2016 Red Zone Rushing Season Touches Stats
Inside 20 | Inside 10 | ||||||||
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Player | Tm | Att | Yds | TD | %Rush | Att | Yds | TD | %Rush |
LeGarrette Blount | NWE | 68 | 174 | 16 | 69% | 42 | 67 | 15 | 68% |
David Johnson | ARI | 53 | 121 | 14 | 74% | 33 | 60 | 13 | 81% |
Devonta Freeman | ATL | 50 | 129 | 9 | 60% | 27 | 37 | 8 | 59% |
Melvin Gordon | SDG | 50 | 93 | 10 | 73% | 27 | 26 | 10 | 79% |
Jeremy Hill | CIN | 44 | 118 | 8 | 57% | 24 | 46 | 7 | 60% |
DeMarco Murray | TEN | 40 | 88 | 8 | 56% | 26 | 31 | 7 | 67% |
Jonathan Stewart | CAR | 40 | 94 | 9 | 54% | 20 | 24 | 9 | 54% |
Ezekiel Elliott | DAL | 39 | 143 | 12 | 64% | 22 | 50 | 9 | 60% |
LeSean McCoy | BUF | 38 | 139 | 11 | 45% | 24 | 58 | 8 | 41% |
Latavius Murray | OAK | 38 | 100 | 11 | 67% | 25 | 46 | 11 | 78% |
Matt Asiata | MIN | 36 | 71 | 6 | 55% | 26 | 34 | 6 | 74% |
Mark Ingram | NOR | 36 | 135 | 5 | 42% | 15 | 38 | 3 | 34% |
Ryan Mathews | PHI | 35 | 92 | 8 | 46% | 25 | 55 | 8 | 56% |
Todd Gurley | LAR | 33 | 69 | 5 | 77% | 19 | 16 | 5 | 79% |
Robert Kelley | WAS | 32 | 77 | 5 | 52% | 14 | 26 | 4 | 48% |
Jay Ajayi | MIA | 31 | 73 | 6 | 56% | 15 | 22 | 5 | 54% |
Matt Forte | NYJ | 31 | 101 | 6 | 51% | 16 | 26 | 5 | 55% |
Jordan Howard | CHI | 31 | 87 | 6 | 69% | 16 | 26 | 6 | 62% |
Carlos Hyde | SFO | 31 | 106 | 6 | 50% | 13 | 32 | 5 | 43% |
Lamar Miller | HOU | 31 | 59 | 5 | 51% | 15 | 16 | 5 | 48% |
Le'Veon Bell | PIT | 30 | 105 | 7 | 65% | 14 | 46 | 7 | 64% |
Frank Gore | IND | 29 | 77 | 4 | 45% | 19 | 46 | 4 | 53% |
Isaiah Crowell | CLE | 28 | 46 | 6 | 61% | 18 | 35 | 6 | 64% |
Terrance West | BAL | 28 | 73 | 5 | 65% | 9 | 17 | 4 | 56% |
Spencer Ware | KAN | 27 | 57 | 3 | 41% | 18 | 33 | 3 | 45% |
Tim Hightower | NOR | 26 | 53 | 4 | 30% | 16 | 23 | 4 | 36% |
Devontae Booker | DEN | 25 | 53 | 4 | 39% | 11 | 10 | 3 | 37% |
C.J. Anderson | DEN | 23 | 39 | 4 | 36% | 11 | 17 | 4 | 37% |
Doug Martin | TAM | 23 | 28 | 3 | 40% | 12 | 0 | 3 | 48% |
Tevin Coleman | ATL | 21 | 63 | 6 | 25% | 11 | 27 | 5 | 24% |
Derrick Henry | TEN | 21 | 95 | 5 | 30% | 11 | 33 | 4 | 28% |
Christine Michael | 2TM | 21 | 35 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 5 | ||
Jerick McKinnon | MIN | 20 | 49 | 2 | 31% | 7 | 10 | 1 | 20% |
Bilal Powell | NYJ | 19 | 52 | 2 | 31% | 7 | 13 | 1 | 24% |
Thomas Rawls | SEA | 18 | 21 | 2 | 30% | 8 | 18 | 2 | 24% |
Robert Turbin | IND | 18 | 47 | 7 | 28% | 14 | 39 | 7 | 39% |
Matt Jones | WAS | 17 | 57 | 3 | 27% | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21% |
Cam Newton | CAR | 17 | 34 | 5 | 23% | 10 | 21 | 5 | 27% |
Darren Sproles | PHI | 17 | 76 | 1 | 22% | 7 | 17 | 1 | 16% |
Tyrod Taylor | BUF | 16 | 27 | 4 | 19% | 11 | 6 | 2 | 19% |
Alfred Blue | HOU | 15 | 32 | 0 | 25% | 10 | 12 | 0 | 32% |
Mike Gillislee | BUF | 15 | 43 | 7 | 18% | 11 | 32 | 7 | 19% |
Rashad Jennings | NYG | 15 | 28 | 3 | 36% | 10 | 13 | 3 | 40% |
Charcandrick West | KAN | 15 | 32 | 1 | 23% | 9 | 13 | 1 | 23% |
Jacquizz Rodgers | TAM | 14 | 26 | 2 | 24% | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20% |
Giovani Bernard | CIN | 13 | 30 | 2 | 17% | 5 | 18 | 2 | 13% |
Rex Burkhead | CIN | 13 | 49 | 2 | 17% | 7 | 13 | 2 | 18% |
Chris Ivory | JAX | 13 | 19 | 3 | 42% | 11 | 11 | 3 | 65% |
Zach Zenner | DET | 13 | 24 | 4 | 35% | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36% |
Dion Lewis | NWE | 12 | 37 | 0 | 12% | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11% |
Ty Montgomery | GNB | 12 | 32 | 3 | 21% | 6 | 10 | 3 | 22% |
Aaron Rodgers | GNB | 12 | 67 | 3 | 21% | 6 | 23 | 2 | 22% |
