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Running back · HOU · July 2026 draft-day read

Woody Marks: 2026 Fantasy Football Outlook

At 8.3 half-PPR points per game in 2025, Woody Marks outproduced what a RB42 draft slot usually returns — that was the draft-day value case in July 2026. His target share trended up over his last three games of 2025.

This week's projection is in the Week 5 card below. The July 2026 draft-day read that follows is opinion, framed from the cited 2025 data.

high confidence ADP 134.9 · RB42 · Half-PPR · draft ADP as of Jul 15, 2026

Woody Marks

RB · Houston Texans

This week · Week 5

Projected 6.9 half-PPR points in Week 5, with a likely range of 0.0 to 15.9.

at TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

Forecast 6.9 Half-PPR points: the Vegas line takes away 0.2, the matchup nothing. Show how it is built.
How the 6.9-point Half-PPR projection is built, one step at a time
StepPointsRunning total
Baseline: His role and efficiency over 4 games, with his preseason RB44 ADP at 33% weight, at his usual line7.17.1
Vegas: HOU implied 22.8 vs 23.5 in his games−0.26.9
Matchup: TEN 16th toughest vs RB: already in the Vegas line0.06.9
Availability: No designation, no teammate ruled out0.06.9
Projection6.96.9

Each step is the change from switching that factor on, in this order, so the steps add up to the projection. The matchup adds nothing with a line: the model's backtest found the line already prices the defense.

  • Context: HOU is implied for 22.8 points, tied for 13th-highest of 28 teams with a line this week.
  • Context: TEN ranks 17th of 32 defenses in fantasy points allowed to RBs, where 1st allows the most (context, not in the projection).
  • Context: kickoff-hour forecast WSW 10 mph, under the 15 mph wind line.

Season so far · through Week 4

Half-PPR/g
6.8 half-PPR points a game over 4 games, 27.3 in all.
PPR rank
RB35 of 91 RBs with 2 or more games, by PPR points per game.
Games
4 games with a stat line through Week 4.
car/g
7.0 carries per team game this season.

PPR 30.8 (7.7/g) · Std 23.8 (6.0/g)

Game log · half-PPR

Half-PPR points by week, oldest first: Week 1 BUF 4.5, Week 2 CIN 6.0, Week 3 IND 8.6, Week 4 DAL 8.2. Bye in Week 8.

This week · HOU at TEN

Week 5 projection

Half‑PPR
6.9
PPR
7.6
Standard
6.2

Range 0.0–15.9

Floor to ceiling in half-PPR points: the 10th to 90th percentile of how far past weeks landed from a projection like this one. About 4 in 5 landed inside it.

Projected line: 8.7 car · 32 rush yds · 1.45 rec · 10 rec yds · 0.34 TD

Show the math
Volume
35% of HOU's carries × 25.7 a game · 6% of HOU's targets × 29.8 a game
8.7 carries · 1.9 targets
Efficiency
76% catch · 5.3 yds/target · 3.8 yds/carry
1.4 rec · 42 yds
Scoring chances
3.11 TD per 100 carries, 3.63 per 100 targets, from his red-zone usage
0.34 TD
Vegas
HOU implied 22.8 vs 23.5 in his games (×0.97)
−2% volume, −6% TD rate
Market prior
Preseason RB44 in FFC ADP → 7.0 PPG, 33% weight at 4 games
+0.0 half-PPR pts (6.9 → 6.9)
Context (not in projection)
TEN allows 0.99× league RB points (rank 17 of 32)
Week 5 matchup facts
Opponentat TENHOU on the road
KickoffSun 1:00 PM ET
Implied total22.8HOU · consensus line
WindNo wind flagKickoff-hour forecast: WSW 10 mph
TEN vs RBAllows the 17th-most fantasy points to RBs0.99× the league average · context — not in the projection
Red zone33% of HOU's carries inside the 204 of 12, through Week 4 · 1 inside the 5 · 2 TD
Rest of seasonRB45 of 58 · 7.1 PPGHalf-PPR points per game, market prior included · 12 games left through Week 17 · bye in Week 8

Trade value 0 of 100

Redraft chart, Weeks 5–17, 12-team Half-PPR: at or below a replacement player, so about 0 in a trade.

