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

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Michael Carter
Titans logoTennessee Titans

Michael Carter

RBpos#35jersey27age5'8"height201lbs5seasons

North Carolina · 2021 draft, round 4, pick 107

VS0of 8 shown metrics led8
Bucky Irving
Buccaneers logoTampa Bay Buccaneers

Bucky Irving

RBpos#7jersey24age5'10"height195lbs3seasons

Oregon · 2024 draft, round 4, pick 125

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

Usage

CarterIrving

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

21.0%Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played63.0%83rd

Rushing

CarterIrving

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

3.0Carries per game · official rush attempts18.690th
7.0Rush yards per game91.792nd
2.3Yards per carry4.988th
0.0Rush TD per game0.884th
-0.302EPA per designed run+0.01481st

Receiving

CarterIrving

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

1.0Targets per game3.120th
7.0Receiving yards per game11.88th
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Usage

1Games with stats9
4.0Plays with EPA per game21.794th
+0.06Total EPA per game-0.2357th

Rushing

3.0Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out18.690th
0.0%Success rate43.1%71st
0.010+ yard runs per game2.088th

Receiving

1.0Receptions per game2.413th
0.0Receiving TD per game0.143rd
100.0%Catch rate78.6%43rd
3.3%Target share · of team targets in his games13.9%63rd
0.8%Air yards share-3.1%8th
+0.963EPA per target-0.15818th
5.0YAC per catch7.138th
2.0aDOT-1.813th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Michael CarterBucky Irving
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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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top passers · most targeted
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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.