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Bucky Irving

Bucky Irving is a running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Depth chart: RB1.

Scouting report

Bucky Irving: the full picture

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

Bucky Irving at a glance

Bucky Irving is a 24-year-old running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, listed at 5'10" and 194 pounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Irving 125th overall in the fourth round in 2024, out of Oregon; this is year three in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Irving at 230.2 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB12 at the position and works out to 17.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Irving has scored 85.6 PPR points, or 14.3 per game. That is 37.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Irving would finish with about 243 points, ahead of the 230.2 projected. The best week so far is 31.5 points in Week 5 against DAL, the RB3 finish that week. Irving 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, Irving ranks in the 86th percentile in rush yards, the 85th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt and the 81st percentile in receptions. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 56th percentile in receiving yards.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Irving has finished as RB13 in 2024 and RB34 in 2025. The high-water mark is 244.4 PPR points in 2024. Across 33 regular-season games on record, the totals read 2,162 rushing yards, 11 rushing touchdowns, 94 receptions and 743 receiving yards.

Bucky Irving by the numbers

Irving has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 10 times. The career high is 31.5 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2026 against DAL. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points, 4 100-yard rushing games and 1 100-yard receiving game. In all, Irving has reached 20 points in 6 games, 18% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Irving handled 15.4 carries per game, including 12 red-zone carries and 1 carry from inside the five. 7 runs gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Irving drew 4.5 targets per game.

Contract

Irving is playing on a four-year, $4.8 million contract signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2024, an average of $1.2 million per year with $731,552 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Irving carries a GV stock price of 6,690, which ranks 34th overall and RB5 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Irving 63rd overall. Value has moved down 1.0 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Chase Brown, James Cook and Rachaad White. See where Irving sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
230.2
PPR / game
17.0

Bucky Irving fantasy outlook

Bucky Irving enters the 2026 season with TB and ranks RB12 and #45 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 230.2 PPR points across 13.5 games, or 17.0 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Bucky Irving as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Bucky Irving produced 138.5 PPR points in 10 games (13.8 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 54%, with a 72% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

Bucky Irving is projected for 13.6 PPR points at home against CLE in week 2, with a likely range of 3.2 to 27.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.0 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
64.9
Dynasty
64.9
Superflex redraft
70.3
Superflex dynasty
71.9
TE premium dynasty
39.1

Compare Bucky Irving on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026TB6964522211774185.6
2025TB10173588135302773138.5
2024TB172071,122852473920244.4

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