David Cobb

RB · Minnesota 2014 · #27

Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · Killeen, TX · Ellison

David Cobb: RB · Minnesota · #27.

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David Cobb

RB · Minnesota · #27

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. One game to point at: 220 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Middle Tennessee — Week 2, 2014.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

312Carries
1608Yards
13.6%Top-5 share
16.7%Stuffed rate

Just 13.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.7% of his carries. 15 carries for 41 yds vs TCU; 29 for 220 vs Middle Tennessee.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

55.0%Carry share
41.7%Q4-lead share
85.7%In competitive games

55.0% of carries overall (308/560) → 41.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (35/84) — 85.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

12/153rd/4th & short
10/31Inside-5 share

12 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%). 10 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (32.3%).

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