CIN · RB
Chase Brown
Chase Brown is a running back for the Cincinnati Bengals. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Chase Brown: the full picture
Chase Brown at a glance
Chase Brown is a 26-year-old running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, listed at 5'10" and 211 pounds. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Brown 163rd overall in the fifth round in 2023, out of Illinois; this is year four in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Brown at 260.7 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB8 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, Brown has scored 30.0 PPR points, or 15.0 per game. That is 11.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Brown would finish with about 255 points, in line with the 260.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 18.8 points in Week 1 against TB, the RB14 finish that week. Brown has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 59 qualified running backs of 2026, Brown ranks in the 86th percentile in receptions, the 81st percentile in rush yards and the 71st percentile in rush TDs. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 38th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Brown has finished as RB63 in 2023, RB10 in 2024 and RB7 in 2025. Two of those 3 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 282.6 PPR points in 2025. Across 47 regular-season games on record, the totals read 2,324 rushing yards, 14 rushing touchdowns, 145 receptions and 977 receiving yards.
Chase Brown by the numbers
Brown has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 7 times and finished in the top twelve 17 times. The career high is 32.9 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2025 against MIA, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points, 4 100-yard rushing games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Brown has reached 20 points in 8 games, 17% of career appearances.
Contract
Brown is playing on a four-year, $4.1 million contract signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2023, an average of $1.0 million per year with $286,156 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Brown carries a GV stock price of 6,755, which ranks 64th overall and RB9 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Brown 44th overall. Value has moved down 2.8 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Rhamondre Stevenson, Cam Skattebo and Jaylen Warren. See where Brown sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 260.7
- PPR / game
- 18.0
Chase Brown fantasy outlook
Chase Brown enters the 2026 season with CIN 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 Chase Brown as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Chase Brown produced 282.6 PPR points in 17 games (16.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 59%, with a 85% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Chase Brown is projected for 16.9 PPR points at home against TB in week 1, with a likely range of 4.5 to 32.7.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.8 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 76.9
- Dynasty
- 65.5
- Superflex redraft
- 76.8
- Superflex dynasty
- 72.6
- TE premium dynasty
- 39.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CIN | 2 | 36 | 136 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 30.0 |
| 2025 | CIN | 17 | 232 | 1,019 | 6 | 88 | 69 | 437 | 5 | 282.6 |
| 2024 | CIN | 16 | 229 | 990 | 7 | 65 | 54 | 360 | 4 | 255.0 |
| 2023 | CIN | 12 | 44 | 179 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 156 | 1 | 53.5 |
Running backs ranked near Chase Brown
- Jonathan Taylor RB5 · 307.0 PPR
- James Cook RB6 · 294.6 PPR
- Kyren Williams RB7 · 277.6 PPR
- Jaylen Warren RB9 · 260.7 PPR
- Derrick Henry RB10 · 257.6 PPR
- Breece Hall RB11 · 245.6 PPR
Cincinnati Bengals fantasy players
- Ja'Marr Chase WR · 331.3 PPR
- Joe Burrow QB · 212.5 PPR
- Tee Higgins WR · 193.0 PPR
- Mike Gesicki TE · 121.6 PPR
- Andrei Iosivas WR · 100.0 PPR
- Colbie Young WR · 60.5 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.