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But the stat I'm highlighting this year and one that I really wish was publicly available in place of yards per rush, often a terrible benchmark, is the rate at which a backs runs are successful as it relates to down and distance. But how do we do this? Through my work with Massey-Peabody Analytics, I've settled on first-down success being defined as gaining 40% of yards needed to convert a first down or touchdown, second-down success is getting at least 50% of the remaining yards and third- and fourth-down success means converting the first-down or touchdown.