Alex Smith

TE · TB/PHI/CLE/CIN/WAS · 2005–2015

Born May 22, 1982 · College Stanford · Drafted 2005, round 3, pick 71 (TB) · 6-4, 250 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2005	TB	16	61	41	367	2	67.2	+0.032	+0.113−0.048 to +0.274	12.8	–	+1.9	+0.24
2005 playoffs	TB	1	4	3	14	0	75.0	−0.356		10.5	–	−1.4	−0.05
2006	TB	14	53	35	250	3	66.0	−0.210	−0.003−0.167 to +0.161	11.0	3.6	−11.1	−0.16
2007	TB	14	53	32	385	3	60.4	+0.104	+0.139−0.025 to +0.303	13.6	8.0	+5.5	−0.17
2007 playoffs	TB	1	5	3	26	1	60.0	+0.403		12.8	6.0	+2.0	+0.05
2008	TB	13	38	21	250	3	55.3	+0.302	+0.145−0.026 to +0.316	8.1	7.2	+11.5	+0.17
2009	PHI	5	8	3	25	0	37.5	−0.352	+0.042−0.145 to +0.229	4.8	6.5	−2.8	−0.03
2009 playoffs	PHI	1	1	1	8	0	100.0	+1.003		2.6	4.0	+1.0	+0.00
2010	CLE	1	1	1	6	0	100.0	+0.256	+0.077−0.114 to +0.268	3.3	3.0	+0.3	+0.00
2011	CLE	10	25	14	131	1	56.0	+0.267	+0.122−0.055 to +0.299	6.8	5.1	+6.7	−0.02
2012	CLE	9	18	13	47	0	72.2	−0.427	+0.007−0.174 to +0.188	6.0	1.4	−7.7	−0.21
2013	CIN	7	6	3	12	1	50.0	−0.147	+0.114−0.074 to +0.302	2.4	6.0	−0.9	−0.04
2015	WAS	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	−0.741	+0.079−0.112 to +0.270	2.8	3.5	−1.5	−0.03
2015 playoffs	WAS	1	1	1	16	0	100.0	+0.966		2.2	3.0	+1.0	+0.02
Career	WAS	91	265	163	1,473	13	61.5	+0.007		8.8	5.6	+1.9	−0.25

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2005	TB	16	4	–	–	–
2006	TB	14	2	0	–	–
2008	TB	13	3	0	–	–
2010	CLE	1	1	0	0	0
2011	CLE	10	1	0	0	0
2013	CIN	7	3	0	0	0
Career	WAS	91	14	0	0	0

2015 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
16	2015-12-26	@ PHI	W 38–24	1	0	0	−0.7
17	2016-01-03	@ DAL	W 34–23	1	0	0	−0.8
P18	2016-01-10	vs GB	L 18–35	1	1	16	+1.0

2013 game log (7 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2013-09-16	vs PIT	W 20–10	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
5	2013-10-06	vs NE	W 13–6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2013-11-10	@ BAL	L 17–20 OT	2	1	3	0	−0.7	0
11	2013-11-17	vs CLE	W 41–20	1	1	2	1	+0.8	1
14	2013-12-08	vs IND	W 42–28	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
16	2013-12-22	vs MIN	W 42–14	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2013-12-29	vs BAL	W 34–17	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0

2012 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2012-09-09	vs PHI	L 16–17	1	1	-1	−0.8
2	2012-09-16	@ CIN	L 27–34	4	3	30	+1.8
8	2012-10-28	vs LAC	W 7–6	3	1	1	−1.5
9	2012-11-04	vs BAL	L 15–25	4	3	8	−3.6
11	2012-11-18	@ DAL	L 20–23 OT	1	1	2	−0.3
12	2012-11-25	vs PIT	W 20–14	1	0	0	−0.8
13	2012-12-02	@ LV	W 20–17	1	1	1	−0.2
15	2012-12-16	vs WAS	L 21–38	2	2	8	−1.1
16	2012-12-23	@ DEN	L 12–34	1	1	-2	−1.1

2011 game log (10 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2011-09-18	@ IND	W 27–19	5	3	19	0	−0.9	0
3	2011-09-25	vs MIA	W 17–16	4	1	9	0	+0.1	0
4	2011-10-02	vs TEN	L 13–31	2	1	13	0	+0.3	0
6	2011-10-16	@ LV	L 17–24	3	2	14	1	+1.4	0
7	2011-10-23	vs SEA	W 6–3	2	1	13	0	+0.9	0
8	2011-10-30	@ SF	L 10–20	1	1	20	0	+2.5	0
10	2011-11-13	vs LA	L 12–13	2	2	15	0	+1.6	0
12	2011-11-27	@ CIN	L 20–23	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2011-12-08	@ PIT	L 3–14	3	2	19	0	+1.1	0
15	2011-12-18	@ ARI	L 17–20 OT	3	1	9	0	−0.2	0

2010 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
16	2010-12-26	vs BAL	L 10–20	1	1	6	0	+0.3	1	0.0	0	0

2009 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
6	2009-10-18	@ LV	L 9–13	2	0	0	−1.9
8	2009-11-01	vs NYG	W 40–17	1	1	11	+1.1
9	2009-11-08	vs DAL	L 16–20	2	1	11	−0.4
12	2009-11-29	vs WAS	W 27–24	2	0	0	−1.4
15	2009-12-20	vs SF	W 27–13	1	1	3	−0.2
P18	2010-01-09	@ DAL	L 14–34	1	1	8	+1.0

