David Boston

WR · ARI/LAC/MIA · 1999–2005

Born August 19, 1978 · College Ohio State · Drafted 1999, round 1, pick 8 (ARI) · 6-2, 228 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2001) · Pro Bowl (2001)

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)
1999	ARI	15	5	0	0.00	−0.514	20.0	−2.6	−0.04
2000	ARI	16	3	9	3.00	−1.635	33.3	−4.9	−0.13
2001	ARI	16	5	35	7.00	+0.236	60.0	+1.2	+0.01
2002	ARI	8	2	29	14.50	+1.252	100.0	+2.5	+0.01
2003	LAC	14	3	18	6.00	+0.113	66.7	+0.3	+0.01
Career	MIA	74	18	91	5.06	−0.192	50.0	−3.5	−0.14

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	ARI	15	81	40	473	2	49.4	+0.014	+0.137−0.024 to +0.298	15.8	–	+1.2	+0.10
2000	ARI	16	133	71	1,156	7	53.4	+0.315	+0.267+0.119 to +0.415	24.5	–	+41.9	+0.65
2001	ARI	16	175	98	1,598	8	56.0	+0.375	+0.318+0.179 to +0.457	34.1	–	+65.7	+1.16
2002	ARI	8	75	32	512	1	42.7	+0.082	+0.155−0.008 to +0.318	28.1	–	+6.2	+0.06
2003	LAC	14	115	70	880	7	60.9	+0.164	+0.183+0.031 to +0.335	26.3	–	+18.9	+0.38
2005	MIA	5	10	4	80	0	40.0	+0.245	−0.025−0.213 to +0.162	5.7	–	+2.4	+0.05
Career	MIA	74	589	315	4,699	25	53.5	+0.231		24.1	–	+136.2	+2.41

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
1999	ARI	15	2	–	–	–
2000	ARI	16	4	–	–	–
2001	ARI	16	1	–	–	–
2002	ARI	8	1	–	–	–
2003	LAC	14	2	–	–	–
Career	MIA	74	10	0	0	0

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2001	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

Game logs

2005 game log (5 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2005-09-11	vs DEN	W 34–10	3	1	8	−0.9
2	2005-09-18	@ NYJ	L 7–17	4	2	18	−0.4
3	2005-09-25	vs CAR	W 27–24	1	0	0	−1.0
6	2005-10-16	@ TB	L 13–27	1	0	0	−0.1
8	2005-10-30	@ NO	W 21–6	1	1	54	+4.8

2003 game log (14 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	@ KC	L 14–27	0	0	0.0	3	2	20	0	+1.1	0
3	2003-09-21	vs BAL	L 10–24	1	5	+0.6	10	6	91	0	+2.6	0
5	2003-10-05	@ JAX	L 21–27	1	13	+1.1	20	14	181	2	+11.3	0
7	2003-10-19	@ CLE	W 26–20	1	0	−1.4	4	2	10	0	−0.2	0
8	2003-10-27	vs MIA	L 10–26	0	0	0.0	8	5	82	0	−4.8	0
9	2003-11-02	@ CHI	L 7–20	0	0	0.0	8	4	29	0	−2.0	1
10	2003-11-09	vs MIN	W 42–28	0	0	0.0	10	7	82	1	+7.3	0
11	2003-11-16	@ DEN	L 8–37	0	0	0.0	4	2	14	0	−0.9	0
12	2003-11-23	vs CIN	L 27–34	0	0	0.0	12	9	139	2	+11.8	0
13	2003-11-30	vs KC	L 24–28	0	0	0.0	8	5	85	1	+4.5	1
14	2003-12-07	@ DET	W 14–7	0	0	0.0	7	4	66	0	+2.4	0
15	2003-12-14	vs GB	L 21–38	0	0	0.0	11	4	29	0	−12.0	0
16	2003-12-21	@ PIT	L 24–40	0	0	0.0	4	2	9	0	−5.2	0
17	2003-12-28	vs LV	W 21–14	0	0	0.0	6	4	43	1	+3.0	0

2002 game log (8 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	@ WAS	L 23–31	0	0	0.0	15	7	138	1	+7.8	0
2	2002-09-15	@ SEA	W 24–13	0	0	0.0	8	4	49	0	+1.0	0
3	2002-09-22	vs LAC	L 15–23	1	7	+0.4	6	3	57	0	+5.0	0
4	2002-09-29	vs NYG	W 21–7	0	0	0.0	5	2	18	0	−0.6	0
5	2002-10-06	@ CAR	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	11	3	43	0	−9.8	0
7	2002-10-20	vs DAL	W 9–6 OT	0	0	0.0	13	6	110	0	+5.0	1
8	2002-10-27	@ SF	L 28–38	1	22	+2.1	11	6	83	0	−1.6	0
9	2002-11-03	vs LA	L 14–27	0	0	0.0	6	1	14	0	−0.6	0

