Kendre Miller
New Orleans SaintsKendre Miller has 57 carries for 159 yards, 2 rushing touchdowns and 9 catches for 37 yards in 6 games for the New Orleans Saints this season through Week 8, 6.8 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
STM Take
A backup runner whose health keeps blocking the breakout.
The case for
- 1,399 rushing yards as a TCU junior on a CFP runner-up team is a real college production sample. 6'0"/215 with sub-4.5 speed is a starter-build athletic profile.
- Wk 4 2025's 12.5 PPR is the only spike, but it shows the offense will use him when healthy and Kamara is limited.
The worry
- Three straight tier 8 finishes with declining game-log volume each year. His 2025 stopped in Wk 7, his 2024 was choppy, and his 2023 had multi-game absences. The injury floor is real, not noise.
- Kamara's contract runs through 2026 and the Saints have invested in Devin Neal as a younger depth piece. The path to meaningful 2026 reps for Miller is narrow.
What to watch: Whether New Orleans cuts him before the season for cap space, given the third tier 8 finish in a row and the room getting younger.
Full take and bio
Three straight tier 8 finishes (#56, #50, #47) is the textbook profile of a 3rd-round investment that has not converted. The 2025 game log ends in Wk 7 (mostly sub-6 PPR even when he played), which is the now-familiar injury-compressed pattern. The 2026 question is whether he is even on the roster behind Kamara and the next backfield investment.
Miller came out of TCU as New Orleans's 3rd-round pick (71st overall) in 2023 after a 1,399-yard junior season that helped power the Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff title game. At 6'0" and 215 pounds with sub-4.5 speed, he profiles as a downhill back with three-down upside. Three seasons into his NFL career he has not separated from clear depth-chart status behind Alvin Kamara, primarily due to recurring injuries (knee, MCL, hamstring across all three seasons).
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: Peyton Barber, LeGarrette Blount, Willis McGahee. Built like: Bijan Robinson, Ryquell Armstead, Ezekiel Elliott. Coming out: Jonathan Williams, Jalen Parmele, Brandon Bolden.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 1 starter, 13 backups, 6 didn't stick.
Kendre Miller Props This Weekvs CLE Sun Nov 8
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime TD | +120 BetOnline |
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Kendre Miller Injury StatusNot listed
Kendre Miller is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 6 games
6.8 fantasy points a game, 41 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 Kendre Miller at RB53 (the public consensus says RB42); the model has 45 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts CLE.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 3, pick 71 to the New Orleans Saints in 2023, out of TCU (Big 12). He went earlier than consensus.
In college, 2020-2022, 32 games: 2,357 rush yds, 26 TD, 6.8 yds/carry, 28 rec.
Recruited
Class of 2020 · Athlete · High school: Mount Enterprise, TX
TCUHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2020 class are still being added.