Cecil Shorts

WR · JAX/HOU/TB · 2011–2016

Born December 22, 1987 · College Mount Union College · Drafted 2011, round 4, pick 114 (JAX) · 6-0, 202 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2012	JAX	14	1	-4	-4.00	−1.121	0.0	−1.1	−0.03
2015	HOU	11	10	47	4.70	+0.041	60.0	+0.4	+0.05
Career	TB	65	11	43	3.91	−0.065	54.5	−0.7	+0.01

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2011	JAX	7	11	2	30	1	18.2	−0.525	−0.071−0.258 to +0.116	5.1	14.8	−5.8	−0.08
2012	JAX	14	105	55	979	7	52.4	+0.325	+0.256+0.102 to +0.411	21.1	12.4	+34.1	+1.14
2013	JAX	13	125	66	777	3	52.8	−0.089	+0.105−0.044 to +0.255	26.8	10.3	−11.1	+0.06
2014	JAX	13	110	53	557	1	48.2	−0.301	+0.036−0.117 to +0.189	24.6	8.2	−33.1	−0.57
2015	HOU	11	75	42	484	2	56.0	−0.076	+0.117−0.046 to +0.280	17.7	8.6	−5.7	−0.05
2015 playoffs	HOU	1	3	1	5	0	33.3	−0.907		8.8	6.0	−2.7	−0.04
2016	TB	7	27	11	152	0	40.7	−0.013	+0.062−0.118 to +0.242	10.4	14.6	−0.4	−0.02
Career	TB	65	453	229	2,979	14	50.6	−0.049		19.6	10.4	−22.0	+0.48

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
2011	JAX	7	2
2014	JAX	13	4
2016	TB	7	1
Career	TB	65	7

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	TB	9	250	39.3	–	–

Game logs

2016 game log (7 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-18	@ ARI	L 7–40	2	1	12	+0.6	0
8	2016-10-30	vs LV	L 24–30 OT	4	0	0	−3.9	0
9	2016-11-03	vs ATL	L 28–43	4	1	20	+0.2	0
10	2016-11-13	vs CHI	W 36–10	5	2	38	−2.2	1
11	2016-11-20	@ KC	W 19–17	7	5	62	+5.1	0
12	2016-11-27	vs SEA	W 14–5	3	1	6	−1.6	0
13	2016-12-04	@ LAC	W 28–21	2	1	14	+1.5	0

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2015-09-13	vs KC	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	8	4	57	0	−0.9
2	2015-09-20	@ CAR	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	12	6	34	0	−4.1
3	2015-09-27	vs TB	W 19–9	0	0	0.0	9	6	58	0	+1.2
4	2015-10-04	@ ATL	L 21–48	0	0	0.0	10	6	87	1	−0.4
6	2015-10-18	@ JAX	W 31–20	0	0	0.0	6	4	63	0	+2.6
10	2015-11-16	@ CIN	W 10–6	0	0	0.0	7	3	16	0	−0.9
11	2015-11-22	vs NYJ	W 24–17	4	26	+2.2	5	2	51	0	+1.3
12	2015-11-29	vs NO	W 24–6	3	20	+1.6	4	3	18	1	−3.1
13	2015-12-06	@ BUF	L 21–30	1	1	−0.4	10	6	91	0	+0.0
14	2015-12-13	vs NE	L 6–27	2	0	−3.0	3	2	9	0	−1.1
15	2015-12-20	@ IND	W 16–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4
P18	2016-01-09	vs KC	L 0–30	0	0	0.0	3	1	5	0	−2.7

