Dalvin Cook Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Dalvin Cook
RB
, Minnesota Vikings

Age: 25
Weight: 210 lbs
Height: 5' 10"

ADP: 6
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
239	1135	13	53	519

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Cook’s camp has indicated that he’s going to hold out without a new deal. I would think the Vikings, led by run game aficionado Mike Zimmer, will get something done, but the rising possibility of a contracting 2021 salary cap may complicate matters. Cook also has a long injury history, including a dicey right shoulder (that he re-injured late last year), so he has a higher risk of injury than most running backs. Cook owners should prioritize Alexander Mattison in the draft.

Latest news

Report: Vikings RB Dalvin Cook reports Tuesday

ESPN

Jul 28 · 2:36 PM EDT

Dalvin Cook's holdout is effectively over.

The Minnesota Vikings running back showed up at TCO Performance Center on Tuesday, the team's mandatory reporting date for veteran players, to take his initial COVID-19 test, a league source told ESPN. Cook is expected to take a part in Tuesday afternoon's virtual meetings, sources said.

Fantasy Impact:

Cook's camp said back in June he wouldn't report. By reporting on time, Cook will not lose credit for the 2020 season, which would have made him a restricted free agent in 2021 instead of an unrestricted free agent, the story added.

Scouting report

by Richard Mejia

· Jul 29 · 9:43 AM EDT

MIN RB Dalvin Cook - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

2019 served as the breakout season for RB Dalvin Cook as he ran for over 1,100 yards and 13 touchdowns to finish as the RB6 despite missing the final 2 games of the season. Cook served as the focal point of the Minnesota offense as he was targeted 63 times for 53 receptions and was top-10 in the league in rushing attempts. Minnesota continues to make it clear that 2020 will be another season that features their 24-year-old star RB as the departure of WR Stefon Diggs and the acquisition of 2020 second round pick Ezra Cleveland assure that a run-heavy offense continues to roll on for the Vikings.

Fantasy Downside

As much success as Cook had last season, there is some pause in his upside as the reason he missed the final 2 games of the season was due to shoulder injuries. Even though this was a new injury for Cook, he’s yet to play a season without missing time due to substantial injuries as he missed 5 games in 2017 with a hamstring injury 12 games in 2016 with an ACL tear. In addition to injury woes, the biggest risk factor with Cook is the potential of a holdout. With other top RBs in Christian McCaffery and Derrick Henry getting lucrative contracts earlier this year, Cook believes he also deserves a new deal and has stated he is willing to sit out the season until he gets one.

2020 Bottom Line

Dalvin Cook is one of the few truly elite workhorse backs in the league and the departure of Stefon Diggs more than likely signals an even bigger workload in 2020. Cook has already gone on record in saying he wants to compile 2,000 yards from scrimmage this season—a feat that was only achieved last season by fantasy football’s RB1 Christian McCaffery. We have Cook ranked as 8th amongst running backs and his current ADP has him going in the middle of the 1st round in 12-team leagues. Coupled along with his injury concerns, Cook’s potential holdout should be concerning to those looking to spend their first pick on him—however if he gets a new contract before the season, Cook has serious potential to finish the season as the RB1.

2020 Strength of Schedule - MIN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
24 GB	8 @IND	21 TEN	23 @HOU	16 @SEA	9 ATL	BYE	24 @GB	28 DET	14 @CHI	15 DAL	32 CAR	31 JAX	1 @TB	14 CHI	3 @NO	28 @DET

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	ATL	21	111	2	0	5.29	2	9	0	2	4.50	24.0	26.0	36/53	67.9%
2	@GB	20	154	1	0	7.70	3	37	0	3	12.33	25.1	28.1	47/65	72.3%
3	LV	16	110	1	0	6.88	4	33	0	5	8.25	20.3	24.3	38/63	60.3%
4	@CHI	14	35	1	0	2.50	6	35	0	8	5.83	13.0	19.0	49/62	79.0%
5	@NYG	21	132	0	1	6.29	6	86	0	6	14.33	19.8	25.8	47/71	66.2%
6	PHI	16	41	1	0	2.56	2	13	0	2	6.50	11.4	13.4	45/71	63.4%
7	@DET	25	142	2	0	5.68	1	7	0	2	7.00	26.9	27.9	51/73	69.9%
8	WAS	23	98	1	0	4.26	5	73	0	6	14.60	23.1	28.1	51/72	70.8%
9	@KC	21	71	0	0	3.38	4	45	0	7	11.25	11.6	15.6	57/71	80.3%
10	@DAL	26	97	1	0	3.73	7	86	0	7	12.29	24.3	31.3	57/76	75.0%
11	DEN	11	26	1	0	2.36	5	31	0	6	6.20	11.7	16.7	51/63	81.0%
12	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	@SEA	9	29	1	1	3.22	3	35	0	4	11.67	10.4	13.4	24/55	43.6%
14	DET	18	62	1	0	3.44	2	13	0	2	6.50	13.5	15.5	34/73	46.6%
15	@LAC	9	27	0	0	3.00	3	16	0	3	5.33	4.3	7.3	28/65	43.1%
16	GB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	CHI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Per game		17.86	81.07	0.93	0.14	4.54	3.79	37.07	0	4.50	9.79	17.10	20.89	43.93/66.64	65.67%
Totals		250	1135	13	2	4.54	53	519	0	63	9.79	239.4	292.4	615/933	65.67%