Rico Dowdle

RB · DAL/CAR/PIT · 2020–2026

Born June 14, 1998 · College South Carolina · Undrafted · 5-11, 218 lb

EPA per carry by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2020	DAL	4	7	24	0	3.43	−0.358	−0.080−0.144 to −0.016	0.0	−2.5	−0.02
2023	DAL	16	89	361	2	4.06	−0.077	−0.110−0.171 to −0.050	35.9	−7.1	−0.09
2023 playoffs	DAL	1	2	11	0	5.50	−0.067		50.0	−0.1	−0.02
2024	DAL	16	235	1,079	2	4.59	−0.050	−0.061−0.115 to −0.006	44.3	−12.3	+0.46
2025	CAR	17	236	1,076	6	4.56	−0.024	−0.046−0.101 to +0.008	41.7	−5.6	+0.76
2025 playoffs	CAR	1	5	9	0	1.80	−0.334		20.0	−1.7	−0.02
2026	PIT	5	46	174	1	3.78	−0.073	−0.109−0.171 to −0.047	32.6	−3.3	+0.01
Career	PIT	59	613	2,714	11	4.43	−0.049		40.7	−30.9	+1.11

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2023	DAL	16	22	17	144	2	77.3	+0.256	3.9	-0.5	+5.6	+0.12
2023 playoffs	DAL	1	3	2	14	0	66.7	+0.487	5.2	4.3	+1.5	+0.02
2024	DAL	16	49	39	249	3	79.6	+0.107	8.4	0.0	+5.3	+0.18
2025	CAR	17	50	39	297	1	78.0	−0.018	10.4	-1.0	−0.9	+0.04
2025 playoffs	CAR	1	2	1	6	0	50.0	−0.227	5.4	2.0	−0.5	−0.00
2026	PIT	5	17	13	82	0	76.5	−0.107	10.1	-0.6	−1.8	−0.03
Career	PIT	59	138	108	772	6	78.3	+0.059	6.9	-0.5	+8.2	+0.31

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2020	DAL	4	4
2022	DAL	1	1
2023	DAL	16	1
2024	DAL	16	1
2025	CAR	17	3
Career	PIT	59	10

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2020	DAL	4	12	5.2	1	1.5
2022	DAL	2	1	1.7	1	1.5
2023	DAL	16	235	21.5	–	–
2023 playoffs	DAL	1	20	21.7	–	–
2024	DAL	16	625	57.1	–	–
2025	CAR	17	572	55.3	–	–
2025 playoffs	CAR	1	23	34.8	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2023	22	90.9	1	5.0	2	0.0
2024	49	87.8	2	4.7	5	40.0
2025	50	82.0	2	4.9	0	–
2026	17	76.5	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (5 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs ATL	W 20–13	8	15	0	−3.3	5	2	6	−3.3
2	2026-09-20	@ NE	L 3–20	7	22	0	−2.4	2	2	22	+1.4
6	2026-10-18	@ TB	W 26–19 OT	7	40	0	+0.5	4	3	9	−1.5
7	2026-10-25	@ NO	W 16–10	9	41	0	−0.9	6	6	45	+1.6
8	2026-11-01	vs CLE	W 27–6	15	56	1	+2.6	0	0	0	0.0

2025 game log (18 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	@ JAX	L 10–26	3	12	0	−0.1	3	2	4	0	−3.7	1
2	2025-09-14	@ ARI	L 22–27	6	9	0	−2.5	1	1	10	0	+0.8	0
3	2025-09-21	vs ATL	W 30–0	10	30	1	+2.2	1	1	8	0	+0.7	0
4	2025-09-28	@ NE	L 13–42	9	32	0	−3.6	1	1	-2	0	−1.7	0
5	2025-10-05	vs MIA	W 27–24	23	206	1	+9.4	4	3	28	0	+1.0	1
6	2025-10-12	vs DAL	W 30–27	30	183	0	+5.9	5	4	56	1	+3.0	0
7	2025-10-19	@ NYJ	W 13–6	17	79	0	+1.2	2	1	17	0	−0.1	0
8	2025-10-26	vs BUF	L 9–40	8	54	0	+1.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2025-11-02	@ GB	W 16–13	25	130	2	+3.5	3	2	11	0	+0.1	0
10	2025-11-09	vs NO	L 7–17	18	53	1	−5.0	3	3	10	0	+0.3	0
11	2025-11-16	@ ATL	W 30–27 OT	19	45	0	−6.1	7	5	55	0	+1.3	0
12	2025-11-24	@ SF	L 9–20	6	38	0	+1.1	4	4	36	0	+0.5	0
13	2025-11-30	vs LA	W 31–28	18	58	0	−4.7	2	2	21	0	+0.7	0
15	2025-12-14	@ NO	L 17–20	16	49	1	+0.7	1	1	5	0	+0.0	0
16	2025-12-21	vs TB	W 23–20	9	29	0	−2.0	6	4	14	0	−2.0	0
17	2025-12-28	vs SEA	L 10–27	12	59	0	−0.3	5	3	4	0	−2.7	0
18	2026-01-03	@ TB	L 14–16	7	10	0	−7.1	2	2	20	0	+0.9	0
P19	2026-01-10	vs LA	L 31–34	5	9	0	−1.7	2	1	6	0	−0.5	0

