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Rico Dowdle

Pittsburgh Steelers · Running backRB2

Over 18 games last season Rico Dowdle averaged 2.2 receptions and 17 yards on 55% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 1.5 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
1.5
0.7 below his 2025 average
Receiving yards
15
Rush attempts
9.1
Rushing yards
31
Anytime TD
16%
Returning from a missed week. Players in their first game back come in about a third of a reception below recent form, so this projection is held down rather than reading his last line straight across.
His snap share has fallen from last season. The projection is pulled down to reflect the smaller role rather than last year’s.

What a realistic week looks like

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The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 0 and 4 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

How his role is trending

Snap shareTarget share
Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.98 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.94 and touchdowns 0.72. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round.

Game log

GameOppSnap shareTarget shareTgtRecRec ydsCarRush ydsTDWe said
26 wk4—————————1.5 projected
26 wk2NE26%5.4%22227220—
26 wk1ATL58%13.5%5268150—
25 wk19LA36%5.4%216590—
25 wk18TB53%6.7%22207100—
25 wk17SEA64%23.8%53412590—
25 wk16TB57%19.4%64149290—
25 wk15NO60%5.0%11516491—
25 wk13LA42%10.0%222118580—
25 wk12SF65%14.8%44366380—
25 wk11ATL82%15.9%755519450—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

How often he has actually done it

Rates over his last 20 games. A projection says what to expect on average; this says how often the thing you actually need has happened.

OutcomeGames it happenedHow often
3+ receptions7 of 2035%
5+ receptions1 of 205%
7+ receptions0 of 200%
50+ receiving yards2 of 2010%
75+ receiving yards0 of 200%
100+ receiving yards0 of 200%
Scored a touchdown6 of 2030%

Career by season

Rico Dowdle: snap share and target share by season020406080100202020222023202420252026Snap shareTarget shareSeasonshare of the team
Role is the part of a player that carries. Snap share repeats at 0.98 between halves of a season and target share at 0.96, so this line is a far better guide to what comes next than a points total would be.
SeasonGamesCatches/gmRec yds/gmTargets/gmCarries/gmRush yds/gmTDs, seasonSnap shareTarget share
2026 so far22.014.03.57.518.5042%9.5%
2025182.216.82.913.460.3755%10.7%
2024162.415.63.114.767.4558%7.9%
2023171.19.31.55.421.9422%4.0%
202240.00.00.00.00.003%0.0%
202050.00.00.01.44.805%0.0%

6 seasons of usage, 2020–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If Rico Dowdle sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the PIT room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole Pittsburgh Steelers roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about running backs

Does a new head coach change who gets the ball?It changes WHO, not how muchDo touchdowns repeat from year to year?Much less than receptions

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 4