Curtis Samuel

WR · CAR/WAS/BUF · 2017–2025

Born August 11, 1996 · College Ohio State · Drafted 2017, round 2, pick 40 (CAR) · 5-11, 195 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2017	CAR	8	4	64	0	16.00	+0.979	100.0	+3.9	+0.13
2018	CAR	13	8	84	2	10.50	+0.698	62.5	+5.6	+0.08
2019	CAR	16	19	130	1	6.84	+0.330	68.4	+6.3	+0.16
2020	CAR	15	41	200	2	4.88	−0.106	40.5	−4.5	+0.07
2021	WAS	5	4	11	0	2.75	−0.475	25.0	−1.9	−0.04
2022	WAS	17	38	187	1	4.92	−0.060	39.5	−2.3	+0.13
2023	WAS	16	7	39	1	5.57	+0.501	75.0	+4.0	+0.06
2024	BUF	14	5	14	0	2.80	−0.377	40.0	−1.9	−0.02
Career	BUF	109	126	729	7	5.79	+0.072	49.2	+9.3	+0.57

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	CAR	8	26	15	115	0	57.7	−0.138	+0.018−0.163 to +0.198	9.6	9.8	−3.6	−0.15
2018	CAR	13	65	39	494	5	60.0	+0.129	+0.207+0.041 to +0.373	14.4	11.9	+8.4	−0.05
2019	CAR	16	105	54	627	6	51.4	+0.082	+0.213+0.059 to +0.368	17.5	14.6	+8.6	+0.04
2020	CAR	15	97	77	851	3	79.4	+0.390	+0.344+0.187 to +0.500	19.4	7.3	+37.8	+0.95
2021	WAS	5	9	6	27	0	66.7	−0.005	−0.006−0.194 to +0.182	5.3	2.3	−0.0	−0.02
2022	WAS	17	92	64	656	4	69.6	+0.279	+0.245+0.087 to +0.403	17.3	6.7	+25.7	+0.47
2023	WAS	16	91	62	613	4	68.1	+0.066	+0.174+0.016 to +0.333	16.3	6.6	+6.0	+0.11
2024	BUF	14	46	31	253	1	67.4	−0.224	+0.105−0.068 to +0.278	11.2	4.6	−10.3	−0.32
2024 playoffs	BUF	3	8	6	81	2	75.0	+1.463		10.4	4.5	+11.7	+0.19
2025	BUF	5	9	7	81	1	77.8	+0.978	+0.050−0.138 to +0.237	6.2	16.1	+8.8	+0.16
2025 playoffs	BUF	1	3	1	2	0	33.3	−1.991		7.7	13.3	−6.0	−0.15
Career	BUF	109	540	355	3,717	24	65.7	+0.151		14.9	9.0	+81.4	+1.20

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
2017	CAR	8	2
2018	CAR	13	8
2019	CAR	16	5
2020	CAR	15	2
2021	WAS	5	1
2022	WAS	17	2
2023	WAS	16	3
2024	BUF	14	2
2025	BUF	5	1
Career	BUF	109	26

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
2017	CAR	9	225	37.1	–	–
2018	CAR	13	465	55.4	2	1.5
2019	CAR	16	949	86.0	–	–
2020	CAR	15	654	68.6	–	–
2021	WAS	5	82	23.0	–	–
2022	WAS	17	839	71.8	–	–
2023	WAS	16	569	55.6	–	–
2024	BUF	14	377	43.6	–	–
2024 playoffs	BUF	3	62	30.7	–	–
2025	BUF	6	150	40.1	–	–
2025 playoffs	BUF	1	34	43.6	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	92	78.3	1	1.4	10	60.0
2023	91	70.3	1	1.6	20	55.0
2024	46	67.4	0	0.0	9	44.4
2025	9	77.8	0	0.0	1	0.0