Alex Smith | KAN | 12 | 51 | 5 | 18% | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15% |
Tom Brady | NWE | 10 | 8 | 0 | 10% | 8 | -2 | 0 | 13% |
Eddie Lacy | GNB | 10 | 18 | 0 | 18% | 6 | 10 | 0 | 22% |
T.J. Yeldon | JAX | 10 | 34 | 1 | 32% | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12% |
Shaun Draughn | SFO | 9 | 12 | 4 | 15% | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20% |
Jeremy Langford | CHI | 9 | 17 | 4 | 20% | 8 | 15 | 4 | 31% |
Marcus Mariota | TEN | 9 | 62 | 2 | 13% | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5% |
Paul Perkins | NYG | 9 | 35 | 0 | 21% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8% |
Dak Prescott | DAL | 9 | 36 | 6 | 15% | 9 | 36 | 6 | 24% |
Aaron Ripkowski | GNB | 9 | 16 | 2 | 16% | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15% |
Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 9 | 31 | 1 | 16% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11% |
Damien Williams | MIA | 9 | 14 | 3 | 16% | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21% |
DeAngelo Williams | PIT | 9 | 27 | 4 | 20% | 4 | 10 | 3 | 18% |
Drew Brees | NOR | 8 | 11 | 2 | 9% | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9% |
Kenneth Farrow | SDG | 8 | 25 | 0 | 12% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9% |
Chris Johnson | ARI | 8 | 30 | 1 | 11% | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5% |
Carson Wentz | PHI | 8 | 16 | 2 | 10% | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7% |
Peyton Barber | TAM | 7 | 19 | 0 | 12% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8% |
Josh Ferguson | IND | 7 | -1 | 0 | 11% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Justin Forsett | 3TM | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
Duke Johnson | CLE | 7 | 16 | 1 | 15% | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14% |
Colin Kaepernick | SFO | 7 | 32 | 2 | 11% | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7% |
John Kuhn | NOR | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8% | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9% |
Theo Riddick | DET | 7 | 9 | 0 | 19% | 5 | 11 | 0 | 23% |
Wendell Smallwood | PHI | 7 | 21 | 1 | 9% | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7% |
James Starks | GNB | 7 | -2 | 0 | 13% | 3 | -8 | 0 | 11% |
Mike Tolbert | CAR | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11% |
Shane Vereen | NYG | 7 | 24 | 1 | 17% | 5 | 13 | 1 | 20% |
Jonathan Williams | BUF | 7 | 17 | 1 | 8% | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9% |
Blake Bortles | JAX | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18% |
Kirk Cousins | WAS | 6 | 24 | 4 | 10% | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14% |
Kenneth Dixon | BAL | 6 | 26 | 2 | 14% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13% |
Blaine Gabbert | SFO | 6 | 21 | 2 | 10% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7% |
DuJuan Harris | SFO | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10% | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17% |
Akeem Hunt | HOU | 6 | 13 | 1 | 10% | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10% |
Andrew Luck | IND | 6 | 44 | 2 | 9% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% |
Eli Manning | NYG | 6 | -4 | 0 | 14% | 5 | -5 | 0 | 20% |
C.J. Prosise | SEA | 6 | 12 | 0 | 10% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15% |
2016 Red Zone Receiving Season Target Stats
Inside 20 | Inside 10 | ||||||||||
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Player | Tm | Tgt | Rec | Ctch% | TD | %Tgt | Tgt | Rec | Ctch% | TD | %Tgt |
