Corey Rucker

Run of Oct 19

Corey Rucker

Las Vegas Raiders WR IR IR since Sep 24

Wk 6 -- Read as the page opens
Rest of season 7.6 from week 6, WR IR, unranked while on a season-long list
Opp rank -- vs BUF
Avg --
Last --
Δ Proj --

On injured reserve since September 24. Our rest-of-season figure assumes he plays, so he sits below the available players. Injury status from the hourly capture, read Mon Oct 19, 9:00 am Eastern.

This season 2026, PPR, through week 5

He has no 2026 stats through week 5.

Still to play

  1. Wk 6 vs BUF Sun Oct 18
  2. Wk 7 vs LAR Sun Oct 25
  3. Wk 8 at NYJ Sun Nov 1
  4. Wk 9 at SF Sun Nov 8
  5. Wk 10 vs SEA Sun Nov 15
  6. Wk 11 at DEN Sun Nov 22
  7. Wk 12 at CLE Sun Nov 29
  8. Wk 13 Bye
  9. Wk 14 vs LAC Sun Dec 13
  10. Wk 15 vs DEN Sun Dec 20
  11. Wk 16 vs TEN Sun Dec 27
  12. Wk 17 at ARI Sun Jan 3
  13. Wk 18 at KC Sun Jan 10

Our read

Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season

Rucker has been on IR since before week 3 of 2026, and he missed weeks 1 and 2 before that too, so all five weeks played this season have gone by without him. The list is season-long, which means no game until he is back on a roster, and our board ranks him under every available WR while he sits there.

Rest of season7.6PPR points from week 6
Preseason projection1.0projected PPR points

Even if he returns, the situation gives him almost nothing. He is listed 8th among LV wideouts, behind Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor, Jack Bech and Malik Benson, and he arrived undrafted in a 2026 class that gave him no pick and no ADP. The offense he joined is new under Klint Kubiak and Andrew Janocko and won 3 games in 2025, with Brock Bowers and Tucker eating 42% of the targets between them that year. That 2025 attack also ran at 33.8 seconds a play with passes on 58% of situation-neutral plays, and none of it was built around a depth piece like him. He turned 24.3 on opening day, so this is not a long-developing prospect we are being asked to wait on. His bye still sits ahead in week 13 of 2026, so even the week he is eligible again may not bring a game right away. There is no recent news to suggest a turn is coming.

Our preseason number was 1 point for the whole year, which works out to 1.0 points a game on the single game we expected, and five weeks have already made even that look generous. Injuries are what pull the low end of his range to zero, and the season is trending exactly that way. Hold no spot for him here, and if he shows up on your wire, leave him there for a receiver who can dress.

Corey Rucker in every format
FormatOur rankRest of season from week 6Over replacementTier
PPRIR7.6−90.4IR
Half PPRIR6.2−77.2IR
StandardIR4.8−63.4IR

Wk 6, Opp rank and Δ Proj are this week's, read as the page opens.

Stats from the NFL's records, scored in PPR.

Stats from nflverse and charting from FTN Data via nflverse, both under Creative Commons licences, our rates worked out from their counts.