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2026 season · RB · #33 · 3rd season

33Sione Vaki

Age 25 · 5'11" · 216 lb · Utah · Pick 132 overall (2024). Listed RB2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 24% across 7 games.

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Carries
27
3.9 per game
66th of 70
Rush yards
121
4.5 per carry
59th of 70
Rush TD
0
5 first downs
T-56th of 70
Targets
6
5 catches · 57 yds
T-59th of 70
Touches / game
4.7
33 total
69th of 70
EPA / touch
+0.02
+0.8 total
15th of 70
Explosive
3
10+ run · 20+ catch
T-49th of 70
Snap share
24%
offensive snaps
62nd of 70
The short version
  • How goodVaki's +0.8 EPA is 16th of 70 backs.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+6.9, 85th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy2.5 standard points a game, RB65 of 109.2.9 half-PPR points a game, RB68 of 109.3.3 PPR points a game, RB69 of 109.
  • How he's usedHe rarely moves before the snap: 39% of his touches come with motion (league 60%).
  • LatelyTouches are steady: 6.3 a game over his last three against 4.7 for the season.
  • This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Dolphins rank 19th vs the run, allowing -0.07 EPA per designed carry.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 70 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Yards per carry4.522nd of 70
69th
Rush EPA per carry-0.1035th of 70
51st
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets+0.575th of 64
93rd
Broken tacklesper touch3%10th of 70
86th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch9%28th of 70
61st
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Touches per game4.769th of 70
2nd
Receiving sharetargets per touch18%34th of 70
52nd
Yards per touch5.48th of 70
89th
Success rate48%10th of 70
86th
Total EPA+0.816th of 70
78th
How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Vaki scores 2.5 standard points a game, RB65 of 109 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.2 and 3.4; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 6 busts (under 5). This week the Dolphins allow the 8th-most standard points to RBs, 21.2 a game.

Points a game2.5RB65 of 109
Season17.8RB67 · 7 games
Most weeks1.2–3.4his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 612+ · under 5

Vaki scores 2.9 half-PPR points a game, RB68 of 109 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.3 and 3.9; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 6 busts (under 6.5). This week the Dolphins allow the 6th-most half-PPR points to RBs, 23.9 a game.

Points a game2.9RB68 of 109
Season20.3RB66 · 7 games
Most weeks1.3–3.9his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 616+ · under 6.5

Vaki scores 3.3 PPR points a game, RB69 of 109 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.4 and 4.4; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 6 busts (under 8). This week the Dolphins allow the 5th-most PPR points to RBs, 26.5 a game.

Points a game3.3RB69 of 109
Season22.8RB67 · 7 games
Most weeks1.4–4.4his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 620+ · under 8
How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the RB24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 70 backs

He rarely moves before the snap: 39% of his touches come with motion (league 60%). He runs from under center: 11% of his carries come from shotgun (league 34%). His share of the team's touches is 8%: on third down it holds at 4%; inside the 20 it falls to 1%. Short yardage goes elsewhere: 6% of those touches against 8% overall.

StaticMotion 39% · 1st pctlUnder centerShotgun runs 11% · 2nd pctlNot the red-zone back1% inside the 20 · 8% overallNot the short-yardage backShort-yardage share 6% · 9th pctl
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
52%
45th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
11%
2nd
Receiving sharetargets per touch
18%
52nd
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
4%
18th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
1%
1st
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
6%
9th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
4%
28th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
39%
1st
How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying backs; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

This weekWeek 9 · at DolphinsSun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM EST
The game
MIAat Dolphins
Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM EST
Hard Rock Stadium
DET −7 · O/U 50.5
The defense vs the run
19th vs the run
allow -0.07 EPA per designed carry, league -0.08
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
vs middle defenses: 2 games, 1.5 touches a game, 13 yards a game
First meeting this season
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 25%

A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Dolphins rank 19th vs the run, allowing -0.07 EPA per designed carry. He has averaged 13 yards a game against middle defenses this season.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season3 seasons
24Games
34Carries
139Rush yards
0TD
8Receptions
2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2024, 51 scrimmage yards in 9 games. This season's 25.4 a game puts him on pace for 432 over 17, a career high.

0200500★242526
SeasonTeamGCarYdsYPCTDTgtRecRec ydsEPA/touch
2024DET96142.303337+0.12
2025DET8144.00000-0.88
2026DET7271214.506557+0.02
Career1 tm24341394.109894+0.02
Career highsRush yards 121 · 2026TD 0 · 2024Carries 27 · 2026
How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 8
Depth chart
RB2 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
1 on 6 targets
Broken tackles
1
Passer rating when targeted
105.7
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    0Jahmyr GibbsRB2011058 · 10 TD-2.3
    14Amon-Ra St. BrownWR78580 · 5 TD+24.9
    87Sam LaPortaTE45369 · 3 TD+32.6
    1Jameson WilliamsWR44437 · 5 TD+23.9
    18Isaac TeSlaaWR21197+7.7
    16Jared GoffQB1515 · 1 TD-12.7
    89Brock WrightTE631+1.0
    83Tyler ConklinTE211-0.2