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Roosevelt Nix Finally Gets The Credit He Deserves

There aren’t a lot of stats for fullbacks. Long gone are the days where they ran and caught the football and heck, most teams don’t even employ one anymore. And though Randy Fichtner seems to use one even less than Todd Haley, Roosevelt Nix found a way to make his mark when he did see the field.

Twitter’s well-known PFT Commenter and company created the “FB assist” stat. Meaning, in their words, “a fullback assist is awarded when a team scores a rushing TD from 5 yds in or closer and there is a lead blocker in play.