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

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Rico DowdleRB · PIT
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Rico Dowdle

RBpos#13jersey28age5'11"height215lbs7seasons

South Carolina

VS1of 8 shown metrics led7
Jonathan Taylor
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Jonathan Taylor

RBpos#28jersey27age5'10"height226lbs7seasons

Wisconsin · 2020 draft, round 2, pick 41

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Taylor leads in 7 and Dowdle leads in 1. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

DowdleTaylor

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

40.4%61stSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played76.4%97th

Rushing

DowdleTaylor

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

468thCarries · official rush attempts16190th
17412thRush yards65686th
3.829thYards per carry4.147th
119thRush TD890th
-0.07351stEPA per designed run-0.09247th

Receiving

DowdleTaylor

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

17Targets3663rd
82Receiving yards22063rd
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Usage

5Games with stats9
6355thPlays with EPA19697th
-5.244thTotal EPA-19.711th

Rushing

468thDesigned runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out16090th
32.6%19thSuccess rate41.3%60th
523rd10+ yard runs1889th

Receiving

13Receptions2660th
0Receiving TD015th
76.5%Catch rate72.2%15th
11.6%Target share · of team targets in his games12.5%33rd
-1.2%Air yards share-2.4%18th
-0.107EPA per target-0.14028th
7.4YAC per catch10.388th
-0.6aDOT-1.433rd

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