Pat Fantasy Dog Pound is grabbing Rachaad White wherever he falls because of a minor groin injury. The back is listed day-to-day and could suit up in Week 1, so Pat views the current price drop as pure value when paired with more stable backs like Jonathan Taylor and James Cook.

Hayden Winks said he is growing increasingly skeptical of Rachaad White’s upside after the back showed up on the injury report with a groin issue. Winks reminded listeners that White’s value is almost entirely tied to pass-protection and receiving work, whereas Sean Tucker flashed again as a pure early-down runner in the second preseason game. If White misses any time, Tampa would likely split the job: Tucker would handle most carries while rookie Bucky Irving would soak up the obvious-pass snaps White normally owns. Even if White is active, Winks expects a committee that caps his ceiling relative to backs such as Tyler Allgeier. He kept White buried at RB160 in his ranks and recommended sprinkling in Sean Tucker, currently RB213, as a contingency play.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound warned drafters not to treat Rachaad White as a true contingency hammer. Even if rookie Bucky Irving misses time, Pat expects Tampa Bay to lean heavily on Sean Tucker, capping White’s upside. Pat views White as a small-floor, low-ceiling pick whose pass-pro chops keep him on the field but rarely unlock spike-weeks. He recommended only sprinkling White into builds that specifically need steady points rather than chasing a league-winning outcome.

PPRTyler clicked Rachaad White as his RB4 and called the Buccaneers back a "such a good pick" in Underdog’s Eliminator rooms. Tyler noted that the backs available after White fall off sharply, so he doubts a comparable option would circle back. He also liked that White’s Week-11 bye meshes cleanly with the rest of his roster— none of his other primary runners sit that week— and pairing White with Chris Godwin creates a low-owned Tampa Week-17 correlation without flooding one bye slot. All of that makes White his preferred choice over Jaylen Warren in this pocket of the draft.

Mike Wright labeled Rachaad White a perfectly acceptable "gross but useful" pick in the double-digit rounds. White racked up more than 200 combined carries and targets last season and quietly finished as the RB24 despite averaging just 3.6 yards per carry. Tampa added rookie Bucky Irving, but Wright expects White to maintain a significant passing-down role in Dave Canales’ offense and remain the preferred short-yardage option while the rookie learns protections. Because White is being drafted outside the top 40 backs, managers are paying nothing for a player who already demonstrated weekly flex utility and projects for 180-plus touches if he simply holds last year’s usage share. Wright advised scooping him up whenever a room lets him slip into the 10th round or later.

Despite acknowledging that Rachaad White is "not that amazing" in real life, Davis Mattek keeps clicking him because DraftKings is full-PPR with yardage bonuses. White’s three-down role produced 74 receptions last year—more than every running back except Alvin Kamara—and Baker Mayfield’s check-down tendencies remain intact. Mattek likes White’s contingent upside if Tampa’s offense takes even a small step forward, and the current price tag (mid-sixth round) bakes in almost no improvement. He views White as the perfect hero-RB candidate on builds that start WR-heavy, giving drafters both weekly floor and occasional 25-point spike weeks.

Tyler Knaeble said Rachaad White is "a great click in this format," slotting him in as his RB2 over Javonte Williams. Knaeble liked that White’s Week-9 bye doesn’t overlap with the rest of his core backs (he was already overloaded on Week-8 byes) and argued that White’s three-down role makes him safer in Underdog’s Eliminator, where weekly survival rewards bankable volume more than efficiency. The tiebreaker for Knaeble was White’s projected every-down usage in Tampa Bay’s short-passing attack versus Denver’s timeshare uncertainty with Williams. He called White the pick that "feels good" when you need a reliable floor without sacrificing upside.

Nez admitted he has flipped from fading Rachaad “Bucky” White for Josh Jacobs to aggressively drafting White at the 2-3 turn. What changed? He dug into Tampa’s usage numbers and realized White quietly ranked fifth among running backs in targets last season and was top-10 in routes run. With Baker Mayfield entrenched and an “offense that’s going to be so sick,” Nez now views White’s passing-down role as a cheat code in Underdog’s half-PPR scoring. The combination of 70-plus receptions upside and an every-down workload gives White a ceiling Jacobs cannot match, making his early-third ADP a buying opportunity.

Tom Strachan cautioned drafters not to forget Rachaad White just because the Buccaneers invested in Bucky Irving. White saw the ninth-most RB targets last year (56), tied Devin Achane for the position lead in receiving TDs (6), and posted a 44.6 % designed-target rate—second-highest among RBs. He also improved as a runner, setting career bests in success rate (50.7 %) and yards per carry (4.3). A new offensive coordinator may tweak things, but Strachan doubts they will abandon the screen game that suited White so well. Even if Irving takes early-down work, White retains high-end PPR flex value and massive contingent upside.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound called Rachaad White “an awesome pick in this contest” because the Eliminator format rewards reliable weekly volume more than late-season spike weeks. He argued the Buccaneers telegraphed their intentions by ignoring running back in both free agency and the draft, all but guaranteeing White repeats last year’s 79% snap share and 70-target receiving role. Pat reminded viewers that White averaged 17.3 touches and 12.8 half-PPR points per game in 2023 despite Tampa ranking 27th in yards per play. In a contest where you must survive a coin-flip every week from Week 2 through Week 16, he wants the steady double-digit floor White provides rather than chasing rookies who may not see full workloads until Thanksgiving.