NFL RB Box Splits
How each running back produces with 8 or more defenders in the box and with 6 or fewer, with ranks among qualified backs.
Reading the board
An 8-man box is a defense loading up to stop the run; a light box (6 or fewer defenders near the line) is a defense spread out for the pass. A back who still adds expected points against a loaded box is beating the defense at its strongest, and one who feasts on light boxes is cashing in on space his offense creates.
Rank (#) is EPA per carry against 8 or more in the box, among qualified backs (6.25 carries per team game) with enough carries against that box. Every other column sorts too. Green is better and brick-red is worse; greyed cells have too few carries against that box to trust yet. On a phone, pick the stat from the Stat menu.
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Box counts start in 2022. Compare backs within a season: how often defenses show 8 or more in the box changes from one season to the next.
What the numbers mean
- Carries charted
- His carries with the number of defenders in the box recorded.
- 8+ box % / Light box %
- How often he ran into 8 or more defenders in the box, and into 6 or fewer. Style measures: neither high nor low is better.
- EPA/carry vs 8+ and vs light
- Expected points added per carry against each box: how much each run moved his team's scoring chances. Above zero beats an average play.
- Success vs 8+ and vs light
- The share of those carries that added expected points.
- Yds/carry vs 8+ and vs light
- Rushing yards per carry against each box.
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