Devonta Freeman | ATL | 17 | 12 | 71% | 2 | 18% | 5 | 4 | 80% | 1 | 11% |
DeMarco Murray | TEN | 16 | 12 | 75% | 3 | 23% | 6 | 4 | 67% | 3 | 23% |
Theo Riddick | DET | 14 | 11 | 79% | 5 | 17% | 6 | 4 | 67% | 3 | 19% |
David Johnson | ARI | 13 | 8 | 62% | 3 | 16% | 5 | 3 | 60% | 3 | 13% |
Darren Sproles | PHI | 13 | 6 | 46% | 1 | 15% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 9% |
Tevin Coleman | ATL | 11 | 8 | 73% | 2 | 12% | 4 | 4 | 100% | 2 | 9% |
Bilal Powell | NYJ | 11 | 9 | 82% | 1 | 16% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 7% |
Travaris Cadet | NOR | 10 | 6 | 60% | 4 | 9% | 6 | 3 | 50% | 2 | 12% |
Mark Ingram | NOR | 10 | 10 | 100% | 3 | 9% | 5 | 5 | 100% | 3 | 10% |
Ty Montgomery | GNB | 10 | 5 | 50% | 0 | 10% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 0 | 6% |
Todd Gurley | LAR | 9 | 6 | 67% | 0 | 17% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Terrance West | BAL | 9 | 6 | 67% | 1 | 12% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 12% |
Le'Veon Bell | PIT | 8 | 5 | 63% | 2 | 12% | 4 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 14% |
Melvin Gordon | SDG | 8 | 5 | 63% | 2 | 8% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 6% |
T.J. Yeldon | JAX | 8 | 6 | 75% | 1 | 12% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 9% |
Jordan Howard | CHI | 7 | 2 | 29% | 0 | 10% | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7% |
Dexter McCluster | SDG | 7 | 4 | 57% | 0 | 7% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 3% |
LeSean McCoy | BUF | 7 | 6 | 86% | 1 | 13% | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 16% |
Chris Thompson | WAS | 7 | 5 | 71% | 2 | 9% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 6% |
James White | NWE | 7 | 4 | 57% | 4 | 10% | 3 | 2 | 67% | 2 | 9% |
Damien Williams | MIA | 7 | 7 | 100% | 3 | 14% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 11% |
Giovani Bernard | CIN | 6 | 5 | 83% | 0 | 9% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 7% |
Devontae Booker | DEN | 6 | 3 | 50% | 0 | 9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Isaiah Crowell | CLE | 6 | 5 | 83% | 0 | 11% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 11% |
Frank Gore | IND | 6 | 5 | 83% | 4 | 9% | 4 | 3 | 75% | 2 | 11% |
Tim Hightower | NOR | 6 | 3 | 50% | 0 | 6% | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 4% |
Carlos Hyde | SFO | 6 | 5 | 83% | 3 | 13% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 10% |
Duke Johnson | CLE | 6 | 2 | 33% | 0 | 11% | 3 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 17% |
Kyle Juszczyk | BAL | 6 | 4 | 67% | 0 | 8% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 8% |
John Kuhn | NOR | 6 | 5 | 83% | 1 | 6% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 4% |
Lamar Miller | HOU | 6 | 5 | 83% | 1 | 9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Charcandrick West | KAN | 6 | 4 | 67% | 2 | 8% | 3 | 2 | 67% | 2 | 9% |
Jay Ajayi | MIA | 5 | 3 | 60% | 0 | 10% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 6% |
Jerick McKinnon | MIN | 5 | 5 | 100% | 2 | 7% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 7% |
Latavius Murray | OAK | 5 | 3 | 60% | 0 | 6% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 5% |
Jalen Richard | OAK | 5 | 4 | 80% | 2 | 6% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 2% |
Robert Turbin | IND | 5 | 2 | 40% | 1 | 7% | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 8% |
Running Back Red Zone Target Notes
