Byron Leftwich

QB · JAX/ATL/PIT/TB · 2003–2012

Born January 14, 1980 · College Marshall · Drafted 2003, round 1, pick 7 (JAX) · 6-5, 250 lb

EPA per dropback by season

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

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)
2003	JAX	15	239	419	57.0	2,819	14	17	478	+0.018	+0.027−0.066 to +0.121	−0.02	−0.11	–	44.4	5.14	18
2004	JAX	14	267	441	60.5	2,941	15	10	535	+0.064	+0.081−0.010 to +0.171	+0.29	+1.55	–	42.6	5.74	18
2005	JAX	11	175	302	57.9	2,123	15	5	349	+0.097	+0.057−0.044 to +0.158	−0.02	−0.06	–	43.8	6.46	16
2005 playoffs	JAX	1	18	31	58.1	179	0	1	39	−0.209		−0.14	−0.05	–	41.0	2.97	11
2006	JAX	6	109	184	59.2	1,158	7	5	211	+0.039	−0.047−0.158 to +0.065	+0.07	+0.16	−1.2	41.7	5.31	15
2007	ATL	3	32	59	54.2	279	1	3	66	−0.484	−0.159−0.287 to −0.032	−0.81	−0.53	−6.5	36.4	2.14	–
2008	PIT	5	21	36	58.3	303	2	0	40	+0.513	−0.067−0.198 to +0.064	+0.63	+0.25	+5.8	55.0	8.45	–
2008 playoffs	PIT	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	−0.827		−0.03	−0.00	−29.1	0.0	0.00	–
2009	TB	3	58	107	54.2	594	4	3	117	−0.094	−0.120−0.241 to +0.001	−0.21	−0.25	−1.9	34.2	4.94	–
2010	PIT	1	5	7	71.4	42	0	0	9	+0.153	−0.106−0.241 to +0.030	−0.00	−0.00	−0.4	55.6	3.89	–
2012	PIT	2	25	53	47.2	272	0	1	61	+0.070	−0.099−0.227 to +0.029	−0.37	−0.23	−12.9	36.1	3.62	–
Career	PIT	60	931	1,608	57.9	10,531	58	44	1,866	+0.037		+0.04	+0.78	−2.9	42.6	5.47	–

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2003	JAX	15	7	-7	0	-1.00	−1.428	0.0	−10.0	−0.15
2004	JAX	14	6	-2	1	-0.33	+0.098	42.9	+0.7	−0.03
2005	JAX	11	8	28	2	3.50	+0.882	77.8	+7.9	+0.29
2005 playoffs	JAX	1	1	0	0	0.00	−1.404	0.0	−1.4	−0.03
2006	JAX	6	7	8	1	1.14	+0.044	37.5	+0.4	+0.04
2007	ATL	3	4	1	0	0.25	−0.956	25.0	−3.8	−0.15
2008 playoffs	PIT	1	1	2	0	2.00	−0.544	0.0	−0.5	−0.00
2009	TB	3	3	2	0	0.67	−0.460	33.3	−1.4	−0.01
Career	PIT	60	35	30	4	0.86	−0.164	39.5	−6.2	−0.01

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2004	JAX	14	1	1	-7	0	100.0	−2.124		0.2	–	−2.1	−0.06

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

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2003	JAX	15	1	–	–	–
2004	JAX	14	2	–	–	–
2005	JAX	11	1	–	–	–
2007	ATL	3	1	0	–	–
Career	PIT	60	5	0	0	0

2012 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
10	2012-11-12	vs KC	W 16–13 OT	7/14	73	0	0	+0.38	+16.9
11	2012-11-18	vs BAL	L 10–13	18/39	199	0	1	−0.04	−39.6

2010 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
17	2011-01-02	@ CLE	W 41–9	5/7	42	0	0	+0.15	−0.0

2009 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2009-09-13	vs DAL	L 21–34	25/41	276	1	0	+0.16	+3.2	2	2	−0.5
2	2009-09-20	@ BUF	L 20–33	26/50	296	3	2	−0.07	−15.9	1	0	−0.9
3	2009-09-27	vs NYG	L 0–24	7/16	22	0	1	−0.83	−12.0	0	0	0.0

2008 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2008-09-07	vs HOU	W 38–17	0/4	0	0	−1.03	−0.0	0	0	0.0
3	2008-09-21	@ PHI	L 6–15	4/7	60	0	−0.10	−3.6	0	0	0.0
7	2008-10-19	@ CIN	W 38–10	3/3	34	1	+1.76	+0.0	0	0	0.0
9	2008-11-03	@ WAS	W 23–6	7/10	129	1	+0.94	+24.7	0	0	0.0
17	2008-12-28	vs CLE	W 31–0	7/11	80	0	+0.66	+4.1	0	0	0.0
P19	2009-01-11	vs LAC	W 35–24	0/1	0	0	−0.83	−0.0	1	2	−0.5

2007 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
5	2007-10-07	@ TEN	L 13–20	2/8	28	0	1	−0.71	−28.9	3	1	−2.5	0
7	2007-10-21	@ NO	L 16–22	15/23	145	1	0	+0.14	+12.9	1	0	−1.3	0
11	2007-11-18	vs TB	L 7–31	15/28	106	0	2	−0.91	−37.3	0	0	0.0	1

