Darren Fells

TE · ARI/DET/CLE/HOU · 2014–2021

Born April 22, 1986 · College UC Irvine · Undrafted · 6-7, 281 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2014	ARI	6	11	5	71	0	45.5	+0.064	+0.084−0.101 to +0.269	5.1	9.6	+0.7	−0.05
2014 playoffs	ARI	1	1	1	1	1	100.0	+0.667		3.6	1.0	+0.7	+0.01
2015	ARI	11	28	21	311	3	75.0	+0.805	+0.216+0.041 to +0.392	7.1	8.9	+22.5	+0.52
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	6	4	50	1	66.7	+0.586		7.3	7.0	+3.5	+0.06
2016	ARI	9	18	14	154	1	77.8	+0.384	+0.156−0.025 to +0.337	5.0	5.9	+6.9	+0.04
2017	DET	13	26	17	177	3	65.4	+0.387	+0.116−0.060 to +0.293	5.7	4.5	+10.1	+0.28
2018	CLE	8	12	11	117	3	91.7	+0.944	+0.204+0.020 to +0.389	4.2	4.8	+11.3	+0.21
2019	HOU	15	48	34	341	7	70.8	+0.461	+0.269+0.103 to +0.436	9.9	5.4	+22.1	+0.81
2019 playoffs	HOU	2	12	7	59	1	58.3	+0.302		16.0	6.5	+3.6	+0.18
2020	HOU	12	28	21	312	4	75.0	+0.813	+0.250+0.075 to +0.426	7.3	7.1	+22.8	+0.52
2021	DET	3	5	4	43	0	80.0	+0.170	+0.099−0.089 to +0.288	4.3	4.8	+0.9	+0.07
Career	DET	77	176	127	1,526	21	72.2	+0.553		6.5	6.3	+97.3	+2.39

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
2014	ARI	6	1
2017	DET	13	1
2018	CLE	8	1
2019	HOU	15	1
Career	DET	77	4

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	ARI	14	365	36.4	–	–
2017	DET	16	536	52.1	–	–
2018	CLE	16	403	37.9	–	–
2019	HOU	15	728	73.7	–	–
2019 playoffs	HOU	2	136	94.4	–	–
2020	HOU	16	524	54.4	–	–
2021	DET/TB	9	163	27.9	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (3 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2021-09-12	vs SF	L 33–41	1	1	2	−0.5
3	2021-09-26	vs BAL	L 17–19	3	2	35	+1.2
7	2021-10-24	@ LA	L 19–28	1	1	6	+0.2

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-10	@ KC	L 20–34	2	2	19	0	+0.9
2	2020-09-20	vs BAL	L 16–33	4	2	23	1	−0.4
3	2020-09-27	@ PIT	L 21–28	2	0	0	0	−1.7
4	2020-10-04	vs MIN	L 23–31	2	2	21	0	+1.3
5	2020-10-11	vs JAX	W 30–14	2	2	57	1	+5.3
6	2020-10-18	@ TEN	L 36–42 OT	7	6	85	1	+6.3
9	2020-11-08	@ JAX	W 27–25	2	2	26	0	+1.7
10	2020-11-15	@ CLE	L 7–10	1	1	15	0	+1.1
11	2020-11-22	vs NE	W 27–20	2	2	29	0	+3.1
13	2020-12-06	vs IND	L 20–26	1	0	0	0	−0.6
14	2020-12-13	@ CHI	L 7–36	1	1	15	0	+3.2
16	2020-12-27	vs CIN	L 31–37	2	1	22	1	+2.3

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-09	@ NO	L 28–30	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
2	2019-09-15	vs JAX	W 13–12	3	1	9	0	+0.2	0
3	2019-09-22	@ LAC	W 27–20	6	5	49	1	+4.6	0
4	2019-09-29	vs CAR	L 10–16	1	1	12	0	−0.7	0
5	2019-10-06	vs ATL	W 53–32	2	2	20	2	+4.5	0
6	2019-10-13	@ KC	W 31–24	7	6	69	0	+4.2	0
7	2019-10-20	@ IND	L 23–30	2	2	27	0	+2.9	0
8	2019-10-27	vs LV	W 27–24	6	6	58	2	+6.1	0
9	2019-11-03	@ JAX	W 26–3	3	1	1	1	−1.0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ BAL	L 7–41	3	1	18	0	−0.9	1
12	2019-11-21	vs IND	W 20–17	2	1	24	0	+1.9	0
13	2019-12-01	vs NE	W 28–22	3	2	23	1	+1.6	0
14	2019-12-08	vs DEN	L 24–38	4	2	2	0	−2.0	0
15	2019-12-15	@ TEN	W 24–21	2	1	2	0	−1.3	0
16	2019-12-21	@ TB	W 23–20	3	3	27	0	+2.7	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs BUF	W 22–19 OT	5	4	37	0	+3.6	0
P19	2020-01-12	@ KC	L 31–51	7	3	22	1	+0.0	0

