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Jaylen Wright

Jaylen Wright is a running back for the Miami Dolphins. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: RB2.

Scouting report

Jaylen Wright: the full picture

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

Jaylen Wright at a glance

Jaylen Wright is a 23-year-old running back for the Miami Dolphins, listed at 5'10" and 205 pounds. The Miami Dolphins drafted Wright 120th overall in the fourth round in 2024, out of Tennessee, and 2026 is Wright's 3rd NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Wright for 116.5 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB43 at the position and works out to 9.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Wright has scored 1.0 PPR points, or 0.5 per game. That is 0.9% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Wright would finish with about 9 points, behind the 116.5 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 1.1 points in Week 2 against SF, the RB71 finish that week. Wright has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Wright has finished as RB92 in 2024 and RB69 in 2025. The high-water mark is 48.2 PPR points in 2025. Across 24 regular-season games on record, the totals read 547 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns, 8 receptions and 52 receiving yards.

Jaylen Wright by the numbers

Wright has finished in the top twelve 1 time. The career high is 16.7 PPR points, set in Week 14 of 2025 against NYJ. The game log also shows 1 100-yard rushing game.

Contract

Wright is playing on a four-year, $4.8 million contract signed with the Miami Dolphins in 2024, an average of $1.2 million per year with $760,020 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Wright carries a GV stock price of 1,527, which ranks 478th overall and RB90 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Wright 620th overall. Value has moved up 1.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Hunter Luepke, Ray Davis and Rasheen Ali. See where Wright sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
116.5
PPR / game
9.0

Jaylen Wright fantasy outlook

Jaylen Wright enters the 2026 season with MIA and ranks RB44 and #162 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 116.5 PPR points across 13.0 games, or 9.0 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Jaylen Wright as RB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jaylen Wright produced 48.2 PPR points in 9 games (5.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 30%, with a 3% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Questionable.

Week 1 projection

Jaylen Wright is projected for 5.6 PPR points on the road at LV in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 16.9.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.7 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
5.8
Dynasty
14.8
Superflex redraft
4.4
Superflex dynasty
9.9
TE premium dynasty
8.9

Compare Jaylen Wright on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026MIA2310000001.0
2025MIA97028829544048.2
2024MIA13682490638026.7

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