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Each week, SportsLine's Fantasy expert Jacob Gibbs will provide a data-driven deep-dive into Sunday's games to help provide a better understanding of what we learned and how it will impact the Fantasy outlook of specific teams and players.
Below, you can find full team-by-team data on snap counts, target share, routes run, red-zone usage and more for every Fantasy relevant running back. Check back later in the week for What We Learned, where Gibbs will break down all the takeaways you should have from Week 9, pulling largely from the information here and in his usage report for wide receivers and tight ends.
If you have questions about any stats, players, or situations covered or not covered in this article, feel free to reach out to Gibbs on Twitter.
Snap rate
The actual full list:
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77% - Carlos Hyde, Dalvin Cook, James Conner
76% - Devontae Booker
74% - Myles Gaskin
71% - Devin Singletary
69% - Jonathan Taylor
67% - Alvin Kamara
66% - Eli Mitchell
65% - Austin Ekeler
63% - Aaron Jones, Joe Mixon
No stat correlates more closely with Fantasy scoring at the RB position than snap rate.
Route involvement rate
Week 9 RB route invovlement leaders:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) November 8, 2021
72% - Devontae Booker
69% - Alvin Kamara, James Conner
65% - Myles Gaskin
63% - Devin Singletary
60% - Eli Mitchell
57% - Cordarrelle Patterson, Dalvin Cook
54% - Joe Mixon
53% - Devonta Freeman
A player's route involvement rate simply represents the percentage of the team's total dropbacks on which that player ran a route. So, the running backs listed above ran a route on at least 53 percent of their team's dropbacks. Running routes is the first step towards drawing targets, which is key to unlocking Fantasy upside at the RB position.
Red zone snap rate
Week 8 RZ snap rate leaders at the RB position
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) November 2, 2021
100% — Zeke, Melv Gordon, Mike Davis, Cordarelle Patterson (all from the slot)
90% — Jonathan Taylor, Herbert
88% — Mixon, Ekeler, N Harris
78% — Kamara, Jones, Carter
75% — Henderson
73% — Booker
67% — D Harris
64% — Eli Mitchell
Let's dig into the full data on Week 8 usage rates.
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