LeGarrette Blount finishes off the season with 68 red-zone (RZ) carries, 15 more than anyone else. Blount dominated for the Patriots this year, and had by far the best season of his career with 16 RZ touchdowns. It's tough to believe that will sustain itself over the next few years, but it certainly worked in 2016. Despite suffering an injury in Week 17, David Johnson is second in the NFL in RZ carries with 53. Johnson, Melvin Gordon and Devonta Freeman are the only running backs to get over 50 in 2016. Despite only getting 21 rushing attempts inside the RZ, Falcons running back Tevin Coleman had six rushing touchdowns, combine that with Freeman's 9, and you have 15 RZ rushing touchdowns for Falcons running backs. Despite having 29 less carries than Blount, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was only 31 yards behind Blount in rushing yards in the RZ. Amazing efficiency on his part.
Red Zone Rushing 2015 Touches Stats
Inside 20 Yard Line | Inside 10 Yard Line | ||||||||
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Name | Team | Att | Yards | TD | Rush % | Att | Yards | TD | Rush % |
Devonta Freeman | ATL | 47 | 114 | 10 | 62% | 24 | 44 | 9 | 65% |
Jonathan Stewart | CAR | 46 | 126 | 6 | 44% | 18 | 27 | 5 | 39% |
DeAngelo Williams | PIT | 46 | 135 | 11 | 67% | 28 | 51 | 11 | 70% |
Adrian Peterson | MIN | 45 | 95 | 7 | 63% | 24 | 28 | 7 | 67% |
Doug Martin | TB | 41 | 86 | 6 | 63% | 19 | 28 | 5 | 68% |
Chris Ivory | NYJ | 38 | 93 | 6 | 62% | 21 | 14 | 5 | 75% |
Jeremy Hill | CIN | 36 | 78 | 10 | 43% | 24 | 49 | 10 | 52% |
Frank Gore | IND | 35 | 61 | 5 | 58% | 15 | 15 | 4 | 63% |
Latavius Murray | OAK | 33 | 66 | 5 | 70% | 21 | 29 | 5 | 84% |
LeGarrette Blount | NE | 32 | 67 | 5 | 49% | 16 | 24 | 5 | 49% |
Mark Ingram | NOR | 31 | 92 | 6 | 43% | 13 | 32 | 5 | 33% |
Giovani Bernard | CIN | 30 | 142 | 2 | 36% | 13 | 23 | 0 | 28% |
Matt Forte | CHI | 30 | 101 | 4 | 51% | 18 | 34 | 4 | 55% |
Chris Johnson | ARI | 30 | 45 | 2 | 49% | 14 | 17 | 2 | 44% |
Isaiah Crowell | CLE | 29 | 74 | 4 | 54% | 14 | 12 | 2 | 78% |
Cam Newton | CAR | 29 | 72 | 10 | 28% | 18 | 27 | 9 | 39% |
Todd Gurley | RAM | 28 | 102 | 9 | 68% | 14 | 29 | 7 | 64% |
DeMarco Murray | PHI | 28 | 62 | 5 | 50% | 16 | 21 | 4 | 52% |
Ronnie Hillman | DEN | 26 | 62 | 5 | 51% | 16 | 7 | 3 | 67% |
Darren McFadden | DAL | 26 | 81 | 3 | 67% | 14 | 25 | 3 | 67% |
Alfred Morris | WAS | 25 | 51 | 1 | 41% | 9 | 9 | 1 | 33% |
Matt Jones | WAS | 23 | 33 | 2 | 38% | 11 | 0 | 2 | 41% |
Charcandrick West | KC | 22 | 57 | 3 | 41% | 11 | 28 | 3 | 38% |
T.J. Yeldon | JAX | 22 | 63 | 1 | 43% | 9 | 15 | 1 | 33% |
David Johnson | ARI | 21 | 52 | 7 | 34% | 12 | 14 | 5 | 38% |
Javorius Allen | BAL | 20 | 37 | 1 | 42% | 11 | 9 | 1 | 50% |
Alfred Blue | HOU | 20 | 51 | 1 | 36% | 10 | 20 | 1 | 46% |
Tim Hightower | NOR | 20 | 61 | 4 | 28% | 11 | 13 | 4 | 28% |
Rashad Jennings | NYG | 20 | 47 | 2 | 43% | 10 | 12 | 2 | 46% |
Eddie Lacy | GNB | 20 | 33 | 3 | 47% | 9 | 14 | 3 | 43% |
LeSean McCoy | BUF | 20 | 56 | 1 | 31% | 9 | 17 | 1 | 38% |
Marshawn Lynch | SEA | 19 | 20 | 3 | 28% | 12 | 6 | 3 | 40% |
Lamar Miller | MIA | 19 | 57 | 6 | 44% | 11 | 14 | 5 | 55% |
Tyrod Taylor | BUF | 19 | 77 | 3 | 30% | 7 | 17 | 2 | 29% |
Danny Woodhead | SDG | 19 | 34 | 3 | 50% | 9 | 8 | 3 | 64% |
C.J. Anderson | DEN | 18 | 49 | 2 | 35% | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17% |
Antonio Andrews | TEN | 18 | 31 | 3 | 42% | 10 | 15 | 3 | 40% |
Joique Bell | DET | 17 | 47 | 4 | 41% | 10 | 4 | 4 | 53% |
Carlos Hyde | SFO | 17 | 52 | 3 | 37% | 4 | -10 | 1 | 21% |
Jeremy Langford | CHI | 17 | 48 | 6 | 29% | 12 | 26 | 6 | 36% |
Mike Tolbert | CAR | 17 | 47 | 1 | 16% | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20% |
