Running Back · Denver Broncos · Age 25 · UCF · RB35 Half-PPR (Season 2026)
RJ Harvey is ranked RB35 (overall #104) for the Season of the 2026 NFL season in Half-PPR fantasy football by Hayden of The Underdog Football Show. Hayden has RJ Harvey ranked 18 spots lower than their Underdog ADP of 86.3, flagging this as an overvalued player.
Bad rookie season leaves doubt that he'll break away from Dobbins/Coleman
Harvey was a boom-bust prospect. He had athleticism to work with, yet was a 24-year-old rookie with vision issues. Both sides of the profile showed themselves as a rookie, just with more bad than good. Harvey was 42nd in EPA per carry (-0.16) and 32nd in rushing yards over expected (-8%) out of 46 RB qualifiers, despite running behind an OL universally considered to be top-3, if not the best in the NFL. He was pretty bouncy and indecisive on tape, and his 5'8"/205 size made it more difficult to break tackles than it was as a redshirt senior at UCF. NextGenStats had him with the 2nd-highest time spent behind the line of scrimmage, only trailing Kenneth Walker. Since Harvey's rookie season ended, the Broncos were heavily linked to Travis Etienne, Kenneth Walker, and other bigger-named free agent RBs. They whiffed on them but did shell out $10M guaranteed to re-sign JK Dobbins, who easily out-paced Harvey in advanced rushing metrics. Denver was also linked to Jadarian Price in the draft, ultimately settling on reliable Jonah Coleman in the 4th round. It's reasonable to look at all of this as a partial indictment on Harvey. Let's say this is too pessimistic, and Harvey is the Broncos starter. Then what? Without Dobbins available, Harvey was the RB17 on RB10 usage, while (once again) playing behind a healthy, top-flight OL and far worse RB depth than currently projected. It's possible for Harvey to reach fantasy RB2 levels in 2026. It's just not likeliest based on the context of his boom-bust prospect profile, his advanced stats as a rookie, the offseason flirtation of other RBs, the current depth chart, and the history of the Sean Payton RB-by-committee style. RJ was the RB36 on RB54 usage with Dobbins healthy, and his Underdog ADP sits at RB31 right now. Harvey is a fade.
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Hayden is a fantasy football analyst for The Underdog Football Show, covering 2026 fantasy football with PPR and Half-PPR rankings, ADP comparisons, and weekly start/sit analysis. Rankings are updated regularly throughout the season. Hayden's "Best Bet" designations highlight players ranked higher than their ADP consensus, while "Fade" designations flag players the ranker believes are overvalued by the market.
By Hayden · The Underdog Football Show · Updated 2026-07-06