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5 NFL Stats to Know Through Week 6

Barry Cohen  —  @ScaryBarry4 Oct 18th, 2017
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Chris Thompson Leads All RBs With an Average of 68 Receiving Yards per Game

Despite the Redskins already having their bye week, Chris Thompson's 340 receiving yards are actually 47 more than any other running back this season. And he has had to work for those yards, as he leads all NFL players with 333 yards after catch.

Thompson's current pace equates to 1,088 receiving yards over a full 16-game season, which would be the most ever by a running back. And he's on pace to get there in just 83.2 targets, which would be 19.8 less than it took Marshall Faulk to set his current record of 1,048 receiving yards back in 1999.

Among all players with 10 or more targets this season, Thompson has been the 3rd-most efficient, with 1.24 Reception NEP per target.

In Week 7, Thompson will get another crack at the Philadelphia Eagles, who let him rack up 52 receiving yards and a touchdown on 4 receptions in Week 1 of this season.

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