PIT · RB
Jaylen Warren
Jaylen Warren is a running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Jaylen Warren: the full picture
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 6 games of 2026, Warren has scored 102.8 PPR points, or 17.1 per game. That is 39.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Warren would finish with about 291 points, ahead of the 260.7 projected. The best week so far is 36.8 points in Week 5 against IND, the RB2 finish that week. Warren has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 3 of 6 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 54 qualified running backs of 2026, Warren ranks in the 99th percentile in receiving yards, the 95th percentile in yards per carry and the 95th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt. Five of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 33rd 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 70 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,092 rushing yards, 13 rushing touchdowns, 188 receptions and 1,485 receiving yards.
Jaylen Warren by the numbers
Warren has finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 11 times. The career high is 36.8 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2026 against IND. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 6 100-yard rushing games. In all, Warren has reached 20 points in 4 games, 6% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Warren handled 14.0 carries per game, including 3 red-zone carries and 0 carries from inside the five. 8 runs gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Warren drew 5.4 targets per game.
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.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Warren carries a GV stock price of 3,721, which ranks 220th overall and RB34 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Warren 150th overall. Value has moved down 0.9 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Rhamondre Stevenson, Rachaad White and Woody Marks. See where Warren sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
1 news item linked to Warren in the past two weeks, the most recent on October 11, 2026. Read the latest Jaylen Warren news.
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
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PIT | 6 | 84 | 460 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 258 | 1 | 102.8 |
| 2025 | PIT | 16 | 211 | 958 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 333 | 2 | 217.1 |
| 2024 | PIT | 15 | 120 | 511 | 1 | 47 | 38 | 310 | 0 | 124.1 |
| 2023 | PIT | 17 | 149 | 784 | 4 | 74 | 61 | 370 | 0 | 196.4 |
| 2022 | PIT | 16 | 77 | 379 | 1 | 33 | 28 | 214 | 0 | 93.3 |
Running backs ranked near Jaylen Warren
- James Cook RB6 · 294.6 PPR
- Kyren Williams RB7 · 277.6 PPR
- Chase Brown RB8 · 260.7 PPR
- Derrick Henry RB10 · 257.6 PPR
- Breece Hall RB11 · 245.6 PPR
- Bucky Irving RB12 · 230.2 PPR
Pittsburgh Steelers fantasy players
- Aaron Rodgers QB · 246.7 PPR
- DK Metcalf WR · 175.5 PPR
- Pat Freiermuth TE · 170.4 PPR
- Michael Pittman WR · 167.7 PPR
- Rico Dowdle RB · 156.6 PPR
- Roman Wilson WR · 81.5 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.