2024 game log (16 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ CLE	W 33–17	8	26	0	−0.7	1	1	6	0	+0.3	0
2	2024-09-15	vs NO	L 19–44	7	30	0	+0.8	5	4	29	0	+0.2	0
3	2024-09-22	vs BAL	L 25–28	8	32	0	−0.2	5	3	24	0	+0.1	0
4	2024-09-26	@ NYG	W 20–15	11	46	0	+0.7	1	1	15	1	+3.1	0
5	2024-10-06	@ PIT	W 20–17	20	87	0	+0.7	2	2	27	1	+3.6	0
6	2024-10-13	vs DET	L 9–47	5	25	0	−0.2	6	5	30	0	+0.7	0
9	2024-11-03	@ ATL	L 21–27	12	75	0	+3.1	6	5	32	1	+2.1	0
10	2024-11-10	vs PHI	L 6–34	12	53	0	−2.8	3	3	3	0	−1.9	0
11	2024-11-18	vs HOU	L 10–34	10	28	0	−3.2	5	2	6	0	−1.6	0
12	2024-11-24	@ WAS	W 34–26	19	86	0	−4.0	3	3	12	0	+0.2	0
13	2024-11-28	vs NYG	W 27–20	22	112	1	+1.5	3	3	11	0	−0.8	0
14	2024-12-09	vs CIN	L 20–27	18	131	0	+4.3	2	1	10	0	+0.3	0
15	2024-12-15	@ CAR	W 30–14	25	149	0	+4.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2024-12-22	vs TB	W 26–24	13	23	0	−9.5	3	3	28	0	+1.7	0
17	2024-12-29	@ PHI	L 7–41	23	104	0	−5.1	1	1	4	0	−0.1	1
18	2025-01-05	vs WAS	L 19–23	22	72	1	−2.0	3	2	12	0	−2.6	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ NYG	W 40–0	6	24	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2023-09-17	vs NYJ	W 30–10	7	26	0	−0.5	1	1	17	0	+1.5	0
3	2023-09-24	@ ARI	L 16–28	4	21	0	+0.6	3	3	25	1	+2.8	0
4	2023-10-01	vs NE	W 38–3	3	9	0	−0.2	1	1	8	0	+0.4	0
5	2023-10-08	@ SF	L 10–42	5	15	0	−1.3	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
6	2023-10-16	@ LAC	W 20–17	3	12	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs LA	W 43–20	5	18	0	−0.6	2	2	7	0	−0.2	0
9	2023-11-05	@ PHI	L 23–28	2	8	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs NYG	W 49–17	12	79	1	+4.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2023-11-19	@ CAR	W 33–10	8	23	0	−2.2	2	2	-3	0	−1.7	0
12	2023-11-23	vs WAS	W 45–10	3	11	0	−1.3	1	1	15	1	+2.3	0
13	2023-11-30	vs SEA	W 41–35	5	15	0	−1.3	1	1	7	0	+0.2	0
14	2023-12-10	vs PHI	W 33–13	12	46	1	−0.9	1	1	6	0	+0.8	0
15	2023-12-17	@ BUF	L 10–31	3	4	0	−1.6	3	2	8	0	−1.5	0
16	2023-12-24	@ MIA	L 20–22	2	4	0	−0.2	2	0	0	0	−2.1	0
18	2024-01-07	@ WAS	W 38–10	9	46	0	+0.3	4	3	54	0	+3.4	0
P19	2024-01-14	vs GB	L 32–48	2	11	0	−0.1	3	2	14	0	+1.5	0

2022 game log (1 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
2	2022-09-18	vs CIN	W 20–17	1	0.0	0	0

2020 game log (4 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
6	2020-10-19	vs ARI	L 10–38	3	13	−1.2	0
15	2020-12-20	vs SF	W 41–33	4	11	−1.3	0
16	2020-12-27	vs PHI	W 37–17	0	0	0.0	1
17	2021-01-03	@ NYG	L 19–23	0	0	0.0	3