Najee Harris Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Najee Harris
RB
, Pittsburgh Steelers

Age: 26
Weight: 242 lbs
Height: 6' 1"
College: Alabama

ADP: 73
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
15.3	139	0	2	14

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Despite seeing the 15th-most touches (253 through Week 17), Najee Harris finished RB26, two spots behind his more efficient teammate, Jaylen Warren. Warren’s touches increased from 10.6 to 13.9 when comparing the first half of the season to the second half. That increased workload may or may not carry over now that there’s a new offensive coordinator (Arthur Smith) in town. Smith is known to use his players in frustrating ways from a fantasy perspective. Interestingly, Warren’s increased usage did not come at Harris’s expense. Harris saw his touches increase from 14.4 to 18.8 from the first half to the second half of the season. (Harris/Warren combined to average 25.0 touches from Week 1 to Week 8 compared to 32.7 touches from Week 9 to Week 18, so Pittsburgh was much more RB-oriented in the back half of the season.) The Steelers figure to be very run-heavy under Smith so there should be room for both Harris and Warren in 15+ touch roles.

Latest news

Steelers RB Jaylen Warren (hamstring) expects to play Week 1

Brooke Pryor on X

Sep 02 · 4:35 PM EDT

Steelers RB Jaylen Warren (hamstring) said he did individuals and special teams work in practice today, and he anticipates joining team periods on Wednesday.

He said he'll be good to go for the season opener Sunday.

Related players: Najee Harris

Fantasy Impact:

Warren should find himself complementing Harris, taking on change of pace and third down and passing duties. Warren (RB24) finished two spots ahead of Harris (RB26), and if we just look at the back half of the season, Warren was the fantasy RB19 from Week 10 to Week 18. His touches increased from 10.6 to 13.9 when comparing the first half of the season to the second half. That increased workload may or may not carry over now that there’s a new offensive coordinator (Arthur Smith) in town. Smith is known to use his players in frustrating ways from a fantasy perspective. Interestingly, Warren’s increased usage did not come at Harris’s expense. Harris saw his touches increase from 14.4 to 18.8 from the first half to the second half of the season. (Harris/Warren combined to average 25.0 touches from Week 1 to Week 8 compared to 32.7 touches from Week 9 to Week 18, so Pittsburgh was much more RB-oriented in the back half of the season.) The Steelers figure to be very run-heavy under Smith so there should be room for both Warren and Harris in 15+ touch roles.

Scouting report

by Brendan Darr

· Sep 15 · 9:44 AM EDT

PIT RB Najee Harris - Week 2 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 2 at Denver Broncos

After an offseason of saying how the Steelers wanted to get Jaylen Warren more involved, Najee Harris looked like a bell cow for the Steelers. With 20 carries and 2 targets, he vastly out-touched Warren who only saw 4 total touches. Harris looks locked in for a bigger workload than we were expecting.

While Harris wasn't super efficient on his touches, his workload will occasionally lead him to big weeks if this keeps up. Denver isn't an imposing defense on the ground and Arthur Smith would be smart to follow Seattle and Kenneth Walker's lead on how to ground and pound the Broncos. Harris is an RB2 this week and as long as this workload split continues should be viewed that way.

2024 Strength of Schedule - PIT

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
10 @ATL	18 @DEN	17 LAC	31 @IND	23 DAL	25 @LV	28 NYJ	27 NYG	BYE	32 @WAS	1 BAL	16 @CLE	15 @CIN	16 CLE	8 @PHI	1 @BAL	26 KC	15 CIN

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	0.5 PPR	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@ATL	20	70	0	3.50	1	9	0	2	9.00	7.9	8.40	8.9	38/68	55.9%
2	@DEN	17	69	0	4.06	1	5	0	2	5.00	7.4	7.90	8.4	30/66	45.5%
Per game			18.50	69.50	0	3.76	1.00	7.00	0	2.00	7.00	7.65	8.15	8.65	34.00/67.00	50.67%
Totals			37	139	0	3.76	2	14	0	4	7.00	15.3	16.3	17.3	68/134	50.67%

Previous Games vs. LAC


Season	Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	0.5 PPR	PPR	Snaps	%
2021	11	@LAC	12	39	1	0	3.25	5	20	0	6	4.00	11.9	14.40	16.9	52/69	75.36%
Average					12.00	39.00	1.00	0.00	3.25	5.00	20.00	0.00	6.00	4.00	11.90	14.40	16.90	52.00/69.00	75.36%

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