#4
James Cook
BUF · 2022–presentACT
JamesCook#4RB
Age
26
Sep 25, 1999
Height
5'11"
71"
Weight
190
lb
College
Georgia
2018-2021
Drafted
2022
Rd 2, Pk 63
Exp
4
seasons
Contract
$46M
4y · $11.5M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Rush Yds
1,621
2025
Carries
309
regular season
Yds/Carry
5.2
regular season
Rush TD
12
regular season
Targets
40
regular season
Rec Yds
291
33 rec
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2018 — Present · Includes honors
2022
Buffalo Bills · Running Back
RB · 77 active weeks
2023Pro Bowl
2024Pro Bowl
2025All-Pro (2nd Team) · Pro Bowl
NFL
2018–2021
Georgia · RB
NCAA

Draft Profile

2022 Draft
Selection
Round 2, Pick 63
#63 overall by Buffalo Bills
TeamBUF
Overall#63

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — manual_commons_overrideGamecock Central. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.