Austin Hooper

TE · ATL/CLE/TEN/LV/NE · 2016–2026

Born October 29, 1994 · College Stanford · Drafted 2016, round 3, pick 81 (ATL) · 6-4, 254 lb

Pro Bowl ×2 (2018, 2019)

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)
2016	ATL	12	27	19	271	3	70.4	+0.714	+0.226+0.050 to +0.403	6.9	10.2	+19.3	+0.37
2016 playoffs	ATL	3	9	6	65	1	66.7	+0.792		9.3	11.0	+7.1	−0.01
2017	ATL	16	65	49	526	3	75.4	+0.058	+0.128−0.031 to +0.287	12.6	6.6	+3.8	−0.39
2017 playoffs	ATL	2	6	4	18	0	66.7	+0.070		9.2	4.2	+0.4	+0.01
2018	ATL	16	88	71	660	4	80.7	+0.345	+0.297+0.146 to +0.449	14.6	6.8	+30.3	+0.56
2019	ATL	13	97	75	787	6	77.3	+0.263	+0.271+0.122 to +0.419	18.5	6.5	+25.5	+0.38
2020	CLE	13	70	46	435	4	65.7	+0.321	+0.261+0.104 to +0.419	18.9	6.5	+22.5	+0.33
2020 playoffs	CLE	2	14	9	62	1	64.3	+0.411		20.6	8.4	+5.8	+0.08
2021	CLE	14	61	38	345	3	62.3	+0.311	+0.223+0.063 to +0.384	14.6	5.4	+19.0	+0.24
2022	TEN	17	60	41	444	2	68.3	+0.436	+0.255+0.094 to +0.416	13.8	8.0	+26.2	+0.89
2023	LV	16	31	25	234	0	80.6	+0.366	+0.168−0.006 to +0.343	6.4	4.2	+11.4	+0.27
2024	NE	17	59	45	476	3	76.3	+0.215	+0.221+0.059 to +0.382	11.8	6.5	+12.7	+0.13
2025	NE	13	26	21	263	2	80.8	+0.646	+0.237+0.061 to +0.414	7.0	9.0	+16.8	+0.46
2025 playoffs	NE	3	7	3	24	0	42.9	−0.752		7.4	11.0	−5.3	−0.09
2026	ATL	6	11	9	76	1	81.8	+0.756	+0.202+0.017 to +0.387	6.8	3.7	+8.3	+0.13
Career	ATL	153	595	439	4,517	31	73.8	+0.329		12.5	6.7	+195.6	+3.36

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
2016	ATL	12	1
2017	ATL	16	2
2019	ATL	13	2
2020	CLE	13	3
2021	CLE	14	2
2022	TEN	17	1
2023	LV	16	1
2024	NE	17	1
2025	NE	13	1
2025 playoffs	NE	3	1
Career	ATL	153	14

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2018	Pro Bowl
2019	Pro Bowl

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	ATL	14	391	43.5	–	–
2016 playoffs	ATL	3	114	61.0	–	–
2017	ATL	16	775	76.6	–	–
2017 playoffs	ATL	2	98	74.2	–	–
2018	ATL	16	802	76.7	–	–
2019	ATL	13	714	78.9	–	–
2020	CLE	13	668	77.6	–	–
2020 playoffs	CLE	2	97	75.8	–	–
2021	CLE	16	702	67.9	–	–
2022	TEN	17	520	51.0	–	–
2023	LV	17	536	52.3	–	–
2024	NE	17	566	52.5	–	–
2025	NE	16	482	48.4	–	–
2025 playoffs	NE	4	108	42.5	–	–

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	60	75.0	1	2.2	11	72.7
2023	31	87.1	1	3.7	2	0.0
2024	59	78.0	0	0.0	10	60.0
2025	26	80.8	0	0.0	4	100.0
2026	11	90.9	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (6 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2026-09-20	vs CAR	L 3–34	4	2	20	0	+1.6
3	2026-09-24	@ GB	W 35–14	2	2	11	1	+4.2
4	2026-10-05	@ NO	W 45–24	1	1	9	0	+0.7
6	2026-10-18	vs CHI	L 23–31	1	1	6	0	+0.1
7	2026-10-25	vs SF	W 29–20	2	2	21	0	+1.0
8	2026-11-01	@ TB	L 0–16	1	1	9	0	+0.7

