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Nikko Remigio

Age
26
Height
5'9"
Weight
185 lbs
College
Fresno State
Drafted
Not drafted
Experience
4th NFL season
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60

Overall grade

3rd of 34 punt returners

Elite

above average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Nikko grades above average among punt returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 4 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the punt returners in the league.

  • EPA per punt fielded+0.303rd of 34small sample

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 punt returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among punt returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 57th percentileWeek 3: 50th percentileWeek 4: 94th percentile94th

Season rank climbed: 57th to 94th 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 punt fielded game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamepuntsSeason rank after
1vs DEN−0.002–
2vs IND+0.19257th pct
3vs MIA+0.04150th pct
4vs LV+1.40194th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 2 punts can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every punt returner with at least 5 punts fielded. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per punt fielded

Elite

+0.30

3rd of 34 punt returners · top 9%

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. From his team's side, for every punt he fields, fair catches included.

The box score: Return average ignores fair catches and the starting field position.

Does it show up in winning? Across 54 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per punt fielded from a punt returner has not lined up much with his team winning (61% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Last 2 games: +0.72 (2) vs +0.10 before

Small sample: could move a lot · 6 punts · true level likely −0.23 to +0.84

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the punt returners 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.

Fair catch rate

Style

33%

Returns almost everything, more than most punt returners. A typical one is 41%.

How often he fair catches instead of returning, a choice about risk.

Small sample: could move a lot · 6 punts

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.

Nikko Remigio game by game
GameResultFieldedYdsEPA/punt
Wk 1 vs DENW 31–1027−0.00
Wk 2 vs INDW 33–3028+0.19
Wk 3 vs MIAW 24–1010+0.04
Wk 4 vs LVW 30–27127+1.40

The box score

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

Nikko Remigio box score totals
StatTotalRank
Punts fielded628th of 34
Return yards4222nd of 34

As a kick returner

Points added and yards gained on kickoff returns.

The read

Nikko grades about average among kick returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Lately he is playing worse. EPA per return is +0.23 over the last 2 games (3 returns), against +0.49 before that. A few plays could easily explain this. Worth watching, not worth believing yet.

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 kick returners in the league.

  • EPA per return+0.3618th of 53small sample
  • Yards per return25.0 yds37th of 53small sample

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 kick returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among kick returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 1: 74th percentileWeek 3: 89th percentileWeek 4: 66th percentile66th

Season rank slipped: 74th to 66th percentile since Wk 1.

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 return game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamereturnsSeason rank after
1vs DEN+0.49374th pct
3vs MIA+0.73189th pct
4vs LV−0.01266th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 2 returns can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every kick returner with at least 5 returns. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per return

Above typical

+0.36

18th of 53 kick returners · top 34%

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. From his team's side, for each kickoff he returns.

The box score: Return average ignores the starting field position the team would have had anyway.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 54% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on EPA per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: +0.23 (3) vs +0.49 before−6.8grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 6 returns · true level likely −0.17 to +0.90

Yards per return

Below typical

25.0 yds

37th of 53 kick returners · bottom 33%

Average yards per kickoff return.

The box score: This is the box score number.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 63% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on yards per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 24.0 yds (3) vs 26.0 yds before−4.3grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 6 returns · true level likely 19.0 yds to 31.0 yds

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.

Nikko Remigio game by game
GameResultRetYdsEPA/returnYds/return
Wk 1 vs DENW 31–10378+0.4926.0 yds
Wk 3 vs MIAW 24–10134+0.7334.0 yds
Wk 4 vs LVW 30–27238−0.0119.0 yds

The box score

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

Nikko Remigio box score totals
StatTotalRank
Returns641st of 53
Return yards15042nd of 53

Players with a similar profile

The kick returners 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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