2026
2026 season · RB · #30 · 6th season
Chuba Hubbard
Age 27 · 6'1" · 216 lb · Oklahoma State · Pick 126 overall (2021). Listed RB1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 79% across 7 games.
- How goodHubbard's +19.6 EPA is 1st of 70 backs.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+32.3, 92nd percentile per target).
- Fantasy15.9 standard points a game, RB5 of 107.17.4 half-PPR points a game, RB6 of 107.19.0 PPR points a game, RB5 of 107.
- How he's usedIn short yardage he is the call: 57% of the team's touches with two or fewer to go (his overall share is 36%).
- LatelyTouches are steady: 24 a game over his last three against 20.6 for the season.
- This weekA soft matchup: the Broncos rank 26th vs the run, allowing -0.02 EPA per designed carry.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards per carry | 4.6 | 17th of 70 | 76th | |
| Rush EPA per carry | +0.06 | 9th of 70 | 88th | |
| EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets | +0.49 | 6th of 64 | 91st | |
| Broken tacklesper touch | 1% | 27th of 70 | 62nd | |
| Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch | 10% | 22nd of 70 | 69th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touches per game | 20.6 | 9th of 70 | 88th | |
| Receiving sharetargets per touch | 18% | 36th of 70 | 49th | |
| Yards per touch | 4.8 | 20th of 70 | 72nd | |
| Success rate | 47% | 13th of 70 | 82nd | |
| Total EPA | +19.6 | 1st of 70 | 99th |
How this is measured
Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.
Hubbard scores 15.9 standard points a game, RB5 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 11.3 and 20.2; 5 boom weeks (12+) and 0 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Broncos allow the 11th-most standard points to RBs, 20.1 a game.
Hubbard scores 17.4 half-PPR points a game, RB6 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 13.1 and 22.0; 4 boom weeks (16+) and 0 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Broncos allow the 10th-most half-PPR points to RBs, 22.7 a game.
Hubbard scores 19.0 PPR points a game, RB5 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 14.5 and 24.7; 3 boom weeks (20+) and 0 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Broncos allow the 8th-most PPR points to RBs, 25.3 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the RB24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
In short yardage he is the call: 57% of the team's touches with two or fewer to go (his overall share is 36%). Run-pass options feed him: 18% of his carries (league 7%). His share of the team's touches is 36%: on third down it falls to 30%; inside the 20 it holds at 38%. He rarely moves before the snap: 47% of his touches come with motion (league 54%).
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying backs; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Hubbard's +19.6 EPA is 1st of 70 backs. The biggest share comes after the catch (+32.3, 92nd percentile per target).
career -0.08 over 2021–2025 · the best of his 6 seasons so far
How this is measured
Every carry and target this season, split by what happened. Catches divide at the catch: the yards in the air and what came after. Runs are per carry, the receiving parts per target. The percentile is him among the qualifying backs, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 30 touches.
He is targeted behind left 4.1× as often as the league (31% of his targets against 8%) but averages -0.30 EPA a target there.
How this is measured
Every target with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three targets show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
Bank of America Stadium
DEN −3 · O/U 43.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A soft matchup: the Broncos rank 26th vs the run, allowing -0.02 EPA per designed carry. He has averaged 116 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Car | Yds | TD | Tgt | Rec | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs CHI L 37-5915th D | 15th vs the run | 71% | 10 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +5.8 |
| 2 | at ATL W 34-314th D | 14th vs the run | 65% | 12 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +4.8 |
| 3 | at CLE L 18-2127th D | 27th vs the run | 84% | 19 | 82 | 4 | 4 | -2.2 | |
| 4 | vs DET W 32-2612th D | 12th vs the run | 84% | 20 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +3.9 |
| 5 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 6 | at PHI W 25-1432nd D | 32nd vs the run | 94% | 28 | 120 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +4.1 |
| 7 | vs TB L 13-436th D | 6th vs the run | 61% | 7 | 33 | 5 | 4 | +3.0 | |
| 8 | at GB L 19-2711th D | 11th vs the run | 92% | 22 | 81 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +0.1 |
| 9 | vs DENSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | at NOSun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | vs BALSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | at TBMon Nov 30 | ||||||||
