Alvin Kamara Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Lions

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara will take on the team with last year's 14th-ranked run defense, the Detroit Lions (114.5 yards allowed per game), in Week 1 -- beginning at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

For more details on Kamara, if you're considering him for your daily fantasy roster, scroll down before his upcoming game against the Lions.

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Alvin Kamara Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions
• Game Date: September 13, 2026
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 7.5
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 9.1
• Projected Rushing Yards: 31.76
• Projected Rushing TDs: 0.19
• Projected Receiving Yards: 23.83
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.15

Projections provided by numberFire

Kamara 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 51st at his position and 208th overall, Kamara picked up 67.7 fantasy points (6.2 per game) last year.
• In his best performance last year, Kamara finished with 11.7 fantasy points -- 11 carries, 45 yards, 1 TD. That was in Week 1 versus the Arizona Cardinals.
• In Week 10 against the Carolina Panthers, Kamara put up 11.5 fantasy points (his second-best total last year), via this stat line: 22 carries, 83 yards; 3 receptions, 32 yards.
• Kamara picked up -0.3 fantasy points -- 6 carries, 14 yards -- in his worst game of the season, Week 9 versus the Los Angeles Rams.
• In his second-worst fantasy performance of the year, Kamara picked up 1.5 points (3 carries, 11 yards) in Week 12 against the Atlanta Falcons.

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Lions Defensive Performance

• Against Detroit last year, three players recorded more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• Last year, the Lions allowed 15 QBs to throw at least one TD pass in a game.
• Through the air last season, Detroit gave up at least two touchdown passes to 11 opposing QBs.
• In the passing game, the Lions gave up three or more passing touchdowns to four opposing quarterbacks last year.
• Detroit allowed six players amass more than 100 receiving yards in a game last season.
• The Lions allowed 25 players to reel in a TD pass against them last season.
• Looking at pass defense, Detroit allowed six players to catch at least two touchdown passes against it last year.
• In the run game, one player put up more than 100 rushing yards in a game against the Lions last season.
• On the ground, Detroit allowed 14 players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• The Lions gave up at least two rushing TDs on the ground to only two players last season.

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