2025 game log (16 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs LV	L 13–20	1	1	10	0	+0.8	0
2	2025-09-14	@ MIA	W 33–27	3	3	38	0	+2.3	0
3	2025-09-21	vs PIT	L 14–21	3	2	28	0	+1.5	0
4	2025-09-28	vs CAR	W 42–13	1	1	24	0	+1.7	0
6	2025-10-12	@ NO	W 25–19	1	1	5	0	+0.1	0
7	2025-10-19	@ TEN	W 31–13	2	2	11	1	+1.6	0
8	2025-10-26	vs CLE	W 32–13	2	2	38	0	+2.7	0
9	2025-11-02	vs ATL	W 24–23	1	1	20	0	+2.2	0
10	2025-11-09	@ TB	W 28–23	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
12	2025-11-23	@ CIN	W 26–20	4	3	39	0	+1.8	0
16	2025-12-21	@ BAL	W 28–24	4	2	34	0	+1.5	0
17	2025-12-28	@ NYJ	W 42–10	2	2	11	1	+1.3	0
18	2026-01-04	vs MIA	W 38–10	1	1	5	0	+0.0	1
P19	2026-01-11	vs LAC	W 16–3	2	0	0	0	−4.9	1
P20	2026-01-18	vs HOU	W 28–16	2	1	14	0	+0.0	0
P22	2026-02-08	vs SEA	L 13–29	3	2	10	0	−0.3	0

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ CIN	W 16–10	4	2	31	0	+1.3	0
2	2024-09-15	vs SEA	L 20–23 OT	1	1	5	0	−0.1	0
3	2024-09-19	@ NYJ	L 3–24	4	1	19	0	−0.5	0
4	2024-09-29	@ SF	L 13–30	2	2	13	1	+4.2	0
5	2024-10-06	vs MIA	L 10–15	3	1	9	0	−1.3	0
6	2024-10-13	vs HOU	L 21–41	2	1	5	0	−5.7	1
7	2024-10-20	@ JAX	L 16–32	5	4	32	0	+1.2	0
8	2024-10-27	vs NYJ	W 25–22	4	3	15	0	+0.7	0
9	2024-11-03	@ TEN	L 17–20 OT	1	1	8	0	+0.6	0
10	2024-11-10	@ CHI	W 19–3	4	3	64	0	+0.3	0
11	2024-11-17	vs LA	L 22–28	4	4	35	0	+0.9	0
12	2024-11-24	@ MIA	L 15–34	4	4	59	1	+7.9	0
13	2024-12-01	vs IND	L 24–25	4	4	42	1	+4.8	0
15	2024-12-15	@ ARI	L 17–30	3	3	38	0	+2.9	0
16	2024-12-22	@ BUF	L 21–24	5	4	55	0	−1.3	0
17	2024-12-28	vs LAC	L 7–40	3	3	19	0	−1.9	0
18	2025-01-05	vs BUF	W 23–16	6	4	27	0	−1.4	0

2023 game log (16 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ DEN	W 17–16	1	1	20	+1.4	0
2	2023-09-17	@ BUF	L 10–38	2	2	20	+1.9	0
4	2023-10-01	@ LAC	L 17–24	2	1	11	−0.1	0
5	2023-10-09	vs GB	W 17–13	2	2	11	−0.2	1
6	2023-10-15	vs NE	W 21–17	2	2	19	+1.9	0
7	2023-10-22	@ CHI	L 12–30	2	2	18	+0.6	0
8	2023-10-30	@ DET	L 14–26	2	2	19	+1.2	0
9	2023-11-05	vs NYG	W 30–6	1	1	10	+0.6	0
10	2023-11-12	vs NYJ	W 16–12	1	1	7	−0.4	0
11	2023-11-19	@ MIA	L 13–20	1	0	0	−0.4	0
12	2023-11-26	vs KC	L 17–31	2	1	14	+0.5	0
14	2023-12-10	vs MIN	L 0–3	1	1	5	−0.7	0
15	2023-12-14	vs LAC	W 63–21	1	0	0	−0.9	0
16	2023-12-25	@ KC	W 20–14	3	2	13	+0.3	0
17	2023-12-31	@ IND	L 20–23	3	3	28	+2.4	0
18	2024-01-07	vs DEN	W 27–14	5	4	39	+3.2	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs NYG	L 20–21	2	1	6	0	−0.1	0
2	2022-09-19	@ BUF	L 7–41	5	1	19	0	−0.7	0
3	2022-09-25	vs LV	W 24–22	2	2	19	0	+1.6	1
4	2022-10-02	@ IND	W 24–17	1	1	4	0	+1.1	0
5	2022-10-09	@ WAS	W 21–17	1	1	7	0	+2.3	0
7	2022-10-23	vs IND	W 19–10	3	3	56	0	+6.0	0
8	2022-10-30	@ HOU	W 17–10	1	1	5	0	−0.9	0
9	2022-11-06	@ KC	L 17–20 OT	3	2	34	0	+1.8	0
10	2022-11-13	vs DEN	W 17–10	7	5	41	0	+2.4	0
11	2022-11-17	@ GB	W 27–17	4	4	36	2	+4.3	0
12	2022-11-27	vs CIN	L 16–20	4	3	30	0	+2.4	0
13	2022-12-04	@ PHI	L 10–35	5	3	22	0	−0.3	0
14	2022-12-11	vs JAX	L 22–36	5	5	68	0	+4.3	0
15	2022-12-18	@ LAC	L 14–17	4	2	33	0	+0.9	0
16	2022-12-24	vs HOU	L 14–19	3	2	20	0	−1.1	0
17	2022-12-29	vs DAL	L 13–27	6	1	6	0	−4.9	0
18	2023-01-07	@ JAX	L 16–20	4	4	38	0	+7.1	0

