Player comparisons
Bijan Robinson vs. Blake Corum: same 5.29 YPC, different roles
By DraftADynasty · Research checked (Pacific)
2026 regular season, Weeks 1–3. Three completed games per player. The 2025 comparison is a separate, complete 17-game regular-season window.
Atlanta Falcons RB Bijan Robinson and Los Angeles Rams RB Blake Corum both average 5.29 yards per carry when rounded to two decimal places. Corum also has the slightly higher rushing success rate in SumerSports' data. That makes the comparison worth investigating—not a conclusion about equal players.[1][2][5][6]
The broader question is whether similar efficiency comes with a similar role. Through three games, it does not.
| Metric | Bijan Robinson · Atlanta Falcons | Blake Corum · Los Angeles Rams |
|---|---|---|
| Carries[1][2] | 66 | 28 |
| Rushing yards[1][2] | 349 | 148 |
| Yards per carry[1][2] | 5.29 | 5.29 |
| Rushing success rate[5][6] | 51.5% | 53.6% |
| Share of all team carries[3][4] | 63.5% | 35.0% |
| Receptions[1][2] | 13 | 3 |
| Share of team receptions[3][4] | 27.1% | 4.3% |
| Receiving yards[1][2] | 118 | 13 |
| Touches[1][2] | 79 | 31 |
| Scrimmage yards[1][2] | 467 | 161 |
| Rushing + receiving TDs[1][2] | 3 | 0 |
Touches = carries + receptions. Scrimmage yards = rushing + receiving yards. Team-carry share includes quarterbacks and other positions. Reception share is realized catches, not target share. Source rows are retained; rates are rounded only for display.
Similar efficiency, very different amounts of work
Robinson has handled 2.55 times as many touches as Corum: 79 versus 31. He has taken 66 of Atlanta's 104 carries, compared with Corum's 28 of Los Angeles' 80. Those denominators describe each team's actual rushing workload—not what either player will receive next week.[1][2][3][4]
A per-carry average cannot tell us how often a player will get the ball. Matching a rate does not establish a matching workload. Multiplying a smaller-role player's efficiency by a larger imagined workload does not make a forecast.
Receiving is where the profiles separate further
Robinson has caught 13 of Atlanta's 48 completed passes. Corum has caught 3 of the Rams' 69. That is 27.1% versus 4.3% of team receptions, with 118 receiving yards versus 13. This measures realized receiving involvement; routes and targets would describe the opportunities more fully.[1][2][3][4]
The difference also survives removing touchdown scoring. At one point per catch and 0.1 points per rushing or receiving yard, Robinson's yardage-and-reception component averages 19.9 points per game, compared with 6.4 for Corum. These are partial PPR calculations: no touchdowns, fumbles, bonuses or other scoring adjustments, and no projections.
That gives the comparison more substance than simply pointing to touchdowns. The larger rushing workload and receiving contribution have produced a much larger scoring component even before touchdown scoring enters the calculation.
Corum's efficiency deserves a fair reading
SumerSports records Corum ahead in rushing success rate, 53.57% to 51.52%, and in its displayed EPA per rush, 0.07 to 0.05. We retain those results rather than select only categories that favor the established star.[5][6][7]
SumerSports defines success using positive expected points added. That measures a play's improvement in scoring expectation, not an isolated grade of the runner. Different providers' success definitions should not be mixed.
With a fixed denominator of 28 carries, one different success classification would move Corum's rate by about 3.6 percentage points—more than this pair's current gap. This is a sensitivity illustration, not a significance test. Neither rate establishes what would happen if the backs exchanged offenses or workloads.
The resemblance was there last season, too
Across the complete 2025 regular season, Robinson produced 1,478 rushing yards on 287 carries, or 5.15 per carry. Corum produced 746 on 145, or 5.14. Their receiving totals were 79 catches for 820 yards and 8 catches for 36 yards, respectively. Both played 17 games.[1][2]
Similar rushing averages alongside very different receiving involvement are therefore not confined to this three-game window. That is evidence about recorded roles and production—not proof that either role is permanent. The historical window is not blended into the current-season rates.
What to examine in the next game
The next evidence should address workload, not just whether either player keeps a particular yards-per-carry average. For Robinson, that means his share of Atlanta's carries and receiving opportunities. For Corum, it means whether his involvement expands beyond the smaller role documented here.
A next-game forecast needs team volume, player allocation, receiving role and opponent context. This article reports completed-game observations, not a numerical forecast. The current projections board is a separate, source-labeled view; these historical figures are not automatically carried forward as predictions.
What the comparison actually tells us
Corum's recorded rushing efficiency is worth examining. Robinson's broader case rests on substantially more work and a much larger receiving contribution. Those can both be true.
This is a selected two-player comparison, not a league-wide ranking or an opponent-adjusted talent assessment. Carries, touches, rushing yards and scrimmage yards overlap; counting categories won would treat related measures as independent votes.
The matching rounded average starts the discussion. The workload and receiving evidence give that discussion its substance.