2001 game log (16 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2001-09-23	vs DEN	L 17–38	0	0	0.0	11	8	145	0	+10.1	0
3	2001-09-30	vs ATL	L 14–34	1	17	+1.1	9	4	49	0	−3.7	0
4	2001-10-07	@ PHI	W 21–20	0	0	0.0	9	4	71	0	+3.2	0
5	2001-10-14	@ CHI	L 13–20	1	11	+0.7	11	6	85	0	+2.3	0
6	2001-10-21	vs KC	W 24–16	0	0	0.0	9	7	131	1	+10.0	0
7	2001-10-28	@ DAL	L 3–17	1	12	+1.0	11	9	108	0	+5.4	0
8	2001-11-04	vs PHI	L 7–21	0	0	0.0	13	8	138	0	+5.4	0
9	2001-11-11	vs NYG	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	13	9	137	1	+3.8	1
10	2001-11-18	vs DET	W 45–38	0	0	0.0	9	5	80	2	+6.3	0
11	2001-11-25	@ LAC	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	9	6	121	1	+9.8	0
12	2001-12-02	@ LV	W 34–31 OT	1	-4	−0.9	11	6	106	1	+8.5	0
13	2001-12-09	vs WAS	L 10–20	0	0	0.0	12	6	132	0	+1.5	0
14	2001-12-15	@ NYG	L 13–17	0	0	0.0	16	8	84	0	+2.4	0
15	2001-12-23	vs DAL	W 17–10	1	-1	−0.7	11	3	26	0	−6.0	0
16	2001-12-30	@ CAR	W 30–7	0	0	0.0	14	7	127	2	+8.5	0
17	2002-01-06	@ WAS	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	7	2	58	0	−1.9	0

2000 game log (16 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-03	@ NYG	L 16–21	0	0	0.0	11	9	128	2	+13.9	1
2	2000-09-10	vs DAL	W 32–31	0	0	0.0	7	6	102	0	+4.9	0
4	2000-09-24	vs GB	L 3–29	0	0	0.0	9	3	23	0	−9.8	1
5	2000-10-01	@ SF	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	8	5	87	1	+6.4	0
6	2000-10-08	vs CLE	W 29–21	1	24	+1.7	8	5	63	0	+3.5	0
7	2000-10-15	vs PHI	L 14–33	1	-17	−6.3	12	6	123	1	+4.2	0
8	2000-10-22	@ DAL	L 7–48	0	0	0.0	6	3	50	0	+2.2	0
9	2000-10-29	vs NO	L 10–21	0	0	0.0	9	5	49	0	+2.6	0
10	2000-11-05	vs WAS	W 16–15	0	0	0.0	4	3	57	0	+3.1	0
11	2000-11-12	@ MIN	L 14–31	0	0	0.0	5	2	34	0	+2.0	0
12	2000-11-19	@ PHI	L 9–34	0	0	0.0	9	6	94	1	+7.3	0
13	2000-11-26	vs NYG	L 7–31	0	0	0.0	6	1	32	0	+2.5	0
14	2000-12-03	@ CIN	L 13–24	0	0	0.0	15	9	184	2	+10.5	0
15	2000-12-10	@ JAX	L 10–44	0	0	0.0	8	2	25	0	−4.5	0
16	2000-12-17	vs BAL	L 7–13	0	0	0.0	10	5	93	0	+2.6	0
17	2000-12-24	@ WAS	L 3–20	1	2	−0.3	6	1	12	0	−9.4	2

1999 game log (15 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	1999-09-12	@ PHI	W 25–24	1	1	−0.4	6	4	21	0	−1.5	1
2	1999-09-19	@ MIA	L 16–19	1	2	−0.4	2	1	5	0	−1.7	0
3	1999-09-27	vs SF	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	5	0	0	0	−3.0	0
4	1999-10-03	@ DAL	L 7–35	0	0	0.0	4	2	11	0	−1.4	0
5	1999-10-10	vs NYG	W 14–3	0	0	0.0	12	8	101	1	+5.4	0
6	1999-10-17	vs WAS	L 10–24	1	-8	−1.2	4	3	44	0	+2.6	0
8	1999-10-31	vs NE	L 3–27	0	0	0.0	10	2	14	0	−6.3	0
10	1999-11-14	vs DET	W 23–19	0	0	0.0	4	4	53	0	+2.2	0
11	1999-11-21	vs DAL	W 13–9	1	7	+0.2	7	3	47	0	−3.1	0
12	1999-11-28	@ NYG	W 34–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	9	0	+0.6	0
13	1999-12-05	vs PHI	W 21–17	0	0	0.0	5	3	28	1	+4.2	0
14	1999-12-12	@ WAS	L 3–28	1	-2	−0.8	4	1	43	0	+3.7	0
15	1999-12-19	vs BUF	L 21–31	0	0	0.0	3	1	13	0	−0.0	0
16	1999-12-26	@ ATL	L 14–37	0	0	0.0	5	3	32	0	+0.3	0
17	2000-01-02	@ GB	L 24–49	0	0	0.0	9	4	52	0	−0.8	1