Fantasy Football Injury Updates: Chuba Hubbard Week-to-Week

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Fantasy Football Injury Updates: Chuba Hubbard Week-to-Week

Check out the latest fantasy football and NFL injury updates from around the league.

Chuba Hubbard (hamstring) week-to-week with hamstring injury

Chuba Hubbard (hamstring) is week-to-week with a hamstring injury per HC Dave Canales. He is expected to play in Week 1.

Fantasy Impact

While it sounds like Hubbard should be good to go for the season opener, he could still be limited following a multi-week absence. With that said, it’s now wheels up for Jonathon Brooks, who’s now going to see his ADP rise yet again.

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Chuba Hubbard‘s fantasy football outlook

Here’s Derek Brown’s fantasy football outlook for Hubbard given the injury update.

Chuba Hubbard followed up his big breakout 2024 season with a stinker in 2025. Last year, Chuba Hubbard fell apart as the RB40 in fantasy points per game. Yes, he dealt with a calf injury for part of the season, but he also lost his starting job during the season to Rico Dowdle. Hubbard was arguably the most inefficient running back in the NFL last year. Among 49 qualifying backs, he ranked dead last in missed tackle rate and explosive run rate (zero explosive runs) while also sitting at 47th in yards after contact per attempt (per Fantasy Points Data). If Jonathon Brooks is fully healthy (I think he will be), he could easily be the backfield leader coming out of camp. I’ll be avoiding Hubbard in drafts this year, especially with him also dealing with a hamstring injury in camp now.

Jonathon Brooks‘s fantasy football outlook

And here is the fantasy football draft outlook for fellow Panthers RB Jonathon Brooks, who figures to continue to climb the rankings with this injury to Hubbard.

Jonathon Brooks is a wonderful wild card pick for 2026 with big-time upside. Brooks has had enough time to recuperate from his second torn ACL that he should enter camp this season and Week 1 fully healthy. Chuba Hubbard lost his starting job to Rico Dowdle last season, and Carolina let him walk in the offseason. Outside of Brooks and Hubbard, Carolina has only Trevor Etienne and A.J. Dillon on the roster, so Carolina is heavily betting on Brooks to return to his collegiate form. Brooks could pull an Uncle Rico from last year and steal Hubbard’s starting job in 2026. Just to remind everyone about the talent that Brooks has, in 2024 (his final collegiate season), he ranked 21st in yards after contact per attempt, ninth in elusive rating, and 21st in yards per route run (per PFF). I’ll be drafting Brooks a ton this season.
– Derek Brown