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Jaylen Warren

Jaylen Warren is a running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: RB1.

Scouting report

Jaylen Warren: the full picture

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

Jaylen Warren at a glance

Jaylen Warren is a 27-year-old running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, listed at 5'8" and 215 pounds. Warren entered the league undrafted in 2022 out of Oklahoma State and is now in a 5th NFL season.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Warren at 260.7 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB9 at the position and works out to 18.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Warren has scored 20.0 PPR points, or 10.0 per game. That is 7.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Warren would finish with about 170 points, behind the 260.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 10.3 points in Week 1 against ATL, the RB25 finish that week. Warren 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 59 qualified running backs of 2026, Warren ranks in the 86th percentile in receiving yards, the 79th percentile in receptions and the 68th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 27th percentile in rush TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Warren has finished as RB47 in 2022, RB22 in 2023, RB39 in 2024 and RB17 in 2025. The high-water mark is 217.1 PPR points in 2025. Across 66 regular-season games on record, the totals read 2,721 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 174 receptions and 1,288 receiving yards.

Jaylen Warren by the numbers

Warren has finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 9 times. The career high is 29.1 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2025 against DET. The game log also shows 4 100-yard rushing games. In all, Warren has reached 20 points in 2 games, 3% of career appearances.

Contract

Warren is playing on a two-year, $11.9 million contract signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2025, an average of $6.0 million per year with $11.8 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
260.7
PPR / game
18.0

Jaylen Warren fantasy outlook

Jaylen Warren enters the 2026 season with PIT and ranks RB8 and #30 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 260.7 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 18.0 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jaylen Warren as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jaylen Warren produced 217.1 PPR points in 16 games (13.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 59%, with a 84% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Jaylen Warren is projected for 14.9 PPR points at home against ATL in week 1, with a likely range of 3.3 to 30.1.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.9 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
44.5
Dynasty
36.1
Superflex redraft
56.9
Superflex dynasty
50.3
TE premium dynasty
21.7

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026PIT22189010761020.0
2025PIT16211958645403332217.1
2024PIT15120511147383100124.1
2023PIT17149784474613700196.4
2022PIT167737913328214093.3

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