I was skimming through pro football reference yesterday, and was looking at Kamara and CMC’s career stats. They have essentially had the exact same production in their careers.
| Player | Carries | Rush Yards | Receptions | Receiving Yards | Touches | Scrimmage Yards | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Kamara | 1,204 | 5,396 | 465 | 3,930 | 1,669 | 9,326 | 72 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 1,150 | 5,324 | 468 | 3,984 | 1,618 | 9,308 | 71 |
| Difference | 54 | 72 | 3 | 54 | 51 | 18 | 1 |
Both were drafted in 2017. Kamara has played in a few more games, but they have still had almost the same amount of carries and receptions. McCaffrey gets slightly more work on a per game basis, but maybe that’s contributed to him missing more time due to injury as well.
Overall though, it’s kinda crazy that after 6.5 seasons, two elite RBs from the same draft class are only separated by 18 scrimmage yards and 1 touchdown.
Kamara has also played in 92 games to CMCs 82 games. On a MUCH better offense for most of it.
That whole class is pretty wild.
Didnt add Fournette to the above because I could only do 6.
Does games played really matter though? Wouldn’t touches be a better indicator of use?
Maybe, but id also argue being able to be the workhorse is worth something over someone who gets 12 a game for more yards per carry.
Either way all of those guys are studs for the most part.
2019 is a great example of how dominate this RB class was. That season, 14 RBs had at least 1,300 yards from scrimmage. 8 were from this draft class (McCaffrey, Fournette, Cook, Jones, Ekeler, Carson, Mixon, Kamara). That list doesn’t even include Kareem Hunt who led the league in rushing yards their rookie year. Just crazy depth for a single class.
Man that’s an interesting af comparison!
They’re actually all fairly close in most stats!
My man Jones still with the least carries has the 5.1 ypc lead. But for the most part they’re all fairly statistically close in every single category except that CMC and Kamara have a strong lead in catches and receiving yards. But even with almost 200 more catches, CMC only has 7 more receiving tds than Jones.
It really is wild how close they all are. What happened to Cook, though? I thought he was cooking for a few years and now it seems almost like he’s burned out his motor? And I honestly don’t know Conner. Is he that good, just on the Cardinals?
That was the year we decided to wait and draft Donnel Pumphrey in the 4th ¬¬