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Alec Pierce
WR · IND · 2022–2026
Born May 2, 2000 · College Cincinnati · Drafted 2022, round 2, pick 53 (IND) · 6-3, 211 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IND | 16 | 78 | 41 | 593 | 2 | 52.6 | +0.249 | +0.221+0.059 to +0.383 | 14.2 | 11.7 | +19.4 | +0.82 |
| 2023 | IND | 17 | 65 | 32 | 514 | 2 | 49.2 | +0.264 | +0.207+0.041 to +0.373 | 11.9 | 15.0 | +17.2 | +0.60 |
| 2024 | IND | 16 | 69 | 37 | 824 | 7 | 53.6 | +0.584 | +0.323+0.158 to +0.488 | 14.3 | 21.7 | +40.3 | +1.19 |
| 2025 | IND | 15 | 84 | 47 | 1,003 | 6 | 56.0 | +0.664 | +0.374+0.214 to +0.534 | 18.0 | 19.0 | +55.8 | +1.23 |
| 2026 | IND | 2 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 71.4 | +0.367 | +0.094−0.095 to +0.282 | 11.9 | 16.1 | +2.6 | +0.04 |
| Career | IND | 66 | 303 | 162 | 3,006 | 17 | 53.5 | +0.446 | 14.4 | 16.8 | +135.3 | +3.88 |
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | IND | 17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | IND | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | IND | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | IND | 66 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IND | 16 | 719 | 66.3 | – | – |
| 2023 | IND | 17 | 1,079 | 95.4 | – | – |
| 2024 | IND | 16 | 811 | 80.5 | – | – |
| 2025 | IND | 15 | 808 | 86.8 | 1 | 1.3 |
Hands and contested catches
Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Targets charted | Catchable % | Drops | Drop % of catchable | Contested targets | Contested catch % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 78 | 70.5 | 2 | 3.6 | 23 | 47.8 |
| 2023 | 65 | 58.5 | 1 | 2.6 | 21 | 42.9 |
| 2024 | 69 | 62.3 | 3 | 7.0 | 12 | 58.3 |
| 2025 | 84 | 58.3 | 1 | 2.0 | 26 | 42.3 |
| 2026 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 |
Game logs
2026 game log (2 games)
2025 game log (15 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-07 | vs MIA | W 33–8 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 0 | +1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2025-09-14 | vs DEN | W 29–28 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 0 | +2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | @ TEN | W 41–20 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 0 | +4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2025-10-12 | vs ARI | W 31–27 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 0 | +2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | @ LAC | W 38–24 | 10 | 5 | 98 | 0 | +4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2025-10-26 | vs TEN | W 38–14 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 0 | +3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2025-11-02 | @ PIT | L 20–27 | 13 | 6 | 115 | 0 | +1.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | vs ATL | W 31–25 OT | 7 | 4 | 84 | 1 | +5.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2025-11-23 | @ KC | L 20–23 OT | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | +0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2025-11-30 | vs HOU | L 16–20 | 5 | 4 | 78 | 1 | +6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 2025-12-07 | @ JAX | L 19–36 | 8 | 5 | 80 | 0 | +6.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2025-12-14 | @ SEA | L 16–18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | +1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2025-12-22 | vs SF | L 27–48 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 2 | +9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2025-12-28 | vs JAX | L 17–23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2026-01-04 | @ HOU | L 30–38 | 7 | 4 | 132 | 2 | +10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 game log (16 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-09-08 | vs HOU | L 27–29 | 3 | 3 | 125 | 1 | +10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2024-09-15 | @ GB | L 10–16 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 1 | −0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2024-09-22 | vs CHI | W 21–16 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 0 | +2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2024-09-29 | vs PIT | W 27–24 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | −0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2024-10-06 | @ JAX | L 34–37 | 3 | 3 | 134 | 1 | +10.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2024-10-13 | @ TEN | W 20–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2024-10-20 | vs MIA | W 16–10 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | −0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2024-10-27 | @ HOU | L 20–23 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | −0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2024-11-03 | @ MIN | L 13–21 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 0 | +3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | vs BUF | L 20–30 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 1 | +4.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2024-11-17 | @ NYJ | W 28–27 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 0 | +4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2024-11-24 | vs DET | L 6–24 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 0 | −0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2024-12-01 | @ NE | W 25–24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 1 | +0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2024-12-15 | @ DEN | L 13–31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2024-12-29 | @ NYG | L 33–45 | 9 | 6 | 122 | 1 | +9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2025-01-05 | vs JAX | W 26–23 OT | 2 | 2 | 57 | 1 | +5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 game log (17 games)
2023 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-09-10 | vs JAX | L 21–31 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | −0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2023-09-17 | @ HOU | W 31–20 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | +2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2023-09-24 | @ BAL | W 22–19 OT | 7 | 3 | 43 | 0 | −1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2023-10-01 | vs LA | L 23–29 OT | 2 | 1 | 38 | 0 | +2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2023-10-08 | vs TEN | W 23–16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | +1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2023-10-15 | @ JAX | L 20–37 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 0 | +2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2023-10-22 | vs CLE | L 38–39 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 0 | +5.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2023-10-29 | vs NO | L 27–38 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 0 | +2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2023-11-05 | @ CAR | W 27–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2023-11-12 | @ NE | W 10–6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | +1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2023-11-26 | vs TB | W 27–20 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 0 | −1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2023-12-03 | @ TEN | W 31–28 OT | 6 | 3 | 100 | 1 | +5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2023-12-10 | @ CIN | L 14–34 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 0 | +3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2023-12-16 | vs PIT | W 30–13 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | −1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2023-12-24 | @ ATL | L 10–29 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 0 | −3.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2023-12-31 | vs LV | W 23–20 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 1 | +5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2024-01-06 | vs HOU | L 19–23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 game log (16 games)
2022 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-09-11 | @ HOU | T 20–20 OT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.2 |
| 3 | 2022-09-25 | vs KC | W 20–17 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 0 | +3.4 |
| 4 | 2022-10-02 | vs TEN | L 17–24 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 0 | +1.1 |
| 5 | 2022-10-06 | @ DEN | W 12–9 OT | 9 | 8 | 81 | 0 | +7.8 |
| 6 | 2022-10-16 | vs JAX | W 34–27 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 1 | +3.4 |
| 7 | 2022-10-23 | @ TEN | L 10–19 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 0 | +1.8 |
| 8 | 2022-10-30 | vs WAS | L 16–17 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 0 | +4.8 |
| 9 | 2022-11-06 | @ NE | L 3–26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | −0.1 |
| 10 | 2022-11-13 | @ LV | W 25–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.0 |
| 11 | 2022-11-20 | vs PHI | L 16–17 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 0 | −1.1 |
| 12 | 2022-11-28 | vs PIT | L 17–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.1 |
| 13 | 2022-12-04 | @ DAL | L 19–54 | 8 | 4 | 86 | 1 | +4.1 |
| 15 | 2022-12-17 | @ MIN | L 36–39 OT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.9 |
| 16 | 2022-12-26 | vs LAC | L 3–20 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 0 | +3.9 |
| 17 | 2023-01-01 | @ NYG | L 10–38 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 0 | −1.8 |
| 18 | 2023-01-08 | vs HOU | L 31–32 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 0 | +2.4 |