Ben Utecht

TE · IND/CIN · 2005–2008

Born June 30, 1981 · College Minnesota · Undrafted · 6-6, 245 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	IND	4	12	3	59	2	25.0	+0.242	+0.072−0.113 to +0.256	8.2	–	+2.9	−0.02
2006	IND	14	53	37	377	0	69.8	+0.102		11.0	6.6	+5.4	+0.04
2006 playoffs	IND	4	7	5	41	0	71.4	+0.172		4.6	4.1	+1.2	+0.04
2007	IND	13	37	31	364	1	83.8	+0.484	+0.191+0.020 to +0.362	8.3	5.9	+17.9	+0.22
2007 playoffs	IND	1	1	1	20	0	100.0	+1.940		2.1	15.0	+1.9	+0.03
2008	CIN	9	28	16	123	0	57.1	−0.081	+0.048−0.128 to +0.223	9.4	8.2	−2.3	−0.06
Career	CIN	40	130	87	923	3	66.9	+0.184		9.5	6.8	+24.0	+0.17

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

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2007	IND	13	2	–	–
2008	CIN	9	2	–	–
Career	CIN	40	4	0	0

2008 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ BAL	L 10–17	4	2	10	−0.4	0
2	2008-09-14	vs TEN	L 7–24	1	0	0	−0.6	0
4	2008-09-28	vs CLE	L 12–20	2	2	10	−0.4	1
5	2008-10-05	@ DAL	L 22–31	5	1	3	−2.9	1
6	2008-10-12	@ NYJ	L 14–26	6	4	34	+0.4	0
9	2008-11-02	vs JAX	W 21–19	2	2	21	+2.5	0
11	2008-11-16	vs PHI	T 13–13 OT	2	1	2	−1.8	0
12	2008-11-20	@ PIT	L 10–27	3	3	36	+2.0	0
17	2008-12-28	vs KC	W 16–6	3	1	7	−1.0	0

2007 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-06	vs NO	W 41–10	1	1	19	0	+1.1	0
2	2007-09-16	@ TEN	W 22–20	5	5	31	0	+3.1	0
3	2007-09-23	@ HOU	W 30–24	1	1	20	0	+1.9	0
7	2007-10-22	@ JAX	W 29–7	2	1	8	0	−3.0	1
8	2007-10-28	@ CAR	W 31–7	3	2	41	0	−1.0	0
9	2007-11-04	vs NE	L 20–24	1	1	8	0	+0.3	0
10	2007-11-11	@ LAC	L 21–23	4	3	30	0	+2.6	1
11	2007-11-18	vs KC	W 13–10	3	3	26	0	+2.0	0
12	2007-11-22	@ ATL	W 31–13	4	4	38	1	+4.0	0
13	2007-12-02	vs JAX	W 28–25	4	3	47	0	+3.1	0
14	2007-12-09	@ BAL	W 44–20	2	2	19	0	+1.8	0
15	2007-12-16	@ LV	W 21–14	5	3	42	0	+0.0	0
16	2007-12-23	vs HOU	W 38–15	2	2	35	0	+2.0	0
P19	2008-01-13	vs LAC	L 24–28	1	1	20	0	+1.9	0

2006 game log (18 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2006-09-10	@ NYG	W 26–21	5	3	21	+0.7
2	2006-09-17	vs HOU	W 43–24	1	1	26	+1.5
3	2006-09-24	vs JAX	W 21–14	1	0	0	−0.7
4	2006-10-01	@ NYJ	W 31–28	3	2	16	−0.4
7	2006-10-22	vs WAS	W 36–22	5	4	52	+2.3
8	2006-10-29	@ DEN	W 34–31	2	2	12	+0.1
9	2006-11-05	@ NE	W 27–20	4	4	49	+4.7
10	2006-11-12	vs BUF	W 17–16	9	7	66	−8.4
11	2006-11-19	@ DAL	L 14–21	3	2	18	+0.6
12	2006-11-26	vs PHI	W 45–21	3	2	18	+1.2
13	2006-12-03	@ TEN	L 17–20	2	1	18	+1.3
14	2006-12-10	@ JAX	L 17–44	7	3	32	+1.4
15	2006-12-18	vs CIN	W 34–16	5	4	35	+0.8
16	2006-12-24	@ HOU	L 24–27	3	2	14	+0.2
P18	2007-01-06	vs KC	W 23–8	3	2	17	+0.1
P19	2007-01-13	@ BAL	W 15–6	1	1	11	−0.2
P20	2007-01-21	vs NE	W 38–34	1	1	5	+0.1
P21	2007-02-04	@ CHI	W 29–17	2	1	8	+1.1

2005 game log (4 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2005-09-11	@ BAL	W 24–7	4	1	26	1	+0.4
10	2005-11-13	vs HOU	W 31–17	1	0	0	0	+2.1
16	2005-12-24	@ SEA	L 13–28	2	0	0	0	−2.3
17	2006-01-01	vs ARI	W 17–13	5	2	33	1	+2.6