Brian Hoyer

QB · NE/ARI/CLE/HOU/CHI/SF/IND/LV · 2009–2023

Born October 13, 1985 · College Michigan State · Undrafted · 6-2, 216 lb

EPA per dropback by season

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

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	INT	Dropbacks	EPA/db	Stabilised EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2009	NE	4	19	27	70.4	142	0	0	35	−0.059	−0.122−0.254 to +0.010	−0.13	−0.05	−1.8	42.9	4.28	–
2010	NE	3	7	15	46.7	122	1	1	16	+0.270	−0.097−0.232 to +0.038	−0.06	−0.01	−13.3	43.8	6.47	–
2011	NE	1	1	1	100.0	22	0	0	1	−0.578	−0.122−0.259 to +0.015	+0.00	+0.00	+55.0	0.0	22.00	–
2012	ARI	2	30	53	56.6	330	1	2	60	−0.205	−0.134−0.262 to −0.006	−0.00	−0.00	−5.6	36.7	4.04	–
2013	CLE	3	57	96	59.4	615	5	3	105	−0.010	−0.095−0.218 to +0.027	+0.43	+0.45	−2.5	41.9	5.22	–
2014	CLE	14	242	438	55.3	3,326	12	13	497	+0.004	+0.039−0.054 to +0.131	+0.18	+0.87	−6.3	42.7	6.12	30
2015	HOU	11	224	369	60.7	2,606	19	7	417	+0.035	+0.045−0.052 to +0.142	+0.21	+0.86	−1.7	46.5	6.31	23
2015 playoffs	HOU	1	15	34	44.1	136	0	4	39	−0.686		−0.73	−0.29	−19.3	30.8	-1.84	12
2016	CHI	6	134	200	67.0	1,445	6	0	213	+0.144	+0.012−0.100 to +0.123	+0.21	+0.45	+3.4	48.4	7.66	12
2017	SF	8	123	211	58.3	1,287	4	4	239	−0.087	−0.072−0.182 to +0.037	−0.28	−0.66	−6.3	39.7	4.74	33
2018	NE	2	1	2	50.0	7	0	0	2	−1.501	−0.108−0.245 to +0.029	−0.04	−0.00	−28.6	0.0	3.50	–
2019	IND	2	35	65	53.8	372	4	4	74	−0.385	−0.155−0.281 to −0.028	−1.25	−0.92	−8.7	39.2	3.21	–
2020	NE	1	15	24	62.5	130	0	1	27	−0.279	−0.078−0.211 to +0.055	−0.48	−0.13	−1.3	40.7	2.58	–
2021	NE	3	9	11	81.8	227	1	0	11	+1.898	−0.067−0.202 to +0.068	+0.00	+0.00	+14.4	81.8	22.45	–
2022	NE	1	5	6	83.3	37	0	0	7	−0.304	−0.126−0.262 to +0.010	−0.21	−0.01	+13.0	42.9	4.14	–
2023	LV	2	23	42	54.8	231	0	2	47	+0.024	−0.122−0.252 to +0.008	+0.42	+0.20	−11.2	48.9	3.09	–
Career	LV	63	925	1,560	59.3	10,899	53	37	1,751	−0.002		+0.06	+1.04	−3.6	43.8	5.85	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2009	NE	4	2	1	1	0.50	+0.100	33.3	+0.3	−0.00
2013	CLE	3	1	-2	0	-2.00	−0.851	0.0	−0.9	−0.02
2014	CLE	14	10	-4	0	-0.40	−0.593	40.0	−5.9	−0.12
2015	HOU	11	2	4	0	2.00	+0.400	100.0	+0.8	+0.04
2016	CHI	6	2	-1	0	-0.50	−1.197	0.0	−2.4	−0.05
2017	SF	8	4	-2	0	-0.50	−0.469	25.0	−1.9	−0.05
2018	NE	2	1	2	0	2.00	+0.752	100.0	+0.8	+0.00
2021	NE	3	1	2	0	2.00	−1.442	0.0	−1.4	+0.00
Career	LV	63	23	0	1	0.00	−0.443	37.5	−10.6	−0.19

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2014	CLE	14	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.776		0.2	0.0	−0.8	−0.03

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
2014	CLE	14	1
2016	CHI	6	1
2017	SF	8	1
Career	LV	63	3

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	CHI	6	309	82.8	–	–
2017	SF/NE	10	377	54.2	–	–
2018	NE	4	17	6.0	–	–
2019	IND	2	122	89.1	–	–
2020	NE	1	50	66.7	–	–
2021	NE	4	30	11.2	–	–
2022	NE	1	15	25.9	–	–
2023	LV	3	77	41.4	–	–

