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.
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?