Brandon Bolden

RB · NE/MIA/LV · 2012–2023

Born January 26, 1990 · College Mississippi · Undrafted · 5-11, 220 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2012	NE	9	56	274	2	4.89	+0.048	−0.087−0.148 to −0.025	42.1	+2.7	+0.09
2013	NE	11	55	271	3	4.93	−0.053	−0.099−0.161 to −0.037	45.6	−3.0	−0.11
2014	NE	11	28	89	1	3.18	−0.114	−0.121−0.184 to −0.058	31.0	−3.3	+0.07
2014 playoffs	NE	2	3	7	0	2.33	−0.097		33.3	−0.3	−0.01
2015	NE	12	63	207	0	3.29	−0.299	−0.152−0.214 to −0.091	27.7	−19.5	−0.26
2015 playoffs	NE	2	5	12	0	2.40	−0.296		0.0	−1.5	−0.06
2016	NE	6	1	4	0	4.00	−0.043	−0.115−0.179 to −0.050	0.0	−0.0	+0.02
2017	NE	9	13	67	0	5.15	−0.006	−0.129−0.192 to −0.065	38.5	−0.1	+0.00
2017 playoffs	NE	1	4	27	1	6.75	+0.765		75.0	+3.1	+0.01
2018	MIA	8	8	91	2	11.38	+0.204	−0.109−0.173 to −0.045	62.5	+1.6	−0.00
2019	NE	12	15	68	3	4.53	+0.115	−0.118−0.182 to −0.055	37.5	+1.8	+0.09
2021	NE	16	44	226	1	5.14	−0.039	−0.091−0.153 to −0.028	44.4	−1.8	+0.07
2022	LV	12	17	66	0	3.88	−0.370	−0.096−0.160 to −0.033	29.4	−6.3	−0.07
2023	LV	5	4	31	1	7.75	+0.920	−0.109−0.173 to −0.044	50.0	+3.7	+0.01
Career	LV	111	304	1,394	13	4.59	−0.077		38.5	−24.1	−0.09

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2012	NE	9	2	2	11	0	100.0	+0.093	0.5	0.5	+0.2	+0.00
2013	NE	11	29	21	152	0	72.4	−0.124	7.6	0.4	−3.6	−0.15
2014	NE	11	6	2	8	0	33.3	−0.828	1.5	-0.7	−5.0	−0.12
2014 playoffs	NE	2	1	1	11	0	100.0	+0.910	1.0	-2.0	+0.9	+0.02
2015	NE	12	30	19	180	2	63.3	+0.075	6.5	2.2	+2.2	−0.08
2015 playoffs	NE	2	4	3	26	0	75.0	+0.281	4.1	7.5	+1.1	+0.05
2016	NE	6	4	2	15	0	50.0	−0.640	2.2	8.2	−2.6	−0.06
2017	NE	9	4	1	7	0	25.0	−0.267	1.2	-1.2	−1.1	−0.00
2018	MIA	8	3	3	13	1	100.0	+0.541	1.5	-2.0	+1.6	+0.03
2019	NE	12	11	9	111	1	81.8	−0.016	2.4	6.0	−0.2	+0.01
2021	NE	16	49	41	405	2	83.7	+0.389	9.9	0.3	+19.1	+0.19
2021 playoffs	NE	1	6	4	27	0	66.7	−0.084	17.1	5.5	−0.5	−0.01
2022	LV	12	9	9	57	1	100.0	+0.114	2.4	3.3	+1.0	+0.03
Career	LV	111	147	109	959	7	74.1	+0.080	3.8	1.4	+11.8	−0.15

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	Tackles for loss	Forced fumbles
2012	NE	9	5	0	0
2013	NE	11	1	0	0
2014	NE	11	6	0	1
2014 playoffs	NE	2	2	0	0
2015	NE	12	3	1	1
2015 playoffs	NE	2	2	0	0
2016	NE	6	4	0	1
2016 playoffs	NE	2	2	0	0
2017	NE	9	8	0	0
2018	MIA	8	6	0	0
2019	NE	12	7	0	1
2021	NE	16	13	0	0
2022	LV	12	8	0	0
2023	LV	5	4	0	0
Career	LV	111	65	1	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
2016	NE	5	12	5.0	1	1.3
2017	NE	4	41	14.1	–	–
2017 playoffs	NE	2	7	4.6	–	–
2018	MIA	6	26	7.9	1	1.8
2019	NE	14	80	8.6	1	1.4
2021	NE	16	334	32.7	1	1.4
2021 playoffs	NE	1	22	36.1	–	–
2022	LV	11	81	12.9	1	1.3
2023	LV	3	4	2.9	1	1.3

