In the weekly running back advanced stats article, Corbin Young examines Rashaad Penny, plus the late-season surges from Devin Singletary and Rhamondre Stevenson.
Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell you a lot about how an RB is using his blockers, how effective that blocking is, and how effective that RB is at making would-be tacklers miss — all skills that translate into future production. In this way, the advanced RB stats can help us find waiver wire gems and trade targets before the rest of our league mates.
