Sean Tucker

RB·

Tampa Bay Buccaneers·#44·5'10"·205 lb·3rd year·Syracuse

Tier 1Undrafted in 2023

Updated November 6, 2026

71.5

Model Score

Down from 73.4 last year

Trade value ·a 7th

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Sean Tucker has 15 carries for 80 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns in 3 games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season through Week 8, 6.7 PPR points a game (updated November 6, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 1.9 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 third back in a crowded room with real ceiling.

The case for

1,496 rushing yards as a Syracuse junior plus All-ACC honors in 2021 is a real college production line that the heart-condition medical, not football, kept out of the 2023 draft.
Wk 11 2025's 34 PPR explosion is the highest single-game output by any Tampa back in the period, showing the ceiling is genuine when both Irving and White are limited.

The worry

Seven of his last eight 2025 games scored under 9 PPR (including three under 1: -0.4, 0.8, 0). That is the floor of a third-string back in a crowded room.
The 2024-to-2025 drop (#28 to #46) shows the room got younger and the role contracted. Irving's lead status is locked through at least 2026.

What to watch: Whether Tampa Bay rosters him through 2026 final cuts at all, given Irving's lock on lead duties and White's contract through the next offseason.

Full take and bio

The drop from #28 (tier 7) in 2024 to #46 (tier 8) in 2025 captures the role compression as Bucky Irving locked down lead-back duties. Wk 11's 34 PPR explosion is real ceiling, but seven of his other 2025 games scored under 9 PPR. He is a third-back-in-the-room piece whose path to fantasy relevance requires both Irving and White to be out.

Tucker came out of Syracuse as an undrafted free agent in 2023 after a heart condition discovered in pre-draft medicals tanked his stock. He had posted 1,496 rushing yards as a Syracuse junior in 2021 and earned All-ACC honors that season. Tampa Bay signed him to the practice squad and elevated him as the 2023 season progressed; he posted his first career 100-yard game in Wk 13 of 2023. The 2024 tier 7 finish (#28) was his peak. The 2025 role was compressed by Bucky Irving's emergence and Rachaad White's presence.

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Cedric Benson ’0683%

Rico Dowdle ’2380%Chris Polk ’1486%Stepfan Taylor ’1480%

Plays like: Chris Polk, Bhayshul Tuten, Jaret Patterson. Built like: Stepfan Taylor, Ladell Betts, Onterrio Smith. Coming out: Eno Benjamin, Aaron Jones, Stepfan Taylor.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 3 starters, 14 backups, 3 didn't stick.