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ KC	L 29–33	3	3	27	0	+3.0	0
2	2021-09-19	vs HOU	W 31–21	5	5	40	0	+3.2	0
3	2021-09-26	vs CHI	W 26–6	3	2	19	1	+2.6	0
4	2021-10-03	@ MIN	W 14–7	5	1	11	0	+0.8	0
6	2021-10-17	vs ARI	L 14–37	3	1	4	0	+1.2	0
7	2021-10-21	vs DEN	W 17–14	3	2	42	0	+2.4	0
8	2021-10-31	vs PIT	L 10–15	6	4	26	0	+0.2	0
9	2021-11-07	@ CIN	W 41–16	2	2	14	0	+0.3	0
10	2021-11-14	@ NE	L 7–45	5	4	25	1	+5.3	0
11	2021-11-21	vs DET	W 13–10	7	4	53	0	+1.1	0
12	2021-11-28	@ BAL	L 10–16	3	0	0	0	−2.0	0
14	2021-12-12	vs BAL	W 24–22	6	5	30	1	+2.2	1
16	2021-12-25	@ GB	L 22–24	5	3	26	0	−0.2	0
17	2022-01-03	@ PIT	L 14–26	5	2	28	0	−1.2	1

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ BAL	L 6–38	2	2	15	0	+3.1	1
2	2020-09-17	vs CIN	W 35–30	4	2	22	0	+2.6	0
3	2020-09-27	vs WAS	W 34–20	4	3	25	0	+2.6	0
4	2020-10-04	@ DAL	W 49–38	7	5	34	1	+2.8	0
5	2020-10-11	vs IND	W 32–23	10	5	57	0	−1.1	1
6	2020-10-18	@ PIT	L 7–38	6	5	52	0	+0.1	0
10	2020-11-15	vs HOU	W 10–7	2	1	11	0	+0.2	0
11	2020-11-22	vs PHI	W 22–17	5	3	33	0	+0.2	1
12	2020-11-29	@ JAX	W 27–25	2	2	13	1	+2.2	0
13	2020-12-06	@ TEN	W 41–35	2	2	24	0	+3.4	0
15	2020-12-20	@ NYG	W 20–6	6	5	41	1	+2.8	0
16	2020-12-27	@ NYJ	L 16–23	15	7	71	0	+0.5	0
17	2021-01-03	vs PIT	W 24–22	5	4	37	1	+3.1	0
P18	2021-01-10	@ PIT	W 48–37	11	7	46	1	+1.8	0
P19	2021-01-17	@ KC	L 17–22	3	2	16	0	+3.9	0

