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Tyjae Spears — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 8.59 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 154.2, usage worth 9.6.

25 years old · 3 seasons of experience · 2023 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 154.2
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 20.5, 41.6 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on sleeper, priciest on yahoo.
SLEEPER174.6
ESPN168.5
YAHOO133
UNDERDOG158
CBS140.5
FFA155

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 13, pick 10 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB50
Bye week9
ADP standard deviation20.5 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 99.3 points, 6.2 per game — 274 rushing yards, 1.4 rushing TDs, 32.5 catches. That is RB6, 153 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 2.6 points per game to a ceiling of 12.6, with the median at 6.2. Boom rate 99%, bust rate 60%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 154.2 on consensus and our board has him 153. Those agree, so there is no market disagreement to exploit. The question is whether you want the profile, not whether it is mispriced.

The offense he plays in, 2026

Tennessee Titans returns 2 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1, te1, hc, oc. Cam Ward at quarterback, Robert Saleh as head coach, Brian Daboll calling it. The offense projects to 33.5 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 24.5 rushes.

In: Mitch Trubisky (qb2), Carnell Tate (wr1), Wan'Dale Robinson (wr2), Nicholas Singleton (rb3), Michael Carter (rb4), Daniel Bellinger (te2). Out: Tyler Lockett (wr4), Julius Chestnut (rb3), Chig Okonkwo (te1), Josh Whyle (te2).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Tony Pollard54.2%
Tyjae Spears 22.6%
Michael Carter16%
Nicholas Singleton7.2%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: It is an offense that could slowly be on the rise. It could QUICKLY be on the rise if Ward figures it out early in 2026 and could catch people off guard. Tate & Robinson are our primary targets. Ward is a great potential riser especially in SF. RB room is difficult to project, but Pollard it likely to be lead back in 2026 and could be a low end RB2 in fantasy.

Key additions: Titans HUGE adds to coaching staff that could turn this team aroud. HC Robert Saleh & former Giants (and QB whisperer) HC Brian Daboll head head to Tennessee and may a GREAT duo. Bring in WR Wan'Dale Robinson in free agency from NY (1000 yard slot WR last year) & draft WR Carnell Tate 4th overall. Beef up the O line with Austin Schlottmann & Volson. Drafted RB Nicholas Singleton in the 5th round (likely depth).

Key departures: HC Brian Callahan was fired after 1-5 start last season (ass) and this will be a huge help to the Titans offensive success. TE Chig Okonkwo left to Commanders in free agency

Notes: Titans draft Carnell Tate 1.04. Large potential for early breakout & Cam Ward to deliver at a high level. Calvin Ridley is trash but if Cam Ward can sling the rock could produce (we don't want to own Ridley). Ayomanor & Dike COULD be good if Ward produces but with Tate and Robinson around now will never be WR1 on the team. Could gain relevance though. Gunnar Helm entering 2nd year and should operate as TE1. Tony Pollard is aging & only has a few years left (not attractive to own). Tyjae Spears cannot stay healthy. Have to image the Titans will invest in another RB long term (Nicholas Singleton is probably not that guy either).

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Cam Ward returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (33.5 att/g); Regressed 53% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33.5 att/g; New OC Brian Daboll — pass rate and tempo may shift; New HC Robert Saleh.

How the carry projection was built

Projected carry share22.6%
Projected carries per game4.5
Projected carries, full season77
Last season, carries per game5.5

That is a reduction of 1 carries a game against last season, inside a team projection of 24.5 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: TEN rates 20.8 against a league average of 23, 2.2 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+2 · easier
Weeks 1–6+5.8 · easier
Weeks 12–17-4.8 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-5.4 · harder

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.

What happened when he missed time

From the absence record rather than a depth chart — who actually gained when he was out.

SeasonGames missedMain beneficiaryTheir PPR gain
20244Tony Pollard+1.8
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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 -12.6% 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 — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Jerick McKinnon202211.572%-28.8%
Jaylen Warren20248.368%+30.8%
Rachaad White202413.364%0%
Chase Edmonds202010.563%+9.3%
Antonio Gibson202211.161%+4.1%

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

02,0004,000202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2023-03 to 2026-07. Up 23% across the series, peaking at 4,243.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2023, round 3, pick 81 by TEN
CollegeTulane
Age at draft22
Height5′10″
Weight201 lb
Vertical39″
Broad jump125″

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game9.8
Week-to-week variation0.7
Boom rate27.3%
Bust rate18.2%
Games missed per season1.3
Injury historyHamstring, Concussion
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score-0.08

That correlation is how closely the books’ posted line tracked what he actually scored, week to week. A higher number means the market has him figured out and there is less to exploit; a lower one means his weeks are harder to price.

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · TEN · 13 games

His best game was Week 16 against KC — 21.5 PPR on 18 touches and a 18.5% target share, in a game that finished 26-9. His worst was Week 17 against NO at 1.1, on 8 touches, final score 26-34. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 6 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 5.6; in the 7 decided by more, 11.2. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 9.6 points per game. He scored 8.59, 10.4% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 1.47 expected, a gap of -1.5.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
5ARI22-211.400041400%25%
6LV10-2094419531011.8%59%
7NE13-3173418522012.5%43%
8IND14-3817.2332395918.1%52%
9LAC20-279.23336726014.3%45%
11HOU13-168.4553143013.9%53%
12SEA24-306.5452134013.2%43%
13JAX3-258.466252-1017.1%47%
14CLE31-296.72428819016%42%
15SF24-375.622233407.4%42%
16KC26-921.555531352118.5%47%
17NO26-341.112-16205.7%53%
18JAX7-419.7779318021.2%46%

