Rodney Nelson has rushed for an average of 79.0 rushing yards per game in his last 3 games after averaging 30.8 in his first 5 games this season.
Rodney Nelson has averaged 48.9 rushing yards per game over his first 8 contests this season, but faces a stern test next up: KENT ST. fields a good run defense, conceding just 137.4 yards per game over its last 7 games.
Rodney Nelson has averaged 64.8 rushing yards per game at home this season against 33.0 per game on the road.
Rodney Nelson has recorded 3 career rushing TDs, 2 of them against AKRON.
Rodney Nelson has rushed for a touchdown in back-to-back games. It is the first time in his career he has done it back-to-back. He has never stretched it to 3 straight.
WIN SHARES
His share of his team's actual wins. A team's win shares add up to its win total; see “Advanced Metrics Explained” on the Leaders page for the method.
Projected by the same share-of-team-projection mechanism as the matchup reports' projected box scores; untracked opponents omitted. Share blend: 8 game(s) of 26-27 weighted 73% against 25-26; returning players held only 22% of 25-26 passing, 38% of 25-26 rushing, 22% of 25-26 receiving -- the departed share is left unassigned rather than handed to the returners (capped at 2x their demonstrated share).
PROJECT STATS — VS. ANY OPPONENT
Search any team to project RODNEY NELSON’s stat line against them (neutral site) — the same share-of-team-projection mechanism as the schedule above.
Red Zone / Final 2 Minutes splits carry a real, disclosed field-position/clock coverage gap — see “Advanced Metrics Explained” below.
ADVANCED METRICS EXPLAINED (2)
Rushing Success Rate
The same down-based success standard as passing success rate, applied to a player's carries.
Inputs: Down, distance, yards gained and touchdown on plays where this player was the ball carrier.
Red Zone Splits
How a player performed once his team's offense (or the opponent's, for a defender) reached inside the 20-yard line.
Inputs: Every play on file within 20 yards of the goal line (`distance_to_goal <= 20`) this player was involved in. COVERAGE CAVEAT: true field position is only recorded for about a third of plays leaguewide, concentrated in FBS/FCS games -- a player whose games come from a source without it will show thin or missing red-zone splits even if he played plenty of red-zone snaps. This is a gap in the underlying play-by-play data, not a sign he didn't play there.
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