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Travis Etienne

Travis Etienne is a running back for the New Orleans Saints. Injury status: IR. Depth chart: RB4.

Scouting report

Travis Etienne: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Travis Etienne at a glance

Travis Etienne is a 27-year-old running back for the New Orleans Saints, listed at 5'10" and 215 pounds. The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Etienne 25th overall in the first round in 2021, out of Clemson; this is year six in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Etienne at 167.2 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB28 at the position and works out to 11.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 3 games of 2026, Etienne has scored 30.9 PPR points, or 10.3 per game. That is 18.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Etienne would finish with about 175 points, in line with the 167.2 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 14.8 points in Week 1 against DET, the RB16 finish that week. Etienne has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 1 of 3 games, a 33% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 54 qualified running backs of 2026, Etienne ranks in the 69th percentile in yards per carry, the 57th percentile in receptions and the 40th percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 10th percentile in rush TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Etienne has finished as RB17 in 2022, RB3 in 2023, RB35 in 2024 and RB10 in 2025. Two of those 4 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 282.4 PPR points in 2023. Across 69 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,926 rushing yards, 25 rushing touchdowns, 179 receptions and 1,389 receiving yards.

Travis Etienne by the numbers

Etienne has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 18 times. The career high is 36.4 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2023 against BUF, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points, 9 100-yard rushing games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Etienne has reached 20 points in 12 games, 17% of career appearances.

Contract

Etienne is playing on a four-year, $48 million contract signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2026, an average of $12 million per year with $24 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2029 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
167.2
PPR / game
11.4

Travis Etienne fantasy outlook

Travis Etienne enters the 2026 season with NO and ranks RB28 and #103 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 167.2 PPR points across 14.6 games, or 11.4 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Travis Etienne as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Travis Etienne produced 253.9 PPR points in 17 games (14.9 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 60%, with a 26% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Travis Etienne is projected for 12.3 PPR points on the road at DET in week 1, with a likely range of 2.3 to 29.1.

Trade value

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

Redraft
44.5
Dynasty
40.8
Superflex redraft
56.8
Superflex dynasty
54.7
TE premium dynasty
24.5

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026NO3301280131151030.9
2025JAX172601,107752362926253.9
2024JAX15150558252392540130.2
2023JAX172671,0081173584761282.4
2022JAX172201,125545353160205.1

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