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Tony Pollard: 2026 Fantasy Outlook
Our model ranks Tony Pollard about 140 places below where the market drafts him — the largest kind of disagreement we publish, and a prompt to check the role before paying the going rate rather than an instruction to fade him.
Where the market has him
Our published board has him at 76, 3 places higher than consensus ADP. Across 16 ranking sources the spread is 14.9 places — reasonably close. The unblended model sits 140 places below the market, which is our threshold for a major disagreement.
Our board recommends him around round 8. The replacement-level running back we measure him against is Rhamondre Stevenson, which is the honest comparison: the question is never whether he is good, it is how much better he is than the player you could have instead.
The track record
Across 7 drafted seasons in our sample, Tony Pollard finished at or above his positional draft price 5 times. He returned a severe bust in 3 of them.
| Season | Drafted as | Finished | PPG | Games | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | RB25 | RB23 | 10.9 | 17 | — |
| 2024 | RB27 | RB21 | 12.5 | 16 | — |
| 2023 | RB6 | RB14 | 13.1 | 17 | — |
| 2022 | RB33 | RB8 | 15.5 | 16 | — |
| 2021 | RB43 | RB28 | 10.8 | 15 | Severe bust |
| 2020 | RB48 | RB41 | 7.6 | 16 | Severe bust |
| 2019 | RB44 | RB53 | 5.9 | 15 | Severe bust |
Positional draft rank against final positional finish on PPR total points. A severe bust is a finish outside the top 60 FLEX scorers.
Risk and upside
Our model tiers him medium for risk and moderate for upside. Across the 2026 board those two scores are essentially uncorrelated, so a low-risk label is not a low-ceiling label.
Why the model says medium risk: Moderate risk: injury-supported risk (71.0) with weekly/market volatility (50.6) as the secondary driver.
Tony Pollard: common questions
Where is Tony Pollard being drafted in 2026?
Tony Pollard is going around pick 79 overall, the RB31 off the board in consensus ADP across the ranking sources we track, though individual sources have him as high as 64 and as low as 120.
Is Tony Pollard a good pick in 2026?
Our model ranks Tony Pollard about 140 places below where the market drafts him — the largest kind of disagreement we publish, and a prompt to check the role before paying the going rate rather than an instruction to fade him.
How risky is Tony Pollard?
Our model puts him in the medium risk tier. Risk here combines availability history, role certainty, how much the ranking sources disagree, and week-to-week volatility. It is a measure of how wide the range of outcomes looks, not a prediction that he will get hurt.
How many fantasy points will Tony Pollard score in 2026?
Our projection has him at about 8 points per game in full PPR, or roughly 108 on the season once 3.5 projected games lost are priced in. Projections are a central estimate, not a floor.
Drafted around the same cost
ADP is consensus across the ranking sources Auto Draft Years tracks. Historical finishes are positional ranks on PPR total points, 2019–2025. Board generated Aug 17, 2026. For informational and entertainment purposes only — projections are estimates, not forecasts.