Game logs

2025 game log (6 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2025-09-28	vs NO	W 31–19	2	1	9	0	+0.6	0
5	2025-10-05	vs NE	L 20–23	2	2	26	1	+2.9	0
9	2025-11-02	vs KC	W 28–21	1	1	6	0	+0.3	0
10	2025-11-09	@ MIA	L 13–30	1	1	21	0	+3.1	0
11	2025-11-16	vs TB	W 44–32	3	2	19	0	+1.9	1
P20	2026-01-17	@ DEN	L 30–33 OT	3	1	2	0	−6.0	0

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs ARI	W 34–28	0	0	0.0	2	2	15	0	+0.5	0
2	2024-09-12	@ MIA	W 31–10	0	0	0.0	2	1	3	0	−0.8	0
3	2024-09-23	vs JAX	W 47–10	1	0	−1.0	3	3	22	0	+0.2	0
4	2024-09-29	@ BAL	L 10–35	1	7	+0.4	2	2	8	0	−0.2	1
5	2024-10-06	@ HOU	L 20–23	1	-1	−0.9	4	1	0	0	−3.5	0
6	2024-10-14	@ NYJ	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	4	3	44	0	+0.8	0
7	2024-10-20	vs TEN	W 34–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
9	2024-11-03	vs MIA	W 30–27	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.3	0
10	2024-11-10	@ IND	W 30–20	0	0	0.0	8	4	35	0	−9.4	1
11	2024-11-17	vs KC	W 30–21	0	0	0.0	6	5	58	1	+5.3	0
13	2024-12-01	vs SF	W 35–10	1	7	+0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2024-12-08	@ LA	L 42–44	1	1	−0.6	3	2	15	0	−0.2	0
15	2024-12-15	@ DET	W 48–42	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	−0.5	0
18	2025-01-05	@ NE	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	8	7	52	0	−1.3	0
P19	2025-01-12	vs DEN	W 31–7	0	0	0.0	3	3	68	1	+7.4	0
P20	2025-01-19	vs BAL	W 27–25	0	0	0.0	2	2	9	0	+1.3	0
P21	2025-01-26	@ KC	L 29–32	0	0	0.0	3	1	4	1	+3.0	0

2023 game log (16 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs ARI	W 20–16	1	6	0	+0.2	5	5	54	0	−0.0	0
2	2023-09-17	@ DEN	W 35–33	1	13	0	+1.5	3	3	19	0	−0.2	0
3	2023-09-24	vs BUF	L 3–37	0	0	0	+0.2	4	2	54	0	−1.0	1
4	2023-10-01	@ PHI	L 31–34 OT	1	1	1	+0.9	8	7	51	0	+3.1	0
5	2023-10-05	vs CHI	L 20–40	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	65	1	+2.0	1
6	2023-10-15	@ ATL	W 24–16	1	0	0	−0.8	4	4	42	1	+4.9	0
7	2023-10-22	@ NYG	L 7–14	0	0	0	0.0	8	4	25	0	−2.1	0
8	2023-10-29	vs PHI	L 31–38	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	22	0	−0.9	0
10	2023-11-12	@ SEA	L 26–29	0	0	0	0.0	6	2	6	0	−3.7	0
11	2023-11-19	vs NYG	L 19–31	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	−1.5	0
12	2023-11-23	@ DAL	L 10–45	0	0	0	0.0	12	9	100	0	+6.8	0
13	2023-12-03	vs MIA	L 15–45	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	65	0	+5.0	0
15	2023-12-17	@ LA	L 20–28	0	0	0	0.0	9	5	41	2	+3.5	0
16	2023-12-24	@ NYJ	L 28–30	2	4	0	+1.0	6	1	16	0	−8.7	0
17	2023-12-31	vs SF	L 10–27	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	33	0	+1.1	0
18	2024-01-07	vs DAL	L 10–38	1	15	0	+1.0	4	2	15	0	−2.3	1

