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Quinshon Judkins — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 12.13 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 52, usage worth 14.4.

22 years old · 1 season of experience · 2025 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.
ADP 52
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 2.9, 6.9 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on espn, priciest on cbs.
SLEEPER52
ESPN54.9
YAHOO53.2
UNDERDOG52.9
CBS48
FFA44

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 5, pick 4 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB21
Bye week11
ADP standard deviation2.9 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 196.1 points, 12.3 per game — 1,016 rushing yards, 6.9 rushing TDs, 27.1 catches. That is RB3, 44 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 8.5 points per game to a ceiling of 21.2, with the median at 12.3. Boom rate 73%, bust rate 31%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 52 on consensus and our board has him 44. We rank him 8 picks better than the room drafts him, so the market is underpricing him — that is the disagreement worth acting on.

Our written view

Easily the best Browns target — early-5th for ~20-touch upside is the kind of value the RB cliff makes rare. Coming off a foot injury (why he's cheap); looks on track and should rise to mid-4th by August.

buy · high conviction · 2026-06-05

The offense he plays in, 2026

Cleveland Browns returns 2 of 6 continuity slots, replacing qb1, te1, hc, oc. Deshaun Watson at quarterback, Todd Monken as head coach, Travis Switzer calling it. The offense projects to 32.2 pass attempts a game at low confidence and 25.9 rushes.

In: Deshaun Watson (qb), KC Concepcion (wr2), Denzel Boston (wr4), Tylan Wallace (wr5), Ahmani Marshall (rb4), Jack Stoll (te2). Out: Dillon Gabriel (qb), Jamari Thrash (wr3), David Njoku (te1).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Quinshon Judkins 58.9%
Dylan Sampson20.5%
Raheim Sanders17.7%
Ahmani Marshall2.9%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: Historically, this has been a brutal offense to own in fantasy. Other than TE and RB, not much fantasy relevance has come out of Cleveland in some time. Things could change with the new O line & KC & Boston arriving. Cleveland HAS to figure out the QB situation before we can have full confidence in any of these players, but the pieces may be falling in place for multiple guys to be weekly starters.

Key additions: MASSIVE OVERHAUL for browns line this offseason: Brought in LG Zion Johnson, Center Elgton Jenkins, RT Tytus Howard, & drafted LT Spencer Fano in the 1st round. Its a completely new unit under HC Todd Monken.

Key departures: TE David Njoku left the Browns & is still a free agent. Only key loss.

Notes: Browns drafted OT Spencer Fano RD 1 & WR KC Concepcion RD 1 in 2026 draft. Round 2 they took Denzel Boston. Concepcion & Boston can have fantasy value IF Cleveland figures out QB position. Browns fired HC Stefanski & hired Jesse Minter. Jerry Jeudy will likely struggle to have real fantasy value with the new rookies introduced. Harold Fannin has strong value with David Njoku leaving Cleveland. Njoku is still a free agent & COULD potentially return to Cleveland but it is unlikely. RB Quinshon Judkins was a real star of the Browns offense in 2025 and far outperformed Dylan Sampson. Judkins should be 100% recovered from his season ending leg injury he suffered in 2025 by week 1 2026.

How the volume number was reached: New QB Deshaun Watson, avg 29.7 att/g over 2024,2023; Regressed 65% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 32.2 att/g; New OC Travis Switzer — pass rate and tempo may shift; New HC Todd Monken.

How the carry projection was built

Projected carry share58.9%
Projected carries per game12.5
Projected carries, full season213
Last season, carries per game16.4

That is a reduction of 3.9 carries a game against last season, inside a team projection of 25.9 rushing attempts a game.

Basis: prior usage blend. Carry share is the strongest forward predictor we have measured at the position, so this number carries more weight than any efficiency figure on this page.

Offensive environment: CLE rates 18.5 against a league average of 23, 4.5 below it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted run defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season+1.9 · easier
Weeks 1–6+2.5 · easier
Weeks 12–17+7.4 · easier
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+4.4 · easier

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

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Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +17.3% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as stable.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 1.7 elite seasons and 2.4 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — blended production + pedigree. The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Kenneth Walker202313.371%+15.6%
Kenneth Walker202213.565%+8.1%
Clyde Edwards-Helaire202013.563%-20.1%
Josh Jacobs202015.463%-1.7%
Antonio Gibson202014.462%+4%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 1 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0006,0002026
Monthly superflex value, 2025-05 to 2026-07. Up 1% across the series, peaking at 5,895.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2025, round 2, pick 36 by CLE
CollegeOhio St.
Age at draft21
Height6′0″
Weight221 lb
40-yard dash4.48s
Vertical38.5″
Broad jump132″

The record, season by season

2025 · CLE · 14 games

His best game was Week 7 against MIA — 26.4 PPR on 25 touches and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 31-6. His worst was Week 6 against PIT at 3.6, on 13 touches, final score 9-23. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 4 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 11; in the 8 decided by more, 13. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 14.4 points per game. He scored 12.13, 15.9% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
2BAL17-4110.13310106107.3%27%
3GB13-1016.5121189416.1%55%
4DET10-3421.544332182111.8%58%
5MIN17-2113.812182311006.3%56%
6PIT9-233.6010123602%40%
7MIA31-626.4000258430%65%
8NE13-324.733-291909.1%33%
10NYJ20-2710.52310227509.4%52%
11BAL16-235.9020175908%60%
12LV24-1016.7000164720%49%
13SF8-2615.933182391013%60%
14TEN29-319.41358142607.9%46%
15CHI3-314.734-41221012.9%67%
16BUF20-2310.15629822022.2%39%

Production

Receptions26
Targets36
Receiving yards171
Carries230
Rushing yards827
Touchdowns7
Points per game12.13
Yards per target4.75
Catch rate72.22%
Yards per carry3.6

Role

Snap share50.5%
Target share8.29%
Air-yards share-0.74%
WOPR0.119
RACR-1.241

Efficiency

Average depth of target-0.5
Yards after catch per reception7.5
Yards before catch per reception-0.9
Total YAC194
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted70.5
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.52
Rushing EPA per game-1.79

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.8%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share54.2%
Goal-line carry share50%
Expected receiving TDs0.15
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.15
Expected rushing TDs5.92

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game26 of 49
Yards per target42 of 49
Target share27 of 49
Air-yards share30 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 557 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Harold Fannin Jr.20.54%
Jerry Jeudy20.35%
David Njoku9.21%
Isaiah Bond8.45%
Dylan Sampson7.68%
Cedric Tillman7.49%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Shedeur Sanders61810.455.6110.67%
Dillon Gabriel5911.82.895.36%
Joe Flacco3916.034.898.4%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 14 games were blowouts, 49.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 13.88 in those and 11.03 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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