RB · Buffalo Bills · #4

James Cook

RB1

College: Georgia
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190 lb
Experience: 5th season

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Season

EPA / carry

+0.05▲ 0.03 vs '25

7th of 27 RBs

Success rate

50.4%▲ 4.8 vs '25

2nd of 27 RBs

RYOE / carry

–

6th of 27 RBs

Yards per carry

5.36▲ 0.11 vs '25

4th of 27 RBs

Receiving

89 yds+0.22 EPA/TGT

10 rec · 14 tgt · 0 td

Ranks compare against the 27 qualifying running backs on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per carry by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Rushing+5.9

Receiving+3.1

Net+9.0

Best game · Wk 6 @ LV

Carries

Rush yds

Total TD

0.0

Rush EPA

0.00

EPA/carry

Rec yds

2026 game log

	Rushing							Receiving
Game	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
Wk 1 @ HOUW	13	57	4.38	0	−0.1	−0.01	38.5	4	3	12	0	−0.09
Wk 2 vs DETW	21	135	6.43	1	+5.0	+0.24	47.6	3	1	4	0	−0.39
Wk 3 vs LACW	24	154	6.42	1	+0.5	+0.02	62.5	1	0	0	0	−0.37
Wk 4 vs NEL	12	75	6.25	1	+3.7	+0.31	66.7	2	2	8	0	−0.24
Wk 5 @ LAW	25	111	4.44	2	−3.2	−0.13	48.0	1	1	7	0	+0.47
Wk 6 @ LVW	22	95	4.32	1	0.0	0.00	40.9	3	3	58	0	+1.68
Season	117	627	5.36	6	+5.9	+0.05	50.4	14	10	89	0	+0.22

How he compares

2026 running backs who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2025 with Bills

$46Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $11.5M
Guaranteed: $15.3M 33%
2026 cap hit: $5.9M 2.0% of the cap
Signed: 2025
Runs through: 2028

2025

2026 · now

2027

2028

Year 2 of 4 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Rushing						Receiving
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	Scrimmage yardsRushing plus receiving yards.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
2026	6	+9.0	716	117	627	5.36	6	+0.05	50.4	14	10	89	0	+0.22
2025	17	+14.2	1,912	309	1,621	5.25	12	+0.02	45.6	40	33	291	2	+0.22
2024	16	+23.4	1,267	207	1,009	4.87	16	+0.05	42.5	38	32	258	2	+0.34
2023	17	+9.1	1,567	237	1,122	4.73	2	−0.03	42.2	54	44	445	4	+0.30
2022	16	+10.4	687	89	507	5.70	2	+0.07	44.9	32	21	180	1	+0.12
Career	72	+66.1	6,149	959	4,886	5.09	38	+0.02	44.6	178	140	1,263	9	+0.25