PHI
JAX
o41.5
-7.5
9:30AM • NFLN
TB
DAL
24
16
FINAL
CIN
MIA
o43.5
+7
1:00PM • FOX
LV
NE
o45
-3.5
1:00PM • CBS/P
MIN
NO
o41.5
+2.5
1:00PM • FOX
CLE
NYJ
o39.5
-2.5
1:00PM • CBS/P
IND
PIT
o43.5
-2.5
1:00PM • CBS/P
HOU
TEN
o38
+7
1:00PM • CBS/P
NYG
WAS
o42
-3.5
1:00PM • FOX
DEN
LAC
o42.5
+3.5
4:05PM • CBS/P
DET
ARI
o54.5
+5.5
4:25PM • FOX
CHI
GB
o45.5
+1.5
1:00PM • FOX
SF
SEA
o46
-3
4:25PM • FOX
BAL
ATL
o43.5
-3.5
8:20PM • NBC/P
BUF
LAR
o54
-3.5
8:15PM • ABC/E
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | REC | YDS | TD | FSP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 241 | 4.3 | 1 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 23.06 | |
| Compare to same point last season | ||||||||
Bucky Irving | Fantasy Outlook
Bucky Irving at Dallas: Dependable Workload Expected Despite Quarterback Injury
Irving enters this matchup without an injury designation after moving past a glute issue, maintaining his lead role in Tampa Bay's backfield ahead of Kenny Gainwell. With Baker Mayfield sidelined by a thumb injury, the Buccaneers are poised to lean heavily on Irving to stabilize the offense for backup quarterback Jalon Daniels.
As road underdogs in Dallas, Irving's receiving chops provide a solid floor even if game flow slips away. Our weekly projection expects roughly 15 carries, 64 rushing yards, and over three catches for 14.5 fantasy points, meaning fantasy managers should feel confident slotting him into their lineups across all formats as a solid RB2.
FantasySP AI Analysis
Updated 1 day ago
Bucky Irving Fantasy
| RUSH | RECEIVING | |||||||||
| WK | OPP | ATT | YD | TD | TARGET | REC | YD | TD | Pts | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | GB (2nd) | 16 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | MIN (28th) | 15 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | CLE (21st) | 17 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| 1 | @CIN (2nd) | 8 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 20 | 21 |
| 56 | 241 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 47 | |||
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| RUSH | RECEIVING | ||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | ATT | YD | AVG | TD | TGTS | REC | YD | AVG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TB | 16 | 207 | 1121 | 5.4 | 8 | 52 | 47 | 392 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | TB | 10 | 173 | 588 | 3.4 | 1 | 35 | 30 | 277 | 9.2 | 3 | ||
| 2026 | TB | 4 | 56 | 241 | 4.3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| ON PACE | 18 | 252 | 1085 | 4.3 | 5 | 68 | 59 | 275 | 4.7 | 0 | |||
| 3-YEAR AVG | 9 | 132 | 595 | 4.5 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 225 | 8.5 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 32 | 453 | 2027 | 4.5 | 10 | 104 | 92 | 736 | 8.0 | 4 | |||
Irving Projection
View All| RUSH ATT | RUSH YD | RUSH TD | REC | REC YD | REC TD | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.74 | 64.07 | 0.28 | 3.32 | 18.05 | 0.03 | 14.52 |
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OWN START TRENDS
Depth Chart
Tampa Bay Bucs
Roster Breakdown| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield | 30% | 0% |
| Jalon Daniels | 5% | 3% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving | 100% | 93% |
| Kenny Gainwell | 67% | 11% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Cade Otton | 5% | 2% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Emeka Egbuka | 100% | 46% |
| Chris Godwin | 64% | 11% |
| Jalen McMillan | 14% | 0% |
| Ted Hurst | 1% | 0% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Chase McLaughlin | 27% | 23% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers DST | 11% | 7% |
Team Injuries
| PLAYER | STATUS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| David Sills V #80 · WR | OutIRUndisclosed | Sills V is dealing with an undisclosed injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. He will miss at least four games. INJ SINCE: Aug 30 |
