RB#4
James Cook
gsis_id 00-0037248
BUF
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Rush yds over expected
- 36.7
- RYOE / attempt
- 1.00
- Efficiency
- 3.52
- Time to line of scrimmage
- 2.58s
- 8+ defenders in box
- 30.6%
- Yards / carry
- 5.08
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Yds before contact / att
- 2.96
- Yds after contact / att
- 2.23
- Yds after contact
- 734
- Broken tackles (rush)
- 23
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 3
- Drops
- 4
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rush EPA | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 348 | 1784 | 12 | -0.8 | 46 | 37 | 320 | 2 | 323.4 |
| 2024 | 19 | 260 | 1281 | 19 | 19.5 | 44 | 38 | 322 | 2 | 324.3 |
| 2023 | 19 | 273 | 1262 | 2 | -8.8 | 63 | 52 | 471 | 4 | 257.3 |
| 2022 | 18 | 106 | 559 | 3 | 2.4 | 32 | 21 | 180 | 1 | 116.9 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 5'11"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- College
- Georgia (Southeastern Conference)
- Draft
- 2022 · Rd 2 · Pk 63 · BUF
- Rookie season
- 2022
- Experience
- 5 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 18 · no game status listed · practice: Full Participation in Practice
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
79 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 · RB cohort of 51
Each of ryoe / att, efficiency, time to los, yards / carry, 8+ box rate is z-scored across every qualified RB in 2025; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Rhamondre StevensonRB · NE · distance 0.69
- RYOE / att
- 1.36
- Efficiency
- 3.52
- Time to LOS
- 2.68
- Yards / carry
- 4.64
- 8+ box rate
- 31.5
Chris RodriguezRB · WAS · distance 0.77
- RYOE / att
- 0.70
- Efficiency
- 3.34
- Time to LOS
- 2.61
- Yards / carry
- 4.46
- 8+ box rate
- 31.3
Kyren WilliamsRB · LA · distance 0.82
- RYOE / att
- 0.57
- Efficiency
- 3.32
- Time to LOS
- 2.65
- Yards / carry
- 4.83
- 8+ box rate
- 22.4
David MontgomeryRB · DET · distance 0.83
- RYOE / att
- 0.80
- Efficiency
- 3.53
- Time to LOS
- 2.67
- Yards / carry
- 4.53
- 8+ box rate
- 34.2
Blake CorumRB · LA · distance 0.84
- RYOE / att
- 0.85
- Efficiency
- 3.46
- Time to LOS
- 2.75
- Yards / carry
- 5.14
- 8+ box rate
- 21.4
James Cook baseline
- RYOE / att
- 1.17
- Efficiency
- 3.24
- Time to LOS
- 2.58
- Yards / carry
- 5.25
- 8+ box rate
- 30.4