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Zach Charbonnet — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 11.34 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 135.8, usage worth 9.2.

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 135.8
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 10.9, 23.9 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on underdog, priciest on cbs.
SLEEPER138.3
ESPN150.2
YAHOO128.5
UNDERDOG160.7
CBS126.3
FFA156

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 12, pick 4 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB42
Bye week11
ADP standard deviation10.9 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 87 points, 5.4 per game — 451 rushing yards, 3.9 rushing TDs, 8.7 catches. That is RB6, 156 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 2.9 points per game to a ceiling of 10.7, with the median at 5.4. Boom rate 98%, bust rate 46%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 135.8 on consensus and our board has him 156. We rank him 20.2 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

Seattle Seahawks returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing rb1, oc. Sam Darnold at quarterback, Mike Macdonald as head coach, Brian Fleury calling it. The offense projects to 30.4 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 28.4 rushes.

In: Rashid Shaheed (wr2), Emmanuel Henderson Jr (wr6), Levi Wentz (wr7), Jadarian Price (rb1), Emmanuel Wilson (rb3). Out: Rasheed Shaheed (wr2), Kenneth Walker III (rb1), Zach Charbonett (rb2).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Jadarian Price57.9%
Zach Charbonnet 30.1%
Emmanuel Wilson6.7%
George Holani5.4%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: High powered offense that SHOULD be ok without OC Klint Kubiak (could possibly be a concern). Capable of putting up 40 points any game.

Key additions: Extended WR Rashid Shaheed on 3 year deal. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson from Packers in free agency (HIGHLY CAPABLE BACKUP), Drafted RB Jadarian Price in the 1st round from ND.

Key departures: SuperBowl MVP RB Kenneth Walker III left for Chiefs in free agency. OC Klint Kubiak left to become Raiders HC this offseason.

Notes: RB Price round 1 RB. with Charbonnet recovering from torn ACL. Lose OC Kubiak to Raiders. JSN top dynasty asset (ELITE). Shaheed could see expanded role in 2026 with full offseason with team. Charbonnet has never truly broken out & torn ACL places concern on productivity when back from injury. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson in free agency & he could really hurt Price production early (this is a real concern). Cooper Kupp is dust & totally cooked. Tory Horton could be a break out candidate in 2026. Darnold needs to be rostered in all formats & decent low end QB1 with a high powered offense.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Sam Darnold returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (28.2 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.4 att/g; New OC Brian Fleury — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How the carry projection was built

Projected carry share30.1%
Projected carries per game7
Projected carries, full season119
Last season, carries per game11.1

That is a reduction of 4.1 carries a game against last season, inside a team projection of 28.4 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: SEA rates 25 against a league average of 23, 2 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+2.5 · easier
Weeks 1–6-1.7 · harder
Weeks 12–17+7.2 · easier
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+1.8 · 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 +0.3% 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 — 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
A.J. Dillon20229.980%-19.5%
Devin Singletary202111.671%-3.4%
Cam Akers20229.470%-39.1%
A.J. Dillon202110.969%-1.3%
Brian Robinson202411.468%-26.2%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 0 gained value, 4 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,000202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2023-03 to 2026-07. Down 15% across the series, peaking at 4,004.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2023, round 2, pick 52 by SEA
CollegeUCLA
Age at draft22
Height6′0″
Weight214 lb
40-yard dash4.53s
Vertical37″
Broad jump122″

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game9.6
Week-to-week variation0.8
Boom rate20%
Bust rate25%
Games missed per season0.3
Injury historyFoot
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.49

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 · SEA · 16 games

His best game was Week 17 against CAR — 26.2 PPR on 20 touches and a 7.7% target share, in a game that finished 27-10. His worst was Week 2 against PIT at 1, on 15 touches, final score 31-17. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 5 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 10.6; in the 7 decided by more, 12.2. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 9.2 points per game. He scored 11.34, 16.7% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1SF13-1710.7000124710%58%
2PIT31-171000151000%55%
4ARI23-2012.4225123918.3%47%
5TB35-3811.8121293615.9%56%
6JAX20-124.71113122404.2%60%
7HOU27-1919.5226124926.9%51%
9WAS38-145.6112182504.2%35%
10ARI44-2214.3000148310%37%
11LA19-216.72210113704.8%43%
12TEN30-249.500063510%31%
13MIN26-011.2000145210%39%
14ATL37-98.62320746010%41%
15IND18-163.101083103%55%
16LA38-3717.44422932112.9%56%
17CAR27-1026.222121811027.7%53%
18SF13-318.734231774115.4%57%

Production

Receptions20
Targets24
Receiving yards144
Carries184
Rushing yards730
Touchdowns12
Points per game11.34
Yards per target6
Catch rate83.33%
Yards per carry3.97

Role

Snap share48.38%
Target share5.21%
Air-yards share1.22%
WOPR0.087
RACR1.545

Efficiency

Average depth of target1.7
Yards after catch per reception6.2
Yards before catch per reception1.1
Total YAC123
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted91.7
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.04
Rushing EPA per game-0.07

