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2026 season · RB · #26 · 1st season

26Kaelon Black

Age 25 · 5'9" · 208 lb · Indiana; James Madison · Pick 90 overall (2026). Listed RB2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 29% across 7 games.

No injury listingRB249ers players
SF49ers offense29% of snaps
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Carries
57
8.1 per game
T-35th of 70
Rush yards
233
4.1 per carry
36th of 70
Rush TD
1
11 first downs
T-39th of 70
Targets
6
3 catches · 4 yds
T-59th of 70
Touches / game
9.0
63 total
51st of 70
EPA / touch
-0.17
-10.7 total
51st of 70
Explosive
4
10+ run · 20+ catch
T-44th of 70
Snap share
29%
offensive snaps
57th of 70
The short version
  • How goodBlack's -10.7 EPA is 48th of 70 backs.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+2.6, 15th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy4.0 standard points a game, RB52 of 107.4.2 half-PPR points a game, RB56 of 107.4.4 PPR points a game, RB60 of 107.
  • How he's usedMotion is part of the plan: 75% of his touches come with pre-snap movement (league 54%).
  • LatelyTouches are steady: 10 a game over his last three against 9 for the season.
  • This weekWeek 8 is the bye.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 70 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Yards per carry4.135th of 70
51st
Rush EPA per carry-0.1341st of 70
42nd
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets-0.5561st of 64
5th
Broken tacklesper touch0%38th of 70
24th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch6%49th of 70
31st
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Touches per game9.051st of 70
28th
Receiving sharetargets per touch10%59th of 70
16th
Yards per touch3.856th of 70
21st
Success rate43%23rd of 70
68th
Total EPA-10.748th of 70
32nd
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.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Black scores 4.0 standard points a game, RB52 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.6 and 6.3; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 5 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Raiders allow the 5th-most standard points to RBs, 21.6 a game.

Points a game4.0RB52 of 107
Season27.7RB52 · 7 games
Most weeks1.6–6.3his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 512+ · under 5

Black scores 4.2 half-PPR points a game, RB56 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.6 and 6.8; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 5 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Raiders allow the 7th-most half-PPR points to RBs, 23.4 a game.

Points a game4.2RB56 of 107
Season29.2RB57 · 7 games
Most weeks1.6–6.8his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 516+ · under 6.5

Black scores 4.4 PPR points a game, RB60 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.6 and 7.3; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 5 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Raiders allow the 9th-most PPR points to RBs, 25.3 a game.

Points a game4.4RB60 of 107
Season30.7RB59 · 7 games
Most weeks1.6–7.3his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 520+ · under 8
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

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 70 backs

Motion is part of the plan: 75% of his touches come with pre-snap movement (league 54%). He gets to the edge: only 37% of his carries go inside (league 52%). His share of the team's touches is 17%: on third down it falls to 8%; inside the 20 it holds at 17%. He runs from under center: 19% of his carries come from shotgun (league 34%).

Motion manMotion 75% · 95th pctlBounces outsideInside runs 37% · 9th pctlNot the third-down back8% on third down · 17% overallUnder centerShotgun runs 19% · 9th pctl
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
37%
9th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
19%
9th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
10%
16th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
8%
44th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
17%
48th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
21%
55th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
2%
22nd
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
75%
95th
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.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Next upWeek 9 · vs RaidersWeek 8: bye
The game
LVvs Raiders
Sun Nov 8 · 4:05 PM EST
Levi's Stadium
SF −10 · O/U 51.5
The defense vs the run
24th vs the run
allow -0.03 EPA per designed carry, league -0.08
a soft matchup
His history
vs bottom-10 defenses: 1 game, 6.0 touches a game, 13 yards a game
First meeting this season
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 29%

Week 8 is the bye. A soft matchup: the Raiders rank 24th vs the run, allowing -0.03 EPA per designed carry. He has averaged 13 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season1 season
7Games
57Carries
233Rush yards
1TD
3Receptions
2026 to 2026 · 1 season · 1 team

First season: 7 games in, 237 scrimmage yards, a 17-game pace of 576.

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SeasonTeamGCarYdsYPCTDTgtRecRec ydsEPA/touch
2026SF7572334.11634-0.17
Career1 tm7572334.11634-0.17
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

IntelWeek 8
Depth chart
RB2 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
0 on 6 targets
Broken tackles
0
Passer rating when targeted
62.2
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    23Christian McCaffreyRB126640 · 8 TD+13.5
    85George KittleTE46425 · 5 TD+16.1
    5Mike EvansWR39420 · 3 TD+40.9
    13Brock PurdyQB32161 · 1 TD+14.4
    19Deebo Samuel Sr.WR29284 · 3 TD+5.2
    4Jacob CowingWR1259-4.2
    44Kyle JuszczykRB1176 · 2 TD+4.1
    17Jordan WatkinsWR9138+5.1