Players 2017 final

1

Todd Gurley

LAR· 15 G

139.5 Scrimmage yds/gm

2

Le'Veon Bell

PIT· 15 G

130.3 Scrimmage yds/gm

3

Ezekiel Elliott

DAL· 10 G

125.2 Scrimmage yds/gm

4

Kareem Hunt

KC· 16 G

111.4 Scrimmage yds/gm

5

Dalvin Cook

MIN· 4 G

111.0 Scrimmage yds/gm

Running backs — 2017 · ranked by Scrimmage yds/gm

#	Player	Tm	G	Grade	Scrim/gm	Rush/gm	Car/gm	Rec/gm	Rush yds	YPC	Rush TD	Rec yds	Rec TD
1	Todd Gurley	LAR	15	89	139.5	87.0	18.6	4.3	1305	4.7	13	788	6
2	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	15	83	130.3	86.1	21.4	5.7	1291	4.0	9	663	2
3	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	10	80	125.2	98.3	24.2	2.6	983	4.1	7	269	2
4	Kareem Hunt	KC	16	76	111.4	82.9	17.0	3.3	1327	4.9	8	455	3
5	Dalvin Cook	MIN	4	—	111.0	88.5	18.5	2.8	354	4.8	2	90	0
6	Leonard Fournette	JAX	13	75	103.2	80.0	20.6	2.8	1040	3.9	9	302	1
7	LeSean McCoy	BUF	16	71	99.1	71.1	17.9	3.7	1138	4.0	6	448	2
8	Melvin Gordon	LAC	16	73	98.8	69.1	17.8	3.6	1105	3.9	8	476	4
9	Alvin Kamara	NO	16	78	97.1	45.5	7.5	5.1	728	6.1	8	826	5
10	Mark Ingram	NO	16	72	96.2	70.2	14.4	3.6	1124	4.9	12	416	0
11	Devonta Freeman	ATL	14	69	84.4	61.8	14.0	2.6	865	4.4	7	317	1
12	Carlos Hyde	SF	16	69	80.5	58.6	15.0	3.7	938	3.9	8	350	0
13	Chris Thompson	WAS	10	70	80.4	29.4	6.4	3.9	294	4.6	2	510	4
14	Jordan Howard	CHI	16	67	77.9	70.1	17.2	1.4	1122	4.1	9	125	0
15	Alex Collins	BAL	15	65	77.3	64.9	14.1	1.5	973	4.6	6	187	0
16	C.J. Anderson	DEN	16	60	76.9	62.9	15.3	1.8	1007	4.1	3	224	1
17	Lamar Miller	HOU	16	67	75.9	55.5	14.9	2.2	888	3.7	3	327	3
18	Frank Gore	IND	16	63	75.4	60.1	16.3	1.8	961	3.7	3	245	1
19	Jay Ajayi	PHI	14	60	73.6	62.4	14.9	1.7	873	4.2	1	158	1
20	Marshawn Lynch	LV	15	64	69.5	59.4	13.8	1.3	891	4.3	7	151	0
21	Dion Lewis	NE	16	65	69.4	56.0	11.2	2.0	896	5.0	6	214	3
22	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	16	68	67.9	27.2	7.3	5.0	435	3.7	2	651	5
23	Chris Carson	SEA	4	—	66.8	52.0	12.2	1.8	208	4.2	0	59	1
24	Joe Mixon	CIN	14	61	65.2	44.7	12.7	2.1	626	3.5	4	287	0
25	Duke Johnson	CLE	16	66	65.1	21.8	5.1	4.6	348	4.2	4	693	3
26	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	16	57	64.7	53.3	12.9	1.8	853	4.1	2	182	0
27	Bilal Powell	NYJ	15	58	62.8	51.5	11.9	1.5	772	4.3	5	170	0
28	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	16	62	61.9	35.6	9.4	3.2	570	3.8	3	421	2
29	Mike Davis	SEA	6	54	61.8	40.0	11.3	2.5	240	3.5	0	131	0
30	Tevin Coleman	ATL	15	63	61.8	41.9	10.4	1.8	628	4.0	5	299	3
31	DeMarco Murray	TEN	15	62	61.7	43.9	12.3	2.6	659	3.6	6	266	1
32	Samaje Perine	WAS	13	55	60.4	46.4	13.5	1.7	603	3.4	1	182	1
33	Adrian Peterson	NO	10	53	59.9	52.9	15.6	1.1	529	3.4	2	70	0
34	Latavius Murray	MIN	16	59	59.1	52.6	13.5	0.9	842	3.9	8	103	0
35	Orleans Darkwa	NYG	15	56	57.8	50.1	11.4	1.3	751	4.4	5	116	0
36	Matt Forte	NYJ	12	57	56.2	31.8	8.6	3.1	381	3.7	2	293	1
37	Kenyan Drake	MIA	16	56	55.2	40.2	8.3	2.0	644	4.8	3	239	1
38	Derrick Henry	TEN	16	55	55.0	46.5	11.0	0.7	744	4.2	5	136	1
39	Jamaal Williams	GB	15	59	54.5	37.1	10.2	1.7	556	3.6	4	262	2
40	Giovani Bernard	CIN	16	58	52.9	28.6	6.6	2.7	458	4.4	2	389	2
41	Javorius Allen	BAL	16	61	52.6	36.9	9.6	2.9	591	3.9	4	250	2
42	Rex Burkhead	NE	10	64	51.8	26.4	6.4	3.0	264	4.1	5	254	3
43	Wayne Gallman	NYG	13	52	51.5	36.6	8.5	2.6	476	4.3	0	193	1
44	LeGarrette Blount	PHI	16	49	51.0	47.9	10.8	0.5	766	4.4	2	50	1
45	Ameer Abdullah	DET	14	59	51.0	39.4	11.8	1.8	552	3.3	4	162	1
46	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	15	56	48.8	45.3	13.2	0.5	680	3.4	6	52	1
47	T.J. Yeldon	JAX	10	52	47.7	25.3	4.9	3.0	253	5.2	2	224	0
48	Aaron Jones	GB	10	54	47.0	44.8	8.1	0.9	448	5.5	4	22	0
49	Theo Riddick	DET	16	57	45.6	17.9	5.2	3.3	286	3.4	3	444	2
50	D'Onta Foreman	HOU	9	51	45.6	36.3	8.7	0.7	327	4.2	2	83	0
51	Alfred Morris	DAL	13	46	45.5	42.1	8.8	0.5	547	4.8	1	45	0
52	Tarik Cohen	CHI	16	53	45.2	23.1	5.4	3.3	370	4.3	2	353	1
53	Doug Martin	TB	11	51	44.5	36.9	12.5	0.8	406	2.9	3	84	0
54	Mike Gillislee	NE	9	53	44.2	42.6	11.6	0.1	383	3.7	5	15	0
55	Devontae Booker	DEN	13	47	44.2	23.0	6.1	2.3	299	3.8	1	275	0
56	James White	NE	14	54	42.9	12.2	3.1	4.0	171	4.0	0	429	3
57	Marlon Mack	IND	14	50	41.6	25.6	6.6	1.5	358	3.8	3	225	1
58	Matt Breida	SF	16	48	40.3	29.1	6.6	1.3	465	4.4	2	180	1
59	Chris Ivory	JAX	14	47	39.8	27.3	8.0	1.5	382	3.4	1	175	1
60	Chris Johnson	ARI	4	—	39.2	28.5	11.2	1.2	114	2.5	0	43	0

