Anthony Firkser

TE · TEN/ATL/DET/KC · 2018–2025

Born February 19, 1995 · College Harvard · Undrafted · 6-2, 246 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)
2018	TEN	9	20	19	225	1	95.0	+0.922	+0.238+0.058 to +0.417	9.1	6.7	+18.4	+0.30
2019	TEN	10	24	14	204	1	58.3	−0.045	+0.114−0.064 to +0.291	8.6	9.2	−1.1	+0.07
2019 playoffs	TEN	2	5	3	45	2	60.0	+1.207		10.6	18.8	+6.0	+0.23
2020	TEN	15	53	39	387	1	73.6	+0.356	+0.245+0.081 to +0.410	12.2	7.0	+18.9	+0.19
2020 playoffs	TEN	1	2	2	44	0	100.0	+1.930		7.7	4.5	+3.9	+0.11
2021	TEN	15	43	34	291	2	79.1	+0.234	+0.170+0.002 to +0.339	9.4	5.8	+10.0	+0.01
2021 playoffs	TEN	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.311		4.2	3.0	−0.3	−0.03
2022	ATL	8	13	9	100	0	69.2	+0.193	+0.100−0.084 to +0.284	6.2	8.3	+2.5	+0.13
2023 playoffs	DET	1	1	1	8	0	100.0	+1.172		2.5	4.0	+1.2	+0.01
2025	DET	5	10	8	53	0	80.0	+0.164	+0.160−0.026 to +0.346	5.7	3.5	+1.6	+0.01
Career	DET	63	163	123	1,260	5	75.5	+0.309		9.0	6.9	+50.4	+0.71

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
2018	TEN	9	1
2020	TEN	15	1
2021	TEN	15	1
2021 playoffs	TEN	1	1
2024	KC	1	1
Career	DET	63	4

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
2018	TEN	12	176	24.4	1	1.5
2019	TEN	15	179	19.8	1	1.4
2019 playoffs	TEN	3	41	23.8	–	–
2020	TEN	16	331	31.4	–	–
2020 playoffs	TEN	1	12	24.0	–	–
2021	TEN	15	381	37.5	–	–
2021 playoffs	TEN	1	14	26.9	–	–
2022	ATL	11	145	21.0	–	–
2023 playoffs	DET	3	26	13.4	–	–
2024	NYJ/KC	5	27	8.0	–	–
2025	DET	7	184	39.7	–	–

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	13	92.3	0	0.0	5	60.0
2025	10	80.0	0	0.0	1	100.0

Game logs

2025 game log (5 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
13	2025-11-27	vs GB	L 24–31	1	1	4	−0.2
14	2025-12-04	vs DAL	W 44–30	1	1	7	+0.9
16	2025-12-21	vs PIT	L 24–29	4	4	40	+3.0
17	2025-12-25	@ MIN	L 10–23	1	0	0	−0.5
18	2026-01-04	@ CHI	W 19–16	3	2	2	−1.6

2024 game log (1 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
16	2024-12-21	vs HOU	W 27–19	1	0.0	0	0

2023 game log (1 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
P21	2024-01-28	@ SF	L 31–34	1	1	8	0	+1.2

2022 game log (8 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	vs NO	L 26–27	2	1	6	−1.8
3	2022-09-25	@ SEA	W 27–23	1	1	22	+1.5
5	2022-10-09	@ TB	L 15–21	1	1	11	+2.3
12	2022-11-27	@ WAS	L 13–19	1	1	16	+1.1
13	2022-12-04	vs PIT	L 16–19	2	2	24	+1.2
15	2022-12-18	@ NO	L 18–21	2	0	0	−3.0
16	2022-12-24	@ BAL	L 9–17	3	2	10	−2.1
18	2023-01-08	vs TB	W 30–17	1	1	11	+3.4