Justin Forsett | BAL | 16 | 42 | 2 | 33% | 4 | -1 | 1 | 18% |
Ryan Mathews | PHI | 16 | 48 | 5 | 29% | 10 | 17 | 5 | 32% |
Thomas Rawls | SEA | 16 | 45 | 3 | 24% | 9 | 13 | 3 | 30% |
Le'Veon Bell | PIT | 14 | 41 | 3 | 20% | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15% |
Tevin Coleman | ATL | 14 | 39 | 1 | 18% | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19% |
Charles Sims | TB | 14 | 41 | 0 | 22% | 2 | -1 | 0 | 7% |
Denard Robinson | JAX | 13 | 39 | 1 | 26% | 8 | 8 | 1 | 30% |
Andy Dalton | CIN | 12 | 25 | 3 | 15% | 7 | 18 | 3 | 15% |
James Starks | GNB | 12 | 32 | 1 | 28% | 6 | 11 | 1 | 29% |
Spencer Ware | KC | 12 | 36 | 6 | 22% | 9 | 20 | 5 | 31% |
Ameer Abdullah | DET | 11 | 58 | 1 | 26% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11% |
Melvin Gordon | SDG | 11 | 27 | 0 | 29% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 29% |
Karlos Williams | BUF | 11 | 22 | 4 | 17% | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17% |
Jay Ajayi | MIA | 10 | 34 | 1 | 23% | 6 | 10 | 0 | 30% |
Duke Johnson | CLE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19% | 2 | -5 | 0 | 11% |
Dion Lewis | NE | 10 | 51 | 2 | 15% | 5 | 25 | 2 | 15% |
Darren Sproles | PHI | 10 | 31 | 3 | 18% | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16% |
Terron Ward | ATL | 10 | 24 | 1 | 13% | 4 | 10 | 1 | 11% |
Andre Williams | NYG | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21% | 7 | -3 | 1 | 32% |
Russell Wilson | SEA | 10 | 57 | 1 | 15% | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7% |
Teddy Bridgewater | MIN | 9 | 48 | 3 | 13% | 4 | 16 | 2 | 11% |
Ryan Fitzpatrick | NYJ | 9 | 48 | 2 | 15% | 4 | 16 | 1 | 14% |
Arian Foster | HOU | 9 | 22 | 1 | 16% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9% |
Jonas Gray | 2TM | 9 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
DuJuan Harris | 2TM | 9 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jerick McKinnon | MIN | 9 | 29 | 1 | 13% | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11% |
Khiry Robinson | NOR | 9 | 29 | 4 | 13% | 6 | 12 | 4 | 15% |
Jameis Winston | TB | 9 | 34 | 6 | 14% | 7 | 20 | 5 | 25% |
Ahmad Bradshaw | IND | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17% |
Ka'Deem Carey | CHI | 8 | 13 | 2 | 14% | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6% |
Jamaal Charles | KC | 8 | 30 | 3 | 15% | 5 | 22 | 3 | 17% |
Joseph Randle | DAL | 8 | 7 | 3 | 21% | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19% |
Shane Vereen | NYG | 8 | 16 | 0 | 17% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9% |
Cameron Artis-Payne | CAR | 7 | 18 | 1 | 7% | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2% |
Brandon Bolden | NE | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12% |
Blake Bortles | JAX | 7 | 22 | 2 | 14% | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15% |
Bryce Brown | SEA | 7 | 15 | 1 | 10% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7% |
Kirk Cousins | WAS | 7 | 25 | 5 | 12% | 5 | 11 | 4 | 19% |
Mike Davis | SFO | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 26% |
Shaun Draughn | 2TM | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Toby Gerhart | JAX | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19% |
Jonathan Grimes | HOU | 7 | 15 | 1 | 13% | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14% |
Bilal Powell | NYJ | 7 | 24 | 1 | 12% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Josh Robinson | IND | 7 | 19 | 0 | 12% | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13% |
Aaron Rodgers | GNB | 7 | 46 | 1 | 16% | 4 | 11 | 0 | 19% |
