Bhayshul Tuten Fantasy Overview

Production & Fantasy Finishes

Tuten entered the league in 2025 as a fourth-round pick with eye-catching traits. His 4.32-second 40 time, 40.5-inch vertical, and 10’10 broad jump produced a 9.56 Relative Athletic Score. GM James Gladstone even mentioned Tuten in his interview for the job as a priority draft target if he became GM.

Tuten failed to impress with his rookie numbers, though. He finished with just 307 rushing yards on 83 carries with 5 TDs. He also only had 10 receptions for 79 yards across 15 games as the backup to Travis Etienne for most of the season.

Tuten handled a mere 22.2% of Jacksonville’s RB carries. Even after Tank Bigsby was traded, Etienne remained the clear lead back and Tuten never broke through to consistent work.

That was at least more than fellow rookie LeQuint Allen (drafted in Round 7) who only had a 6.1% carry share. Allen did get more work in the receiving game, playing 224 passing snaps over the season vs. Tuten’s 120.

Efficiency & Regression

Judging his talent by those raw totals would be the wrong read, though. Tuten showcased some positive underlying metrics that show he can handle a bigger role. Among 55 running backs with 80-plus carries, he ranked 14th in yards after contact per attempt (3.0) and 11th in missed tackles forced per attempt (0.21). Both of those marks were better than Etienne's for 2025.

For a rookie playing behind a veteran starter, flashing those numbers on limited touches is exactly the kind of signal that suggests a bigger role could unlock real production.

He also suffered a broken finger in Week 15 causing him to miss two games, returning for Week 18 and the Jaguars’ playoff loss.

Projected Role & Competition

Tuten's 2026 opportunity looks nothing like his 2025 role. Etienne is gone, vacating his 69.5% RB carry share and clearing the path for Tuten to open as the main incumbent in one of the league's more pass-heavy offenses. Etienne’s 260 carries and 52 targets from last season will be opened up to move to RBs, with Tuten being the most likely candidate.

The RB receiving opens up as well.

Etienne’s 8.3% target share last year dwarfed Tuten’s 2.7% and Allen’s 2.0%. That target share is up for grabs, but Tuten will need to wrest pass snaps from Allen.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. also arrives a two-year, $10 million contract. Rodriguez had his best college season at Kentucky when Liam Coen served as OC in 2021. That gives him a familiarity with the scheme that could accelerate his role in the offense.

Rodriguez is a bigger (224 pounds vs. Tuten’s 209), physical back who profiles as a goal-line and short-yardage option. He could siphon valuable TD opportunities from Tuten.

Supporting Cast

In 2025, Rodriguez posted a 0.70 rushing yards over expected per rush (13th among qualified backs) and averaged 3.46 yards after contact per attempt (eighth). Rodriguez’s 3.0 YAC per attempt over the last two seasons led all 69 RBs with 100+ attempts over that span.

Rodriguez had surgery on his left foot earlier in the offseason and is expected to be ready by training camp. His return will be worth monitoring.

Allen could be a bigger pain to Tuten’s receiving aspirations than his 10 rookie-year catches suggest. The seventh-round pick caught 119 passes for his college career, the most among the 31 Combine RBs from 2025.

Paths To Ceiling

Tuten's ceiling sits somewhere close to Etienne's 2025 role as the featured back in Coen's high-volume offense. Etienne finished last year as RB14 in PPR points per game, and Tuten could approach that if he fends off Rodriguez and Allen for the leads in rushing, receiving, and goal-line work.

The floor is a crowded committee that never allows Tuten to seize consistent work or production. A healthy Rodriguez could split early-down work and goal-line touches (or lead that area, in particular). That outcome could push him into RB3 territory, or lower.