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

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Josh JacobsRB · GB
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James Cook IIIRB · BUF
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Josh Jacobs
Packers logoGreen Bay Packers

Josh Jacobs

RBpos#8jersey28age5'10"height223lbs8seasons

Alabama · 2019 draft, round 1, pick 24

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VS2of 8 shown metrics led6
James Cook III
Bills logoBuffalo Bills

James Cook III

RBpos#4jersey27age5'11"height190lbs5seasons

Georgia · 2022 draft, round 2, pick 63

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Cook III leads in 6 and Jacobs leads in 2. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

JacobsCook III

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

46.0%Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played64.8%86th

Rushing

JacobsCook III

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

12.0Carries per game · official rush attempts21.197th
26.7Rush yards per game101.895th
2.2Yards per carry4.881st
0.3Rush TD per game1.093rd
-0.194EPA per designed run+0.02282nd

Receiving

JacobsCook III
4.3Targets per game2.3
22.7Receiving yards per game13.8
Advanced metrics14 more · tap to open

Usage

3Games with stats8
16.3Plays with EPA per game23.497th
-1.41Total EPA per game+0.8686th

Rushing

12.0Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out21.197th
33.3%Success rate46.2%90th
0.310+ yard runs per game3.096th

Receiving

3.7Receptions per game1.5
0.7Receiving TD per game0.0
84.6%Catch rate66.7%
16.0%Target share · of team targets in his games8.0%
4.4%Air yards share-0.3%
+0.210EPA per target+0.173
4.1YAC per catch9.5
2.8aDOT-0.3

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Josh JacobsJames Cook III
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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.