As of week 7, James Cook was an RB for BUF, age 26.9, 4 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 67% of snaps; his line was 104.5 rush yards a game, 19.5 carries a game and 14.8 receiving yards a game (Workhorse back by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 75 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons with 2 Pro Bowls and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 4 episodes (ankle 1, hamstring 1, illness 1); the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 10.
The full read
In short
James Cook is a starter at running back for BUF — 74% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rush yds / game105 range 57–154
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Carries / game20 range 12–25
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Rec yds / game15 range 0.0–58
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share66.7% range 59–74
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
72%wk 1
74%wk 2
67%wk 3
59%wk 4
62%wk 5
66%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
—
2025 · wk 10
ankle
1
—
2025 · wk 2
hamstring
1
—
2024 · wk 6
toe
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 16
illness
1
—
2023 · wk 3
Not injury related
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 7 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×2
2023
illness · 1wNot injury related · 1w
2024
toe · 2w
2025
Not injury related · 1wankle · 1whamstring · 1w
2026
Weeks 1–18
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
age 26.9 · 4 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.