
Draft Note by John Paulsen
Harvey's rookie season finished RB19 overall, but that number shortens a longer story that's really about two different backs. In his six featured games without Dobbins, he averaged 15.9 touches, 68 yards, and 0.84 touchdowns–12.8 fantasy points per game, which is a solid mid-range RB2 line. The 3.2 YPC in that stretch is the problem; he was generating through volume and scoring rate (12 total touchdowns) rather than efficiency, and the advanced metrics back that up. His run grade (15th percentile), success rate (12th percentile), YBC/Att (25th percentile), and YAC/Att (32nd percentile) are all well below average. The rushing profile was genuinely poor for a back expected to carry a featured workload with Dobbins out. His receiving ability is the appeal, and he has the potential to turn into Sean Payton’s next great receiving back, a la Alvin Kamara. Harvey’s 90th-percentile target share, 81st-percentile YPRR, and 73rd-percentile route grade make him a legitimate pass-catching asset, and five receiving touchdowns in 2025 reflect real usage in scoring situations. Dobbins’ return is the tricky part. He has played 32 games total over the last four seasons, which is not a health record that inspires much confidence. Jonah Coleman was drafted in the fourth round as depth. If Dobbins misses time again–and history suggests he will–Harvey should once again find himself in a featured role, inefficiency and all.
RJ Harvey
- RB
- , Denver Broncos
- 25
- 208 lbs
- 5' 9"
- UCF
- 83
- 2
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2026 Draft note
Harvey's rookie season finished RB19 overall, but that number shortens a longer story that's really about two different backs. In his six featured games without Dobbins, he averaged 15.9 touches, 68 yards, and 0.84 touchdowns–12.8 fantasy points per game, which is a solid mid-range RB2 line. The 3.2 YPC in that stretch is the problem; he was generating through volume and scoring rate (12 total touchdowns) rather than efficiency, and the advanced metrics back that up. His run grade (15th percentile), success rate (12th percentile), YBC/Att (25th percentile), and YAC/Att (32nd percentile) are all well below average. The rushing profile was genuinely poor for a back expected to carry a featured workload with Dobbins out. His receiving ability is the appeal, and he has the potential to turn into Sean Payton’s next great receiving back, a la Alvin Kamara. Harvey’s 90th-percentile target share, 81st-percentile YPRR, and 73rd-percentile route grade make him a legitimate pass-catching asset, and five receiving touchdowns in 2025 reflect real usage in scoring situations. Dobbins’ return is the tricky part. He has played 32 games total over the last four seasons, which is not a health record that inspires much confidence. Jonah Coleman was drafted in the fourth round as depth. If Dobbins misses time again–and history suggests he will–Harvey should once again find himself in a featured role, inefficiency and all.
2026 Strength of Schedule - DEN
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 @KC | 10 JAX | 20 LAR | 22 @SF | 5 @LAC | 3 SEA | 31 @ARI | 15 KC | 28 @CAR | BYE | 27 LV | 2 @PIT | 4 MIA | 32 @NYJ | 27 @LV | 24 BUF | 7 @NE | 5 LAC |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Week | Opp | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEN | 6 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 11.67 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -1.00 | 6.9 | 7.40 | 7.9 | 22/76 | 28.9% |
| 2 | @IND | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 16.00 | 2.4 | 2.90 | 3.4 | 19/58 | 32.8% |
| 3 | @LAC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4.67 | 1.6 | 3.10 | 4.6 | 15/52 | 28.8% |
| 4 | CIN | 14 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4.14 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 10.00 | 15.8 | 17.80 | 19.8 | 33/81 | 40.7% |
| 5 | @PHI | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 3.0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 15/74 | 20.3% |
| 6 | @NYJ | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 5.25 | 2.5 | 4.50 | 6.5 | 17/60 | 28.3% |
| 7 | NYG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 6.2 | 6.70 | 7.2 | 20/81 | 24.7% |
| 8 | DAL | 7 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 6.57 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.00 | 23.1 | 23.60 | 24.1 | 17/63 | 27.0% |
| 9 | @HOU | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 10.20 | 11.6 | 14.10 | 16.6 | 20/63 | 31.7% |
| 10 | LV | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 1.8 | 2.80 | 3.8 | 17/61 | 27.9% |
| 11 | KC | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2.73 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 6.67 | 5.0 | 6.50 | 8.0 | 38/62 | 61.3% |
| 12 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | @WAS | 13 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2.69 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 9.00 | 18.2 | 19.70 | 21.2 | 33/70 | 47.1% |
| 14 | @LV | 17 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 4.41 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 4.17 | 16.0 | 19.00 | 22.0 | 50/74 | 67.6% |
| 15 | GB | 19 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 3.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 10.5 | 46/68 | 67.6% |
| 16 | JAX | 7 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 7.14 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 17.75 | 18.1 | 20.10 | 22.1 | 39/66 | 59.1% |
| 17 | @KC | 14 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3.07 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 6.60 | 13.6 | 16.10 | 18.6 | 47/72 | 65.3% |
| 18 | LAC | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.87 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5.00 | 3.3 | 3.80 | 4.3 | 33/59 | 55.9% |
| Per game | 8.59 | 31.76 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 3.70 | 2.76 | 20.94 | 0.29 | 3.41 | 7.57 | 9.39 | 10.77 | 12.15 | 28.29/67.06 | 42.07% | |
| Totals | 146 | 540 | 7 | 1 | 3.70 | 47 | 356 | 5 | 58 | 7.57 | 159.6 | 183.1 | 206.6 | 481/1140 | 42.07% | |






