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Bucky Irving
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Bucky Irving is the starting RB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play next in Week 6, at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sun, Oct 18 (CBS). Bucky Irving is listed as the starter at RB going into that game.
At RB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kenny Gainwell and Sean Tucker are next in line behind him.
Bucky Irving's 2026 game log, most recent 3 games: W 24-16 at DAL (Oct 8); L 14-17 vs GB (Oct 4); L 16-23 vs MIN (Sep 27).
Bucky Irving wears No. 7, is 24 years old, is listed at 5' 10", 195 lbs, has 3 years of NFL experience, came out of Oregon.
Is Bucky Irving playing this week?
Bucky Irving is expected to start at RB for Tampa Bay Buccaneers. No injury listed (updated Oct 15, ESPN).
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Season Stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Rec | Tgt | Rec Yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TB | 5 | 77 | 406 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 71 | 1 |
| 2025 | TB | 10 | 173 | 588 | 1 | 30 | 35 | 277 | 3 |
| 2024 | TB | 17 | 207 | 1122 | 8 | 47 | 52 | 392 | 0 |
| Career | 3 yrs | 32 | 457 | 2116 | 11 | 92 | 105 | 740 | 4 |
Season stats from nflverse, a public NFL statistics project. Last refreshed Oct 15, 2026.
2026 vs. 2025
Career Totals
#8 of 124 at RB in Rushing Yards (2026)
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| Season | Rushing First Downs | Rushing EPA | Receiving Air Yards | Receiving YAC | Receiving First Downs | Receiving EPA | RACR | Target Share | Air Yards Share | WOPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 6.08 | -32 | 112 | 4 | -1.70 | -2.22 | 12.3% | -2.7% | 0.17 |
| 2025 | 27 | -35.58 | -56 | 360 | 11 | 8.81 | -4.95 | 6.5% | -1.2% | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 52 | 20.88 | -159 | 528 | 16 | 14.57 | -2.47 | 9.2% | -4.0% | 0.11 |
| Career | 95 | — | -247 | 1000 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |
Rate/share stats (target share, air yards share, WOPR, RACR/PACR, CPOE, EPA) are per-season only — never summed into a career total.
Bucky Irving is rated 80 (Good): production, role and draft slot rank 23rd of 83 qualifying running backs (outperforms 72% of them). 2026 games count fully, 2025 games half. Same 40-99 scale as college ratings; compare within the NFL.
Production per game depends partly on the offense or scheme around a player, so a player on a weak team can rate lower. Not a betting line. How we rank
Home / Road Split
Home · 3 games
Road · 2 games
2026 Game Log
Oct 8W@ DALYDS 165
- CAR
- 21
- YDS
- 165
- TD
- 1
- REC
- 2
- TGT
- 3
- YDS
- 10
- TD
- 1
Final W 24-16
Oct 4Lvs GBYDS 61
- CAR
- 16
- YDS
- 61
- TD
- 0
- REC
- 0
- TGT
- 0
- YDS
- 0
- TD
- 0
Final L 14-17
Sep 27Lvs MINYDS 46
- CAR
- 15
- YDS
- 46
- TD
- 0
- REC
- 2
- TGT
- 4
- YDS
- 12
- TD
- 0
Final L 16-23
Sep 20Lvs CLEYDS 89
- CAR
- 17
- YDS
- 89
- TD
- 0
- REC
- 4
- TGT
- 4
- YDS
- 1
- TD
- 0
Final L 19-23
Sep 13L@ CINYDS 48
- CAR
- 8
- YDS
- 45
- TD
- 1
- REC
- 7
- TGT
- 7
- YDS
- 48
- TD
- 0
Final L 27-33
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | W@ DAL | 21 | 165 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Oct 4 | Lvs GB | 16 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | Lvs MIN | 15 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Sep 20 | Lvs CLE | 17 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sep 13 | L@ CIN | 8 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
Bucky Irving's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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