Player facts
- Team
Buffalo Bills- Position
- Running Back
- Number
- 4
- Born
- Sep 25, 1999 (age 27)
- Birthplace
- Miami, FL, USA
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 190 lbs
- College
- Georgia
- Experience
- 5 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:
- 3rd in rushing yards 532
- 7th in rushing touchdowns 5
2026 Offense
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 95 | 532 | 5.6 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Last 5 Games | 95 | 532 | 5.6 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 31 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Career | 937 | 4,791 | 5.1 | 37 | 65 | 137 | 1,205 | 8.8 | 9 | 51 | 16 | 8 |
Advanced stats
2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.
| Plays | EPA/play | Success | CPOE | League rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | 117 carries | +0.05 | 50% | 9th of 41 | |
| Receiving | 14 targets | +0.22 | 36% | fewer than 24 plays |
Recent games
| Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
@  LAR | W 37-34 OT | 25 | 111 | 4.4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
vs  NE | L 29-26 | 12 | 75 | 6.3 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  LAC | W 24-16 | 24 | 154 | 6.4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
vs  DET | W 41-31 | 21 | 135 | 6.4 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
@  HOU | W 36-31 | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
James Dalvin Cook III (born September 25, 1999) is an American professional football running back for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, winning a national championship with them in 2021, and was selected by the Bills in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft.
Cook has earned the nickname "Captain Cook" which is a reference to British explorer and Naval Officer James Cook.
After becoming Buffalo's lead tailback, Cook became the team's first rusher to attain over 1,000 yards in a single season since 2017, as well as scoring 16 rushing touchdowns in a single season (tying a franchise record set in 1975) and earning three Pro Bowl nominations and a second-team All-Pro award. In 2025, Cook led the NFL in rushing yards with 1,621, becoming the team's first player to lead the league in rushing since 1976. He is the younger brother of former NFL running back Dalvin Cook.
From Wikipedia’s article on James Cook (running back), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Cook grew up in Miami, Florida, and attended Miami Central Senior High School. He rushed for 709 yards and eight touchdowns on 99 carries as a freshman. After his freshman year, Cook took extra courses and reclassified from a sophomore to a junior. As a senior, he rushed for 782 yards and 10 touchdowns on 91 carries. Cook rushed for 2,019 yards and 30 touchdowns during his high school career.
Cook was a highly rated recruit and initially committed to play college football at Florida State, where his brother was playing, after his freshman year of high school. However, Cook later decommitted during the summer before his senior year. Cook later signed a letter of intent to play at Georgia after considering offers from Louisville and Florida. Cook transferred to Miami Northwestern Senior High School after his senior football season for his final semester of high school. Cook finished high school as a four-star recruit.
College career
Cook played in 13 games as a freshman and gained 284 yards and scored two touchdowns on 41 carries with eight receptions for 89 yards.
As a sophomore, Cook played in all 14 of Georgia's games and rushed 31 times for 188 yards and two touchdowns while also catching 16 passes for 132 yards.
In 2020, Cook was the team's second-leading rusher with 303 yards and three touchdowns on 45 carries and caught 16 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns. He missed the 2021 Peach Bowl following his father's death.Cook rushed for 728 yards and seven touchdowns and caught 27 passes for 284 yards and four touchdowns as a senior as the Bulldogs won the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship. He was the leading receiver for Georgia with 112 yards and one touchdown on four receptions in the team's 34–11 victory over Michigan in the Orange Bowl semifinal game.
After the end of the season, Cook declared that he would be entering the 2022 NFL draft.
Personal life
Cook was arrested by Athens police in December 2019 for driving with an open alcohol container and driving without a valid license.
In July 2020, Cook crashed into five unoccupied parked cars near downtown Athens. Moments before, according to police, Cook was traveling up to 85 mph, nearly striking an oncoming vehicle. Athens-Clark County deputy solicitor Janna Landreth offered to drop additional charges in the case if Cook pleaded guilty to reckless driving, for which Cook would have to pay a $670 fine, supply financial restitution to at-most two of the five damaged vehicles, and complete a defensive-driving course. Cook subsequently failed to appear in court relating to this case, for which Georgia Bulldogs football Director of Player Support Bryant Gantt claimed responsibility. Cook was not penalized for the missed date.
From Wikipedia’s article on James Cook (running back), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of James Cook III