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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Bucky IrvingRB · TB
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Lew NicholsRB · PIT
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Bucky Irving
Buccaneers logoTampa Bay Buccaneers

Bucky Irving

RBpos#7jersey24age5'10"height195lbs3seasons

Oregon · 2024 draft, round 4, pick 125

VS8of 8 shown metrics led0
Lew Nichols
Steelers logoPittsburgh Steelers

Lew Nichols

RBpos#31jersey25age5'10"height220lbs1seasons

Central Michigan · 2023 draft, round 7, pick 235

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Irving leads in 8 and Nichols leads in 0. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

IrvingNichols

Percentile chips: vs 92 RBs who played half the games, 2026 season

63.0%83rdSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played6.3%7th

Rushing

IrvingNichols

Percentile chips: vs 54 RBs who have 4.5+ carries a week, 2026 season

16792ndCarries · official rush attempts2
82594thRush yards6
4.988thYards per carry3.0
785thRush TD0
+0.01481stEPA per designed run-0.221

Receiving

IrvingNichols

Percentile chips: vs 20 RBs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

2823rdTargets0
1068thReceiving yards0
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Usage

9Games with stats5
19595thPlays with EPA21st
-2.155thTotal EPA-0.468th

Rushing

16792ndDesigned runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out2
43.1%71stSuccess rate50.0%
1889th10+ yard runs0

Receiving

2215thReceptions0
153rdReceiving TD0
78.6%43rdCatch rate–
13.9%63rdTarget share · of team targets in his games–
-3.1%8thAir yards share–
-0.15818thEPA per target–
7.138thYAC per catch–
-1.813thaDOT–

Defense

0Tackles3
0Solo tackles2
0.0Sacks0.0
0Tackles for loss0
0QB hits0
0Passes defended0
0Interceptions0

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Bucky IrvingLew Nichols
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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.