Bishop Sankey | TEN | 7 | 24 | 1 | 16% | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12% |
Terrance West | 2TM | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Matt Asiata | MIN | 6 | 14 | 0 | 8% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6% |
Tom Brady | NE | 6 | 18 | 3 | 9% | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9% |
Donald Brown | SDG | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7% |
Andrew Luck | IND | 6 | 28 | 0 | 10% | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4% |
Johnny Manziel | CLE | 6 | 29 | 0 | 11% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Jamize Olawale | OAK | 6 | 39 | 1 | 13% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4% |
Chris Polk | HOU | 6 | 18 | 1 | 11% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9% |
Alex Smith | KC | 6 | 32 | 2 | 11% | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3% |
Matthew Stafford | DET | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14% | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16% |
Robert Turbin | 2TM | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | ||
Fozzy Whittaker | CAR | 6 | 38 | 1 | 6% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Orleans Darkwa | NYG | 5 | 22 | 1 | 11% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9% |
Anthony Dixon | BUF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8% |
Josh McCown | CLE | 5 | 25 | 1 | 9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Brock Osweiler | DEN | 5 | 17 | 1 | 10% | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13% |
Theo Riddick | DET | 5 | 20 | 0 | 12% | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11% |
C.J. Spiller | NOR | 5 | 21 | 0 | 7% | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8% |
Stepfan Taylor | ARI | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% |
James White | NE | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8% | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12% |
Drew Brees | NOR | 4 | -4 | 1 | 6% | 3 | -3 | 1 | 8% |
Derek Carr | OAK | 4 | 18 | 0 | 9% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4% |
David Cobb | TEN | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9% | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8% |
Jay Cutler | CHI | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7% | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3% |
Joe Flacco | BAL | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8% | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14% |
Mike Gillislee | BUF | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
John Kuhn | GNB | 4 | 12 | 2 | 9% | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10% |
Eli Manning | NYG | 4 | -3 | 0 | 9% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5% |
EJ Manuel | BUF | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6% | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8% |
Marcus Mariota | TEN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9% | 3 | -5 | 0 | 12% |
Tre Mason | RAM | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10% | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14% |
Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 4 | 13 | 0 | 6% | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5% |
Matt Ryan | ATL | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% |
Tavon Austin | RAM | 3 | 23 | 3 | 7% | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9% |
Benny Cunningham | RAM | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5% |
Nick Foles | RAM | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9% |
