Usage report

Every back, receiver and tight end, on the role

Backfield share = his slice of the backfield's expected pointsExpected/g = what the usage should scoreDiff = actual minus expected

How to read it

The RB tab

Backfield share is the slice of his team's backfield expected fantasy points that went to him. Above 80% is a one-man backfield. Under 60% is a committee, whatever the box score said this week. Rush share and snap share are the raw role; yards before and after contact split the line from the back. Success is a carry that gains 40% of the yards needed on first down, 60% on second, or all of them on third and fourth. Stuffed is a carry that gains 2 yards or less. EPA per carry is the points each carry added to the drive, on average. RYOE (rush yards over expected) is yards gained above what an average back gets on the same carries.

The WR and TE tabs

Pass-game share is his slice of the team's pass-catcher expected fantasy points, the receiver version of the backfield share. Target share is the raw role. TPRR and YPRR fill in when nflverse posts route participation. First downs per target is how often a play through him moved the chains.

Why expected points and not points

Tested on 2025, expected points predicted the next week's score better than the score did. A back at 80% of the backfield with a quiet box score is a buy. A receiver at 20% of the pass-catcher expected points with two touchdowns is a sell. The rookie sheet is the same table filtered to the class.

Where the numbers come from

Box score, snap counts and play by play from nflverse, route participation from HeatRadar (heatradar.app), drops and contact yards from Pro Football Reference where they charted the player, expected fantasy points from our model (fourthanddata.app/expected). Success, stuffed and EPA per carry are counted from the play by play, and RYOE comes from tracking data. Rookies carry a tag. ESPN ownership and our waiver call sit on each row.