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Kenny Gainwell Injury Update
RB · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Status, injury history and fantasy outlook
Updated · synced from the live injury report
Current status
HEALTHY
Hip; cleared Thursday's report
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Kenny Gainwell’s current injury designation is shown in the live status box above, which updates automatically from the official NFL injury report. He carried a Questionable tag with a hip injury into Week 8 and was Questionable again earlier this week before clearing Thursday’s Week 9 report entirely ahead of Tampa Bay’s Sunday night trip to Chicago; Tampa Bay signed him to a two-year, $14 million deal after his breakout 2025 in Pittsburgh.
Through the first two games of 2026 he had seven carries for 25 yards and four catches for 8 yards, per Fantasy Football Calculator. In the Week 2 loss to Cleveland he played 23 snaps to Bucky Irving’s 51 and had a costly red-zone drop, per Pewter Report.
Fantasy Action: Keep Gainwell on benches as an Irving handcuff with PPR appeal; Tampa Bay’s management of Irving’s workload gives him a path to more snaps, but he is not a standalone start.
Injury timeline — 2026
| Week 8 | Limited in practice with a hip injury and listed Questionable for the home game against Atlanta, per RotoBaller. |
| Nov 4 | Listed Questionable ahead of Week 9 at Chicago. |
| Nov 5 | Cleared Thursday’s report entirely ahead of the trip to Chicago. |
Earlier seasons
| Season | Injury | Games missed |
|---|---|---|
| — | No prior-season injuries found in our sources. | — |
With Pittsburgh in 2025, Gainwell played 17 games: 114 carries for 537 yards and 5 TDs plus 73 catches for 486 yards and 3 TDs, per Fantasy Football Calculator.
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Frequently asked about Kenny Gainwell
Is Kenny Gainwell injured?
His current official designation is shown in the live status box at the top of this page, which updates automatically from the NFL injury report.
Why isn’t Kenny Gainwell getting more touches?
Bucky Irving has taken most of the work, out-snapping Gainwell 51-23 in Week 2, and Gainwell has managed only 33 scrimmage yards through two games.
Where he ranks this week
No injury designation
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