Bhayshul Tuten
Jacksonville JaguarsBhayshul Tuten has 110 carries for 492 yards, 3 rushing touchdowns and 15 catches for 181 yards in 7 games for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season through Week 8, 16.9 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 1.0 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A speed back whose role depends on engineered touches.
The case for
- 4.32 combine forty is genuinely elite speed and unlocks a vertical-burst role most rookie backs cannot fill. Virginia Tech's 1,159 senior rushing yards on 5.7 yards per carry is a real production sample.
- Wk 11 2025's 13.4 PPR and Wk 13's 8.9 show the spike-week ceiling when Jacksonville schemes him touches. Age 23 leaves multiple development years.
The worry
- Tier 8 rookie finish plus a negative-PPR Wk 14 confirms the production has been volume-driven rather than efficiency-driven.
- Etienne re-established lead-back status after Bigsby's trade, which caps Tuten's 2026 ceiling unless an injury opens the workload.
What to watch: Whether his 2026 carry share clears 8 per game as the unquestioned change-of-pace back, or whether Jacksonville adds another body to the room.
Full take and bio
The 2025 #55 (tier 8) rookie finish is below where the 4.32 combine forty suggested, but the late-season usage (Wk 11 13.4 PPR, Wk 18 8.3) shows the role has standalone value. The negative-PPR Wk 14 and the sub-3 PPR Wks 10 and 12 are the failure mode when the offense doesn't engineer his touches. 2026 is the year Jacksonville decides if he is the long-term complement to Etienne or just a 2024-class miss.
Tuten came out of Virginia Tech as Jacksonville's 4th-round pick (104th overall) in 2025 after a 1,159-rushing-yard senior season that included a 4.32 forty at the combine. He transferred to Virginia Tech from North Carolina A&T as a graduate, posting 1,484 and 1,159 rushing yards in his two FBS seasons. At 5'9" and 206 pounds with elite straight-line speed, he profiles as a vertical-burst back rather than a power option. His 2025 rookie role was as the change-of-pace complement to Travis Etienne and Tank Bigsby before the Bigsby midseason trade compressed the room.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Herschel Walker, Kenneth Walker III, Willis McGahee. Built like: Cedric Peerman, Tatum Bell, Joseph Addai. Coming out: Sean Tucker, Kenneth Walker III, Justice Hill.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 2 starters, 15 backups, 3 didn't stick.
Bhayshul Tuten Props This Weekat BAL Thu Nov 5
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing yards | 67.5 | -111 DraftKings | -113 DraftKings |
| Carries | 16.5 | -117 DraftKings | -109 DraftKings |
| Receptions | 1.5 | -172 FanDuel | -190 DraftKings |
| Receiving yards | 13.5 | -111 DraftKings | -113 DraftKings |
| Anytime TD | +120 FanDuel |
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Bhayshul Tuten Injury StatusQuestionable
Bhayshul Tuten is listed Questionable (Ankle), reported Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 7 games
16.9 fantasy points a game, 118 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Bhayshul Tuten at RB16 (the public consensus says RB15); the model has 126 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits BAL.
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Draft & College
Round 4, pick 104 to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2025, out of Virginia Tech (ACC). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2023-2024, 24 games: 2,011 rush yds, 29 TD, 5.7 yds/carry, 48 rec. Coming out: RAS 9.39, 4.32s 40 yd, 40" vertical, 130" broad, 4.41s shuttle.
Recruited
Class of 2021 · Running back · High school: Paulsboro, NJ
North Carolina A&THis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2021 class are still being added.