Buffalo Bills · RB · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Georgia (2022 Round 2, Pick 63)

James Cook

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81.0

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #6 of 65 qualified RBs

Carries & share: 13863.6% team carries
Rushing yards: 7075.12 YPC
Rushing TD: 7101.0 rush yds/G
Receiving: 12/17 · 110 yds0 rec TD · 65% snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.054138 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 50.7%Play-by-play positive EPA

James Cook among the 65 qualified running backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Gibbs95.7
Walker III91.8
Warren88.1
Hubbard86.3
Robinson85.0
Cook81.0
Taylor78.4
McCaffrey75.8
Irving74.6
Williams73.4

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 65 qualified RBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Carry share25% weight · Raw 63.6% → Shrunk 57.5%

87thpercentile

Target share15% weight · Raw 8.8% → Shrunk 8.6%

56thpercentile

Rushing yards per game, regressed20% weight · Raw 5.12 → Shrunk 77.65

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Receiving yards per game, regressed11% weight · Raw 6.47 → Shrunk 14.14

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Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game7% weight · Raw +0.239 → Shrunk +0.091

78thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted rushing EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.052 → Shrunk −0.614

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed4% weight · Raw 0.72 → Shrunk 36.62

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Positive-EPA run rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 50.7% → Shrunk 42.6%

99thpercentile

10+ yard run rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 16.7% → Shrunk 12.2%

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Yards / run, regressed3% weight · Raw 5.12 → Shrunk 4.50

95thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for James Cook. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ HOU	W 36-31	13	57	0	3/4	12
Week 2	Sep 17, 2026	vs DET	W 41-31	21	135	1	1/3	4
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs LAC	W 24-16	24	154	1	0/1	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs NE	L 26-29	12	75	1	2/2	8
Week 5	Oct 12, 2026	@ LA	W 37-34	25	111	2	1/1	7
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ LV	W 33-30	22	95	1	3/3	58
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs BAL	W 36-10	21	80	1	2/3	21

College to the NFL: Georgia to Buffalo Bills

Verified identity bridge linking James Cook's college regular-season yards at Georgia to official NFL game lines.

Georgia (College yards)

2842018

1762019

3032020

6192021

6363rd pick
2022 Draft

BUF (NFL yards)

5072022

1,1222023

1,0092024

1,6212025

7072026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 5 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2022	BUF	16	89	507	2	21/32	180	1
2023	BUF	17	237	1,122	2	44/54	445	4
2024	BUF	16	207	1,009	16	32/38	258	2
2025	BUF	17	309	1,621	12	33/40	291	2
2026 (so far)	BUF	7	138	707	7	12/17	110	0

Compare James Cook with top running backs

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 RB.

James Cook vs. Jahmyr Gibbs (DET)Score 81.0 vs. 95.7 James Cook vs. Kenneth Walker III (KC)Score 81.0 vs. 91.8 James Cook vs. Jaylen Warren (PIT)Score 81.0 vs. 88.1 James Cook vs. Chuba Hubbard (CAR)Score 81.0 vs. 86.3 James Cook vs. Bijan Robinson (ATL)Score 81.0 vs. 85.0 James Cook vs. Jonathan Taylor (IND)Score 81.0 vs. 78.4