Casey Fitzsimmons

TE · DET · 2003–2009

Born October 10, 1980 · College Carroll College · Undrafted · 6-4, 260 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)
2003	DET	12	40	23	160	2	57.5	−0.176	+0.022−0.148 to +0.192	8.8	–	−7.0	+0.03
2004	DET	15	14	10	103	0	71.4	+0.297	+0.091−0.092 to +0.275	2.9	–	+4.2	+0.19
2005	DET	12	17	10	45	1	58.8	−0.278		4.2	–	−4.7	+0.11
2006	DET	8	10	7	71	0	70.0	+0.255		3.4	7.1	+2.6	+0.07
2007	DET	14	10	8	85	1	80.0	+0.515		2.0	5.6	+5.2	+0.11
2008	DET	12	28	12	85	1	42.9	−0.357	+0.003−0.173 to +0.178	7.5	8.0	−10.0	−0.07
2009	DET	9	27	18	128	0	66.7	−0.092	+0.046−0.130 to +0.222	7.8	5.8	−2.5	−0.04
Career	DET	82	146	88	677	5	60.3	−0.085		5.1	6.7	−12.4	+0.39

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	Forced fumbles
2003	DET	12	4	–	–	–	0
2004	DET	15	5	–	–	–	0
2005	DET	12	11	–	–	–	1
2006	DET	8	6	0	–	–	0
2007	DET	14	13	0	–	–	0
2008	DET	12	7	0	–	–	1
2009	DET	9	7	0	0	0	0
Career	DET	82	53	0	0	0	2

2009 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	@ NO	L 27–45	1	1	11	+1.8	0
2	2009-09-20	vs MIN	L 13–27	1	1	2	−0.3	1
4	2009-10-04	@ CHI	L 24–48	2	2	10	−0.7	0
8	2009-11-01	vs LA	L 10–17	3	2	17	+0.3	1
9	2009-11-08	@ SEA	L 20–32	11	6	41	−1.5	1
10	2009-11-15	@ MIN	L 10–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2009-11-22	vs CLE	W 38–37	0	0	0	0.0	2
12	2009-11-26	vs GB	L 12–34	7	5	38	−2.6	0
13	2009-12-06	@ CIN	L 13–23	2	1	9	+0.5	1

2008 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ ATL	L 21–34	1	1	1	1	+0.7	0
2	2008-09-14	vs GB	L 25–48	3	3	32	0	+2.2	0
3	2008-09-21	@ SF	L 13–31	1	1	4	0	−0.2	1
6	2008-10-12	@ MIN	L 10–12	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
7	2008-10-19	@ HOU	L 21–28	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
8	2008-10-26	vs WAS	L 17–25	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
11	2008-11-16	@ CAR	L 22–31	4	3	11	0	−1.0	0
12	2008-11-23	vs TB	L 20–38	4	1	8	0	−0.3	1
13	2008-11-27	vs TEN	L 10–47	4	1	14	0	−2.0	0
14	2008-12-07	vs MIN	L 16–20	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
15	2008-12-14	@ IND	L 21–31	2	1	8	0	−1.0	1
17	2008-12-28	@ GB	L 21–31	7	1	7	0	−7.0	0

2007 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2007-09-16	vs MIN	W 20–17 OT	1	1	10	0	+0.6	1
3	2007-09-23	@ PHI	L 21–56	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
4	2007-09-30	vs CHI	W 37–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2007-10-07	@ WAS	L 3–34	1	1	4	0	−0.1	1
7	2007-10-21	vs TB	W 23–16	2	1	12	0	+0.3	0
8	2007-10-28	@ CHI	W 16–7	1	1	10	0	+0.6	1
9	2007-11-04	vs DEN	W 44–7	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	2007-11-11	@ ARI	L 21–31	2	2	27	0	+2.0	0
11	2007-11-18	vs NYG	L 10–16	1	1	21	0	+1.2	1
12	2007-11-22	vs GB	L 26–37	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
13	2007-12-02	@ MIN	L 10–42	1	1	1	1	+1.0	0
15	2007-12-16	@ LAC	L 14–51	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2007-12-23	vs KC	W 25–20	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2007-12-30	@ GB	L 13–34	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0

