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- Age
- 26
- Height
- 5'11"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- College
- Georgia
- Draft
- Round 2, pick 63 · 2022
- Experience
- 4 seasons
Every figure on this page is demonstration data. Projections, ranks, usage rates, game logs and roster percentages are illustrative values generated for this build — not a live feed, not a trained projection model, and not a record of what this player has actually done.
2026 Preseason
Fantasy Outlook
Draft-season projection and ranks, expressed in PPR scoring. No games have been played yet, so there are no results to show — only where he is valued going into the season.
Week 8 projection · PPR
14.3pts
vs MIA · ranked 12 of 32 in fantasy points allowed to RBs
Projected 14.3 points, with a range from 10.2 to 19.3.
- Board rank
- 32 / 186
- Position rank
- RB5 / 55
- Weekly move
- No change since last week
- Board confidence
- 79Moderate confidence, 79 out of 100
Start / sit · PPR
Recommendation
Strong start in full PPR leagues
On the full PPR board he is RB5 of 55 ranked RBs, commanding opportunity in the 58th percentile of his position group. He draws a grade B matchup at home against MIA, a defense ranked 12 of 32 in fantasy points allowed to RBs.
- Positional rank
- RB5 of 55
- Opportunity
- 58th percentile
- Matchup
- B · defense #12
- Recent form
- Level with season average
- Availability
- No designation
A weighted read of the illustrative values on this page, not a trained or market-derived model. On a close call, put him head to head with the alternative in the start/sit assistant.
Consensus rank
RB5
of 55 in PPR
Projected points/game
14.3
Draft-season per-game projection
Strength of schedule
4/10
Favourable projected slate
Trade, waiver and tier
Market value
Redraft value
47/100
Flex / depth
Dynasty value
33/100
Worth more for this season alone
Waiver value
Not a waiver-wire consideration at this ranking — he is rostered in effectively every league. The waiver board covers the players who are actually available.
Tier
RB Tier 3A 0.3-point drop from Tier 2. This group covers 14.3 projected points.
2 players in this tier · 0.3 points of separation from the tier above. Tiers are cut on the PPR board, so changing format reprices the players inside a tier without redrawing it.
2026 season
Game Log & Stats
There is no game log yet — the season has not started. Week-by-week lines, season totals and career stats will populate here once games are played.
No games played yet
It is the 2026 preseason. This player’s 2026 game log and season stats will appear here after Week 1. Career totals return once the live stats feed is connected.
Role
Usage & Depth Chart
What he is actually asked to do, who else is in the room, and the offense that decides how often the ball is available.
Lead back with growing goal-line work
Buffalo · AFC East
Preseason
Usage
No usage data yet — the season has not started. Snap share, target share, routes and red-zone touches will populate here once games are played.
The depth chart and offensive context alongside are current; only per-game usage waits on live games.
BUF · RB
Depth chart
- 1
James CookThis page
Lead back with growing goal-line work
- 2
Rotational insurance
- 3
RB3
Depth
Only players carried in this build appear by name. Every other slot is described by its role rather than filled with a name we cannot verify.
Buffalo
The offense around him
Pass attempts / g
36
Rush attempts / g
29
Plays / game
65
Red-zone TD rate
65%
Neutral pass rate
57%
- Run / pass split
- 44% / 56%
- Pass rate over expectation
- +1.6
- Three-receiver personnel
- 63%
- Seconds per play
- 26.4
- Play caller
- Offensive coordinator
- Scheme
- Spread with quarterback-driven short yardage
Fastest neutral-script pace in the sample at 26.4 seconds per play.
Full Buffalo profileMatchups
Schedule & Availability
His bye week is set; the week-by-week opponent slate and strength-of-schedule grid arrive once the season's matchups are played.
Schedule not set yet
It is the 2026 preseason. This player is on a Week 7 bye. The opponent-by-opponent matchup grid and availability history will populate here once games are played.
Wire
Recent News
Live injury, depth-chart and usage updates return once the season starts. Current offseason news lives in the Wire Briefings.
No recent news yet
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Sentiment
What Managers Are Saying
The roster-percentage move is a market reading; the threads below are individual opinions. They are kept apart because they measure different things.
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