| Jalen McMillan #11 · WR | OutIRKnee (PCL) | McMillan suffered a PCL sprain and has been placed on the injured reserve list. He will miss at least four games. INJ SINCE: Sep 27 |
| Baker Mayfield #6 · QB | QuestionableDTDRight Thumb | Week 6 INJ SINCE: Sep 27 |
| PLAYER | STATUS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Hayes #32 · CB | OutIRKnee | Hayes is dealing with a knee injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. He will miss at least four games. INJ SINCE: Aug 30 |
| Mohamed Kamara #59 · OLB | OutIRUndisclosed | Kamara is dealing with an undisclosed injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. He will miss the 2026-27 season. INJ SINCE: Aug 31 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. #31 · S | QuestionableDTDRibs | Week 6 INJ SINCE: Oct 4 |
| Benjamin Morrison #21 · CB | QuestionableDTDQuadricep | Week 6 INJ SINCE: Oct 1 |
| SirVocea Dennis #8 · LB | QuestionableDTDAnkle/Foot | Week 6 INJ SINCE: Sep 30 |
Team Rankings
PTS
20.0
23rd
YDS
306.4
22nd
Y/P
5.0
23rd
TO Diff
-0.4
20th
ATT
30.2
18th
CMP
19.8
19th
YDS
173.4
27th
TD
0.8
28th
ATT
27.2
16th
YDS
133.0
7th
AVG
4.9
5th
TD
1.0
12th
SACK
1.2
27th
TA
1.4
12th
PA
22.4
15th
| Team | W-L | Win % | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panthers | 2-2-0 | 0.500 | 121 | 109 |
 Falcons | 2-2-0 | 0.500 | 96 | 92 |
 Saints | 1-3-0 | 0.250 | 105 | 128 |
 Buccaneers | 1-4-0 | 0.200 | 100 | 112 |
Redzone Stats
| Player | TOTAL LOOKS | RUSH ATT | TGT | REC | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Kenny Gainwell | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Sean Tucker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | TOTAL LOOKS | TGT | REC | RUSH ATT | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emeka Egbuka | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tez Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Hurst | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Player | TOTAL LOOKS | TGT | REC | RUSH ATT | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Otton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Team Stats
| Player | GP | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | RATE | RUSH YDS | RUSH TD | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.Mayfield | 3 | 61 | 96 | 615 | 2 | 2 | 80.0 | 65 | 1 | |
| J.Daniels | 3 | 38 | 55 | 337 | 2 | 3 | 74.6 | 87 | 0 | |
| E.Stick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GP | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | TGT | REC | REC YDS | SNAPS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.Irving | 5 | 77 | 406 | 5.3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 71 | 198 | |
| K.Gainwell | 5 | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 54 | 134 | |
| S.Tucker | 4 | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| J.Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GP | TGT | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | SNAPS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.Egbuka | 5 | 33 | 21 | 192 | 9.1 | 1 | 21 | 279 | |
| C.Godwin Jr. | 5 | 21 | 19 | 179 | 9.4 | 0 | 30 | 267 | |
| T.Johnson | 5 | 10 | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 0 | 64 | 111 | |
| T.Hurst III | 5 | 16 | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 1 | 40 | 201 | |
| K.Johnson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |
| J.McMillan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Player | GP | TGT | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | SNAPS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.Otton | 5 | 27 | 18 | 182 | 10.1 | 0 | 37 | 305 | |
| P.Durham | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 81 | |
| K.Kieft | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| B.Sharp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Player | GP | FGM | FGA | XPM | XPA | PTS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.McLaughlin | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 46 |
