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Kenny Gainwell

No. 2 on the depth chart

Is Kenny Gainwell starting?

Kenny Gainwell is listed No. 2 at RB on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers depth chart. Bucky Irving is listed ahead of him at No. 1.

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Kenny Gainwell this week

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play next in Week 6, at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sun, Oct 18 (CBS). Kenny Gainwell is listed No. 2 at RB going into that game.

At RB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bucky Irving sits ahead of him, and Sean Tucker is next in line behind him.

Kenny Gainwell'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).

Kenny Gainwell wears No. 1, is 27 years old, is listed at 5' 9", 200 lbs, has 6 years of NFL experience, came out of Memphis.

Is Kenny Gainwell playing this week?

Kenny Gainwell is listed No. 2 at RB for Tampa Bay Buccaneers, not the projected starter. No injury listed (updated Oct 15, ESPN).

TB KR Depth

1Kameron JohnsonStarter
2Sean Tucker
3Kenny Gainwell

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Starting Lineup

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Age
27
Height
5' 9"
Weight
200
Experience
6 yrs

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    Season Stats

    SeasonTeamGCarRush YdsRush TDRecTgtRec YdsRec TD
    2026TB5174401116541
    2025PIT17114537573854863
    2024PHI1775290116221160
    2023PHI1684364230371830
    2022PHI1753240423291690
    2021PHI1668291533502531
    Career6 yrs8841117661718623912615

    Season stats from nflverse, a public NFL statistics project. Last refreshed Oct 15, 2026.

    2026 vs. 2025

    Rush Yds
    44
    -22.8/gm vs 2025
    Rush TD
    0
    -0.3/gm vs 2025
    Rec Yds
    54
    -17.8/gm vs 2025

    Career Totals

    Seasons
    6
    Games
    88
    Rush Yds
    1766

    #66 of 124 at RB in Rushing Yards (2026)

    Advanced

    SeasonRushing First DownsRushing EPAReceiving Air YardsReceiving YACReceiving First DownsReceiving EPARACRTarget ShareAir Yards ShareWOPR
    20263-4.40-331003-4.57-1.6411.0%-2.8%0.14
    202534-0.66-17528233.93-28.5916.3%-0.5%0.24
    202412-11.502310852.355.045.3%0.7%0.08
    202319-11.6571175112.572.587.0%1.5%0.12
    2022177.88351467-5.374.835.7%0.8%0.09
    2021192.7593226144.412.7210.7%2.2%0.18
    Career104—172128363—————

    Rate/share stats (target share, air yards share, WOPR, RACR/PACR, CPOE, EPA) are per-season only — never summed into a career total.

    WHY THIS RATING

    Kenny Gainwell is rated 67 (Depth): production, role and draft slot rank 54th of 83 qualifying running backs (outperforms 35% of them). 2026 games count fully, 2025 games half. Same 40-99 scale as college ratings; compare within the NFL.

    Rating basis
    Production + draft
    On-field production
    28th percentile
    Beats 28% of 83
    Sample
    5 + 17 games
    2026 + 2025 · 683 snaps
    Draft slot
    15% of rating
    Pick 150 · 2021 draft
    Updated
    Through week 5

    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

    Carries
    8
    Rush Yds
    11
    TD
    0
    Yds/Car
    1.4

    Road · 2 games

    Carries
    9
    Rush Yds
    33
    TD
    0
    Yds/Car
    3.7

    2026 Game Log

    Oct 8W@ DALYDS 18
    REC
    3
    TGT
    4
    YDS
    10
    TD
    0
    CAR
    4
    YDS
    18
    TD
    0

    Final W 24-16

    Oct 4Lvs GBYDS 22
    REC
    2
    TGT
    2
    YDS
    22
    TD
    1
    CAR
    3
    YDS
    5
    TD
    0

    Final L 14-17

    Sep 27Lvs MINYDS 14
    REC
    2
    TGT
    5
    YDS
    14
    TD
    0
    CAR
    3
    YDS
    -4
    TD
    0

    Final L 16-23

    Sep 20Lvs CLEYDS 10
    REC
    3
    TGT
    4
    YDS
    5
    TD
    0
    CAR
    2
    YDS
    10
    TD
    0

    Final L 19-23

    Sep 13L@ CINYDS 15
    REC
    1
    TGT
    1
    YDS
    3
    TD
    0
    CAR
    5
    YDS
    15
    TD
    0

    Final L 27-33

    Kenny Gainwell's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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    Team Role

    Rotation
    Kenny Gainwell plays 41% of his team's offensive snaps in games he appears in (2026, 5 games).
    Snap share41%

    All Depth Chart Roles

    KR No. 3 (Special Teams) · RB No. 2 (Offense)

    College

    Memphis

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