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Rico Dowdle
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Rico Dowdle

RBpos#13jersey28age5'11"height215lbs7seasons

South Carolina

VS3of 8 shown metrics led5
James Cook III
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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 (last 4 games): Cook III leads in 5 and Dowdle leads in 3. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

DowdleCook III

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

36.0%54thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played61.5%84th

Rushing

DowdleCook III

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

3849thCarries · official rush attempts9999th
15951stRush yards39395th
4.262ndYards per carry4.048th
147thRush TD596th
-0.00178thEPA per designed run-0.05565th

Receiving

DowdleCook III

Percentile chips: vs 38 RBs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), last 4 games

1230thTargets8
7643rdReceiving yards86
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Usage

4Games with stats4
5071stPlays with EPA10799th
+1.479thTotal EPA+0.167th

Rushing

3849thDesigned runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out9999th
36.8%49thSuccess rate40.4%63rd
569th10+ yard runs992nd

Receiving

1149thReceptions6
036thReceiving TD0
91.7%84thCatch rate75.0%
11.0%38thTarget share · of team targets in his games7.1%
-2.7%28thAir yards share0.2%
+0.12462ndEPA per target+0.687
7.649thYAC per catch14.5
-1.337thaDOT0.3

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Rico DowdleJames 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.