CHARLOTTE — The Panthers have made it through the first quarter of the season (rounding up, at least), and while sitting at 1-3, there have been areas of great production and promise of more from the offense. One of the biggest standouts has been running back Chuba Hubbard.

Following a 2023 season in which he rushed for 902 yards and five touchdowns (and led the team with 1,135 scrimmage yards) Hubbard is currently on pace to surpass the thousand-yard mark this year. The fourth year back is averaging 74-yards per game rushing and averaging 109 on the ground the last two games, and 145 scrimmage yards during that time.

To fully understand the run (pun intended) Hubbard is on, let's take a closer look at the numbers he's posted the first four weeks of the 2024 season.

• Hubbard's 121 yards from scrimmage marked his sixth-career game with 100+ scrimmage yards. Hubbard now has eclipsed 50 scrimmage yards in 11 of his last 12 games.
• He became the first Carolina player to record back-to-back 120+ scrimmage yard games since Christian McCaffrey did so in the first two weeks of the 2021 season.
• Hubbard's 5.4 yards per carry ranks seventh league-wide among players with a minimum of 30 rushing attempts.
• Since the start of 2023, Hubbard ranks seventh in the NFL in rushing first downs (76).

A DYNAMIC TWO WEEKS

• Over the last two weeks alone, Hubbard ranks second in scrimmage yards (290), tied for second in rushing first downs (13), third in rushing yards (218), seventh in yards per rush (5.6) and seventh in rushing attempts (39).
• In Week 4, RB Chuba Hubbard scored his first rushing touchdown of the season and second total. This marked the 15^th total touchdown of his career.
• In the third quarter of Week 4, Hubbard had a 38-yard carry, marking a new career-long.
• Hubbard finished against the Bengals with 18 carries for 104 yards with one touchdown and four catches for 17 yards. This marked his fifth 100-rushing yard game of his career and second in a row. This is also the first time in Hubbard's career that he has had consecutive 100-yard rushing games.

NEXT GEN STATS

• Hubbard has been on the field for 155 plays, 62 percent of the offensive snaps, during the first four weeks. He has rushed the ball 55 times and received 14 targets. That means 44 percent of the time Hubbard is on the field, he is the play choice.
• In Week 3 alone, Hubbard touched the ball 62 percent of the time.
• In Week 4 against the Bengals, Hubbard reached his max speed of the season, topping out at 20.23 miles per hour.
• All 14 targets have come with Hubbard beginning the play in the backfield.
• Hubbard has the second-best success rate of running backs (minimum 40 carries) in the league thus far. Success rate is measured as the percentage of carries resulting in positive EPA (expected points added). This can be thought of as plays that keep the offense on schedule.
• He is seventh in the league on yards after contact (min. 40 carries), picking up an average of 3.6 yards after taking an initial hit.
• Hubbard has had seven explosive rushes, coming on 12.7 percent of his touches.
• Through Week 4, Hubbard has only been stuffed (no gain or a loss) on seven rushes, a 12.7percent rate, second lowest among running backs.
• From the time of the handoff, Hubbard gets to the line of scrimmage and beyond on an average of 2.54 seconds, the fastest of all ball carriers league wide through four games. By the time he is crossing the line of scrimmage, he has accelerated to 10.23 miles per hour, in the top 15 of the league.

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