Player facts
- Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Position
- Running Back
- Number
- 1
- Born
- Mar 14, 1999 (age 27)
- Birthplace
- Yazoo City, MS, USA
- Height
- 5' 9"
- Weight
- 200 lbs
- College
- Memphis
- Experience
- 6 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Offense
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 5.2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 411 | 1,766 | 4.3 | 17 | 55 | 186 | 1,261 | 6.8 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 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 | 19 carries | -0.16 | 32% | fewer than 36 plays | |
| Receiving | 17 targets | -0.29 | 29% | fewer than 24 plays |
Recent games
| Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
@  DAL | W 24-16 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  GB | L 17-14 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  MIN | L 23-16 | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  CLE | L 23-19 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
@  CIN | L 33-27 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Kenneth "Kenny" Gainwell (born March 14, 1999) is an American professional football running back and kick returner for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Memphis Tigers.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kenneth Gainwell, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Gainwell grew up in Yazoo City, Mississippi and attended Yazoo County High School. He was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Panthers. As a junior, he passed for 1,184 yards and nine touchdowns and rushed for 1,292 yards and 20 touchdowns. During the summer going into his senior season, Gainwell committed to play college football at Memphis over offers from Ole Miss and Tulane. As a senior, he passed for 1,139 yards and 10 touchdowns and ran for 1,834 yards and 32 touchdowns. Gainwell was named Class 3A Mr. Football as he led the Panthers to a 14–1 record and an appearance in the Class 3A state championship game. Gainwell finished his high school career with 3,682 yards passing and 32 passing touchdowns and 4,730 rushing yards and 75 rushing touchdowns with one kickoff returned for a touchdown.
College career
Gainwell moved to running back during summer training camp and played in four games as a true freshman before deciding to redshirt the rest of the season. He finished the season with four carries for 91 yards and a touchdown, a 73-yard run, and six receptions for 52 yards.
As a redshirt freshman, Gainwell was named the Tigers' starting running back following the departure of Tony Pollard. He was named the co-American Athletic Conference (AAC) player of the week after rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown and gaining 204 yards and scoring two touchdowns on nine receptions on October 19, 2019, in a 47–17 win over Tulane. He rushed for 1,459 yards with 13 touchdowns on 231 carries and caught 51 passes for 610 yards and three touchdowns and was named the AAC Freshman of the Year and first-team All-AAC. He was named a second-team All-American by the Sporting News and the American Football Coaches Association, the National Freshman of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America and won the Shaun Alexander Award.
Gainwell opted out of his final college season six days before the season opener after multiple family members died from COVID-19.
Personal life
Gainwell's younger brother, Kory, played defensive back and running back at Yazoo County and is committed to play at Memphis. Gainwell is the cousin of former Eagles player Fletcher Cox, who was his teammate for three seasons.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kenneth Gainwell, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaKenneth Gainwell on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Kenny Gainwell