A former collegiate wide receiver and 5th-round draft pick in 2024, Tyrone Tracy has proven his durability and dual-threat capability by successfully clearing 175 carries and 35 receptions in consecutive seasons. That baseline of production naturally catches the eye of fantasy football managers.
However, the Giants’ front office aggressively reshaped this backfield during the offseason, bringing in veteran workhorse Najee Harris alongside the returning Devin Singletary. That is an enormous amount of NFL-caliber talent to overcome, making it incredibly difficult to envision what Tracy’s true ceiling role looks like, even if an unexpected increase in opportunity were to somehow open up.
Should You Draft Tyrone Tracy Jr. in Fantasy Football?
Tracy’s ADP sits at 142.6 in PFN’s Free Fantasy Mock Draft Simulator. His positional rank checks in at RB68, which is the consensus of me and my colleague Kyle Soppe. That projects him at 5.2 fantasy points per game. We don’t care about projections when we’re talking about guys ranked this low.
Tracy’s initial rank for me was in the RB40s. Back in June, July, and even early August, I viewed him as somebody who was really draftable with Cam Skattebo coming off the injury. Tracy has proven himself, with 10.7 fantasy points per game over the past few seasons. He served in the feature role in 2024 when he took the job from Devin Singletary, and in 2025 after Skattebo went down. He proved that he could be a usable fantasy asset when called upon.
The problem is that this preseason has been rough for Tracy, and there have been a lot of negative signals coming out of Giants camp. It starts with the missed blocking assignment heard around the world, where Tracy whiffed on a block. He looked like he was going to run a route, tried to get back, and Jaxson Dart got walloped. Not good. The Giants immediately benched Tracy from that game, and he did not return. Then in the next preseason game, Tracy got in there. He played behind Devin Singletary, which was not great, and he fumbled.
When the Giants released their first unofficial depth chart in early August, the starter was listed as Cam Skattebo or Tracy. Again, these are not gospel. We shouldn’t take them as a sure thing no matter what. But it’s notable that in their most recent one, Skattebo was listed as the starter, and the backup was listed as Devin Singletary or Tracy. It’s very clear that Tracy is moving down the pecking order here, to the point where I think there’s a chance that by the time you read this, he might even be cut.
The Giants also signed Najee Harris. I don’t think they sign Harris as pure depth, to the point where he’s going to be the RB4, inactive every week and purely a contingency plan. I think he’s there to be the insurance policy. If Cam Skattebo goes down or isn’t himself, I do not think it will be Singletary, or Tracy if he sticks around. I think it’ll be Najee Harris as the lead back at this point.
Tracy is completely off my draft board. I don’t think that coaching staff wants anything to do with him anymore. Maybe this is reading too much into the narrative and a couple of things that happened in the preseason, but I’m reading the tea leaves here: the moves that the Giants are making, and what we’re hearing from beat reporters out of camp. I don’t think there’s any value with Tracy.
However, if he does get cut and a team loses a running back, he could sign somewhere else. I do think this is still a player capable of producing fantasy-relevant numbers, because we’ve seen it. We know he has a great pass-catching profile as a former wide receiver. There’s definitely something here. But right now, while on the Giants, no.
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Tyrone Tracy Jr.’s Week 1 Fantasy Outlook
If you told me that Tracy was an injury away from significant work, you could talk me into holding onto him.
For all we know, right now, he’s an injury away from an injury away from an injury away from mattering.
I’m not exactly sure what the plan is in New York when it comes to RB touch distribution, but I can tell you that we aren’t close to Tracy being in position to matter for us.
There’s enough versatility in this profile for him to be interesting if we see a consistent role in this offense, but that’s a wait-and-see situation. I don’t think Tracy needs to be rostered, and he certainly shouldn’t be on your Week 1 radar.
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Where Tracy Ranks Among 2026 Running Backs
Tracy sits outside our top 50 at running back. Here are the last five on the PFN Consensus Board:
- Keaton Mitchell | LAC
- Mike Washington Jr. | LV
- Tank Bigsby | PHI
- Jonah Coleman | DEN
- Tyjae Spears | TEN
Know the position inside and out with every RB ranked on PFN’s 2026 PPR Board.