Production

Receptions45
Targets50
Receiving yards264
Carries72
Rushing yards283
Touchdowns2
Points per game8.59
Yards per target5.28
Catch rate90%
Yards per carry3.93

Role

Snap share45.92%
Target share12.28%
Air-yards share-4.85%
WOPR0.151
RACR4.316

Efficiency

Average depth of target-1.9
Yards after catch per reception8
Yards before catch per reception-2.2
Total YAC361
Broken tackles10
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted88.7
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.13
Rushing EPA per game-0.3

Scoring position

Red-zone targets7
Red-zone target share13.7%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share23.8%
Goal-line carry share18.2%
Expected receiving TDs1.47
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-1.47
Expected rushing TDs1.42

Who else ate

The offense threw it 570 times. He took 9.45% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Elic Ayomanor16.82%
Chigoziem Okonkwo14.93%
Chimere Dike13.99%
Gunnar Helm10.4%
Van Jefferson9.83%
Tyjae Spears 9.45%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Cam Ward12438.55.9311.54%
Brandon Allen179.71.2921.2%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 13 games were blowouts, 57.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 12.76 in those and 5.55 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · TEN · 12 games

His best game was Week 15 against CIN — 27.2 PPR on 11 touches and a 18.9% target share, in a game that finished 27-37. His worst was Week 13 against WAS at 0.3, on 1 touches, final score 19-42. Across 12 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 6 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 8.9; in the 6 decided by more, 10.1. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 9.1 points per game. He scored 9.47, 4.5% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1CHI17-247.24411421014.8%45%
2NYJ17-245.1221162007.4%33%
3GB14-3010.1445427011.8%37%
4MIA31-1211.92201539111.1%42%
6IND17-202.700062700%21%
10LAC17-278.1334747013%46%
11MIN13-232.823830010.3%44%
13WAS19-420.30001300%25%
14JAX6-103.312262106.3%38%
15CIN27-3727.2678745218.9%56%
16IND30-3821.634391027212.1%61%
17JAX13-2013.33482095013.3%65%

Production

Receptions30
Targets35
Receiving yards224
Carries84
Rushing yards312
Touchdowns5
Points per game9.47
Yards per target6.4
Catch rate85.71%
Yards per carry3.71

Role

Snap share42.75%
Target share9.92%
Air-yards share-1.63%
WOPR0.137
RACR-2.188

Efficiency

Average depth of target-1.2
Yards after catch per reception8.5
Yards before catch per reception-1
Total YAC255
Broken tackles4
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted102.9
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.13
Rushing EPA per game-0.4

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share6.3%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share20%
Goal-line carry share40%
Expected receiving TDs0.42
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.58
Expected rushing TDs2.2

Who else ate

The offense threw it 530 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Calvin Ridley23.72%
Chigoziem Okonkwo13.83%
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine11.86%
Tyler Boyd11.26%
Tony Pollard11.26%
Josh Whyle7.31%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Will Levis8184.9557.95%
Mason Rudolph41718.57.8813.85%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 12 games were blowouts, 10.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.1 in those and 8.87 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · TEN · 17 games

His best game was Week 18 against JAX — 21.6 PPR on 6 touches and a 11.5% target share, in a game that finished 28-20. His worst was Week 12 against CAR at 1.7, on 5 touches, final score 17-10. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 10 times. In the 12 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 9.9; in the 5 decided by more, 7. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 9.7 points per game. He scored 9.05, 6.7% below it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 1.29 expected, a gap of -1.3.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1NO15-163.8141327012.1%54%
2LAC27-247.522684908.3%37%
3CLE3-274.944346016.7%56%
4CIN27-38.83418540015.4%53%
5IND16-2316.94535734114.7%52%
6BAL16-247.3114841505%56%
8ATL28-236.6349327015.4%44%
9PIT16-206.2464518016.2%59%
10TB6-20104542518012.8%60%
11JAX14-344.62212414011.8%45%
12CAR17-101.713126011.1%40%
13IND28-3112.846131675018.2%67%
14MIA28-2717.86889729022.2%66%
15HOU16-194.711793003.8%52%
16SEA17-2011.75627940024%56%
17HOU3-266.9462960024%62%
18JAX28-2021.63341325211.5%31%

Production

Receptions52
Targets70
Receiving yards385
Carries100
Rushing yards453
Touchdowns3
Points per game9.05
Yards per target5.5
Catch rate74.29%
Yards per carry4.53

Role

Snap share52.35%
Target share14.31%
Air-yards share-0.61%
WOPR0.21
RACR1.22

Efficiency

Average depth of target-0.2
Yards after catch per reception8.8
Yards before catch per reception-1.4
Total YAC460
Broken tackles8
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted85.7
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.08
Rushing EPA per game-0.04

Scoring position

Red-zone targets6
Red-zone target share12.5%
End-zone target share4.3%
Red-zone carry share19.6%
Goal-line carry share14.3%
Expected receiving TDs1.29
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-1.29
Expected rushing TDs1.81

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game38 of 49
Yards per target18 of 49
Target share8 of 49
Air-yards share26 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 494 times. He took 14.71% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

DeAndre Hopkins28.78%
Chigoziem Okonkwo16.18%
Tyjae Spears 14.71%
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine9.45%
Derrick Henry7.56%
Chris Moore7.35%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Ryan Tannehill9359.935.9414.63%
Will Levis8358.055.0613.94%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 17 games were blowouts, 16.4% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 6.3 in those and 9.88 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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