| 13 | at MINSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | vs NOSun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | vs CINSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | at PITSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs SEASun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | vs ATLSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 7 games | 79% | 118 | 540 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +19.6 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | YPC | EPA/car | EPA/tgt | 10+ | Brk tkl | Snap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs CHI L 37-5915th D | 15th vs the run | 4.9 | +0.15 | +1.44 | 1 | 1 | 71% |
| 2 | at ATL W 34-314th D | 14th vs the run | 4.4 | +0.01 | +2.32 | 1 | 65% | |
| 3 | at CLE L 18-2127th D | 27th vs the run | 4.3 | -0.18 | +0.31 | 3 | 1 | 84% |
| 4 | vs DET W 32-2612th D | 12th vs the run | 6.1 | +0.18 | +0.18 | 4 | 84% | |
| 5 | Bye week | |||||||
| 6 | at PHI W 25-1432nd D | 32nd vs the run | 4.3 | +0.18 | -0.48 | 3 | 94% | |
| 7 | vs TB L 13-436th D | 6th vs the run | 4.7 | +0.31 | +0.17 | 61% | ||
| 8 | at GB L 19-2711th D | 11th vs the run | 3.7 | -0.09 | +0.27 | 1 | 92% | |
| 9 | vs DENSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | at NOSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs BALSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at TBMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | at MINSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs NOSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs CINSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at PITSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs SEASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs ATLSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 4.6 | +0.06 | +0.49 | 13 | 2 | 79% |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs CHI L 37-5915th D | 15th vs the run | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 1 | 3 | 38 |
| 2 | at ATL W 34-314th D | 14th vs the run | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | at CLE L 18-2127th D | 27th vs the run | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 4 | 28 | |
| 4 | vs DET W 32-2612th D | 12th vs the run | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Bye week | |||||||
| 6 | at PHI W 25-1432nd D | 32nd vs the run | 28 | 120 | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | vs TB L 13-436th D | 6th vs the run | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 4 | 27 | |
| 8 | at GB L 19-2711th D | 11th vs the run | 22 | 81 | 3.7 | 1 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | vs DENSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | at NOSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs BALSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at TBMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | at MINSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs NOSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs CINSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at PITSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs SEASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs ATLSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 118 | 540 | 4.6 | 5 | 22 | 150 |
Touches are steady: 24 a game over his last three against 20.6 for the season. 7 straight games above a starter's median in scrimmage yds.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 18th-toughest slate vs the run: his opponents rank 16.7 of 32 on average (league middle 16.6). Ahead: 4 of his next 10 are top-10 vs the run and 3 are bottom-10, starting with the Broncos (26th) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Touches/g | Yds/g | EPA/touch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 1 | 12.0 | 60 | +0.25 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 4 | 19.8 | 100 | +0.19 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 2 | 26.5 | 116 | +0.04 |
| All games | 7 | 20.6 | 99 | +0.14 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
How this is measured
His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.46): the schedule has been doing some of the work.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2024, 1,366 scrimmage yards in 15 games. This season's 98.6 a game puts him on pace for 1,676 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | EPA/touch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CAR | 16 | 172 | 612 | 3.6 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 174 | -0.16 |
| 2022 | CAR | 14 | 95 | 466 | 4.9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 171 | +0.03 |
| 2023 | CAR | 17 | 238 | 902 | 3.8 | 5 | 44 | 39 | 233 | -0.11 |
| 2024 | CAR | 15 | 250 | 1,195 | 4.8 | 11 | 54 | 43 | 171 | -0.04 |
| 2025 | CAR | 15 | 134 | 511 | 3.8 | 4 | 39 | 30 | 223 | -0.06 |
| 2026 | CAR | 7 | 118 | 540 | 4.6 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 150 | +0.14 |
| Career | 1 tm | 84 | 1,007 | 4,226 | 4.2 | 35 | 217 | 173 | 1,122 | -0.05 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- RB1 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 0 on 26 targets
- Broken tackles
- 2
- Passer rating when targeted
- 96.2
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 569 · 2 TD | +22.7 | |
| 44 | 364 · 3 TD | +8.5 | |
| 25 | 209 · 3 TD | +8.6 | |
| 24 | 155 · 2 TD | +4.3 | |
| 20 | 114 · 1 TD | +2.8 | |
| 19 | 46 | -11.0 | |
| 13 | 128 | +5.9 | |
| 12 | 73 | -2.4 |