Bucky Irving Week 3 Outlook - Vikings at Buccaneers

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 24th 2026, 1:35pm EDT

Bucky Irving has been awesome so far as the RB11 in fantasy points per game. He has averaged 18 touches and 91.5 total yards. Irving has had a 71.1% snap rate, 55.6 % of the rushing attempts, a 56.6% route share, and a 17.7% target share. The usage has been awesome. Among 43 qualifying rushers, he ranks 16th in explosive run rate and 11th in yards after contact per attempt. Minnesota's run defense is similar to their passing defense. They don't give up a ton of big plays, but when they do, they are explosives. The Vikes have allowed the third-lowest rushing success rate while logging the fourth-highest stuff rate. The other side of the coin is they also have allowed the fifth-highest explosive run rate, the 12th-most yards before contact per attempt, and the tenth-highest yards per carry to gap runs. 48% of Irving's runs have been gap, and he ranks fifth in gap yards per carry (6.92). I think Irving has another solid day in Week 3.