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Will Shipley — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 1.39 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 170.1, usage worth 2.

23 years old · 2 seasons of experience · 2024 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 170.1
Consensus across 1 books, 0 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on espn, priciest on espn.
ESPN170.1
FFA416

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 15, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB93
Bye week10

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 14.1 points, 0.9 per game — 16 rushing yards, 0.1 rushing TDs, 6.1 catches. That is RB6, 324 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 0.6 points per game to a ceiling of 1.6, with the median at 0.9. Boom rate 77%, bust rate 33%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 170.1 on consensus and our board has him 324. We rank him 153.9 picks worse than the room drafts him. At that distance it is a fade: we do not want him anywhere near his ADP.

The offense he plays in, 2026

Philadelphia Eagles returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1, oc. Jalen Hurts at quarterback, Nick Sirianni as head coach, Sean Mannion calling it. The offense projects to 31 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 27.4 rushes.

In: Makai Lemon (wr2), Marquise Brown (wr3), Dontayvion Wicks (wr4), Elijah Moore (wr6), Quez Watkins (wr7), Dameon Pierce (rb4), Eli Stowers (te2). Out: AJ Brown (wr1), Britain Covey (wr3), Johnny Wilson (wr4), Grant Calcaterra (te2).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Saquon Barkley64.9%
Will Shipley 15%
Tank Bigsby13.2%
Dameon Pierce7%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: If the Eagles can get their offense humming again, this is an offense you want to own a lot of players in. They can produce at a very high level for you. Hurts in particular regardless of play will be a top QB because of the tush push.

Key additions: Drafted WR Makai Lemon 1st round. Traded for Packers WR Dontayvion Wicks, Signed Hollywood Brown. Drafted TE Eli Stowers (great passing catching TE)

Key departures: AJ Brown. He is going to be traded to the Patriots in June 2026.

Notes: AJ Brown is going to be traded to the Patriots. He will not be on the team. Devonta Smith is primed to BREAKOUT as a WR1 IF he can maintain target share. Drafted Makai Lemon Round 1, Eli Stowers (great receiving TE who was also scouted as WR). Eagles also traded for Dontayvion Wicks from Packers who is a talented WR but hasn't put it all together yet. Signed Marquiese Brown in free agency who is expected to operate as WR3/4. There are a lot of mouths to feed on this offense and not all of them can be fantasy relevant. Saquon had a rough 2025 season but should be great in 2026 IF Jalen Hurts can improve his level of play. There are a lot of targets available with AJ Brown leaving.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Jalen Hurts returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (29.2 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 31 att/g; New OC Sean Mannion — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How the carry projection was built

Projected carry share15%
Projected carries per game3.4
Projected carries, full season57
Last season, carries per game0.9

That is an increase of 2.4 carries a game against last season, inside a team projection of 27.4 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: PHI rates 23.5 against a league average of 23, 0.5 points above 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+2.2 · easier
Weeks 1–6-0.8 · neutral
Weeks 12–17+1 · neutral
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-5.8 · 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.

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 -22.8% 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
Kene Nwangwu20220.878%-25.2%
Hassan Haskins20221.976%-36.7%
Jordan Mason20232.876%+140.1%
Kene Nwangwu20212.675%+7.1%
Joshua Kelley20212.175%+78.2%

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

02,00020252026
Monthly superflex value, 2024-03 to 2026-07. Up 4% across the series, peaking at 2,028.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2024, round 4, pick 127 by PHI
CollegeClemson
Age at draft22
Height5′11″
Weight206 lb

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game1.5
Week-to-week variation1.7
Boom rate4.8%
Bust rate57.1%
Games missed per season1.5
Injury historyConcussion, Oblique

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 · PHI · 14 games

His best game was Week 10 against GB — 5.4 PPR on 6 touches and a 8.7% target share, in a game that finished 10-7. His worst was Week 15 against LV at 0, on 0 touches, final score 31-0. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 14 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 1.8; in the 5 decided by more, 0.7. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 2 points per game. He scored 1.39, 28.5% below it. The engine classified the season as very_unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1DAL24-202.600032600%8%
4TB31-2500100004.2%5%
5DEN17-211.41241005.4%13%
6NYG17-3400000000%5%
7MIN28-221.71170004.3%16%
8NYG38-200.20003200%14%
10GB10-75.4221741708.7%19%
12DAL21-2400000000%13%
13CHI15-242.111110003.3%7%
14LAC19-221.31130002.6%10%
15LV31-000000000%6%
16WAS29-181.31130003.4%11%
17BUF13-120.20002200%9%
18WAS17-243.323111208.8%41%

Production

Receptions9
Targets12
Receiving yards56
Carries14
Rushing yards49
Touchdowns0
Points per game1.39
Yards per target4.67
Catch rate75%
Yards per carry3.5

Role

Snap share12.64%
Target share2.91%
Air-yards share-0.25%
WOPR0.041
RACR1.305

Efficiency

Average depth of target-0.8
Yards after catch per reception7
Yards before catch per reception-0.8
Total YAC63
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted84
Receiving EPA per game-0.36
Rushing EPA per game-0.26

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.6%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0.15
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.15
Expected rushing TDs0

Who else ate

The offense threw it 497 times. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

A.J. Brown26.08%
DeVonta Smith24.35%
Dallas Goedert17.67%
Saquon Barkley10.78%
Jahan Dotson7.76%
Grant Calcaterra2.8%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jalen Hurts1391.2552.45%
Tanner McKee133.33.678.8%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 14 games were blowouts, 1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 0.07 in those and 1.77 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · PHI · 13 games

His best game was Week 18 against NYG — 10.7 PPR on 14 touches and a 9.8% target share, in a game that finished 20-13. His worst was Week 8 against CIN at -0.3, on 2 touches, final score 37-17. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 1.2; in the 4 decided by more, 1.2. Game state made no difference to his scoring.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 4.7 points per game. He scored 1.21, 5% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1GB34-2900000000%5%
2ATL21-2200000000%0%
3NO15-1200000000%0%
4TB16-3300000000%2%
6CLE20-1600000000%0%
7NYG28-31.500081500%14%
8CIN37-17-0.30002-300%3%
9JAX28-2300000000%1%
10DAL34-63.400093400%16%
11WAS26-1800000000%0%
13BAL24-190.40001400%2%
14CAR22-1600000000%0%
18NYG20-1310.74435103209.8%53%

Production

Receptions4
Targets4
Receiving yards35
Carries30
Rushing yards82
Touchdowns0
Points per game1.21
Yards per target8.75
Catch rate100%
Yards per carry2.73

Role

Snap share7.38%
Target share0.75%
Air-yards share0.2%
WOPR0.012
RACR0.385

Efficiency

Average depth of target1.8
Yards after catch per reception7
Yards before catch per reception1.8
Total YAC28
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted103.1
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.18
Rushing EPA per game-0.64

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.5%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share3.1%
Goal-line carry share2%
Expected receiving TDs0.32
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.32
Expected rushing TDs0.68

Who else ate

The offense threw it 448 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

A.J. Brown23.26%
DeVonta Smith21.34%
Dallas Goedert12.47%
Saquon Barkley10.31%
Jahan Dotson7.91%
Grant Calcaterra7.19%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jalen Hurts1200.420%
Tanner McKee1410.78.759.8%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 13 games were blowouts, 29.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 1.15 in those and 1.23 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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