Kenny Gainwell

RBQ

TB · RB34 · Age 27 · 5'9" · 200 lbs · Bye 10

FLEX

ConfidenceLow

Flex-level RB42 in Week 7: a questionable tag and a thin role leave him on the bubble.

Clutch Score 6.1 · the RB30 starter line is 10.3 this week.

Clutch Score · Wk 7: 6.1; Our RB42 this week
Consensus, wk 7: RB36
We disagree by: -6 spots

Why · what moved the number

Matchup

Easy

CAR is the 5th-softest defense against RBs, on 2026 rates.

Pts allowed to RB / gm24.0

Game environment

×0.92

Vegas has TB at 20.8 implied points, below league average. O/U 44.5, spread +3.

Implied team total20.8

Volume

36% of the snaps and 36 touches so far, a role that needs the matchup to cooperate.

Snaps · touches36% · 36

Strength of schedule

Weeks 1–18 vs RBs: 8 easy · 2 medium · 7 hard · 7th easiest of 32

@CIN

CLE

MIN

@DAL

PIT

@CAR

ATL

@CHI

BYE

@DET

CAR

LAC

@BAL

@ATL

LAR

@NO

EasyMediumHardBye 10Hover a week for the pts/gm allowed to RBs in 2026 · this week marked above

Handcuff

The next man up who’d inherit the workload if Kenny Gainwell misses time, worth stashing on your bench.

RBSean TuckerTB · RB72 · ECR #20653proj

Game log · 2026 season

Projected vs actual by week (PPR)Best: 10.7 · Wk 4

bust · 10

Scored We projected This week Rest of seasonRest-of-season bars are Sleeper's baseline, before matchup and Vegas.

Wk	Opp	Proj	FPTS	Stat line
1	@ CIN	10.7	2.8	15 rush yd · 0 TD · 1 rec
2	vs CLE	8.9	4.5	10 rush yd · 0 TD · 3 rec
3	vs MIN	7.3	3.0	-4 rush yd · 0 TD · 2 rec
4	vs GB	6.8	10.7	5 rush yd · 1 TD · 2 rec
5	@ DAL	8.6	5.8	18 rush yd · 0 TD · 3 rec
6	vs PIT	7.7	3.4	17 rush yd · 0 TD · 1 rec
7	@ CAR	6.7	8.8	88 rush yd · 0 TD · 0 rec

Consistency

How reliable this player has been week to week (PPR).

Ceiling

10.7

Best week

Floor

2.8

Worst week

Avg / game

5.6

Boom rate

Games ≥ 20 pts

Bust rate

86%

Games ≤ 10 pts

Season stats

Rush Yds

Rush TD

Receptions

Rec Yds

Rec TD

Usage & opportunity

Volume drives fantasy scoring: snaps, touches, and red-zone looks.

Snap share

36%

Of team offense

Targets

9.1% of team targets

Carries

11.8% of team carries

Red-zone

10.6% of team red-zone work

Advanced metrics

What he did with the opportunity, in 2026.

Yds / carry

3.2

Per rush attempt

First downs

Rushing + receiving

Broken tackles

On runs

Pts / opp

0.84

PPR, per carry or target

TD reliance

19.9%

Of PPR points

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Stats via the Sleeper API (PPR) · updated 14h ago