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	9	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2023 game log (5 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ DEN	W 17–16	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2023-12-10	vs MIN	L 0–3	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2023-12-14	vs LAC	W 63–21	2	25	1	+2.6	1
16	2023-12-25	@ KC	W 20–14	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2023-12-31	@ IND	L 20–23	2	6	0	+1.1	0

2022 game log (12 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ LAC	L 19–24	3	7	−2.1	2	2	21	1	+2.5	1
3	2022-09-25	@ TEN	L 22–24	3	17	−0.4	2	2	4	0	−1.6	0
4	2022-10-02	vs DEN	W 32–23	0	0	0.0	1	1	-1	0	−1.3	0
5	2022-10-10	@ KC	L 29–30	1	5	−0.3	3	3	29	0	+1.6	0
7	2022-10-23	vs HOU	W 38–20	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2022-11-06	@ JAX	L 20–27	1	5	−2.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2022-11-20	@ DEN	W 22–16 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.1	1
14	2022-12-08	@ LA	L 16–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2022-12-18	vs NE	W 30–24	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2022-12-24	@ PIT	L 10–13	1	0	−0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2023-01-01	vs SF	L 34–37 OT	8	32	−0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	2023-01-07	vs KC	L 13–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs MIA	L 16–17	1	5	0	+0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	vs NO	L 13–28	3	-1	0	−2.9	4	3	23	0	+1.7	3
4	2021-10-03	vs TB	L 17–19	1	0	0	−0.4	6	6	51	0	+2.3	2
5	2021-10-10	@ HOU	W 25–22	2	25	0	+1.3	4	4	6	0	−2.4	0
6	2021-10-17	vs DAL	L 29–35 OT	1	-1	0	−2.2	1	1	3	0	+1.0	1
7	2021-10-24	vs NYJ	W 54–13	2	0	0	−1.2	7	6	79	1	+7.3	0
8	2021-10-31	@ LAC	W 27–24	4	26	0	+1.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2021-11-07	@ CAR	W 24–6	8	54	0	+4.1	2	2	27	0	+1.3	1
10	2021-11-14	vs CLE	W 45–7	3	32	0	+1.7	3	3	38	0	+3.8	0
11	2021-11-18	@ ATL	W 25–0	1	1	0	−1.8	2	2	15	0	−0.4	0
12	2021-11-28	vs TEN	W 36–13	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	54	0	+3.5	1
13	2021-12-06	@ BUF	W 14–10	4	28	0	+0.1	1	1	7	0	−0.3	1
15	2021-12-18	@ IND	L 17–27	4	3	0	−3.7	5	3	41	0	−2.6	1
16	2021-12-26	vs BUF	L 21–33	2	4	0	−1.1	5	2	20	0	−1.1	1
17	2022-01-02	vs JAX	W 50–10	1	4	0	−0.2	3	2	21	0	+1.3	0
18	2022-01-09	@ MIA	L 24–33	7	46	1	+3.1	2	2	20	1	+3.6	1
P19	2022-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–47	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	27	0	−0.5	0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs PIT	W 33–3	1	7	0	+0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	2	-2	0	−1.1	3	2	21	0	−6.5	0
4	2019-09-29	@ BUF	W 16–10	1	4	1	+1.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2019-10-06	@ WAS	W 33–7	5	13	0	−1.6	1	1	29	1	+3.4	0
6	2019-10-10	vs NYG	W 35–14	3	23	1	+1.2	2	2	22	0	+2.0	0
7	2019-10-21	@ NYJ	W 33–0	1	2	0	−0.4	4	4	39	0	+1.4	0
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2019-11-24	vs DAL	W 13–9	1	11	0	+0.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	1	10	1	+1.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2018 game log (8 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs TEN	W 27–20	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2018-09-16	@ NYJ	W 20–12	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2018-10-07	@ CIN	L 17–27	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2018-12-02	vs BUF	W 21–17	1	10	0	+1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	vs NE	W 34–33	2	60	2	+5.9	1	1	0	0	−0.5	2
15	2018-12-16	@ MIN	L 17–41	1	12	0	+0.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2018-12-23	vs JAX	L 7–17	4	9	0	−6.0	1	1	4	1	+1.2	0
17	2018-12-30	@ BUF	L 17–42	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	9	0	+0.9	0

2017 game log (10 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2017-09-24	vs HOU	W 36–33	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
4	2017-10-01	vs CAR	L 30–33	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2017-10-15	@ NYJ	W 24–17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2017-10-22	vs ATL	W 23–7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2017-10-29	vs LAC	W 21–13	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2017-11-12	@ DEN	W 41–16	2	1	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2017-12-11	@ MIA	L 20–27	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2017-12-24	vs BUF	W 37–16	2	20	0	+1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs NYJ	W 26–6	9	46	0	−0.1	4	1	7	−1.1	0
P19	2018-01-13	vs TEN	W 35–14	4	27	1	+3.1	0	0	0	0.0	0

