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James Cook III

RB Running Back · official depth RB1 · Georgia · #4 · PRO

5' 11" · 190 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)

age 26 · born 1999-09-25 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20

ESPN team roster · 2026-09-20Over The Cap · 2026-09-20

BUF · active

Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage

Inspect sources and coverage · Open club

Inspect file assembly

lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

#2 rush yds · 2 g2026where he ranks at Rushing yards among 89 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20

Inspect season and contract figures
Season stats
  1. 2026 · BUF · RB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved95 car · 532 rush yds · 5 rush TD · 7 rec · 11 tgt · 31 rec yds · 0 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T08:06:05.407Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

ContractOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

NFL by year
  1. 2026 · BUF · RB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved95 car · 532 rush yds · 5 rush TD · 7 rec · 11 tgt · 31 rec yds · 0 rec TD
  2. 2025 · BUF · RB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved309 car · 1,621 rush yds · 12 rush TD · 33 rec · 40 tgt · 291 rec yds · 2 rec TD
  3. 2024 · BUF · RB · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved207 car · 1,009 rush yds · 16 rush TD · 32 rec · 38 tgt · 258 rec yds · 2 rec TD
  4. 2023 · BUF · RB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved237 car · 1,122 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 44 rec · 54 tgt · 445 rec yds · 4 rec TD
  5. 2022 · BUF · RB · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved89 car · 507 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 21 rec · 32 tgt · 180 rec yds · 1 rec TD
nflverse player statistics 1999–2026 · 2026-09-20as of 2026-10-17T08:06:05.407Z

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

Official games

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15as of 2026-09-13
College by year
  1. 2021 · Georgia · rushing113 att · 728 yds · 7 TDHC Kirby SmartCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  2. 2020 · Georgia · rushing45 att · 303 yds · 3 TDHC Kirby SmartCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  3. 2019 · Georgia · rushing31 att · 188 yds · 2 TDHC Kirby SmartCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  4. 2018 · Georgia · rushing41 att · 284 yds · 2 TDHC Kirby SmartCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
CollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Draft

2022 · round 2 · pick 63 · BUF · Georgia

nflverse draft_picks · 2026-09-20
Combine / pro day
  1. 2022 Combine · RB · Georgia · 5-11 · 199 lb40 4.42 · vert 33" · broad 124"drafted 2022 · round 2 · Buffalo Bills
nflverse combine · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

Injuries

Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Suspensions / discipline

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Transactions

Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Awards

3× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 3 seasons started · career through 2026

nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present

Inspect · sources, membership and decision coverage

Availability · Practice and game designation not reported

Roster membership is separate from health, practice participation and game designation. Active does not confirm that a player will dress. Practice-squad players require promotion/elevation in a Scenario; other blocked memberships cannot enter an eligible lineup.

James Cook III · Decision coverage

One canonical person · current participant · 6 answered / 8 applicable questions · 0 do not apply.

Answered includes sourced values and bounded negatives. A future checkpoint is not overdue ingestion; an unresolved source is not proof of nonpublication.

Not sourced yet: 2

Evidence windows stay explicit. Historical awards, discipline and college links are outside this decision count.

  • Membership

    Answered · active

    Evidence window: 2026-10-17T07:09:02.024Z

    buffalobills.com / current roster sections
  • Lineup eligibility

    Answered · Roster eligible; game clearance is separate.

    Evidence window: 2026-10-17T07:09:02.024Z

    buffalobills.com / current roster sections
  • Listed role

    Answered · RB

    buffalobills.com / players-roster + depth chart
  • Recent usage / sample

    Answered · Started · BUF at HOU · one connected game / observation

    Evidence window: 2026-09-13

    NFL Game Summary
  • Production / sample

    Answered · rushing: att 13, yds 57, avg 4.4, lg 12, td 0 · receiving: tar 4, rec 3, yds 12, avg 4, lg 6, td 0 · one connected game: BUF at HOU

    Evidence window: 2026-09-13 · Week 1

    NFL Game Summary
  • Practice participation

    Not sourced yet · No dated report row is connected to this person. Publication, a missing join and omission from a report are not distinguished by this evidence.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Game designation

    Not sourced yet · No dated report row is connected to this person. Publication, a missing join and omission from a report are not distinguished by this evidence.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Contract term

    Answered · Signed through 2029

    Evidence window: 2026-09-20

    Over The Cap