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James Cook III
Bills logoBuffalo Bills

James Cook III

RBpos#4jersey27age5'11"height190lbs5seasons

Georgia · 2022 draft, round 2, pick 63

VS4of 8 shown metrics led4
Javonte Williams
Cowboys logoDallas Cowboys

Javonte Williams

RBpos#33jersey26age5'10"height222lbs6seasons

North Carolina · 2021 draft, round 2, pick 35

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (last 4 games): Cook III leads in 4 and Williams leads in 4. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

Cook IIIWilliams

Percentile chips: vs 128 RBs who played half the games, last 4 games

61.5%84thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played71.0%92nd

Rushing

Cook IIIWilliams

Percentile chips: vs 72 RBs who have 4.5+ carries a week, last 4 games

9999thCarries · official rush attempts8095th
39395thRush yards35391st
4.048thYards per carry4.472nd
596thRush TD385th
-0.05565thEPA per designed run+0.01783rd

Receiving

Cook IIIWilliams
8Targets9
86Receiving yards33
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Usage

4Games with stats4
10799thPlays with EPA8995th
+0.167thTotal EPA+2.186th

Rushing

9999thDesigned runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out8095th
40.4%63rdSuccess rate46.3%85th
992nd10+ yard runs783rd

Receiving

6Receptions7
0Receiving TD0
75.0%Catch rate77.8%
7.1%Target share · of team targets in his games7.7%
0.2%Air yards share-2.1%
+0.687EPA per target+0.088
14.5YAC per catch7.1
0.3aDOT-2.3

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)James Cook IIIJavonte Williams
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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.