Pressure and play action

Regular season. Pressure from 2016; play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws (per attempt) from 2022. The sources changed in 2023, so compare a season with its league, not across years. Pressure and time to throw: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on); play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws: FTN Data via nflverse (2022 on). Both CC BY-SA 4.0; aggregated by Red Zone Math, and this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Dropbacks	Pressured %	EPA/db pressured	EPA/db clean	Time to throw (s)	Play action %	EPA/db with play action	Blitzed %	EPA/db vs a blitz	Interception- worthy %
2016	213	16.7	−0.37	+0.33	2.51	–	–	–	–	–
2017	239	31.3	−0.22	+0.10	2.47	–	–	–	–	–
2018	2	0.0	–	−1.50	1.60	–	–	–	–	–
2019	74	36.9	−0.59	−0.04	2.65	–	–	–	–	–
2020	27	8.3	+0.25	−0.11	2.39	–	–	–	–	–
2021	11	27.3	+2.26	+1.76	2.36	–	–	–	–	–
2022	7	50.0	+0.01	+0.12	2.19	28.6	+0.47	57.1	−0.17	0.0
2023	47	12.8	−0.07	+0.04	2.42	19.1	−0.46	29.8	−0.12	4.8

Game logs

2023 game log (2 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
6	2023-10-15	vs NE	W 21–17	6/10	102	0	0	+0.59	+22.8
7	2023-10-22	@ CHI	L 12–30	17/32	129	0	2	−0.15	−3.1

2022 game log (1 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
4	2022-10-02	@ GB	L 24–27 OT	5/6	37	0	0	−0.30	−1.5

2021 game log (3 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
7	2021-10-24	vs NYJ	W 54–13	3/4	79	0	+2.02	+0.0	0	0	0.0
10	2021-11-14	vs CLE	W 45–7	3/3	85	1	+2.57	+0.0	0	0	0.0
17	2022-01-02	vs JAX	W 50–10	3/4	63	0	+1.27	+0.0	1	2	−1.4

2020 game log (1 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
4	2020-10-05	@ KC	L 10–26	15/24	130	0	1	−0.28	−13.0

2019 game log (2 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
9	2019-11-03	@ PIT	L 24–26	17/26	168	3	1	−0.23	+5.3
10	2019-11-10	vs MIA	L 12–16	18/39	204	1	3	−0.51	−97.5

2018 game log (2 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
10	2018-11-11	@ TEN	L 10–34	1	2	0	+0.8
16	2018-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–12	0	0	0	0.0

2017 game log (8 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	vs CAR	L 3–23	24/35	193	0	1	−0.36	−26.3	1	-5	−1.7	1
2	2017-09-17	@ SEA	L 9–12	15/27	99	0	1	−0.55	−23.8	0	0	0.0	0
3	2017-09-21	vs LA	L 39–41	23/37	332	2	1	+0.13	−19.9	0	0	0.0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ ARI	L 15–18 OT	24/49	234	0	1	−0.12	−53.9	1	3	+2.4	0
5	2017-10-08	@ IND	L 23–26 OT	29/46	353	2	0	+0.35	+63.0	2	0	−2.5	0
6	2017-10-15	@ WAS	L 24–26	4/11	34	0	0	−0.40	−5.1	0	0	0.0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ DEN	W 41–16	3/3	37	0	0	+0.30	+0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs NYJ	W 26–6	1/3	5	0	0	−0.88	−0.0	0	0	0.0	0

2016 game log (6 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-19	vs PHI	L 14–29	9/12	78	0	+0.00	+1.3	0	0	0.0	0
3	2016-09-25	@ DAL	L 17–31	30/47	317	2	+0.04	−6.2	1	-1	−0.9	1
4	2016-10-02	vs DET	W 17–14	28/36	302	2	+0.39	+51.5	0	0	0.0	0
5	2016-10-09	@ IND	L 23–29	33/43	397	2	+0.31	+25.3	0	0	0.0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs JAX	L 16–17	30/49	302	0	+0.01	−23.7	1	0	−1.5	0
7	2016-10-20	@ GB	L 10–26	4/11	49	0	−0.12	−2.8	0	0	0.0	0