What this is. Finished box-score production from 2017, ranked by Scrimmage yds/gm. Per-game columns divide by games played, not games on the schedule, so a player who missed time is measured on the games he was in — and his season totals still show the games he missed. Minimum 4 games to be ranked, otherwise one big afternoon tops every list.

What it isn’t. None of this is a projection, a pick, or a prop recommendation — it is what already happened. Last season’s rate is a starting point for what a player does in a game, not a forecast of the next one: offense, role, and health all move underneath it. Target share and WOPR describe a player’s share of his own team’s passing game, so they compare roles, not players across teams.

About the grade. 0–100, where 50 is average for the position and 85+ is elite. It is box production, scaled by the defense it came against, pulled toward the positional average when a player has few games, then ranked within position — so a 90 quarterback and a 90 kicker are each elite for their own spot and are not comparable to each other in any other way. It needs 6 games, so players below that show — rather than a number built on a hot month.

What the grade can’t see. There is no charting behind it, so it rewards production over technique: the receiver who ran the route that freed someone else, and the back who picked up the blitz, get nothing for it. It is role-dependent by construction — a back on a run-heavy team gets more chances than an equally good back who touches it half as often. Kickers are not opponent-adjusted, because field goals are contested by distance and weather, not by the defense across the ball. And it grades a season already played; it is not a projection of the next one.

Regular season and postseason are kept separate on purpose. Playoff samples are small and the opponents are better; blending them into a season rate quietly flatters the players who got there. The grade is regular-season only, so it is not offered on the postseason split.