kenny Gainwell as RB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Kenny Gainwell produced 221.3 PPR points in 17 games (13.0 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 42%, with a 6% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Kenny Gainwell is projected for 11.5 PPR points on the road at CIN in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 25.5.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.1 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
31.6
Dynasty
28.4
Superflex redraft
46.9
Superflex dynasty
41.5
TE premium dynasty
17.1

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026TB2725054807.3
2025PIT17114537585734863221.3
2024PHI177529012216116062.6
2023PHI168436423730183097.4
2022PHI175324042923169087.9
2021PHI1668291550332531123.4

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Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.