most targeted rb 2021 cowboys

Ezekiel Elliott has been targeted the most career times by a Cowboys running back, with 418 targets.

NAMETRGGPRECREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
418
118
317
2,405
7.6
20.4
12
8,488
1,955
4.3
71.9
71
2Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
228
79
176
1,319
7.5
16.7
5
3,621
762
4.8
45.8
23
3Marion Barber
M. Barber
223
88
174
1,280
7.4
14.5
6
4,358
1,042
4.2
49.5
47
4DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
207
53
171
1,200
7.0
22.6
1
4,526
934
4.8
85.4
28
5Felix Jones
F. Jones
156
64
127
1,062
8.4
16.6
3
2,728
569
4.8
42.6
11
6Richie Anderson
R. Anderson
128
27
95
700
7.4
25.9
4
552
127
4.3
20.4
2
7Julius Jones
J. Jones
112
53
84
672
8.0
12.7
0
3,484
885
3.9
65.7
18
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
91
61
71
403
5.7
6.6
2
4,596
1,138
4.0
75.3
28
9Lance Dunbar
L. Dunbar
88
54
68
646
9.5
12.0
0
422
94
4.5
7.8
1
10Tashard Choice
T. Choice
88
54
64
497
7.8
9.2
0
1,139
250
4.6
21.1
8
11Chris Warren
C. Warren
88
29
65
526
8.1
18.1
1
657
158
4.2
22.7
4
12Robert Thomas
R. Thomas
77
52
50
280
5.6
5.4
3
157
39
4.0
3.0
0
13Michael Wiley
M. Wiley
74
42
43
315
7.3
7.5
2
503
80
6.3
12.0
1
14Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
71
52
56
393
7.0
7.6
5
1,464
331
4.4
28.2
4
15Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
60
51
42
260
6.2
5.1
0
1,896
473
4.0
37.2
8
16Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
58
20
43
345
8.0
17.3
0
1,174
264
4.4
58.7
3
17Javonte Williams
J. Williams
51
16
35
137
3.9
8.6
2
1,201
252
4.8
75.1
11
18Rod Smith
R. Smith
38
48
30
272
9.1
5.7
1
359
99
3.6
7.5
5
19Hunter Luepke
H. Luepke
35
50
28
238
8.5
4.8
1
128
34
3.8
2.6
1
20Joseph Randle
J. Randle
25
35
22
170
7.7
4.9
0
822
181
4.5
23.5
9
21Lousaka Polite
L. Polite
23
27
12
97
8.1
3.6
1
26
9
2.9
1.0
0
22Aveion Cason
A. Cason
20
10
17
142
8.4
14.2
0
220
40
5.5
22.0
2
23John Phillips
J. Phillips
18
16
15
101
6.7
6.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Alfred Morris
A. Morris
15
28
10
56
5.6
2.0
0
790
184
4.3
28.2
3
25Lawrence Vickers
L. Vickers
15
16
13
104
8.0
6.5
0
11
3
3.7
0.7
0
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27.7

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30.1

32nd

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125.6

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278.5

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6
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.647
Cowboys Cowboys
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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14
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.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
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.412
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14
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.176
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10
7
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.588
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
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13
4
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.765
12
5
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.706
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8
9
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.471
3
14
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
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14
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