Cecil Sapp

RB · DEN/HOU · 2003–2008

Born December 23, 1978 · College Colorado State · Undrafted · 5-11, 236 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2003	DEN	1	12	31	0	2.58	−0.380	−0.102−0.166 to −0.038	25.0	−4.6	−0.01
2004	DEN	3	4	32	0	8.00	+0.076	−0.094−0.158 to −0.029	50.0	+0.3	+0.00
2005	DEN	7	5	21	0	4.20	+0.026	−0.102−0.166 to −0.038	20.0	+0.1	+0.00
2006	DEN	11	10	80	0	8.00	+0.409	−0.094−0.158 to −0.030	40.0	+4.1	+0.24
2007	DEN	15	18	59	2	3.28	−0.101	−0.100−0.164 to −0.036	38.9	−1.8	+0.12
2008	HOU	5	2	-3	0	-1.50	−1.409	−0.081−0.146 to −0.017	0.0	−2.8	−0.07
Career	HOU	42	51	220	2	4.31	−0.092		33.3	−4.7	+0.27

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2005	DEN	7	2	2	17	0	100.0	+0.856	1.2	–	+1.7	+0.01
2005 playoffs	DEN	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.532	1.8	–	−0.5	−0.00
2006	DEN	11	10	8	34	0	80.0	−0.185	3.3	1.5	−1.8	−0.03
2007	DEN	15	20	14	51	1	70.0	−0.150	4.2	0.7	−3.0	−0.06
Career	HOU	42	32	24	102	1	75.0	−0.098	2.6	0.9	−3.1	−0.08

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
2004	DEN	3	2	–	–	–	0
2004 playoffs	DEN	1	1	–	–	–	0
2005	DEN	7	7	–	–	–	1
2005 playoffs	DEN	2	2	–	–	–	0
2006	DEN	11	7	0	–	–	0
2007	DEN	15	7	0	–	–	0
2008	HOU	5	5	0	–	–	0
Career	HOU	42	28	0	0	0	1

2008 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
6	2008-10-12	vs MIA	W 29–28	0	0	0.0	1
8	2008-10-26	vs CIN	W 35–6	0	0	0.0	1
14	2008-12-07	@ GB	W 24–21	1	-3	−2.2	1
15	2008-12-14	vs TEN	W 13–12	1	0	−0.7	0
17	2008-12-28	vs CHI	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	2

2007 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	@ BUF	W 15–14	3	7	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2007-09-16	vs LV	W 23–20 OT	2	6	1	+3.0	3	2	18	0	−0.1	1
3	2007-09-23	vs JAX	L 14–23	1	12	0	+0.6	1	1	5	0	+0.2	1
4	2007-09-30	@ IND	L 20–38	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	10	0	+1.1	0
7	2007-10-21	vs PIT	W 31–28	1	3	0	+0.5	1	1	1	1	+1.5	0
8	2007-10-29	vs GB	L 13–19 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0
9	2007-11-04	@ DET	L 7–44	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	2	0	−0.8	0
10	2007-11-11	@ KC	W 27–11	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2007-11-19	vs TEN	W 34–20	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	−0.7	1
12	2007-11-25	@ CHI	L 34–37 OT	7	28	1	−0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.1	2
13	2007-12-02	@ LV	L 20–34	1	0	0	−0.3	3	3	4	0	−1.3	0
14	2007-12-09	vs KC	W 41–7	1	3	0	−0.3	1	0	0	0	−0.4	1
15	2007-12-13	@ HOU	L 13–31	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
16	2007-12-24	@ LAC	L 3–23	2	0	0	−4.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2007-12-30	vs MIN	W 22–19 OT	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	1	0	−1.6	0

2006 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2006-09-17	vs KC	W 9–6 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2006-09-24	@ NE	W 17–7	0	0	0.0	2	1	3	−0.7	0
5	2006-10-09	vs BAL	W 13–3	3	10	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2006-10-15	vs LV	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	3	2	4	−1.3	0
7	2006-10-22	@ CLE	W 17–7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2006-10-29	vs IND	L 31–34	2	39	+4.5	1	1	3	−0.2	1
9	2006-11-05	@ PIT	W 31–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	+0.3	1
10	2006-11-12	@ LV	W 17–13	2	6	−1.2	1	1	9	+0.9	3
11	2006-11-19	vs LAC	L 27–35	1	1	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2006-11-23	@ KC	L 10–19	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	+0.3	0
13	2006-12-03	vs SEA	L 20–23	2	24	+1.6	1	1	1	−1.0	0

2005 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2005-09-26	vs KC	W 30–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	+1.6	1
4	2005-10-02	@ JAX	W 20–7	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	+0.2	0
5	2005-10-09	vs WAS	W 21–19	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2005-11-20	vs NYJ	W 27–0	5	21	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	2
12	2005-11-24	@ DAL	W 24–21 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2005-12-24	vs LV	W 22–3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2005-12-31	@ LAC	W 23–7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P19	2006-01-14	vs NE	W 27–13	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
P20	2006-01-22	vs PIT	L 17–34	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5	0

2004 game log (4 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
14	2004-12-12	vs MIA	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	1
16	2004-12-25	@ TEN	W 37–16	0	0	0.0	1
17	2005-01-02	vs IND	W 33–14	4	32	+0.3	0
P18	2005-01-09	@ IND	L 24–49	0	0	0.0	1

2003 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
17	2003-12-28	@ GB	L 3–31	12	31	0	−4.6