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs ARI	L 13–38	4	3	19	0	+0.2	1
4	2021-10-03	@ NYJ	L 24–27 OT	5	3	23	0	+0.8	0
5	2021-10-10	@ JAX	W 37–19	4	3	33	0	−1.3	0
6	2021-10-18	vs BUF	W 34–31	1	1	11	0	+2.3	0
7	2021-10-24	vs KC	W 27–3	1	1	9	0	+0.6	0
8	2021-10-31	@ IND	W 34–31 OT	2	1	8	0	+3.0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ LA	W 28–16	1	1	7	0	+0.4	0
10	2021-11-14	vs NO	W 23–21	2	1	2	0	−2.5	0
11	2021-11-21	vs HOU	L 13–22	7	5	26	0	−7.4	0
12	2021-11-28	@ NE	L 13–36	1	1	7	0	−0.1	0
14	2021-12-12	vs JAX	W 20–0	5	4	34	0	+4.1	0
15	2021-12-19	@ PIT	L 13–19	2	2	19	0	−1.0	0
16	2021-12-23	vs SF	W 20–17	1	1	13	0	+2.0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs MIA	W 34–3	3	3	24	1	+1.6	0
18	2022-01-09	@ HOU	W 28–25	4	4	56	1	+7.2	0
P20	2022-01-22	vs CIN	L 16–19	1	0	0	0	−0.3	1

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-14	@ DEN	W 16–14	2	2	5	0	+0.2	0
2	2020-09-20	vs JAX	W 33–30	4	4	45	0	+4.9	0
5	2020-10-13	vs BUF	W 42–16	5	3	19	0	−1.6	0
6	2020-10-18	vs HOU	W 42–36 OT	9	8	113	1	+10.8	0
7	2020-10-25	vs PIT	L 24–27	2	2	7	0	−1.0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ CIN	L 20–31	3	2	36	0	+2.0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs CHI	W 24–17	6	3	19	0	−1.5	0
10	2020-11-12	vs IND	L 17–34	3	1	5	0	−1.3	0
11	2020-11-22	@ BAL	W 30–24 OT	5	4	33	0	+2.1	0
12	2020-11-29	@ IND	W 45–26	1	0	0	0	−1.6	0
13	2020-12-06	vs CLE	L 35–41	7	5	51	0	+2.2	0
14	2020-12-13	@ JAX	W 31–10	1	1	5	0	−0.2	0
15	2020-12-20	vs DET	W 46–25	1	1	20	0	+3.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ GB	L 14–40	2	1	11	0	+0.1	1
17	2021-01-03	@ HOU	W 41–38	2	2	18	0	+1.0	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs BAL	L 13–20	2	2	44	0	+3.9	0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
6	2019-10-13	@ DEN	L 0–16	1	1	25	0	+3.1
7	2019-10-20	vs LAC	W 23–20	1	1	27	0	+1.7
8	2019-10-27	vs TB	W 27–23	5	3	43	0	+3.1
9	2019-11-03	@ CAR	L 20–30	1	0	0	0	−0.1
10	2019-11-10	vs KC	W 35–32	4	3	36	1	+2.4
13	2019-12-01	@ IND	W 31–17	4	3	22	0	+0.8
14	2019-12-08	@ LV	W 42–21	1	1	39	0	+1.9
15	2019-12-15	vs HOU	L 21–24	4	1	7	0	−13.2
16	2019-12-22	vs NO	L 28–38	1	0	0	0	−0.4
17	2019-12-29	@ HOU	W 35–14	2	1	5	0	−0.3
P18	2020-01-04	@ NE	W 20–13	3	2	23	1	+3.0
P20	2020-01-19	@ KC	L 24–35	2	1	22	1	+3.1

2018 game log (9 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2018-10-14	vs BAL	L 0–21	2	2	25	0	+2.3	0
10	2018-11-11	vs NE	W 34–10	1	1	11	0	+1.7	0
11	2018-11-18	@ IND	L 10–38	3	3	44	0	+5.1	0
12	2018-11-26	@ HOU	L 17–34	4	4	52	0	+1.5	0
13	2018-12-02	vs NYJ	W 26–22	3	3	42	1	+4.2	0
14	2018-12-06	vs JAX	W 30–9	3	3	27	0	+2.8	0
15	2018-12-16	@ NYG	W 17–0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2018-12-22	vs WAS	W 25–16	3	2	16	0	+0.4	0
17	2018-12-30	vs IND	L 17–33	1	1	8	0	+0.3	0