Alex Erickson

WR · CIN/CAR/LAC · 2016–2023

Born November 6, 1992 · College Wisconsin · Undrafted · 6-0, 195 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2017	CIN	10	5	16	3.20	−0.367	20.0	−1.8	−0.07
2018	CIN	12	3	22	7.33	+0.478	66.7	+1.4	+0.02
2019	CIN	15	5	33	6.60	+0.074	80.0	+0.4	−0.01
2020	CIN	9	5	7	1.40	−1.218	20.0	−6.1	−0.11
Career	LAC	65	18	78	4.33	−0.340	44.4	−6.1	−0.16

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2016	CIN	6	8	6	71	0	75.0	+0.638	−0.013−0.201 to +0.175	3.3	10.6	+5.1	+0.06
2017	CIN	10	16	12	180	1	75.0	+0.673	+0.037−0.148 to +0.221	5.6	11.8	+10.8	+0.24
2018	CIN	12	29	20	167	0	69.0	+0.048	+0.129−0.050 to +0.308	7.8	9.1	+1.4	−0.08
2019	CIN	15	78	43	529	0	55.1	−0.127	+0.142−0.020 to +0.304	14.1	8.8	−9.9	+0.10
2020	CIN	9	17	12	139	0	70.6	+0.158	+0.126−0.058 to +0.310	6.0	7.2	+2.7	+0.28
2021	CAR	5	4	3	55	0	75.0	+0.479	+0.004−0.186 to +0.194	2.2	8.2	+1.9	+0.08
2023	LAC	8	29	16	227	1	55.2	+0.186	+0.108−0.071 to +0.287	9.7	10.2	+5.4	+0.13
Career	LAC	65	181	112	1,368	2	61.9	+0.096		8.2	9.2	+17.3	+0.81

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
2017	CIN	10	3
2018	CIN	12	4
2019	CIN	15	1
2021	CAR	5	1
Career	LAC	65	9

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
2016	CIN	12	78	9.3	1	1.5
2017	CIN	14	183	23.3	1	1.5
2018	CIN	15	356	39.1	–	–
2019	CIN	16	605	56.0	–	–
2020	CIN	14	198	21.3	–	–
2021	CAR	14	59	6.3	–	–
2023	LAC	8	327	60.7	–	–
2024	NE	1	11	18.0	–	–

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 %
2023	29	58.6	1	5.9	4	50.0

Game logs

2023 game log (8 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
11	2023-11-19	@ GB	L 20–23	1	1	12	0	+1.9
12	2023-11-26	vs BAL	L 10–20	3	1	17	0	+0.1
13	2023-12-03	@ NE	W 6–0	1	1	23	0	+2.6
14	2023-12-10	vs DEN	L 7–24	7	1	9	0	−7.4
15	2023-12-14	@ LV	L 21–63	2	1	13	1	+1.0
16	2023-12-23	vs BUF	L 22–24	2	2	26	0	+2.8
17	2023-12-31	@ DEN	L 9–16	8	7	98	0	+5.4
18	2024-01-07	vs KC	L 12–13	5	2	29	0	−1.0

2021 game log (5 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2021-09-23	@ HOU	W 24–9	1	1	25	+1.7	0
6	2021-10-17	vs MIN	L 28–34 OT	1	1	17	+1.1	0
12	2021-11-28	@ MIA	L 10–33	1	1	13	+0.0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ BUF	L 14–31	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2021-12-26	vs TB	L 6–32	1	0	0	−0.8	0

2020 game log (9 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
4	2020-10-04	vs JAX	W 33–25	1	7	+0.3	1	1	9	−0.2
6	2020-10-18	@ IND	L 27–31	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.2
11	2020-11-22	@ WAS	L 9–20	1	2	−0.5	1	1	8	+0.8
12	2020-11-29	vs NYG	L 17–19	1	-4	−1.5	0	0	0	0.0
13	2020-12-06	@ MIA	L 7–19	0	0	0.0	3	2	17	−4.0
14	2020-12-13	vs DAL	L 7–30	1	0	−3.9	1	1	9	+0.7
15	2020-12-21	vs PIT	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.5
16	2020-12-27	@ HOU	W 37–31	0	0	0.0	6	6	88	+9.2
17	2021-01-03	vs BAL	L 3–38	1	2	−0.6	3	1	8	−1.1

