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Emmett Johnson
Emmett Johnson is a running back for the Kansas City Chiefs. Depth chart: RB2.
Scouting report
Emmett Johnson: the full picture
Emmett Johnson at a glance
Emmett Johnson is a 23-year-old running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, listed at 5'10" and 202 pounds. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Johnson 161st overall in the fifth round in 2026, out of Nebraska, and 2026 is Johnson's 1st NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Johnson for 90.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB54 at the position and works out to 6.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 5 games of 2026, Johnson has scored 22.4 PPR points, or 4.5 per game. That is 24.8% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Johnson would finish with about 76 points, behind the 90.3 projected. The best week so far is 8.8 points in Week 1 against DEN, the RB32 finish that week. Johnson has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 0 of 5 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Emmett Johnson by the numbers
The career high is 8.8 PPR points, set in Week 1 of 2026 against DEN.
Contract
Johnson is playing on a four-year, $4.9 million contract signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2026, an average of $1.2 million per year with $485,636 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2029 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Johnson carries a GV stock price of 2,392, which ranks 358th overall and RB65 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Johnson 403rd overall. Value has moved down 4.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Raheim Sanders, Brian Robinson and Jonah Coleman. See where Johnson sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 90.3
- PPR / game
- 6.5
Emmett Johnson fantasy outlook
Emmett Johnson enters the 2026 season with KC and ranks RB62 and #215 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 90.3 PPR points across 14.0 games, or 6.4 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Emmett Johnson as RB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. There is not yet a complete recent NFL season in the data, so role, draft investment, and the current team environment carry more weight than player history. Projection confidence is 22%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main uncertainty is translating a limited NFL sample into a full-season role.
Week 2 projection
Emmett Johnson is projected for 3.8 PPR points at home against IND in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 12.4.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 21.1
- Dynasty
- 23.2
- Superflex redraft
- 35.4
- Superflex dynasty
- 32.5
- TE premium dynasty
- 14.0
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 5 | 19 | 62 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 22.4 |
Running backs ranked near Emmett Johnson
- Alvin Kamara RB49 · 102.1 PPR
- Devin Singletary RB50 · 102.1 PPR
- Seth McGowan RB51 · 95.1 PPR
- Tank Bigsby RB53 · 90.3 PPR
- Mike Washington RB54 · 90.3 PPR
- Jaydon Blue RB55 · 80.9 PPR
Kansas City Chiefs fantasy players
- Patrick Mahomes QB · 304.1 PPR
- Rashee Rice WR · 222.8 PPR
- Kenneth Walker III RB · 201.7 PPR
- Travis Kelce TE · 151.8 PPR
- Xavier Worthy WR · 145.7 PPR
- Tyquan Thornton WR · 95.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.