| Player | GP | TKL | SACK | TFL | INT | PD | FF | FR | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.Trotter | 4 | 37 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.Anzalone | 5 | 27 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| T.Smith | 5 | 24 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A.Winfield Jr. | 4 | 24 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| J.Parrish | 4 | 21 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| K.Scott | 5 | 20 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.Robinson | 5 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Z.McCollum | 5 | 16 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| B.Morrison | 3 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| V.Vea | 5 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y.Diaby | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.Walker | 5 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.Nelson | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.Rozeboom | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.Kancey | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S.Dennis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.Muhammad | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E.Roberts | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R.Bain Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R.Nuñez-Roches | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| I.Melifonwu | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E.Simmons | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K.Knowles | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| M.Killebrew | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D.Capehart | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.Garnes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.Fordham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Owned Breakdown
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Schedule
| WEEK | OPP | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TB @CIN | L 27-33 |
| 2 | TB vs CLE | L 19-23 |
| 3 | TB vs MIN | L 16-23 |
| 4 | TB vs GB | L 14-17 |
| 5 | TB @DAL | |
| 6 | TB vs PIT | |
| 7 | TB @CAR | |
| 8 | TB vs ATL | |
| 9 | TB @CHI | |
| 10 | TB vs BYE | |
| 11 | TB @DET | |
| 12 | TB vs CAR | |
| 13 | TB vs LAC | |
| 14 | TB @BAL | |
| 15 | TB vs NO | |
| 16 | TB @ATL | |
| 17 | TB vs LAR | |
| 18 | TB @NO |
Player Timeline
Oct 8th
Bucky Irving Breaks Loose for an Incredible 72-Yard Run
Sep 24th
Bucky Irving on a Managed Workload as Buccaneers Ride the Hot Hand
Aug 22nd
Bucky Irving Gets Three Touches in Three Buccaneers Plays
Aug 12th
Buccaneers RB Bucky Irving Reflects on Personal Growth During NFL Network ...
Aug 4th
Bucs Plan Expanded Two-Back Packages Featuring Kenneth Gainwell and ...
Jul 31st
Bucky Irving Leads Carries at Friday Practice; Kenneth Gainwell Used ...
Jul 20th
Bucky Irving Expected to Be Ready for Training Camp After Shoulder Injury ...
May 26th
Bucs HC Bowles: Bucky Irving Expected Back in Summer or Fall
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More Trends| Mike Washington LV RB | +4.7 |
| Roman Wilson PIT WR | +4.4 |
| Will Shipley PHI RB | +3.5 |
| Brian Robinson ATL RB | +2.9 |
| Jaguars DST JAC DST | +2.9 |
| Malik Washington MIA WR | +2.5 |
| Braelon Allen NYJ RB | +2.2 |
| Antonio Williams RB | +2.0 |
| Roschon Johnson CHI RB | +1.8 |
| Jets DST NYJ DST | +1.7 |
| Ollie Gordon MIA RB | +1.7 |
| C.J. Stroud HOU QB | +1.7 |
| Deebo Samuel Sr. SF WR | +1.6 |
| Keon Coleman BUF WR | +1.4 |
| Tre' Harris LAC WR | +1.4 |
| Ravens DST BAL DST | -4.1 |
| Harrison Butker KC K | -1.8 |
| Bills DST BUF DST | -1.8 |
| Emmett Johnson KC RB | -1.7 |
| Adonai Mitchell NYJ WR | -1.5 |
| Dontayvion Wicks PHI WR | -1.2 |
| Quentin Johnston LAC WR | -1.2 |
| George Holani SEA RB | -1.2 |
| Jonah Coleman DEN RB | -1.2 |
| Eagles DST PHI DST | -1.2 |
| Kendre Miller NO RB | -1.1 |
| Rico Dowdle PIT RB | -1.1 |
| Mack Hollins NE WR | -1.1 |
| Kenny Gainwell TB RB | -1.0 |
| Kalif Raymond CHI WR | -1.0 |