Jalston Fowler | TEN | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7% | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12% |
Matt Hasselbeck | IND | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5% | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4% |
Jarryd Hayne | SFO | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11% |
Akeem Hunt | HOU | 3 | 15 | 0 | 5% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5% |
Joey Iosefa | NE | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Fred Jackson | SEA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Will Johnson | PIT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4% | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8% |
Christine Michael | SEA | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% |
Matt Moore | MIA | 3 | -2 | 0 | 7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Carson Palmer | ARI | 3 | 15 | 1 | 5% | 3 | 15 | 1 | 9% |
Marcel Reece | OAK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8% |
Stevan Ridley | NYJ | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4% |
Mohamed Sanu | CIN | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4% | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4% |
Zac Stacy | NYJ | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5% | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7% |
Chris Thompson | WAS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5% | 2 | -2 | 0 | 7% |
T.J. Yates | HOU | 3 | -5 | 0 | 5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Running Back Red Zone Receiving 2015 Target Stats
Inside 20 Yard Line | Inside 10 Yard Line | ||||||||||
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Name | Team | Targets | Rec | Ctch% | TD | Tgt% | Targets | Rec | Ctch% | TD | Tgt% |
David Johnson | ARI | 13 | 6 | 46% | 2 | 13% | 3 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7% |
Theo Riddick | DET | 13 | 10 | 76% | 2 | 18% | 4 | 3 | 75% | 2 | 11% |
Shane Vereen | NYG | 11 | 8 | 73% | 4 | 13% | 5 | 4 | 80% | 4 | 14% |
Javorius Allen | BAL | 10 | 6 | 60% | 1 | 13% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 3% |
Matt Forte | CHI | 10 | 6 | 60% | 2 | 14% | 7 | 3 | 43% | 2 | 20% |
Charles Sims | TB | 10 | 6 | 60% | 2 | 14% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
James Starks | GB | 10 | 7 | 70% | 2 | 10% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 2% |
Charcandrick West | KC | 9 | 2 | 22% | 0 | 13% | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 11% |
James White | NE | 9 | 6 | 67% | 2 | 9% | 5 | 4 | 80% | 2 | 12% |
Duke Johnson | CLE | 8 | 6 | 75% | 1 | 9% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 3% |
Jeremy Langford | CHI | 7 | 3 | 43% | 0 | 10% | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 11% |
Vance McDonald | SF | 7 | 4 | 57% | 3 | 11% | 3 | 2 | 67% | 2 | 14% |
Bilal Powell | NYJ | 7 | 4 | 57% | 1 | 9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Denard Robinson | JAX | 7 | 4 | 57% | 0 | 8% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 2% |
Mike Tolbert | CAR | 7 | 6 | 86% | 3 | 9% | 3 | 3 | 100% | 2 | 10% |
C.J. Anderson | DEN | 6 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Jonathan Grimes | HOU | 6 | 5 | 83% | 1 | 8% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 4% |
Ronnie Hillman | DEN | 6 | 2 | 33% | 0 | 7% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 4% |
Fred Jackson | SEA | 6 | 5 | 83% | 2 | 10% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 2 | 7% |
Ameer Abdullah | DET | 5 | 4 | 80% | 1 | 7% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 3% |
Shaun Draughn | SF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | |||
