Bhayshul Tuten Is One Of Fantasy Football’s Biggest Wild Cards In 2026Bhayshul Tuten was an exciting late-round dart throw in last year’s fantasy football drafts. The potential for him to overtake a very suspect (at the time) Travis Etienne made him quite intriguing. Obviously, that never happened. This year, the Jacksonville Jaguars have seemingly cleared the way for Tuten to be their lead back, which has spiked Tuten’s price despite very little production in his rookie year. Should fantasy football managers buy in?Should You Draft Jaguars RB Bhayshul Tuten in Fantasy Football?Of course, speed matters in a game that requires as much athleticism as professional football. It’s only logical to want players who are fast. Tuten is fast. But sometimes, analysts and fantasy managers overrate speed. It’s a great attribute to have, but merely being fast doesn’t make a player necessarily good at football.This is the challenge in valuing Tuten this season. We have one year of NFL data on him, but we really don’t know if he’s good at football.Tuten’s athleticism is off the charts. H’s 4.32 40-time puts his speed score in the 98th percentile. He also has 97th-percentile burst. At 5’9″, 206 pounds, he’s only slightly undersized for a lead back. It’s certainly nothing that would cause me to not believe in him. Physically, everything is there.In college, Tuten displayed strong receiving ability. His 12.1% best season college target share makes him suited for a pass-catching role. However, that did not manifest at all last season with Tuten earning just a 2.9% target share. He was supposed to be the receiving back behind Etienne, but instead that job went to LeQuint Allen. Not ideal.READ MORE: 2026 Controversial Fantasy Football Running Back Depth Charts: Who To Draft In These Confusing RoomsTuten was essentially Etienne’s backup. He had no specialty. His job was to enter the game when Etienne needed a breather. That limited Tuten to just 93 touches. Somehow, he scored seven times, which resulted in roughly 3-4 usable weeks for fantasy. But he was mostly a nothing as a rookie and didn’t see nearly enough to volume to draw any conclusions based on his efficiency metrics, although 3.7 yards per carry is not all that encouraging, especially for such a small sample size.Tuten’s Redraft Fantasy Football ValueBased purely on what he did last season, Tuten’s 2026 price tag is ludicrous. This is a player who averaged 5.9 fantasy points per game. He couldn’t take any meaningful touches away from Etienne and couldn’t even secure the passing-down role from a seventh-round rookie.Based on the runway in front of Tuten for this season, his 2026 price tag is a crazy good value. The Jaguars were the No. 6 scoring offense last season. Etienne is gone. The stage is set for Tuten to be the lead back in a Trevor Lawrence/Liam Coen offense.The fantasy community seems to have settled in on a pretty reasonable valuation of Tuten. His RB25 price ta
Content Source: Yahoo News
Image Credit: Getty Images
All rights to the news content and images belong to their respective copyright owners.