2014 game log (13 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2014-09-21	vs IND	L 17–44	10	5	35	1	+0.8	1
4	2014-09-28	@ LAC	L 14–33	4	2	25	0	−2.8	1
6	2014-10-12	@ TEN	L 14–16	16	10	103	0	−4.5	0
7	2014-10-19	vs CLE	W 24–6	9	3	12	0	−7.7	1
8	2014-10-26	vs MIA	L 13–27	8	3	41	0	−7.6	1
9	2014-11-02	@ CIN	L 23–33	7	5	40	0	−1.8	0
10	2014-11-09	vs DAL	L 17–31	7	5	119	0	+2.2	0
12	2014-11-23	@ IND	L 3–23	3	1	6	0	−3.4	0
13	2014-11-30	vs NYG	W 25–24	8	4	35	0	+2.0	0
14	2014-12-07	vs HOU	L 13–27	10	2	3	0	−6.3	0
15	2014-12-14	@ BAL	L 12–20	11	6	76	0	−1.6	0
16	2014-12-18	vs TEN	W 21–13	7	2	15	0	−1.7	0
17	2014-12-28	@ HOU	L 17–23	10	5	47	0	−0.8	0

2013 game log (13 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2013-09-08	vs KC	L 2–28	11	3	40	0	−6.1
2	2013-09-15	@ LV	L 9–19	14	8	93	0	+2.5
3	2013-09-22	@ SEA	L 17–45	15	8	143	0	+6.2
4	2013-09-29	vs IND	L 3–37	12	7	61	0	−10.5
5	2013-10-06	@ LA	L 20–34	11	5	74	1	−1.9
6	2013-10-13	@ DEN	L 19–35	1	0	0	0	−1.5
7	2013-10-20	vs LAC	L 6–24	13	8	80	0	−3.3
8	2013-10-27	vs SF	L 10–42	10	7	74	0	+2.9
10	2013-11-10	@ TEN	W 29–27	4	2	42	0	−0.3
11	2013-11-17	vs ARI	L 14–27	5	2	22	0	−0.9
12	2013-11-24	@ HOU	W 13–6	11	8	71	0	+4.2
13	2013-12-01	@ CLE	W 32–28	11	6	64	1	−0.6
14	2013-12-05	vs HOU	W 27–20	7	2	13	1	−1.7

2012 game log (14 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2012-09-09	@ MIN	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0.0	7	4	74	1	+6.6
2	2012-09-16	vs HOU	L 7–27	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−1.0
3	2012-09-23	@ IND	W 22–17	1	-4	−1.1	2	1	80	1	+5.5
4	2012-09-30	vs CIN	L 10–27	0	0	0.0	5	1	8	0	−3.1
5	2012-10-07	vs CHI	L 3–41	0	0	0.0	3	2	43	0	+3.3
7	2012-10-21	@ LV	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0.0	10	4	79	1	−0.2
8	2012-10-28	@ GB	L 15–24	0	0	0.0	12	8	116	0	+7.5
9	2012-11-04	vs DET	L 14–31	0	0	0.0	4	3	56	0	+2.8
10	2012-11-08	vs IND	L 10–27	0	0	0.0	13	6	105	1	+0.3
11	2012-11-18	@ HOU	L 37–43 OT	0	0	0.0	6	3	81	1	+5.3
12	2012-11-25	vs TEN	W 24–19	0	0	0.0	7	4	105	1	+3.4
13	2012-12-02	@ BUF	L 18–34	0	0	0.0	12	7	77	1	+4.2
15	2012-12-16	@ MIA	L 3–24	0	0	0.0	11	6	101	0	+1.5
16	2012-12-23	vs NE	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	11	6	54	0	−1.9

2011 game log (7 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2011-09-25	@ CAR	L 10–16	1	0	0	0	−3.0	0
4	2011-10-02	vs NO	L 10–23	2	0	0	0	−3.2	1
5	2011-10-09	vs CIN	L 20–30	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2011-10-24	vs BAL	W 12–7	2	0	0	0	−1.1	0
12	2011-11-27	vs HOU	L 13–20	3	1	25	0	−0.4	1
13	2011-12-05	vs LAC	L 14–38	1	1	5	1	+2.9	0
14	2011-12-11	vs TB	W 41–14	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0