Bucky Irving

Running Back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #7.

Player facts

Team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position: Running Back
Number: 7
Born: Aug 19, 2002 (age 24)
Birthplace: Chicago, IL, USA
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: Oregon
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:

8th in rushing yards 406

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	77	406	5.3	2	72	15	71	4.7	1	22	1	1
Last 5 Games	77	406	5.1	2	72	15	71	4.5	1	22	1	1
Career	457	2,116	4.6	11	72	92	740	8.0	4	72	4	3

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Rushing	96 carries	-0.00	38%		16th of 41
Receiving	21 targets	-0.15	33%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Thu, Oct 8	@ DAL	W 24-16	21	165	7.9	1	72	2	10	5.0	1	5	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs GB	L 17-14	16	61	3.8	0	7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs MIN	L 23-16	15	46	3.1	0	8	2	12	6.0	0	8	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs CLE	L 23-19	17	89	5.2	0	38	4	1	0.3	0	4	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ CIN	L 33-27	8	45	5.6	1	10	7	48	6.9	0	22	1	1

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Mar'Keise "Bucky" Irving (born August 19, 2002) is an American professional football running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Oregon Ducks.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bucky Irving, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Irving attended Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills, Illinois. He did not play football his senior year in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He finished his high school career with 3,264 rushing yards. Irving committed to the University of Minnesota to play college football.

College career

As a true freshman at Minnesota in 2021, Irving rushed 133 times for 699 yards and four touchdowns. After the season he transferred to the University of Oregon. During his first year at Oregon, Irving totaled 1,357 yards from scrimmage and eight total touchdowns (rushing and receiving). In his second season (2023) Irving had 1,180 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on 186 carries. He also caught 56 passes for 413 yards and two more touchdowns. Irving earned Associated Press All-Pac-12 first team, Coaches All-Pac-12 first team, Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 first team, Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team and CSC Academic All-America first team.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bucky Irving, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