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Box score by season

Season	Team	G	Rush	Rush yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec yds	TD	vs ESPN
2026	HOU	4	3	5	3	3	17	0	1 differ (Targets 3 vs 4)
2025	HOU	6	4	3	16	12	76	0	✓ matches
2025 playoffs	HOU	2	3	10	5	3	15	0
2024	HOU	13	0	0	22	15	133	1	not checked
2024 playoffs	HOU	1	0	0	4	4	28	0

Official scoring from play-by-play. Regular-season totals for 2025, 2026 are compared with ESPN's after every rebuild (all players); earlier seasons aren't checked.

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Targets

qualifying bar 17

EPA/play

-0.233

not ranked · lg +0.193

Success rate

33.3%

not ranked · lg 49.8%

Yards/play

5.67

not ranked · lg 7.42

Explosive rate

33.3%

not ranked · lg 9.1%

Catch rate

100.0%

not ranked · lg 67.3%

Air yards/att

-0.3

not ranked · lg 7.9

Turnover rate

0.0%

not ranked · lg 2.7%

TD rate

0.0%

not ranked · lg 4.8%

Below the qualifying bar for this window, so ranks are against qualified players and say less.

Every split

EPA per target by situation, next to the league. Rank is among qualified players with 12+ targets there (1 = best). "Repeats" is the year-to-year correlation for that split (2016–25); near zero means it predicts little. Click a situation to filter to it.

