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Michael Carter

Michael Carter is a running back for the Tennessee Titans.

Scouting report

Michael Carter: the full picture

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

Michael Carter at a glance

Michael Carter is a 27-year-old running back for the Tennessee Titans, listed at 5'8" and 201 pounds. The New York Jets drafted Carter 107th overall in the fourth round in 2021, out of North Carolina; this is year six in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Carter at 33.0 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB78 at the position and works out to 2.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 55 qualified running backs of 2025, Carter ranks in the 59th percentile in receiving yards, the 58th percentile in receptions and the 12th percentile in yards per carry. The softest mark is the 5th percentile in rush TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Carter has finished as RB29 in 2021, RB40 in 2022, RB62 in 2023, RB77 in 2024 and RB48 in 2025. The high-water mark is 154.4 PPR points in 2021. Across 61 regular-season games on record, the totals read 1,692 rushing yards, 9 rushing touchdowns, 145 receptions and 1,038 receiving yards.

Michael Carter by the numbers

Carter has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 5 times. The career high is 32.2 PPR points, set in Week 8 of 2021 against CIN, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 1 100-yard rushing game. In all, Carter has reached 20 points in 1 game, 2% of career appearances.

Contract

Carter is playing on a one-year, $1.2 million contract signed with the Tennessee Titans in 2026, an average of $1.2 million per year. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Carter carries a GV stock price of 2,980, which ranks 199th overall and RB32 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Carter 211th overall. Value has moved down 1.2 since the previous model run. See where Carter sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
33.0
PPR / game
2.6

Michael Carter fantasy outlook

Michael Carter enters the 2026 season with TEN and ranks RB114 and #403 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 33.0 PPR points across 12.9 games, or 2.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The current depth-chart role is still being established, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Michael Carter produced 99.0 PPR points in 13 games (7.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 29%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 3 projection

Michael Carter is projected for 0.7 PPR points on the road at NYG in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 6.0.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.2 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
25.5
Dynasty
28.9
Superflex redraft
41.8
Superflex dynasty
41.9
TE premium dynasty
17.4

Compare Michael Carter on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2025ARI139233314533267099.0
2024ARI3351311111157035.8
2023NYJ153018703124101158.8
2022NYJ16114402354412880126.0
2021NYJ14147639455363250154.4

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