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RJ Harvey — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 12.15 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 96.6, usage worth 11.3.

25 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 96.6
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 24.1, 52.6 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on espn, priciest on sleeper.
SLEEPER77
ESPN129.6
YAHOO99.1
UNDERDOG88.2
CBS80.6
FFA82

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 8, pick 13 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB32
Bye week10
ADP standard deviation24.1 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 169.5 points, 10.6 per game — 544 rushing yards, 4.3 rushing TDs, 41.3 catches. That is RB4, 82 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 7.7 points per game to a ceiling of 15.3, with the median at 10.6. Boom rate 44%, bust rate 27%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 96.6 on consensus and our board has him 82. We rank him 14.6 picks better than the room drafts him, so the market is underpricing him — that is the disagreement worth acting on.

Our written view

Round-7 fade despite a tantalizing prospect profile. Denver paid Dobbins starter money (effectively 1yr/$8M) and Payton clearly wants him as the early-down lead; they also drafted Jonah Coleman, praised for pass-pro - exactly Harvey's weakness. If Dobbins takes early downs and Coleman earns third downs, Harvey's left as change-of-pace. Fine in rounds 10-12, not 7.

fade · medium conviction · 2026-06-14

The offense he plays in, 2026

Denver Broncos returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1, oc. Bo Nix at quarterback, Sean Payton as head coach, Davis Webb calling it. The offense projects to 35 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 26.4 rushes.

In: Jaylen Waddle (wr1), Lil'Jordan Humphrey (wr6), Dane Key (wr7), Jonah Coleman (rb3).

The projected carry split across the offense:

JK Dobbins54.6%
RJ Harvey 28.1%
Jaleel McLaughlin10.1%
Jonah Coleman7.3%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: The Jaylen Waddle trade is probably bad for Waddle & Suttons value. It is likely worse for Sutton than Waddle though. The RB room is also nearly impossible to predict. What we do know: if a RB is featured on this offense they are a weekly RB1, but JK Dobbins, Harvey, and now Coleman will be difficult to trust when all three are healthy. WR 3 - WR 6 on Denver all are promising young WR and could be potential trade targets for WR needy teams early in 2026.

Key additions: A key add is Broncos QB coach Davis Webb was promoted to OC & will handle play calling in 2026. Webb was a potential head coach candidate & Denver maintains a great weapon on their coaching staff. Broncos traded 1st round pick for WR Jaylen Waddle from dolphins. He will likely function as teams WR1. Broncos also drafted RB Jonah Coleman in the 4th round from washington & TE Justin Joly in the 5th round.

Key departures: No key departures on offense

Notes: Bo Nix will be 100% healthy by camp following foot injury in NFL playoffs. Broncos traded their 2026 1st round pick for Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle. This will significantly reduce Sutton's role as the alpha in the offense. Pat Bryant & Troy Franklin will likely have trade interest but if they stay on the team will have reduced roles. Broncos backfield is incredibly difficult to project & will need to be monitored all summer. Denver extended JK Dobbins & Drafted Jonah Coleman in the 5th round. Dobbins expected to be 1A and Harvey 1B, with Coleman as reserve, but Sean Payton as HC can do whatever he wants. Broncos drafted TE Justin Joly in the 5th round who has a small chance to be relevant because Evan Engram is legit trash

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Bo Nix returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (36 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 35 att/g; New OC Davis Webb — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How the carry projection was built

Projected carry share28.1%
Projected carries per game6.1
Projected carries, full season103
Last season, carries per game8.7

That is a reduction of 2.6 carries a game against last season, inside a team projection of 26.4 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: DEN rates 22.9 against a league average of 23, 0.1 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-0.8 · neutral
Weeks 1–6-10.2 · harder
Weeks 12–17+4.7 · easier
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-0.4 · neutral

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 -31.3% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-crash. The base rate that applies: after a -25% crash, RBs recover only 15% of the time (keep falling 85%).

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
D'Andre Swift202014.662%+13.1%
Javonte Williams202112.161%-10.7%
D'Andre Swift202213.758%+2.6%
Tyjae Spears2023956%-10.7%
Antonio Gibson202211.156%+4.1%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 2 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0002026
Monthly superflex value, 2025-05 to 2026-07. Down 16% across the series, peaking at 4,976.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2025, round 2, pick 60 by DEN
CollegeCentral Florida
Age at draft24
Height5′8″
Weight205 lb
40-yard dash4.4s
Vertical38″
Broad jump127″
Shuttle4.34s

The record, season by season

2025 · DEN · 17 games

His best game was Week 8 against DAL — 24.1 PPR on 8 touches and a 3.7% target share, in a game that finished 44-24. His worst was Week 2 against IND at 3.4, on 7 touches, final score 28-29. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 4 times and came in under 8 points 8 times. In the 13 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 10.5; in the 4 decided by more, 17.6. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 11.3 points per game. He scored 12.15, 6% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1TEN20-127.911-167002.7%29%
2IND28-293.412165806.7%33%
3LAC20-234.6331422013%29%
4CIN28-319.845401458111.9%41%
5PHI21-176331841208.3%20%
6NYJ13-116.5442124015.4%28%
7NYG33-327.21224014.1%25%
8DAL44-2424.111574633.7%27%
9HOU18-1516.6555125114.7%32%
10LV10-73.823949011.1%28%
11KC22-1983320113008.3%61%
13WAS27-2621.23427133529.3%47%
14LV24-172266251775116.7%68%
15GB34-2610.5010196513.1%68%
16JAX20-3422.14571750110.9%59%
17KC20-1318.656331443116.2%65%
18LAC19-34.31451528017.4%56%

Production

Receptions47
Targets58
Receiving yards356
Carries146
Rushing yards540
Touchdowns12
Points per game12.15
Yards per target6.14
Catch rate81.03%
Yards per carry3.7

Role

Snap share42.12%
Target share10.21%
Air-yards share-0.99%
WOPR0.146
RACR-1.494

Efficiency

Average depth of target0.5
Yards after catch per reception7.7
Yards before catch per reception-0.1
Total YAC360
Broken tackles5
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted121
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game1.12
Rushing EPA per game-1.35

Scoring position

Red-zone targets13
Red-zone target share14.4%
End-zone target share3.7%
Red-zone carry share36.6%
Goal-line carry share45%
Expected receiving TDs3.43
Actual receiving TDs4
Receiving TD luck0.57
Expected rushing TDs4.95

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game24 of 49
Yards per target19 of 49
Target share18 of 49
Air-yards share32 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 613 times. He took 10.1% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Courtland Sutton21.6%
Troy Franklin18.12%
Evan Engram13.24%
RJ Harvey 10.1%
Marvin Mims Jr.8.89%
Pat Bryant8.54%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 17 games were blowouts, 21.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 21.95 in those and 10.48 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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