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MIA Miami Dolphins · RB· #28

De'Von Achane

Age
24
Height
5'9"
Weight
195 lbs
College
Texas A&M
Drafted
2023, No. 84 overall (MIA)
Experience
4th NFL season
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44

Overall grade

43rd of 54 running backs

Well below typical

below average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

De'Von grades below average among running backs so far, with no number far from the middle.

Not playing lately: He played in 3 of his team's first 3 games, then did not play in the last 1 game.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 3 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the running backs in the league.

  • Explosive runs9.1%27th of 54small sample
  • Success rate36%31st of 54small sample
  • EPA per carry−0.1534th of 54small sample
  • Stuffed runs21%43rd of 54small sample
  • Yards after contact1.4 yds43rd of 51small sample
  • Broken tackles0.0 per 10044th of 51

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying running backs. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among running backs after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 31st percentileWeek 3: 40th percentile40th

Season rank climbed: 31st to 40th percentile since Wk 2.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per carry game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamecarriesSeason rank after
1vs LV−0.2511–
2vs SF−0.161931st pct
3vs KC+0.26340th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 11 carries can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every running back with at least 20 carries. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per carry

Below typical

−0.15

34th of 54 running backs · bottom 39%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. A 4-yard run on 3rd-and-8 loses points even though it gains yards.

The box score: Yards per carry credits a 5-yard run on 3rd-and-15 and ignores the goal-line carry that scores.

Does it show up in winning? Across 153 games league-wide, teams won 60% of the time when their running back was in the best third on EPA per carry, and 46% when he was in the worst third.

Small sample: could move a lot · 33 carries · true level likely −0.43 to +0.13

Success rate

Typical

36%

31st of 54 running backs · bottom 45%

How often a carry gains enough to keep the offense on schedule.

The box score: Rushing yards pile up on carries that did not help.

Does it show up in winning? Across 153 games league-wide, teams won 67% of the time when their running back was in the best third on success rate, and 49% when he was in the worst third.

Small sample: could move a lot · 33 carries · true level likely 23% to 50%

Explosive runs

Typical

9.1%

27th of 54 running backs · top 50%

The share of his carries that go 10 yards or more.

The box score: A long run is in the yardage total but its frequency is not.

Does it show up in winning? Across 153 games league-wide, teams won 74% of the time when their running back was in the best third on explosive runs, and 45% when he was in the worst third.

Small sample: could move a lot · 33 carries · true level likely -0.0% to 18.2%

Yards after contact

Well below typical

1.4 yds

43rd of 51 running backs · bottom 18%

Yards he gains per carry after the first defender touches him. The blockers have done their job by then; this part is the back.

The box score: Rushing yards credit the line and the back alike.

Does it show up in winning? Across 128 games league-wide, teams won 71% of the time when their running back was in the best third on yards after contact, and 50% when he was in the worst third.

Small sample: could move a lot · 34 carries · true level likely 0.5 yds to 2.2 yds

Broken tackles

Well below typical

0.0 per 100

44th of 51 running backs · bottom 16%

Tackles he breaks per 100 carries, as charted by Pro Football Reference.

The box score: A broken tackle is not recorded anywhere in the box score.

Does it show up in winning? Across 128 games league-wide, a good or bad game on broken tackles from a running back has not lined up much with his team winning (62% wins in the best third, 55% in the worst).

Sample still growing · 34 carries · true level likely -4.8 per 100 to 4.8 per 100

Stuffed runs

Well below typical

21%lower is better

43rd of 54 running backs · bottom 23%

The share of his carries that gain nothing or lose yards. Fewer is better, and the line shares the blame.

The box score: Hidden inside the yards per carry.

Does it show up in winning? Across 153 games league-wide, a good or bad game on stuffed runs from a running back has not lined up much with his team winning (60% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Small sample: could move a lot · 33 carries · true level likely 9% to 33%

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the running backs around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Yards before contact

Style

2.4 yds

Right around the middle of running backs: a typical one is 2.3 yds.

Yards per carry before a defender touches him. That is mostly the line and the scheme, so it is shown, not graded.

Small sample: could move a lot · 34 carries

Carries from shotgun

Style

27%

Right around the middle of running backs: a typical one is 34%.

The share of his carries that start with the quarterback in shotgun, a sign of what kind of run game he lives in.

Sample still growing · 33 carries

Playing time

He has played in 3 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 56% of the team's offensive plays when he plays.

Not playing lately. He played in 3 of his team's first 3 games, then did not play in the last 1 game.

Each column is a game: the share of his team's offensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

De'Von Achane game by game
GameResultSnapsCarYdsTDEPA/carrySuccess10+ yd runsYAC/carry
Wk 1 vs LVL 13–2786%11360−0.2527%9.1%1.4 yds
Wk 2 vs SFL 13–3576%19720−0.1642%5.3%1.5 yds
Wk 3 vs KCL 10–245%3170+0.2633%33.3%0.7 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among running backs. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

De'Von Achane box score totals
StatTotalRank
Carries3339th of 54
Rushing yards12540th of 54
Rushing touchdowns042nd of 54

Players with a similar profile

The running backs whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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