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Built from stats through Week 4, consensus line as of Thu, Oct 8, 8:25 PM ET, Week 5 injury report. Game-day inactives are not in the model. Market prior: preseason ADP from Fantasy Football Calculator.

2026 season · the games so far

2026 so far

Through Week 4 · nflverse stats as of

PPR pts / game
7.7
RB rank
RB35
of 91 with 2+ games
Games
4
HOU
Woody Marks 2026 fantasy points by scoring format, through Week 4
Scoring Total Per game
Standard 23.8 6.0
Half-PPR 27.3 6.8
PPR 30.8 7.7

RB rank is by PPR points per game among RBs with 2 or more games.

Game log

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Woody Marks 2026 game log, most recent week first
Wk Opp PPR pts Carries Rush yds Rush TD Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Snap % Calculator
4 DAL 8.2 6221100044% Score this game
3 IND 9.1 5151116037% Score this game
2 CIN 8.5 8806527048% Score this game
1 BUF 5.0 942011−2051% Score this game

PPR pts is nflverse's full-PPR total for the game. "Score this game" opens the fantasy point calculator with that exact line loaded, to re-score it in Standard, Half-PPR or your league's settings. A dash means nflverse has no figure for that game yet.

Usage trend

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Woody Marks usage, last 3 games against the season
Per game Last 3 (Wks 2–4) Season Change
Snap share 43% 45% −2
Carries per game 6.3 7.0 −0.7
Targets per game 2.7 2.3 +0.4
Target share 7% 6% +1
PPR points per game 8.6 7.7 +0.9

Shares are team-relative and averaged per game.

Draft-day record · July 2026

The July 2026 draft-day read

This is the July 2026 pre-draft read, kept as published. Every ADP and market figure on this page comes from the Fantasy Football Calculator snapshot of Jul 15, 2026 and is not updated in-season — 2026 drafts are over and ADP has stopped moving. In-season tools

By the numbers

The numbers behind the read

Cited Woody Marks metrics and their data sources
Metric Value Source
ADP (July 2026) 134.9 Fantasy Football Calculator
Overall ADP rank (July 2026) 139 Fantasy Football Calculator
Fantasy points / game 8.3 nflverse
Points over expected (FPOE) -0.6 nflverse
Target share 6.8% nflverse
Target share, last 3 games (2025) 7.4% nflverse
Sleeper search rank (July 2026) 105 Sleeper

xFP (expected fantasy points) is what a typical player would score with the same targets, carries and field position. FPOE (points over expected) is actual points minus xFP, per game.

Chalk

The consensus read

Woody Marks was drafted as the RB42 — ADP 134.9 — in July 2026. His 8.3 half-PPR points per game in 2025 sits below the RB starter line, with targets trending up late in that year.

  • ADP 134.9
  • Overall ADP rank 139
  • Sleeper search rank 105
  • Fantasy points / game 8.3
Sharp

The edge case — what had to be true

Every belief was tied to a checkpoint: the exact data point that would confirm or deny it, with its value at the time of the July 2026 read. Check them against what has actually happened since.

  • Checkpoint

    Target share, last 3 games vs season (2025)

    7.4% last 3 vs 6.8% season (2025) · as of July 2026

    Strong pick if you believed

    Woody Marks's late-2025 target share is the new baseline, not a blip

    Poor pick if instead

    Woody Marks's late-2025 target uptick is small-sample noise that reverts

  • Checkpoint

    Points over expected (FPOE) per game, season (2025)

    -0.6 pts/gm vs expectation (2025) · as of July 2026

    Strong pick if you believed

    Woody Marks's underperformance was bad luck — the usage converts going forward

    Poor pick if instead

    Woody Marks keeps leaving points on the field relative to his usage

Sources: Fantasy Football Calculator · Sleeper · nflverse. Every figure on this page is a value the analysis engine cited from the underlying data — nothing is hand-entered. Stats are 2025 regular season via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0); ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator (Jul 15, 2026 snapshot, not updated in-season).

FantasyTools analysis is opinion for entertainment purposes only — not betting, financial, or professional advice.

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