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James Cook Stats2025

RB · #4 · 5'11" · 190 lbs · 2025 season
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Usage starter (RB1)Active — Cook carried the ball five times for 21 yards in Saturday's 29-14 preseason win over the Panthers.Contract: $11.5M/yr
Fantasy pts/G
18.1
Games
17
Value Score
79
1621
Rush yards
12 rush TD
309
Carries
2025 season
33
Receptions
291 rec yds
6th
RB fantasy rank
PPR · 17 games
12
Rush TD
2 rec TD
76%
Consistency
Above 9.1 pts

Fantasy production — weekly

PPR · 2025

Hover a week for PPR breakdown · dashed line = league-average QB

Recent form — last 10 games

Fantasy pts per game

DVP — recent matchups

Opponent rank vs RB

How soft or tough each recent defense was vs RBs — lower rank = more fantasy points allowed.

WkOpponentDVP rankResultFantasy
W14vs CIN#16 vs RBW 39–3413.1
W15@ NE#16 vs RBW 35–3131.1
W16@ CLE#16 vs RBW 23–2026.4
W17vs PHI#16 vs RBL 12–138.7
W18vs NYJ#2 vs RBW 35–81.5

Game log

2025 regular season
WkOpponentStat lineFantasy pts
18vs NYJ2 car · 15 yds1.5
17vs PHI20 car · 74 yds · 1/4 rec · 3 yds8.7
16at CLE16 car · 117 yds · 2 TD · 1/2 rec · 17 yds26.4
15at NE22 car · 107 yds · 2 TD · 2/3 rec · 4 yds · 1 TD31.1
14vs CIN18 car · 80 yds · 2/2 rec · 31 yds13.1
13at PIT32 car · 144 yds · 3/3 rec · 33 yds20.7
12at HOU17 car · 116 yds · 1 TD · 3/3 rec · 13 yds21.9
11vs TB16 car · 48 yds · 3/3 rec · 66 yds · 1 TD20.4
10at MIA13 car · 53 yds · 5/5 rec · 24 yds12.7
9vs KC27 car · 114 yds · 1/1 rec · 11 yds13.5

2025 season totals

Regular season · 17 games
Carries
309
Rush yds
1621
Rush TD
12
Receptions
33
Rec yds
291
Fantasy pts
308.2

Stat rankings vs league

RB · 2025
Rush yards / game#1
95.4avg 26.2
Rush TD / game#6
0.70avg 0.20
Receptions / game#40
1.9avg 1.2
Rec yards / game#26
17.1avg 8.8
Fantasy pts / game#6
18.1avg 6.1

Consistency & rush yds / game

Last 5 games · 2025 game log

Consistency — last 5

76% reliable
W14
13.1
W15
31.1
W16
26.4
W17
8.7
W18
1.5

13 of 17 games above 9.1+ pts

Rush yds / game

By yard bucket
0–39
1
40–59
4
60–79
1
80–99
2
100+
9

Most games in 100+ yds range

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18.1Fantasy pts/G24.5
1,621Rush yds1,202
12Rush TD10
33Receptions102
291Rec yds924

Red zone usage

PBP · 2025
Red zone TDs
8
Total RZ touches
59
Goal-line
17

NFL Next Gen Stats

nflverse · 2025

Official player-tracking data from the NFL — measures things box scores can't, like throw depth and accuracy vs difficulty.

Rush yds over expected
+358
Total rush yards above what's expected given blocking/defenders in the box.
Efficiency
3.24
Total distance traveled per yard actually gained — lower means a more direct, decisive path.
vs. stacked box
30.4%
% of carries against 8+ defenders in the box.
Salary & contract
Cap Hit (2026)
$5.88M
Average Salary (AAV)$11.5M
Contract Value$46M
Guaranteed$29M
Free Agent2030

Contract data from Spotrac

Value Score
79
Top 21% of RBs for production relative to cap hit ($5.9M/yr), among 100 with cap/salary on file.
Team context
Team record12–5
Division2nd
Depth chartRB1 · usage + official
Offense rank
Splits
Yds/GFPts/G
Home72.114.1
Away121.522.7
vs top-10 RB D
vs bottom-10 RB D15.01.5
In wins103.520.9
In losses75.811.4
Fantasy by year
SeasonPPR / G
2025
18.1

PPR avg / game · 2021+ seasons

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