2008 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ NO	L 20–24	3	2	19	0	−0.0	0
2	2008-09-14	vs ATL	W 24–9	6	2	20	0	+0.1	1
3	2008-09-21	@ CHI	W 27–24 OT	7	3	33	0	−0.6	0
4	2008-09-28	vs GB	W 30–21	2	2	26	1	+3.2	0
5	2008-10-05	@ DEN	L 13–16	1	1	11	0	+0.8	0
6	2008-10-12	vs CAR	W 27–3	3	3	43	1	+6.0	0
7	2008-10-19	vs SEA	W 20–10	4	2	25	0	+0.3	0
8	2008-10-26	@ DAL	L 9–13	2	2	39	0	+3.4	0
9	2008-11-02	@ KC	W 30–27 OT	2	2	12	1	+1.8	2
13	2008-11-30	vs NO	W 23–20	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
14	2008-12-08	@ CAR	L 23–38	3	1	20	0	+0.4	0
15	2008-12-14	@ ATL	L 10–13 OT	3	1	2	0	−1.7	0
17	2008-12-28	vs LV	L 24–31	1	0	0	0	−1.6	0

2007 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2007-09-09	@ SEA	L 6–20	2	2	23	0	+1.3
2	2007-09-16	vs NO	W 31–14	3	2	45	0	+2.1
3	2007-09-23	vs LA	W 24–3	5	3	27	0	+0.6
4	2007-09-30	@ CAR	W 20–7	6	4	17	0	−2.4
5	2007-10-07	@ IND	L 14–33	3	2	6	2	+2.6
6	2007-10-14	vs TEN	W 13–10	3	1	15	0	−2.0
9	2007-11-04	vs ARI	W 17–10	3	2	13	0	−0.7
11	2007-11-18	@ ATL	W 31–7	5	3	51	1	+4.8
12	2007-11-25	vs WAS	W 19–13	4	3	41	0	+1.6
13	2007-12-02	@ NO	W 27–23	1	1	11	0	+1.2
14	2007-12-09	@ HOU	L 14–28	5	2	39	0	−0.0
15	2007-12-16	vs ATL	W 37–3	1	0	0	0	−0.7
16	2007-12-23	@ SF	L 19–21	10	6	79	0	−4.1
17	2007-12-30	vs CAR	L 23–31	2	1	18	0	+1.1
P18	2008-01-06	vs NYG	L 14–24	5	3	26	1	+2.0

2006 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs BAL	L 0–27	2	2	18	0	−0.4	1
2	2006-09-17	@ ATL	L 3–14	1	0	0	0	−4.6	1
3	2006-09-24	vs CAR	L 24–26	5	4	72	0	+4.7	0
5	2006-10-08	@ NO	L 21–24	6	5	16	1	+1.2	0
6	2006-10-15	vs CIN	W 14–13	4	3	10	1	+0.2	0
7	2006-10-22	vs PHI	W 23–21	1	1	6	0	+0.9	0
8	2006-10-29	@ NYG	L 3–17	7	2	12	0	−5.1	0
9	2006-11-05	vs NO	L 14–31	3	2	8	0	−1.6	0
10	2006-11-13	@ CAR	L 10–24	5	3	18	0	−1.0	0
11	2006-11-19	vs WAS	W 20–17	1	0	0	0	−1.0	0
13	2006-12-03	@ PIT	L 3–20	3	2	4	0	−1.7	0
14	2006-12-10	vs ATL	L 6–17	3	2	17	0	−0.1	0
15	2006-12-17	@ CHI	L 31–34 OT	7	5	24	1	−5.2	0
16	2006-12-24	@ CLE	W 22–7	5	4	45	0	+2.5	0

2005 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	@ MIN	W 24–13	5	4	34	2	+6.0	0
2	2005-09-18	vs BUF	W 19–3	2	1	2	0	−0.9	0
3	2005-09-25	@ GB	W 17–16	1	1	4	0	+0.1	0
4	2005-10-02	vs DET	W 17–13	3	1	7	0	−8.3	1
5	2005-10-09	@ NYJ	L 12–14	8	5	46	0	+0.4	0
6	2005-10-16	vs MIA	W 27–13	4	2	0	0	−3.0	1
8	2005-10-30	@ SF	L 10–15	3	2	43	0	+1.7	0
9	2005-11-06	vs CAR	L 14–34	3	3	41	0	+3.4	0
10	2005-11-13	vs WAS	W 36–35	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2005-11-20	@ ATL	W 30–27	3	3	43	0	+4.2	0
12	2005-11-27	vs CHI	L 10–13	3	2	14	0	+0.1	0
13	2005-12-04	@ NO	W 10–3	2	1	-1	0	−1.6	0
14	2005-12-11	@ CAR	W 20–10	3	3	11	0	+0.1	0
15	2005-12-17	@ NE	L 0–28	6	4	26	0	−0.3	1
16	2005-12-24	vs ATL	W 27–24 OT	12	8	75	0	−0.2	0
17	2006-01-01	vs NO	W 27–13	3	1	22	0	+0.3	0
P18	2006-01-07	vs WAS	L 10–17	4	3	14	0	−1.4	0