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs JAX	W 28–22	4	17	0	−3.6	11	8	55	1	+3.0	0
2	2022-09-18	@ DET	L 27–36	1	21	0	+1.6	9	7	78	1	+5.3	0
3	2022-09-25	vs PHI	L 8–24	3	13	0	−0.8	10	7	48	0	−0.5	0
4	2022-10-02	@ DAL	L 10–25	0	0	0	0.0	7	4	38	0	−1.0	0
5	2022-10-09	vs TEN	L 17–21	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	62	0	−0.5	0
6	2022-10-13	@ CHI	W 12–7	0	0	0	0.0	5	2	6	0	−1.9	0
7	2022-10-23	vs GB	W 23–21	5	26	0	+0.3	8	5	53	0	+5.2	0
8	2022-10-30	@ IND	W 17–16	4	29	0	+1.7	4	3	50	0	+7.1	0
9	2022-11-06	vs MIN	L 17–20	1	16	0	+1.0	4	3	65	1	+4.0	0
10	2022-11-14	@ PHI	W 32–21	4	12	0	+0.6	4	2	28	0	+3.1	0
11	2022-11-20	@ HOU	W 23–10	2	18	1	+2.7	2	1	10	0	−0.4	0
12	2022-11-27	vs ATL	W 19–13	4	13	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2022-12-04	@ NYG	T 20–20 OT	3	23	0	+0.3	7	6	63	0	+1.4	0
15	2022-12-18	vs NYG	L 12–20	5	1	0	−3.9	5	3	44	0	−2.8	0
16	2022-12-24	@ SF	L 20–37	1	2	0	−0.5	5	5	52	1	+5.3	0
17	2023-01-01	vs CLE	L 10–24	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	0	−0.8	1
18	2023-01-08	vs DAL	W 26–6	1	-4	0	−1.2	1	1	-2	0	−0.9	0

2021 game log (5 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2021-10-03	@ ATL	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	4	4	19	+5.0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs NO	L 22–33	1	8	+0.5	1	0	0	−3.8	1
12	2021-11-29	vs SEA	W 17–15	1	4	−0.3	1	1	9	+0.8	0
13	2021-12-05	@ LV	W 17–15	2	-1	−2.1	1	1	-1	−0.8	0
14	2021-12-12	vs DAL	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−1.3	0

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs LV	L 30–34	1	5	0	−0.0	8	5	38	0	−1.3	0
2	2020-09-20	@ TB	L 17–31	4	26	0	+1.1	2	2	13	0	+1.6	0
3	2020-09-27	@ LAC	W 21–16	4	7	0	−2.2	4	4	45	0	+2.2	0
4	2020-10-04	vs ARI	W 31–21	2	-3	0	−1.8	4	3	51	0	+5.7	0
5	2020-10-11	@ ATL	W 23–16	4	28	0	+1.6	5	5	36	0	+5.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NO	L 24–27	1	5	1	+1.2	6	6	48	0	+5.0	0
8	2020-10-29	vs ATL	L 17–25	3	23	1	+1.7	5	4	31	1	−0.1	0
9	2020-11-08	@ KC	L 31–33	3	13	0	−0.5	9	9	105	1	+5.2	0
10	2020-11-15	vs TB	L 23–46	3	4	0	−0.9	5	3	8	0	−2.2	0
11	2020-11-22	vs DET	W 20–0	1	4	0	−0.1	10	8	70	1	+1.5	0
12	2020-11-29	@ MIN	L 27–28	1	5	0	+0.5	5	5	72	0	+2.7	0
14	2020-12-13	vs DEN	L 27–32	2	22	0	+1.4	9	7	68	0	+0.3	0
15	2020-12-19	@ GB	L 16–24	2	6	0	−1.2	9	4	42	0	+1.7	0
16	2020-12-27	@ WAS	W 20–13	7	52	0	−0.8	5	5	106	0	+9.5	0
17	2021-01-03	vs NO	L 7–33	3	3	0	−4.4	11	7	118	0	+1.0	2

