RB · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #1

Kenny Gainwell

RB2

College: Memphis
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 200 lb
Experience: 6th season

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Season

EPA / carry

+0.01▲ 0.02 vs '25

10th of 28 RBs

Success rate

39.4%▼ 6.2 vs '25

16th of 28 RBs

RYOE / carry

–

2nd of 28 RBs

Yards per carry

4.52▼ 0.20 vs '25

12th of 28 RBs

Receiving

61 yds−0.29 EPA/TGT

12 rec · 17 tgt · 1 td

Ranks compare against the 27 qualifying running backs on the 2026 leaderboard plus Gainwell.

Week-by-week

EPA per carry by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Rushing+0.4

Receiving−4.9

Net−4.5

Best game · Wk 7 @ CAR

Carries

Rush yds

Total TD

+3.5

Rush EPA

+0.25

EPA/carry

Rec yds

2026 game log

	Rushing							Receiving
Game	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
Wk 1 @ CINL	5	15	3.00	0	−1.1	−0.22	20.0	1	1	3	0	−0.39
Wk 2 vs CLEL	2	10	5.00	0	+1.2	+0.58	100.0	4	3	5	0	−0.68
Wk 3 vs MINL	3	−4	−1.33	0	−2.4	−0.79	0.0	5	2	14	0	−0.61
Wk 4 vs GBL	3	5	1.67	0	−1.5	−0.51	0.0	2	2	22	1	+2.03
Wk 5 @ DALW	4	18	4.50	0	−0.5	−0.13	25.0	4	3	10	0	−0.63
Wk 6 vs PITL	2	17	8.50	0	+1.3	+0.64	100.0	1	1	7	0	−0.35
Wk 7 @ CARW	14	88	6.29	0	+3.5	+0.25	50.0	0	0	0	0	–
Season	33	149	4.52	0	+0.4	+0.01	39.4	17	12	61	1	−0.29

How he compares

2026 running backs who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Buccaneers

$14Mover 2 years

Avg. per year: $7M
Guaranteed: $9.8M 70%
2026 cap hit: $7M 2.2% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2027

2026 · now

2027

Year 1 of 2 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Rushing						Receiving
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	Scrimmage yardsRushing plus receiving yards.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
2026	7	−4.5	210	33	149	4.52	0	+0.01	39.4	17	12	61	1	−0.29
2025	17	+3.3	1,023	114	537	4.71	5	−0.01	45.6	85	73	486	3	+0.05
2024	17	−9.2	406	75	290	3.87	1	−0.15	22.7	22	16	116	0	+0.11
2023	16	−7.8	547	84	364	4.33	2	−0.14	36.9	37	30	183	0	+0.07
2022	17	+2.5	409	53	240	4.53	4	+0.15	54.7	29	23	169	0	−0.19
2021	16	+7.2	544	68	291	4.28	5	+0.04	48.5	50	33	253	1	+0.09
Career	90	−8.5	3,139	427	1,871	4.38	17	−0.03	41.0	240	187	1,268	5	+0.01