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2026

2026 season · compare · backs

Compare players

Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

70 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
10
Emmett JohnsonRB · Chiefs · graded
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34
DJ HermanRB · Dolphins · not yet qualified
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Emmett vs JetsJets allow the 12th-most RB points
Week 9 · Sunday · DJ vs LionsLions allow the 4th-fewest RB points
Where they rank · among 70 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Emmett JohnsonDJ Herman
Yards per carry
3.942nd
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Rush EPA per carry
-0.0562nd
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EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
+0.8999th
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Broken tacklesper touch
11%98th
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Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
11%76th
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Touches per game
5.15th
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Receiving sharetargets per touch
44%95th
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Yards per touch
8.799th
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Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's backsamong 70 backs
Emmett JohnsonDJ Herman
EmmettBounces outsidePass-catching backNot the red-zone back
DJnot graded yet
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
35%5th
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Shotgun runscarries from the gun
30%39th
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Receiving sharetargets per touch
44%95th
100%–
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
11%58th
0%–
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
5%6th
0%–
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
6%11th
0%–
RPOcarries on run-pass options
20%86th
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Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
61%55th
67%–

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying backs; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
YPCRush EPAEPA / tgtBrk tacklesExplosiveTouchesRec shareYds / touch

DJ Herman is not graded yet, so no shape.

Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Emmett Johnson
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DJ Herman
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsRushing and receiving EPA

DJ Herman gets the most on runs (0.0 EPA), Emmett Johnson gets the most after the catch (+26.2 EPA), and DJ also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−1.4).

Emmett Johnson+13.3
DJ Herman+0.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runs
PartEmmettDJ
Air yardson catches−11.0−0.69 a target · 34th+0.1+0.03 a target
After the catch+26.2+1.64 a target · 96th+1.7+0.57 a target
Incompletionstargets not caught−0.9−0.06 a target · 86th−1.4−0.47 a target
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 54th0.00.00 a target
Designed runs−1.0−0.05 a carry · 62nd0.0
Total+13.336 touches+0.43 touches

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked, and his designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per carry for runs and per target for catches, with its percentile among the league's qualifying backs; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Emmett Johnson

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DJ Herman

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Designed carries by gap, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · E.Johnson and D.HermanSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 8
Emmett JohnsonDJ Herman

Toucheslast 3 games

719
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Emmett 5DJ 0

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

2483
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Emmett 61.3DJ 0

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.28+0.11
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Emmett +0.52

Targetslast 3 games

14
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Emmett 3.7DJ 0

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 83+ · dud under 24
E.Johnson
68Wk 135Wk 217Wk 310Wk 45Wk 524Wk 617Wk 7143Wk 8
45 ± 44
D.Herman
0Wk 118Wk 20Wk 30Wk 40Wk 56Wk 60Wk 70Wk 8
3 ± 6

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (459 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardE.JohnsonD.Herman
Points a game5.3RB430.3RB95
Season37.4RB421.8RB112
Most weeks1.7–6.10.0–0.0
Booms · busts1 · 512+ · under 50 · 712+ · under 5
Half PPRE.JohnsonD.Herman
Points a game6.3RB420.3RB95
Season44.4RB392.3RB114
Most weeks1.9–7.10.0–0.0
Booms · busts1 · 516+ · under 6.50 · 716+ · under 6.5
PPRE.JohnsonD.Herman
Points a game7.3RB420.4RB96
Season51.4RB382.8RB114
Most weeks2.3–8.10.0–0.0
Booms · busts1 · 520+ · under 80 · 720+ · under 8

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekE.JohnsonD.Herman
Wk 124·
Wk 2150
Wk 3170
Wk 40·
Wk 5··
Wk 66·
Wk 70·
Wk 815·
Season770

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonE.JohnsonD.Herman
Carries200
Rush yards770
Rush TD00
Targets163
Yards per carry3.941st-
Rush EPA per carry-0.0527th-
EPA per target+0.891st-
Broken tackles11%2nd-
Explosive rate11%17th-
Touches per game5.167th-
Receiving share44%4th-
Yards per touch8.71st-
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Emmett JohnsonDJ Herman
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2026*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Emmett Johnson2026 to 2026 · 1 season720314144.92026: 31444.9 a game44.9first season
DJ Herman2026 to 2026 · 1 season201809.02026: 189.0 a game9.0first season

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2026 is through Week 8; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.