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2015-09-13	vs KC	L 20–27	18/34	236	1	1	−0.32	−14.6	0	0	0.0
4	2015-10-04	@ ATL	L 21–48	17/30	232	2	0	+0.43	−0.0	0	0	0.0
5	2015-10-08	vs IND	L 20–27	24/31	312	2	1	+0.39	+34.1	0	0	0.0
6	2015-10-18	@ JAX	W 31–20	24/36	293	3	0	+0.43	+56.5	1	2	+0.5
7	2015-10-25	@ MIA	L 26–44	23/49	273	3	1	−0.03	−10.0	0	0	0.0
8	2015-11-01	vs TEN	W 20–6	23/35	235	2	0	−0.06	+7.1	0	0	0.0
10	2015-11-16	@ CIN	W 10–6	12/22	123	0	1	−0.00	+4.5	0	0	0.0
12	2015-11-29	vs NO	W 24–6	21/27	205	2	1	+0.14	+19.4	0	0	0.0
13	2015-12-06	@ BUF	L 21–30	26/43	293	3	1	+0.05	−1.6	1	2	+0.3
14	2015-12-13	vs NE	L 6–27	11/22	155	0	0	−0.67	−13.8	0	0	0.0
17	2016-01-03	vs JAX	W 30–6	25/40	249	1	1	−0.03	+4.1	0	0	0.0
P18	2016-01-09	vs KC	L 0–30	15/34	136	0	4	−0.69	−28.6	0	0	0.0

2014 game log (14 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ PIT	L 27–30	18/30	222	1	0	+0.15	−21.1	1	-2	−2.1	0	0.0	0
2	2014-09-14	vs NO	W 26–24	24/40	204	1	0	+0.05	+68.3	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs BAL	L 21–23	19/25	290	1	0	+0.50	+38.9	1	-6	−1.5	0	0.0	0
5	2014-10-05	@ TEN	W 29–28	21/37	291	3	1	+0.16	+24.9	1	2	+0.6	0	0.0	0
6	2014-10-12	vs PIT	W 31–10	8/17	217	1	0	+0.54	+18.6	1	0	−1.1	0	0.0	0
7	2014-10-19	@ JAX	L 6–24	16/41	215	0	1	−0.48	−40.6	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs LV	W 23–13	19/28	275	1	0	+0.16	+15.9	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
9	2014-11-02	vs TB	W 22–17	21/34	300	2	2	−0.16	−9.4	1	2	+0.2	0	0.0	0
10	2014-11-06	@ CIN	W 24–3	15/23	198	0	0	+0.44	+19.6	3	-2	−1.1	0	0.0	0
11	2014-11-16	vs HOU	L 7–23	20/50	330	1	1	−0.21	−24.3	1	2	+0.5	0	0.0	1
12	2014-11-23	@ ATL	W 26–24	23/39	322	0	3	+0.08	+43.5	1	0	−1.3	1	−0.8	0
13	2014-11-30	@ BUF	L 10–26	18/30	192	0	2	−0.26	−12.3	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
14	2014-12-07	vs IND	L 24–25	13/30	136	0	2	−0.33	−54.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ CAR	L 13–17	7/13	134	1	1	+0.10	+19.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0

2013 game log (3 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
3	2013-09-22	@ MIN	W 31–27	30/54	321	3	3	−0.17	+11.5	1	-2	−0.9
4	2013-09-29	vs CIN	W 17–6	25/38	269	2	0	+0.18	+32.7	0	0	0.0
5	2013-10-03	vs BUF	W 37–24	2/4	25	0	0	+0.20	+0.7	0	0	0.0

2012 game log (2 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
16	2012-12-23	vs CHI	L 13–28	11/19	105	0	1	−0.47	−0.2
17	2012-12-30	@ SF	L 13–27	19/34	225	1	1	−0.06	+0.0

2011 game log (1 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
17	2012-01-01	vs BUF	W 49–21

2010 game log (3 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
9	2010-11-07	@ CLE	L 14–34	0/2	0	0	1	−1.47	−0.1
16	2010-12-26	@ BUF	W 34–3	–	0	0	0	−0.74	−0.0
17	2011-01-02	vs MIA	W 38–7	7/13	122	1	0	+0.62	−0.9

2009 game log (4 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	9/11	52	−0.17	+0.0	2	1	1	+0.7
7	2009-10-25	@ TB	W 35–7	–	0	+2.08	+0.0	0	0	0	−0.4
12	2009-11-30	@ NO	L 17–38	2/4	19	−0.45	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0
17	2010-01-03	@ HOU	L 27–34	8/12	71	+0.01	−4.7	0	0	0	0.0