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ SEA	L 20–21	0	0	0.0	4	4	28	+1.1	0
2	2019-09-15	vs SF	L 17–41	0	0	0.0	3	1	14	−0.7	0
3	2019-09-22	@ BUF	L 17–21	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	+1.0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs ARI	L 23–26	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	+1.5	0
6	2019-10-13	@ BAL	L 17–23	1	17	+1.1	6	4	47	+3.0	0
7	2019-10-20	vs JAX	L 17–27	2	-2	−1.4	14	8	137	+3.2	0
8	2019-10-27	@ LA	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	7	6	97	+4.9	0
10	2019-11-10	vs BAL	L 13–49	1	13	+0.7	2	0	0	−14.9	0
11	2019-11-17	@ LV	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	5	1	0	−6.4	1
12	2019-11-24	vs PIT	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	8	2	43	−2.8	0
13	2019-12-01	vs NYJ	W 22–6	0	0	0.0	2	2	21	+0.2	0
14	2019-12-08	@ CLE	L 19–27	0	0	0.0	7	5	45	+2.4	0
15	2019-12-15	vs NE	L 13–34	0	0	0.0	5	1	6	−4.0	0
16	2019-12-22	@ MIA	L 35–38 OT	0	0	0.0	9	6	55	+2.6	0
17	2019-12-29	vs CLE	W 33–23	1	5	+0.1	4	1	16	−1.1	0

2018 game log (12 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2018-09-30	@ ATL	W 37–36	1	8	+0.6	2	1	8	−0.4	1
5	2018-10-07	vs MIA	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	3	3	24	+1.4	0
6	2018-10-14	vs PIT	L 21–28	0	0	0.0	3	2	8	−0.2	0
7	2018-10-21	@ KC	L 10–45	0	0	0.0	2	1	-1	−1.8	0
8	2018-10-28	vs TB	W 37–34	0	0	0.0	4	1	5	−1.9	0
10	2018-11-11	vs NO	L 14–51	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2018-11-18	@ BAL	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5	0
13	2018-12-02	vs DEN	L 10–24	1	0	−0.5	1	1	2	−0.9	2
14	2018-12-09	@ LAC	L 21–26	1	14	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2018-12-16	vs LV	W 30–16	0	0	0.0	5	3	23	−1.3	0
16	2018-12-23	@ CLE	L 18–26	0	0	0.0	2	2	35	+2.3	0
17	2018-12-30	@ PIT	L 13–16	0	0	0.0	6	6	63	+4.7	0

2017 game log (10 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2017-09-14	vs HOU	L 9–13	1	2	−0.5	6	4	62	0	+1.2	0
5	2017-10-08	vs BUF	W 20–16	1	-6	−1.2	1	1	12	0	+2.1	0
7	2017-10-22	@ PIT	L 14–29	0	0	0.0	1	1	22	0	+2.7	1
8	2017-10-29	vs IND	W 24–23	1	14	+0.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2017-11-05	@ JAX	L 7–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.1	2
10	2017-11-12	@ TEN	L 20–24	2	6	−1.0	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0
11	2017-11-19	@ DEN	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	2	2	42	1	+5.8	0
12	2017-11-26	vs CLE	W 30–16	0	0	0.0	1	1	18	0	+2.2	0
14	2017-12-10	vs CHI	L 7–33	0	0	0.0	1	1	9	0	+1.8	0
15	2017-12-17	@ MIN	L 7–34	0	0	0.0	2	1	11	0	−3.8	0

2016 game log (6 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2016-09-18	@ PIT	L 16–24	1	1	20	+2.3
11	2016-11-20	vs BUF	L 12–16	2	1	7	−0.1
12	2016-11-27	@ BAL	L 14–19	1	1	7	+0.0
13	2016-12-04	vs PHI	W 32–14	1	1	16	+0.8
14	2016-12-11	@ CLE	W 23–10	2	1	16	+1.7
16	2016-12-24	@ HOU	L 10–12	1	1	5	+0.3