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs LA	L 27–30	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	32	0	+0.8	0
2	2019-09-12	vs TB	L 14–20	1	2	0	−0.4	13	5	91	0	−2.7	0
3	2019-09-22	@ ARI	W 38–20	0	0	0	0.0	7	5	53	1	+4.4	0
4	2019-09-29	@ HOU	W 16–10	1	1	0	−0.5	7	3	32	0	−2.7	1
5	2019-10-06	vs JAX	W 34–27	2	25	0	+2.0	6	3	19	0	−0.9	0
6	2019-10-13	@ TB	W 37–26	1	8	1	+1.7	6	4	70	1	+4.7	0
8	2019-10-27	@ SF	L 13–51	0	0	0	0.0	11	4	46	0	−4.3	1
9	2019-11-03	vs TEN	W 30–20	1	10	0	+0.7	6	3	64	1	+4.3	0
10	2019-11-10	@ GB	L 16–24	0	0	0	0.0	8	4	35	1	−0.4	0
11	2019-11-17	vs ATL	L 3–29	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	25	0	+0.7	2
12	2019-11-24	@ NO	L 31–34	4	40	0	+3.0	4	1	9	0	−2.2	0
13	2019-12-01	vs WAS	L 21–29	0	0	0	0.0	7	4	65	1	+3.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ ATL	L 20–40	3	17	0	−0.9	4	2	25	0	−0.6	1
15	2019-12-15	vs SEA	L 24–30	4	23	0	+1.7	7	5	31	1	+4.2	0
16	2019-12-22	@ IND	L 6–38	2	4	0	−1.0	5	2	17	0	+1.9	0
17	2019-12-29	vs NO	L 10–42	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	13	0	−1.7	0

2018 game log (13 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2018-10-07	vs NYG	W 33–31	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	37	1	+2.4	0
6	2018-10-14	@ WAS	L 17–23	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2018-10-21	@ PHI	W 21–17	2	9	1	+1.1	1	1	16	0	+1.9	1
8	2018-10-28	vs BAL	W 36–21	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	28	0	+2.2	0
9	2018-11-04	vs TB	W 42–28	1	33	1	+3.2	4	2	25	1	+1.4	1
10	2018-11-08	@ PIT	L 21–52	1	1	0	−0.4	4	4	18	0	−0.4	2
11	2018-11-18	@ DET	L 19–20	0	0	0	0.0	7	5	55	1	+1.6	1
12	2018-11-25	vs SEA	L 27–30	1	25	0	+1.4	2	2	17	1	+2.4	0
13	2018-12-02	@ TB	L 17–24	1	8	0	+0.6	11	6	88	0	−0.1	1
14	2018-12-09	@ CLE	L 20–26	0	0	0	0.0	8	4	80	0	−1.8	0
15	2018-12-17	vs NO	L 9–12	2	8	0	−0.3	4	1	17	0	+2.4	1
16	2018-12-23	vs ATL	L 10–24	0	0	0	0.0	13	7	41	0	−7.9	0
17	2018-12-30	@ NO	W 33–14	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	72	1	+4.1	0

2017 game log (8 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2017-09-17	vs BUF	W 9–3	0	0	0.0	3	2	7	−1.1	0
3	2017-09-24	vs NO	L 13–34	1	31	+1.8	5	2	5	−3.5	2
5	2017-10-08	@ DET	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−1.5	0
6	2017-10-12	vs PHI	L 23–28	1	8	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2017-10-22	@ CHI	L 3–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	+2.0	0
8	2017-10-29	@ TB	W 17–3	1	11	+0.7	3	2	15	−0.6	0
9	2017-11-05	vs ATL	W 20–17	1	14	+0.9	5	3	23	−1.3	0
10	2017-11-13	vs MIA	W 45–21	0	0	0.0	7	5	45	+2.4	0