2006 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2006-10-01	@ LA	L 34–41	1	0	0	−1.0	0
7	2006-10-22	@ NYJ	L 24–31	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2006-11-05	vs ATL	W 30–14	3	2	35	+2.6	1
11	2006-11-19	@ ARI	L 10–17	0	0	0	0.0	2
12	2006-11-23	vs MIA	L 10–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2006-12-03	@ NE	L 21–28	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2006-12-17	@ GB	L 9–17	5	4	29	+0.6	0
16	2006-12-24	vs CHI	L 21–26	1	1	7	+0.3	0

2005 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2005-09-18	@ CHI	L 6–38	3	2	10	0	−3.4	0
4	2005-10-02	@ TB	L 13–17	1	1	11	0	+0.9	1
5	2005-10-09	vs BAL	W 35–17	1	1	2	1	+1.1	2
6	2005-10-16	vs CAR	L 20–21	2	1	4	0	+1.1	0
7	2005-10-23	@ CLE	W 13–10	2	2	10	0	−0.5	0
8	2005-10-30	vs CHI	L 13–19 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.5	2
9	2005-11-06	@ MIN	L 14–27	1	0	0	0	−0.4	1
11	2005-11-20	@ DAL	L 7–20	1	1	0	0	−0.5	0
12	2005-11-24	vs ATL	L 7–27	2	0	0	0	−1.3	0
13	2005-12-04	vs MIN	L 16–21	1	1	1	0	−0.7	3
16	2005-12-24	@ NO	W 13–12	1	1	7	0	+0.3	2
17	2006-01-01	@ PIT	L 21–35	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0

2004 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	@ CHI	W 20–16	1	1	4	+0.0	1
2	2004-09-19	vs HOU	W 28–16	1	1	6	+0.3	0
3	2004-09-26	vs PHI	L 13–30	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2004-10-10	@ ATL	W 17–10	1	1	7	+0.3	1
7	2004-10-24	@ NYG	W 28–13	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2004-10-31	@ DAL	L 21–31	1	1	9	+1.0	0
9	2004-11-07	vs WAS	L 10–17	1	1	14	+2.1	0
10	2004-11-14	@ JAX	L 17–23 OT	1	0	0	−1.2	0
11	2004-11-21	@ MIN	L 19–22	1	1	15	+1.9	0
12	2004-11-25	vs IND	L 9–41	1	1	7	+0.2	0
13	2004-12-05	vs ARI	W 26–12	1	0	0	−1.7	0
14	2004-12-12	@ GB	L 13–16	1	1	9	+0.7	0
15	2004-12-19	vs MIN	L 27–28	1	0	0	−0.6	0
16	2004-12-26	vs CHI	W 19–13	2	1	27	+1.0	0
17	2005-01-02	@ TEN	L 19–24	1	1	5	+0.1	1

2003 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2003-09-14	@ GB	L 6–31	6	2	18	0	−10.3	0
4	2003-09-28	@ DEN	L 16–20	2	1	15	0	+1.3	0
5	2003-10-05	@ SF	L 17–24	2	2	22	0	+2.6	0
7	2003-10-19	vs DAL	L 7–38	3	0	0	0	−1.9	1
8	2003-10-26	@ CHI	L 16–24	2	1	1	0	−1.4	0
9	2003-11-02	vs LV	W 23–13	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2003-11-09	vs CHI	W 12–10	8	5	33	0	−1.8	0
11	2003-11-16	@ SEA	L 14–35	1	1	7	0	+0.4	1
12	2003-11-23	@ MIN	L 14–24	3	1	6	0	−0.8	0
13	2003-11-27	vs GB	W 22–14	3	3	13	0	+2.4	0
14	2003-12-07	vs LAC	L 7–14	5	3	9	1	−0.4	1
17	2003-12-28	vs LA	W 30–20	5	4	36	1	+2.8	0