Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 5 | — |
| Success rate | 60.0% | — |
| Explosive run rate | 40.0% | — |
| Stuffed at the line | 0.0% | — |
| First downs | 2 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 0 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 0 | — |
2025 charting · Pittsburgh
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Cook’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted10 targets charted
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Pittsburgh#42 · 5-2 | 4 | 7% |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh#31 · 8-5 | 3 | 5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Justin Cook's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Justin Cook's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 |  Miami (OH) | W 59–14 | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  UCF | W 12–7 | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Syracuse | W 27–13 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Bucknell | W 59–0 | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | @ Virginia Tech | W 35–33 | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 6 |  North Carolina | L 17–21 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 | @ Boston College | L 21–27 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 5 | 90 | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 4 games | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 90 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 5 | — |
| Yards | 88 | 480th / 1453 |
| Yards / carry | 17.6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 359th / 630 |
| Long | 50 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 1 | 1611th / 1994 |
| Yards | 7 | 1760th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 7 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 5 | — |
| Yards | 90 | — |
| Average | 18 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 21 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Miami (OH) | 75 | ~13 (3–25) | 2 | · | · | 17% |
| Wk 3 · Syracuse | 60 | ~5 (1–10) | 1 | · | · | 8% |
| Wk 6 · North Carolina | 85 | ~15 (10–19) | 3 | · | · | 18% |
| Wk 7 · Boston College | 64 | · | · | 5 | 1 | — |
| Season | 498 | 33 (16–73) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7% |
Position Room
8 RBs on the Pittsburgh roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Damon Ferguson Jr. | RB | FR | 83 | 438 | 5.3 | 3 | 16 | +0.04 |
| La'Vell Wright | RB | 59 | 242 | 4.1 | 4 | 6 | +0.08 | ||
| Ja'Kyrian Turner | RB | 30 | 131 | 4.4 | 1 | 10 | +0.12 | ||
| 20 | Synkwan Smith | RB | SO | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | +0.09 |
| 27 | Jaylin Brown | RB | SO | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 0 | 3 | -0.25 |
| 5 | Justin Cook | RB | SR | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | 1 | +1.49 |
| 34 | Ethan Shine | RB | SR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Zaky Roberts | RB | JR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. Pittsburgh depth chart →