Situation	Targets	EPA/play	Success	Yds/play	League EPA	Rank	Repeats
Home / away Setting compare everyone →
Home	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.197	—	-0.02
Away	0	—	—	—	+0.190	—	-0.03
Neutral site	0	—	—	—	+0.183	—	—
Rest days Setting compare everyone →
Short week (≤5 days)	0	—	—	—	+0.265	—	0.19
Normal (6–8 days)	2	+0.120	50%	9.5	+0.174	—	-0.01
Extra rest (9–12 days)	0	—	—	—	+0.270	—	0.21
Off a bye (13+ days)	0	—	—	—	+0.271	—	—
Indoors / outdoors Weather compare everyone →
Indoors	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.206	—	0.05
Outdoors	0	—	—	—	+0.187	—	0.05
Temperature (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
60–79°F	0	—	—	—	+0.210	—	-0.02
80°F+	0	—	—	—	+0.213	—	0.01
Wind (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
0–9 mph	0	—	—	—	+0.215	—	-0.09
10–14 mph	0	—	—	—	+0.200	—	0.05
Rain or snow (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
Dry	0	—	—	—	+0.203	—	0.03
Rain or snow	0	—	—	—	+0.015	—	0.03
Score Game state compare everyone →
Trailing 9+	0	—	—	—	+0.189	—	-0.01
Trailing 1–8	2	-0.992	0%	-1.5	+0.180	—	0.07
Tied	0	—	—	—	+0.186	—	0.02
Leading 1–8	1	+1.287	100%	20.0	+0.202	—	-0.03
Leading 9+	0	—	—	—	+0.243	—	-0.05
Win probability Game state compare everyone →
Win prob under 20%	0	—	—	—	+0.169	—	-0.05
Win prob 20–80%	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.195	—	-0.02
Win prob over 80%	0	—	—	—	+0.221	—	0.09
Quarter Game state compare everyone →
Q1	0	—	—	—	+0.119	—	0.04
Q2	2	-0.992	0%	-1.5	+0.208	—	-0.01
Q3	1	+1.287	100%	20.0	+0.200	—	-0.01
Q4	0	—	—	—	+0.223	—	-0.03
OT	0	—	—	—	+0.374	—	—
Two-minute Game state compare everyone →
Last 2 min of half	1	-1.048	0%	-1.0	+0.159	—	0.10
Rest of game	2	+0.175	50%	9.0	+0.199	—	0.10
Down Situation compare everyone →
1st down	2	+0.175	50%	9.0	+0.227	—	0.00
2nd down	1	-1.048	0%	-1.0	+0.189	—	0.02
3rd down	0	—	—	—	+0.134	—	-0.02
4th down	0	—	—	—	+0.374	—	—
3rd-down distance Situation compare everyone →
3rd & 1–3	0	—	—	—	+0.163	—	—
3rd & 4–6	0	—	—	—	+0.221	—	-0.27
3rd & 7+	0	—	—	—	+0.081	—	0.02
Field position Situation compare everyone →
Own 20 and in	1	+1.287	100%	20.0	+0.147	—	-0.04
Own 50–21	0	—	—	—	+0.162	—	0.04
Opp 21–49	1	-0.937	0%	-2.0	+0.238	—	0.06
Red zone (opp 20 in)	1	-1.048	0%	-1.0	+0.228	—	0.05
Formation Style compare everyone →
Shotgun	1	-0.937	0%	-2.0	+0.173	—	-0.02
Under center	2	+0.120	50%	9.5	+0.273	—	-0.02
Tempo Style compare everyone →
Huddle	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.195	—	-0.00
No huddle	0	—	—	—	+0.169	—	-0.00
Yards to go Situation compare everyone →
1–3 to go	0	—	—	—	+0.250	—	0.05
4–6 to go	1	-1.048	0%	-1.0	+0.240	—	0.02
7–10 to go	2	+0.175	50%	9.0	+0.208	—	0.03
11+ to go	0	—	—	—	+0.055	—	-0.07
Pass depth Passing compare everyone →
Behind the line	1	-0.937	0%	-2.0	-0.209	—	0.15
Short (0–9)	2	+0.120	50%	9.5	+0.162	—	0.09
Intermediate (10–19)	0	—	—	—	+0.464	—	0.07
Deep (20+)	0	—	—	—	+0.446	—	0.01
Pass direction Passing compare everyone →
Left	2	-0.992	0%	-1.5	+0.147	—	0.04
Middle	0	—	—	—	+0.321	—	-0.02
Right	1	+1.287	100%	20.0	+0.168	—	0.03
Play action Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
Play action	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.287	—	-0.03
No play action	0	—	—	—	+0.166	—	-0.03
In / out of pocket Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
In pocket	0	—	—	—	+0.187	—	-0.05
Out of pocket	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.231	—	-0.05
Blitz Defense (FTN) compare everyone →
Blitzed	2	+0.175	50%	9.0	+0.190	—	0.08
No blitz	1	-1.048	0%	-1.0	+0.194	—	0.08
Pass rushers Defense (FTN) compare everyone →
3 or fewer rushers	0	—	—	—	+0.106	—	—
4 rushers	1	-1.048	0%	-1.0	+0.198	—	0.12
5 rushers	2	+0.175	50%	9.0	+0.186	—	0.15
6+ rushers	0	—	—	—	+0.199	—	—
Defenders in the box Defense (FTN) compare everyone →
Light box (6 or fewer)	0	—	—	—	+0.172	—	-0.04
7 in the box	2	-0.992	0%	-1.5	+0.214	—	-0.05
Stacked box (8+)	1	+1.287	100%	20.0	+0.313	—	—
Screen Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
Screen	0	—	—	—	-0.084	—	0.50
Not a screen	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.223	—	0.50
Pre-snap motion Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
Motion	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.204	—	0.10
No motion	0	—	—	—	+0.179	—	0.10
RPO Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
RPO	0	—	—	—	-0.104	—	—
Not an RPO	3	-0.233	33%	5.7	+0.200	—	—

By season

Season	Team	Targets	EPA/play	Total EPA	Success	Yds/play	Catch rate	aDOT	YAC/catch
2026	HOU	3	-0.233	-0.7	33.3%	5.67	100.0%	-0.3	6.0

Definitions

QB plays are dropbacks: passes, sacks and scrambles (spikes left out). A receiver's fumble after the catch isn't charged to the QB. Rushing counts designed runs only. Receiving is EPA per target. EPA swings about ±1.4 points a play, so a 50-play split carries about ±0.2 of luck.