Nick Chubb had a heck of a 2019 season. The Browns running back led the NFL in rushing for most of the year before being overtaken in Week 17 by Tennessee’s Derrick Henry.
Henry might have won the rushing title, but Chubb wound up being the best RB in the NFL in 2019 according to Pro Football Focus grading. Chubb captured the title of top-graded running back in PFF’s play-by-play grading of every player.
Chubb finished at No. 23 overall. That’s one spot ahead of Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey.
Despite not being given the same weight of opportunity as some other backs, Nick Chubb still remains the most efficient runner in the game over his young career. This season, he finished second in the league in rushing, with 1,122 of his yards coming after contact. He averaged more than a full yard after contact than Christian McCaffrey and was second in the NFL in broken tackles (66). Chubb also had 13 broken tackles on his 36 catches out of the backfield, but he saw a fraction of the targets that the most productive receivers did at the position.
Henry finished well down the list at No. 65, proving there is more to playing running back than just running the ball.
