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

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James Cook IIIRB · BUF
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Tahj BrooksRB · CIN
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James Cook III
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James Cook III

RBpos#4jersey27age5'11"height190lbs5seasons

Georgia · 2022 draft, round 2, pick 63

VS8of 8 shown metrics led0
Tahj Brooks
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Tahj Brooks

RBpos#25jersey24age5'9"height220lbs2seasons

Texas Tech · 2025 draft, round 6, pick 193

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

Usage

Cook IIIBrooks

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

64.8%86thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played3.7%3rd

Rushing

Cook IIIBrooks

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

16994thCarries · official rush attempts3
81492ndRush yards6
4.881stYards per carry2.0
890thRush TD0
+0.02282ndEPA per designed run-0.712

Receiving

Cook IIIBrooks
18Targets0
110Receiving yards0
Advanced metrics21 more · tap to open

Usage

8Games with stats6
18793rdPlays with EPA33rd
+6.989thTotal EPA-2.154th

Rushing

16994thDesigned runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out3
46.2%90thSuccess rate0.0%
2496th10+ yard runs0

Receiving

12Receptions0
0Receiving TD0
66.7%Catch rate–
8.0%Target share · of team targets in his games–
-0.3%Air yards share–
+0.173EPA per target–
9.5YAC per catch–
-0.3aDOT–

Defense

0Tackles4
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)James Cook IIITahj Brooks
●Wk 1●Wk 2●Wk 3●Wk 4●Wk 5●Wk 6●Wk 7●Wk 8●Wk 9

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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top passers · most targeted
Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

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.