2019 game log (13 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ MIN	L 12–28	9	9	77	0	+4.1	0
2	2019-09-15	vs PHI	W 24–20	6	4	34	0	−3.7	0
3	2019-09-22	@ IND	L 24–27	7	6	66	2	+6.9	0
4	2019-09-29	vs TEN	L 10–24	11	9	130	0	+6.8	1
5	2019-10-06	@ HOU	L 32–53	9	6	56	0	−8.6	0
6	2019-10-13	@ ARI	L 33–34	8	8	117	1	+10.1	0
7	2019-10-20	vs LA	L 10–37	5	4	46	1	+4.7	0
8	2019-10-27	vs SEA	L 20–27	7	6	65	1	+4.4	1
10	2019-11-10	@ NO	W 26–9	5	4	17	1	+1.9	0
14	2019-12-08	vs CAR	W 40–20	6	2	32	0	−1.8	0
15	2019-12-15	@ SF	W 29–22	6	3	20	0	−1.5	0
16	2019-12-22	vs JAX	W 24–12	9	7	82	0	+2.0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ TB	W 28–22 OT	9	7	45	0	+0.1	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2018-09-06	@ PHI	L 12–18	4	3	24	0	−1.3
2	2018-09-16	vs CAR	W 31–24	5	5	59	1	+5.1
3	2018-09-23	vs NO	L 37–43 OT	4	3	23	0	−1.3
4	2018-09-30	vs CIN	L 36–37	2	1	19	0	+2.6
5	2018-10-07	@ PIT	L 17–41	12	9	77	0	+4.2
6	2018-10-14	vs TB	W 34–29	10	9	71	1	+4.1
7	2018-10-22	vs NYG	W 23–20	4	3	48	0	+3.7
9	2018-11-04	@ WAS	W 38–14	3	3	41	0	+3.5
10	2018-11-11	@ CLE	L 16–28	11	10	56	1	+7.0
11	2018-11-18	vs DAL	L 19–22	8	4	27	0	−3.0
12	2018-11-22	@ NO	L 17–31	5	5	31	0	+3.9
13	2018-12-02	vs BAL	L 16–26	5	5	44	1	+4.1
14	2018-12-09	@ GB	L 20–34	6	4	37	0	−4.6
15	2018-12-16	vs ARI	W 40–14	1	0	0	0	−2.0
16	2018-12-23	@ CAR	W 24–10	2	2	36	0	+1.8
17	2018-12-30	@ TB	W 34–32	6	5	67	0	+2.5

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ CHI	W 23–17	2	2	128	1	+11.3	0
2	2017-09-17	vs GB	W 34–23	2	2	7	0	+0.0	0
3	2017-09-24	@ DET	W 30–26	2	1	9	0	+0.2	1
4	2017-10-01	vs BUF	L 17–23	7	5	50	0	+0.3	0
6	2017-10-15	vs MIA	L 17–20	9	7	48	0	−4.2	0
7	2017-10-22	@ NE	L 7–23	1	1	6	0	+0.2	0
8	2017-10-29	@ NYJ	W 25–20	6	4	47	1	+3.2	0
9	2017-11-05	@ CAR	L 17–20	6	3	36	0	−5.6	0
10	2017-11-12	vs DAL	W 27–7	6	6	49	1	+3.8	0
11	2017-11-20	@ SEA	W 34–31	2	2	-1	0	−1.5	0
12	2017-11-26	vs TB	W 34–20	5	3	38	0	+1.1	0
13	2017-12-03	vs MIN	L 9–14	4	3	21	0	−0.8	0
14	2017-12-07	vs NO	W 20–17	4	2	23	0	−4.7	1
15	2017-12-18	@ TB	W 24–21	2	2	12	0	+0.5	0
16	2017-12-24	@ NO	L 13–23	4	3	18	0	−0.2	0
17	2017-12-31	vs CAR	W 22–10	3	3	35	0	+0.2	0
P18	2018-01-06	@ LA	W 26–13	5	3	15	0	+0.7	0
P19	2018-01-13	@ PHI	L 10–15	1	1	3	0	−0.3	0

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs TB	L 24–31	1	1	14	0	+0.7	0
2	2016-09-18	@ LV	W 35–28	3	3	84	0	+6.6	0
4	2016-10-02	vs CAR	W 48–33	1	1	42	1	+3.4	0
5	2016-10-09	@ DEN	W 23–16	1	1	14	0	+0.8	0
7	2016-10-23	vs LAC	L 30–33 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2016-10-30	vs GB	W 33–32	5	5	41	0	+1.2	0
9	2016-11-03	@ TB	W 43–28	6	3	46	1	+3.7	0
10	2016-11-13	@ PHI	L 15–24	3	1	8	0	−0.7	0
12	2016-11-27	vs ARI	W 38–19	2	2	8	0	+1.2	0
13	2016-12-04	vs KC	L 28–29	1	0	0	0	−0.3	0
14	2016-12-11	@ LA	W 42–14	3	1	5	0	−0.3	0
15	2016-12-18	vs SF	W 41–13	1	1	9	1	+3.0	0
P19	2017-01-14	vs SEA	W 36–20	1	1	10	0	+1.0	0
P20	2017-01-22	vs GB	W 44–21	2	2	23	0	+3.3	0
P21	2017-02-05	vs NE	L 28–34 OT	6	3	32	1	+2.8	0