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

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Lew Nichols
Steelers logoPittsburgh Steelers

Lew Nichols

RBpos#31jersey25age5'10"height220lbs1seasons

Central Michigan · 2023 draft, round 7, pick 235

VS0of 8 shown metrics led8
Bijan Robinson
Falcons logoAtlanta Falcons

Bijan Robinson

RBpos#7jersey24age5'11"height215lbs4seasons

Texas · 2023 draft, round 1, pick 8

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Robinson 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

NicholsRobinson

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

6.3%7thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played73.7%94th

Rushing

NicholsRobinson

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

0.4Carries per game · official rush attempts18.892nd
1.2Rush yards per game97.894th
3.0Yards per carry5.294th
0.0Rush TD per game0.669th
-0.221EPA per designed run+0.00075th

Receiving

NicholsRobinson

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

0.0Targets per game4.457th
0.0Receiving yards per game27.863rd
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Usage

5Games with stats9
0.42ndPlays with EPA per game23.296th
-0.0968thTotal EPA per game-1.3831st

Rushing

0.4Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out18.892nd
50.0%Success rate44.4%81st
0.010+ yard runs per game2.293rd

Receiving

0.0Receptions per game3.463rd
0.0Receiving TD per game0.143rd
–Catch rate77.5%33rd
–Target share · of team targets in his games16.3%78th
–Air yards share-2.4%23rd
–EPA per target-0.3138th
–YAC per catch8.373rd
–aDOT-0.943rd

Defense

0.6Tackles per game0.0
0.4Solo tackles per game0.0
0.00Sacks per game0.00
0.0Tackles for loss per game0.0
0.0QB hits per game0.0
0.0Passes defended per game0.0
0.0Interceptions per game0.0

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Lew NicholsBijan Robinson
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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.