New York Giants rookie RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. is in an intriguing position heading into the 2024 NFL season.
A landing spot can be everything for a young running back, especially one who was picked on Day 3, and Tracy might just have found the perfect situation.
Let’s take a look at Tracy’s fantasy projections for 2024 and what that means for his value in terms of whether you should be looking to draft him this year.
Tyrone Tracy 2024 Fantasy Outlook
- Total Fantasy Points: 116.9
- Rushing Yards: 587.0
- Rushing TDs: 3.3
- Receptions: 17.8
- Receiving Yards: 178.1
- Receiving TDs: 0.5
These are PFN’s consensus projections, correct as of August 15. The most up-to-date projections can be found in our Who Should I Draft Tool.
Should You Draft Tracy This Year?
There is actually very little risk in drafting Tracy ahead of the 2024 season. His ADP varies between 140 and 250+, depending on the site you use.
That 140 region is a bit of a higher price, as you are talking about Round 12 or 13 in a 12-team league. But where he is going closer to the 200th pick, Tracy is essentially undrafted, making him a final-round flier for fantasy managers.
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His ranking in terms of RBs when it comes to ADP is RB57, and Tracy is RB55 in PFN’s consensus rankings, so the value is about right.
Essentially, Tracy is sitting exactly where he should be, in the mix with other RBs who could be in a prominent role with one injury.
Right now, Tracy is behind only Devin Singletary on the Giants’ depth chart. Eric Gray and Dante Miller are in the mix as well, but most reports have Tracy as the second option in the Giants’ backfield. Therefore, he becomes an intriguing late-round handcuff option if you drafted Singletary or even if you are just accumulating RBs with potential.
Tracy spent six years in college, the first four with Iowa as a WR, before finishing his career with Purdue as an RB. In his time at Iowa, he caught 66 passes for 871 yards and five touchdowns. He then transferred to Purdue, where he played more as a pass catcher his first season before making the transition fully to RB in his senior season.
In that final season, Tracy rushed for 716 yards and eight touchdowns on 113 carries. He also added 132 yards on 19 receptions.
Now, those are not the numbers of an elite RB, but with only 146 carries, Tracy is relatively fresh in terms of miles on his body. Yes, he is an older prospect, but he is one that has not done a lot of work and comes with receiving upside.
Given his background as a receiver, Tracy has an intriguing upside in PPR formats for the 2024 season. He could easily develop into a third-down or passing-down role this year and have independent value from Signletary’s health.
The potential is intriguing and the cost to put that potential on your bench is low.
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Tracy did have an injury concern during training camp. He was taken off the field with an air cast on after a non-contact lower-body injury.
Fortunately, it appears that Tracy only suffered a low-ankle sprain, meaning he should be ready for the start of the season.
It may delay his development into the offense if Tracy misses reps in practice, but hopefully, that will not stop him from becoming a fantasy asset at some point in 2024.