Justin Forsett | BAL | 5 | 4 | 80% | 0 | 7% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 7% |
Mark Ingram | NO | 5 | 4 | 80% | 0 | 7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Chris Ivory | NYJ | 5 | 5 | 100% | 1 | 7% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 6% |
Dion Lewis | NE | 5 | 3 | 60% | 2 | 5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Doug Martin | TB | 5 | 3 | 60% | 1 | 7% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 3% |
Darren Sproles | PHI | 5 | 2 | 40% | 0 | 9% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 5% |
DeAngelo Williams | PIT | 5 | 2 | 40% | 0 | 6% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 0 | 8% |
Le'Veon Bell | PIT | 4 | 3 | 75% | 0 | 5% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 3% |
Jamaal Charles | KC | 4 | 4 | 100% | 1 | 6% | 3 | 3 | 100% | 1 | 16% |
Benny Cunningham | RAM | 4 | 1 | 25% | 0 | 11% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Andre Ellington | ARI | 4 | 1 | 25% | 0 | 4% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 2% |
Arian Foster | HOU | 4 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 5% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 4% |
Frank Gore | IND | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 5% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 7% |
Clay Harbor | JAX | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 4% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 2% |
Jeremy Hill | CIN | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 6% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 4% |
Running Back Red Zone Target Notes
Volume, volume, volume — this is what you are looking for with red zone running backs. Sure, on occasion a running back will bust out a 40+ yard touchdown, but a majority of the touchdown damage is coming inside the 20. Jeremy Hill was an interesting suspect for fantasy purposes, and made the most of his red zone touches. He only rushed for a 3.6 YPC and 794 yards. Yuck. However, he finished with 11 touchdowns on the season, and 10 of them came inside the red zone. He saw 10% more touches Giovani Bernard. These battles between backs are crucial for finding out touchdown potential. Touchdown vultures are starting to become a thing of the past, but some do still lurk in the shadows. Breaking down red zone volume will help you find them and gain an edge.
Pass-catching backs are also a threat in the red zones, and we can take a look at Danny Woodhead for example. He led the San Diego Chargers in red zone targets (18%), which was 22% of the total. He had six touchdowns inside the 20, and despite not being a bulky red zone machine, he was in an offense that only had one true red zone presence. Shane Vereen was another one, who finished behind Odell Beckham Jr. in red zone targets. Pass-catching backs do serve plenty of value, and are great targets to pair up with quarterbacks for upside. Woodhead led the league in red zone targets for running backs, and this year he won't be quite a surprise.
Red zone touchdowns are the bulk of the scoring for running backs, and the volume of touches is the most important when breaking everything down. Keep in mind how backs are used, and where to look for their volume in certain categories. A back like Devonta Freeman was a double threat in the red zone with 49 red zone carries, and 10 touchdowns. He also was behind Julio Jones in red zone targets, with 20% of the share. Committees can change from year-to-year, so staying on top of this data will keep you on top of the competition.