Tarik Cohen at North Carolina A&T
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Running back, North Carolina A&T, 2015–⁠16

Tarik Cohen

Born
Jul 26, 1995, in Bunn, North Carolina

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Tarik Cohen played running back at North Carolina A&T (2015–⁠16). The Chicago Bears took Cohen in round 4, No. 119 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
149
Rushing yards, 2016 (North Carolina A&T, 9–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 119
Round 4, 2017 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Career highs

133rushing yards, career highat Kent State, 20169catches, career highat Kent State, 2016125receiving yards, career highat Kent State, 2016

Honors

Team titles: MEAC champions, 2015

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015North Carolina A&T15694.6020
2016North Carolina A&T281495.3125
Career432185.1125

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015North Carolina A&T12020.0020
2016North Carolina A&T912513.9039
Career1014514.5039

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2015North Carolina A&T (FCS)18-0.08––-1.4–
2016North Carolina A&T (FCS)40.49––2.0–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 North Carolina A&T 2 games, 149 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 10atKent StateW 39–⁠3624133191250
Sep 17atTulsaL 21–⁠584160–––

No box score in the source for Sep 3 vs. St. Augustine’s; Sep 29 vs. Hampton; Oct 6 vs. Norfolk State; Oct 15 at Bethune-Cookman; Oct 22 at Howard; Oct 29 vs. Florida A&M; Nov 5 vs. South Carolina State; Nov 12 at Delaware State; Nov 19 at North Carolina Central; Nov 26 at Richmond, so those games are not listed.

2015 North Carolina A&T 1 game, 69 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 12atNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠53156901200

No box score in the source for Sep 5 vs. Shaw; Sep 19 at Elon; Oct 3 at Hampton; Oct 10 at Norfolk State; Oct 17 vs. Bethune-Cookman; Oct 24 vs. Howard; Oct 31 at Florida A&M; Nov 7 at South Carolina State; Nov 14 vs. Delaware State; Nov 21 vs. North Carolina Central; Dec 19 vs. Alcorn State, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height5′6½″
Weight179 lb
Arm length29¾″
Hand size10⅛″
Wingspan71¼″W
40-yard dash4.42 s
10-yard split1.47 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press11 reps
3-cone drill7.22 s
20-yard shuttle4.27 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 51 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

Pro Bowl: 2018 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2018

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2018; Pro Football Writers first team 2018; Sporting News first team 2018.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2017Chicago Bears1687370253353
2018Chicago Bears1699444371725
2019Chicago Bears1664213079456
2020Chicago Bears314740641
NFL career512641,10152091,575

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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