2016 game log (8 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	@ ARI	W 23–21	1	4	−0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2016-09-22	vs HOU	W 27–0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2016-10-02	vs BUF	L 0–16	0	0	0.0	3	2	15	−1.3	0
7	2016-10-23	@ PIT	W 27–16	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.3	0
13	2016-12-04	vs LA	W 26–10	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2016-12-18	@ DEN	W 16–3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P19	2017-01-14	vs HOU	W 34–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P21	2017-02-05	@ ATL	W 34–28 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-10	vs PIT	W 28–21	5	1	−2.4	2	1	12	0	−0.3	0
2	2015-09-20	@ BUF	W 40–32	1	1	−0.5	1	1	2	0	−0.2	0
6	2015-10-18	@ IND	W 34–27	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2015-11-08	vs WAS	W 27–10	1	12	+0.5	4	3	27	1	+3.2	0
10	2015-11-15	@ NYG	W 27–26	1	-3	−1.2	1	0	0	0	−0.6	1
11	2015-11-23	vs BUF	W 20–13	4	15	−0.7	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
12	2015-11-29	@ DEN	L 24–30 OT	4	11	−2.0	4	4	84	1	+6.7	0
13	2015-12-06	vs PHI	L 28–35	3	22	+0.1	5	1	2	0	−2.7	1
14	2015-12-13	@ HOU	W 27–6	16	51	−5.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2015-12-20	vs TEN	W 33–16	10	36	−2.5	3	2	18	0	+0.4	0
16	2015-12-27	@ NYJ	L 20–26 OT	9	30	−2.6	7	5	30	0	−2.1	0
17	2016-01-03	@ MIA	L 10–20	9	31	−2.3	2	2	5	0	−1.7	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs KC	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	-3	0	−1.2	2
P20	2016-01-24	@ DEN	L 18–20	5	12	−1.5	3	2	29	0	+2.3	0

2014 game log (13 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ MIA	L 20–33	2	8	0	−0.7	3	1	4	−1.3	0
2	2014-09-14	@ MIN	W 30–7	4	0	0	−2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs LV	W 16–9	2	4	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2014-10-05	vs CIN	W 43–17	1	3	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0.0	2
6	2014-10-12	@ BUF	W 37–22	6	10	0	−2.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2014-10-16	vs NYJ	W 27–25	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	−1.2	0
8	2014-10-26	vs CHI	W 51–23	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
9	2014-11-02	vs DEN	W 43–21	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2014-11-30	@ GB	L 21–26	3	17	1	+1.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ NYJ	W 17–16	5	32	0	+2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2014-12-28	vs BUF	L 9–17	5	15	0	−0.7	2	0	0	−2.4	1
P19	2015-01-10	vs BAL	W 35–31	3	7	0	−0.3	1	1	11	+0.9	1
P21	2015-02-01	@ SEA	W 28–24	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2013 game log (11 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2013-09-22	vs TB	W 23–3	3	51	0	+1.6	6	5	49	−1.0	0
4	2013-09-29	@ ATL	W 30–23	6	17	0	+1.5	1	1	-5	−1.4	0
5	2013-10-06	@ CIN	L 6–13	5	24	0	−1.2	8	6	40	+0.0	0
6	2013-10-13	vs NO	W 30–27	5	19	0	−2.5	3	2	9	−1.5	0
7	2013-10-20	@ NYJ	L 27–30 OT	8	36	1	+0.5	3	1	7	−0.2	0
8	2013-10-27	vs MIA	W 27–17	8	22	1	−1.2	2	2	7	−0.3	0
9	2013-11-03	vs PIT	W 55–31	3	36	0	+1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2013-11-24	vs DEN	W 34–31 OT	13	58	1	−1.2	1	1	11	+0.7	0
13	2013-12-01	@ HOU	W 34–31	3	2	0	−1.7	1	1	18	+1.3	0
16	2013-12-22	@ BAL	W 41–7	1	6	0	+0.1	4	2	16	−1.1	0
17	2013-12-29	vs BUF	W 34–20	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2012 game log (9 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	@ TEN	W 34–13	5	11	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2012-09-23	@ BAL	L 30–31	2	4	1	+1.8	0	0	0	0.0	2
4	2012-09-30	@ BUF	W 52–28	16	137	1	+7.5	1	1	11	+0.7	0
5	2012-10-07	vs DEN	W 31–21	14	54	0	−3.4	1	1	0	−0.5	0
6	2012-10-14	@ SEA	L 23–24	6	28	0	+1.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2012-12-10	vs HOU	W 42–14	2	11	0	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2012-12-16	vs SF	L 34–41	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2012-12-23	@ JAX	W 23–16	5	3	0	−2.8	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2012-12-30	vs MIA	W 28–0	6	26	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	1