New York Giants Running Back Depth Chart — 2026

A handcuff is the backup who inherits the starter's workload if the starter gets hurt — so the Giants handcuff is whoever sits directly behind Cam Skattebo on the depth chart above. Rostering him is how you protect a starting back you have already spent a pick on. More on what a handcuff is.

Tyrone Tracy played 48.2% of the Giants' offensive snaps to Cam Skattebo's 25.3%, and 51.4% of their pass snaps — a tilt of +3.2 toward throwing downs — on 322 pass snaps. He drew 48 targets.

It happened last season and the answer was Tracy. Skattebo finished with 25.3% of the snaps, 54th among running backs, on 101 carries at +0.43 yards over expected — 26th of 49 qualifying backs.

Tracy finished with 176 carries at +0.09 yards over expected, 36th. So the fill-in ran less efficiently but absorbed nearly twice the volume. That order has since flipped back on the depth chart: Tracy has moved up from third to second, pushing Najee Harris down to third.

Devin Singletary is the deepest safety net in any of these rooms on availability alone: 82 of 84 team games across 5 seasons, 97.6% — and he still took 27.0% of the snaps. Eric Gray's line is 25 of 51.

This is the deepest genuinely-used backfield here: three backs with rankable snap shares.

Singletary took 27.0% of snaps, 53rd among running backs. Skattebo took 25.3%, 54th, in a season cut short. Tracy led the group on the ground with 740 rush yards, 36th among running backs.

Depth chart moves have reshuffled the order: Najee Harris jumped to the No. 3 spot from No. 5, while Singletary slipped to No. 4 from No. 3. Harris is no longer carrying an injury designation, and Dante Miller moved off injured reserve to questionable.

The reporting below still frames the top of the group as a committee, which matches what the snap counts already show. What it does not settle is the third spot, and with Harris now ahead of Singletary on the depth chart, that is the part camp is actually deciding.

Yes, and it is Tracy — the numbers and the reporting agree, which is rarer than it should be.

Tracy played 322 pass snaps, 51.4% of the team's, 18th among running backs, against 48.2% of snaps overall — a tilt of +3.2. He drew 48 targets, 3.20 a game, catching 36 for 288 yards.

Skattebo is not absent from the passing game — he drew 32 targets, 4.00 a game, a higher rate than Tracy's — but he did it on 151 pass snaps, 24.1% of the team's, 59th among running backs. Fewer chances, used well.

Singletary played 155 pass snaps at 24.7% and drew 19 targets — under the 25 needed to rank. His value on those downs is protection, which is what the reporting below says too.

Reporting from a previous season, kept because a role a player has already held is the best evidence available about the one he might hold next. It describes 2025, not now.

Skattebo's rookie season ended in Week 8 of 2025 with a dislocated ankle and fibula fracture, after which Tracy absorbed an increased workload as the lead back. (Big Blue Interactive, 2026-07-08)

What the beat is reporting, last refreshed 2026-09-08. Nothing here is measured — it is reporting, attributed and dated.

Head coach John Harbaugh said Cam Skattebo will be ready when camp opens July 28, describing him as healthy and ready to roll after training hard (Athlon Sports, 2026-07-22).

Harbaugh said Skattebo is on schedule in rehab and that he feels Skattebo will be ready early on in camp (Giants Country, 2026-07-14).

Skattebo took part in team drills during mandatory minicamp, and said he is ready to go and feels great, describing his recent training as the most normal it has felt (Giants Country, 2026-07-20).

The team's pre-camp roster breakdown listed Skattebo as trending toward being full-go for training camp, with no reserve designation reported for any Giants running back (Giants Country, 2026-07-18).

The early expectation is a committee in which Skattebo takes slightly more than half the carries and Tyrone Tracy fills complementary duties (Giants Country, 2026-07-12).

Tracy is expected to be the Giants' pass catcher and pass blocker on passing downs while Skattebo handles early-down carries, motioning out wide and running wheel routes to attack linebacker matchups (Athlon Sports, 2026-07-16).

Devin Singletary restructured his contract and is projected as the third running back, with the report stating his pass-blocking ability gives him the edge in the competition (Giants Country, 2026-07-09).

Eric Gray enters the final year of his contract on the roster bubble, and his kickoff return duties have been eliminated after Deonte Banks took over returns (Giants Country, 2026-06-17).

Run-game coordinator Greg Roman is installing a power gap and counter scheme, and no dedicated third-down specialist has been designated because all three of the top backs can run, catch and block (Big Blue Interactive, 2026-07-08).

The team's official site named Cam Skattebo and Tyrone Tracy the top two backs (Giants.com, 2026-07-17).

It called the fight for the last running back spots one of the biggest things to watch on offense during camp, noting it does not truly begin until the pads come on (Giants.com, 2026-07-17).

Tyrone Tracy suffered a stinger in the team's final preseason game, and beat reporting projects him to be inactive in Week 1, with the depth chart listing Cam Skattebo, Najee Harris and Devin Singletary ahead of him (FantasyData, 2026-08-31).