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share3.8%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share45.6%
Goal-line carry share64.3%
Expected receiving TDs0.8
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.8
Expected rushing TDs9.81

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game28 of 49
Yards per target21 of 49
Target share38 of 49
Air-yards share8 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 481 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba35.82%
Cooper Kupp15.38%
A.J. Barner14.95%
Kenneth Walker7.91%
Rashid Shaheed5.71%
Elijah Arroyo5.71%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 16 games were blowouts, 36.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 13.18 in those and 10.64 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2024 · SEA · 17 games

His best game was Week 14 against ARI — 38.3 PPR on 29 touches and a 24.1% target share, in a game that finished 30-18. His worst was Week 7 against ATL at 1.9, on 8 touches, final score 34-14. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 9.1; in the 9 decided by more, 12.7. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 9.9 points per game. He scored 10.99, 9.3% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1DEN26-2012.12329812112%34%
2NE23-2017.955311438111.6%96%
3MIA24-325.734161891212.1%84%
4DET29-4210.4553921509.4%42%
5NYG20-2963519211012.8%36%
6SF24-364.5111552002.1%31%
7ATL34-141.911-571403.6%55%
8BUF10-3111.4342034114.8%45%
9LA20-265.323252808.8%25%
11SF20-172.52224306.5%32%
12ARI16-62.200062200%38%
13NYJ26-2112.12313428110.3%45%
14ARI30-1838.3775922134224.1%80%
15GB13-3013.61412854112.9%80%
16MIN24-273.322141-104.8%22%
17CHI6-310.633191557013.6%75%
18LA30-259.10032145900%76%

Production

Receptions42
Targets52
Receiving yards340
Carries135
Rushing yards569
Touchdowns9
Points per game10.99
Yards per target6.54
Catch rate80.77%
Yards per carry4.21

Role

Snap share52.71%
Target share9.38%
Air-yards share-2.14%
WOPR0.125
RACR-3.662

Efficiency

Average depth of target-0.9
Yards after catch per reception9
Yards before catch per reception-0.9
Total YAC377
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted92.3
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.44
Rushing EPA per game-0.66

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.7%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share42.1%
Goal-line carry share48.1%
Expected receiving TDs0.14
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.14
Expected rushing TDs6.32

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game29 of 46
Yards per target16 of 46
Target share22 of 46
Air-yards share39 of 46

Who else ate

The offense threw it 593 times. He took 9.14% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba24.08%
DK Metcalf18.98%
Tyler Lockett13.01%
Noah Fant11.25%
Kenneth Walker9.31%
Zach Charbonnet 9.14%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 17 games were blowouts, 28.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 13.15 in those and 9.11 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · SEA · 16 games

His best game was Week 13 against DAL — 16.9 PPR on 21 touches and a 5.3% target share, in a game that finished 35-41. His worst was Week 16 against TEN at 0.6, on 4 touches, final score 20-17. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 9 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 7.7; in the 6 decided by more, 4.9. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7.8 points per game. He scored 6.63, 14.6% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1LA13-301.100031100%24%
2DET37-315221441605.4%26%
3CAR37-275.512-194605.7%43%
4NYG24-35139531011.5%24%
6CIN13-173.922142505.4%24%
8CLE24-208.4221155305.6%59%
9BAL3-372.31154804%55%
10WAS29-2610.24518644011.9%52%
11LA16-1712.966221547015.8%85%
12SF13-319.844111447014.8%88%
13DAL35-4116.91239196015.3%61%
14SF16-285.811494403.2%42%
15PHI20-171.601041603.1%44%
16TEN20-170.612-42005.6%42%
17PIT23-309.1553922015.2%57%
18ARI21-208222853207.7%53%

Production

Receptions33
Targets40
Receiving yards209
Carries108
Rushing yards462
Touchdowns1
Points per game6.63
Yards per target5.22
Catch rate82.5%
Yards per carry4.28

Role

Snap share48.69%
Target share7.51%
Air-yards share-1.11%
WOPR0.106
RACR-1.136

Efficiency

Average depth of target-1
Yards after catch per reception7.5
Yards before catch per reception-1.2
Total YAC248
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted88.4
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.29
Rushing EPA per game-0.44

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.5%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share31.4%
Goal-line carry share26.1%
Expected receiving TDs0.14
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.14
Expected rushing TDs3.83

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game43 of 49
Yards per target25 of 49
Target share35 of 49
Air-yards share36 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 575 times. He took 7.33% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Tyler Lockett22.34%
DK Metcalf21.79%
Jaxon Smith-Njigba17.03%
Noah Fant7.88%
Zach Charbonnet 7.33%
Kenneth Walker6.78%

By quarterback

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

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Geno Smith14387.055.398.14%
Drew Lock223.723.15%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 16 games were blowouts, 17.2% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.55 in those and 7.66 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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