2018 game log (8 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs PIT	T 21–21 OT	1	1	12	0	+1.0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ NO	L 18–21	2	2	15	0	+1.0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ LV	L 42–45 OT	2	1	49	1	+3.9	1
5	2018-10-07	vs BAL	W 12–9 OT	1	1	8	0	+0.9	0
8	2018-10-28	@ PIT	L 18–33	1	1	6	0	+0.2	0
12	2018-11-25	@ CIN	W 35–20	1	1	6	1	+1.9	0
16	2018-12-23	vs CIN	W 26–18	3	3	18	1	+2.8	0
17	2018-12-30	@ BAL	L 24–26	1	1	3	0	−0.5	0

2017 game log (13 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2017-09-18	@ NYG	W 24–10	1	1	3	0	−1.3	0
3	2017-09-24	vs ATL	L 26–30	1	1	8	0	+0.5	0
4	2017-10-01	@ MIN	W 14–7	5	4	40	0	+5.0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs CAR	L 24–27	2	2	24	2	+4.8	1
6	2017-10-15	@ NO	L 38–52	4	2	26	1	+0.2	0
8	2017-10-29	vs PIT	L 15–20	3	1	12	0	−0.3	0
9	2017-11-06	@ GB	W 30–17	1	1	10	0	+0.7	0
10	2017-11-12	vs CLE	W 38–24	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
11	2017-11-19	@ CHI	W 27–24	1	1	9	0	+0.7	0
12	2017-11-23	vs MIN	L 23–30	3	0	0	0	−3.3	0
13	2017-12-03	@ BAL	L 20–44	2	2	10	0	+1.1	0
14	2017-12-10	@ TB	W 24–21	1	1	23	0	+2.1	0
17	2017-12-31	vs GB	W 35–11	1	1	12	0	+0.6	0

2016 game log (9 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2016-09-18	vs TB	W 40–7	5	4	31	0	−0.8
3	2016-09-25	@ BUF	L 18–33	2	2	15	0	+2.2
4	2016-10-02	vs LA	L 13–17	2	2	7	0	−0.4
6	2016-10-17	vs NYJ	W 28–3	1	1	8	0	+0.5
11	2016-11-20	@ MIN	L 24–30	1	1	22	0	+1.4
13	2016-12-04	vs WAS	W 31–23	1	1	9	0	+0.3
14	2016-12-11	@ MIA	L 23–26	3	1	12	0	+0.3
15	2016-12-18	vs NO	L 41–48	1	1	13	0	+0.6
17	2017-01-01	@ LA	W 44–6	2	1	37	1	+2.8

2015 game log (13 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2015-09-13	vs NO	W 31–19	5	4	82	1	+5.6
3	2015-09-27	vs SF	W 47–7	2	1	13	0	+0.7
4	2015-10-04	vs LA	L 22–24	1	1	17	0	+1.2
5	2015-10-11	@ DET	W 42–17	2	2	25	1	+3.4
6	2015-10-18	@ PIT	L 13–25	2	1	9	0	+0.0
10	2015-11-15	@ SEA	W 39–32	4	3	21	0	+0.9
11	2015-11-22	vs CIN	W 34–31	2	1	18	1	+2.3
13	2015-12-06	@ LA	W 27–3	1	1	22	0	+1.7
14	2015-12-10	vs MIN	W 23–20	4	3	43	0	+3.0
15	2015-12-20	@ PHI	W 40–17	3	3	54	0	+4.2
17	2016-01-03	vs SEA	L 6–36	2	1	7	0	−0.5
P19	2016-01-16	vs GB	W 26–20 OT	2	2	14	0	+1.6
P20	2016-01-24	@ CAR	L 15–49	4	2	36	1	+1.9

2014 game log (7 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2014-09-21	vs SF	W 23–14	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
13	2014-11-30	@ ATL	L 18–29	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2014-12-07	vs KC	W 17–14	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
15	2014-12-11	@ LA	W 12–6	4	1	6	0	−2.0	0
16	2014-12-21	vs SEA	L 6–35	2	2	26	0	+1.5	0
17	2014-12-28	@ SF	L 17–20	3	2	39	0	+2.2	0
P18	2015-01-03	@ CAR	L 16–27	1	1	1	1	+0.7	0