2006 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
1	2006-09-10	vs DAL	W 24–17	23/34	237	1	1	+0.15	+26.1	2	3	1	+0.9
2	2006-09-18	vs PIT	W 9–0	26/39	260	0	1	+0.10	+21.5	1	1	0	−0.6
3	2006-09-24	@ IND	L 14–21	16/28	107	1	2	−0.08	−18.0	2	0	0	−1.7
4	2006-10-01	@ WAS	L 30–36 OT	21/35	289	3	1	+0.13	+1.2	1	2	0	+1.9
5	2006-10-08	vs NYJ	W 41–0	9/20	140	2	0	+0.26	+4.7	1	2	0	−0.2
7	2006-10-22	@ HOU	L 7–27	14/28	125	0	0	−0.31	−19.6	0	0	0	0.0

2005 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs SEA	W 26–14	17/31	252	2	0	+0.21	+23.7	1	3	0	−0.2	0
2	2005-09-18	@ IND	L 3–10	16/27	198	0	0	−0.18	−21.4	1	4	0	+0.9	0
3	2005-09-25	@ NYJ	W 26–20 OT	16/23	177	2	1	+0.14	−31.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2005-10-02	vs DEN	L 7–20	20/34	240	1	2	−0.11	−27.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2005-10-09	vs CIN	W 23–20	10/24	161	2	0	+0.04	+3.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2005-10-16	@ PIT	W 23–17 OT	19/35	177	1	1	+0.09	−16.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2005-10-30	@ LA	L 21–24	18/31	213	2	1	−0.02	−28.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2005-11-06	vs HOU	W 21–14	19/25	218	1	0	+0.39	+42.7	1	8	1	+3.0	0
10	2005-11-13	vs BAL	W 30–3	16/30	211	1	0	+0.13	+6.7	1	2	0	−0.2	0
11	2005-11-20	@ TEN	W 31–28	22/38	258	3	0	+0.26	+36.2	4	11	1	+4.4	0
12	2005-11-27	@ ARI	W 24–17	2/2	18	0	0	+0.93	+6.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2006-01-07	@ NE	L 3–28	18/31	179	0	1	−0.21	−5.4	1	0	0	−1.4	0

2004 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	@ BUF	W 13–10	18/36	147	1	2	−0.15	+24.2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2004-09-19	vs DEN	W 7–6	8/16	120	1	0	−0.02	−8.7	1	-2	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2004-09-26	@ TEN	W 15–12	14/20	124	1	0	+0.17	+34.5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2004-10-03	vs IND	L 17–24	29/41	318	1	0	+0.36	+37.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2004-10-10	@ LAC	L 21–34	36/54	357	1	2	+0.04	−17.8	1	2	1	+2.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2004-10-17	vs KC	W 22–16	24/36	298	2	0	+0.24	+45.8	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2004-10-24	@ IND	W 27–24	23/30	300	2	1	+0.54	+70.6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2004-10-31	@ HOU	L 6–20	25/40	227	0	2	−0.24	−17.5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2004-11-28	@ MIN	L 16–27	19/34	235	1	0	−0.02	−13.8	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2004-12-05	vs PIT	L 16–17	16/27	268	1	0	+0.41	+49.3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2004-12-12	vs CHI	W 22–3	25/45	242	2	1	−0.03	+3.2	2	-2	0	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2004-12-19	@ GB	W 28–25	9/20	121	2	0	+0.04	+2.4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2004-12-26	vs HOU	L 0–21	6/14	35	0	1	−0.67	−42.8	1	-1	0	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2005-01-02	@ LV	W 13–6	15/28	149	0	1	−0.01	−11.9	1	1	0	−0.2	1	1	-7	−2.1	0

2003 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
2	2003-09-14	vs BUF	L 17–38	7/8	92	1	0	+1.03	+0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2003-09-21	@ IND	L 13–23	4/5	32	1	0	+0.80	−0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2003-09-28	@ HOU	L 20–24	17/36	231	1	3	+0.02	−8.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2003-10-05	vs LAC	W 27–21	19/28	336	2	0	+0.42	+36.3	2	-1	−5.5	0
6	2003-10-12	vs MIA	L 10–24	24/42	256	0	3	−0.04	−2.9	0	0	0.0	0
8	2003-10-26	vs TEN	L 17–30	15/28	158	1	3	−0.56	−18.3	0	0	0.0	0
9	2003-11-02	@ BAL	L 17–24	22/34	208	1	1	−0.04	−22.3	0	0	0.0	1
10	2003-11-09	vs IND	W 28–23	12/22	179	1	0	+0.41	+30.6	1	-1	−0.0	0
11	2003-11-16	@ TEN	L 3–10	15/31	151	0	2	−0.43	−18.1	0	0	0.0	0
12	2003-11-23	@ NYJ	L 10–13	17/33	172	0	1	−0.12	−16.4	0	0	0.0	0
13	2003-11-30	vs TB	W 17–10	20/34	224	2	0	+0.20	+19.7	2	-3	−2.6	0
14	2003-12-07	vs HOU	W 27–0	18/29	194	1	0	+0.04	−1.6	1	-2	−1.1	0
15	2003-12-14	@ NE	L 13–27	21/40	288	1	2	−0.10	−7.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2003-12-21	vs NO	W 20–19	9/17	131	1	2	+0.08	+9.2	0	0	0.0	0
17	2003-12-28	@ ATL	L 14–21	19/32	167	1	0	+0.10	−12.0	1	0	−0.8	0