David Givens

WR · NE/TEN · 2002–2006

Born August 16, 1980 · College Notre Dame · Drafted 2002, round 7, pick 253 (NE) · 6-0, 215 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2004 playoffs	NE	3	1	-2	-2.00	−0.861	0.0	−0.9	−0.00
2005	NE	13	2	13	6.50	+0.170	50.0	+0.3	+0.02
2006	TEN	5	1	3	3.00	−0.159	0.0	−0.2	−0.00
Career	TEN	54	3	16	5.33	+0.060	33.3	+0.2	+0.02

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2002	NE	10	15	9	92	1	60.0	+0.177	+0.014−0.171 to +0.199	4.3	–	+2.7	−0.08
2003	NE	11	54	34	510	6	63.0	+0.702	+0.238+0.069 to +0.408	15.7	–	+37.9	+0.79
2003 playoffs	NE	3	29	17	163	2	58.6	+0.306		23.4	–	+8.9	+0.31
2004	NE	15	106	56	872	3	52.8	+0.366	+0.298+0.144 to +0.452	23.5	–	+38.7	+0.37
2004 playoffs	NE	3	24	12	104	3	50.0	+0.141		29.6	–	+3.4	+0.08
2005	NE	13	95	59	738	2	62.1	+0.158	+0.197+0.039 to +0.354	21.2	–	+15.0	+0.46
2005 playoffs	NE	2	11	6	57	2	54.5	+0.188		17.5	–	+2.1	+0.07
2006	TEN	5	20	8	104	0	40.0	−0.438	−0.037−0.220 to +0.145	12.2	11.2	−8.8	+0.02
Career	TEN	54	290	166	2,316	12	57.2	+0.295		16.5	11.2	+85.5	+1.56

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
2002	NE	10	5	–	–	–
2003	NE	11	3	–	–	–
2004	NE	15	5	–	–	–
2005	NE	13	2	–	–	–
2006	TEN	5	1	0	–	–
Career	TEN	54	16	0	0	0

2006 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs NYJ	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	4	3	27	+0.1	1
2	2006-09-17	@ LAC	L 7–40	0	0	0.0	5	2	27	−4.5	0
3	2006-09-24	@ MIA	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	3	2	47	+3.8	0
4	2006-10-01	vs DAL	L 14–45	1	3	−0.2	6	1	3	−7.4	0
10	2006-11-12	vs BAL	L 26–27	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−0.8	0

2005 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-08	vs LV	W 30–20	0	0	0.0	5	2	31	0	−0.0	0
2	2005-09-18	@ CAR	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	9	5	56	0	+1.7	0
3	2005-09-25	@ PIT	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	13	9	130	0	+6.4	0
4	2005-10-02	vs LAC	L 17–41	0	0	0.0	10	6	66	0	−0.5	1
5	2005-10-09	@ ATL	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	4	2	14	0	−1.3	0
6	2005-10-16	@ DEN	L 20–28	0	0	0.0	13	7	58	1	+0.1	0
8	2005-10-30	vs BUF	W 21–16	0	0	0.0	9	7	58	0	+1.6	0
9	2005-11-07	vs IND	L 21–40	0	0	0.0	5	4	64	0	+3.9	0
13	2005-12-04	vs NYJ	W 16–3	0	0	0.0	9	5	27	0	−1.8	0
14	2005-12-11	@ BUF	W 35–7	0	0	0.0	4	3	58	0	+2.7	0
15	2005-12-17	vs TB	W 28–0	2	13	+0.3	8	6	137	1	+11.6	0
16	2005-12-26	@ NYJ	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	3	2	21	0	−7.7	0
17	2006-01-01	vs MIA	L 26–28	0	0	0.0	3	1	18	0	−1.6	1
P18	2006-01-07	vs JAX	W 28–3	0	0	0.0	3	1	3	1	−0.3	0
P19	2006-01-14	@ DEN	L 13–27	0	0	0.0	8	5	54	1	+2.4	0

2004 game log (18 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-09	vs IND	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	4	4	80	0	+4.9	1
2	2004-09-19	@ ARI	W 23–12	0	0	0.0	10	6	118	0	+6.7	1
4	2004-10-03	@ BUF	W 31–17	0	0	0.0	7	4	86	0	+4.9	0
5	2004-10-10	vs MIA	W 24–10	0	0	0.0	10	4	33	1	+1.7	0
6	2004-10-17	vs SEA	W 30–20	0	0	0.0	4	1	17	0	−2.9	1
7	2004-10-24	vs NYJ	W 13–7	0	0	0.0	6	5	107	0	+9.6	1
8	2004-10-31	@ PIT	L 20–34	0	0	0.0	13	8	101	2	+7.7	0
9	2004-11-07	@ LA	W 40–22	0	0	0.0	10	5	100	0	+7.7	0
10	2004-11-14	vs BUF	W 29–6	0	0	0.0	11	5	66	0	+2.1	0
11	2004-11-22	@ KC	W 27–19	0	0	0.0	5	1	3	0	−2.2	0
12	2004-11-28	vs BAL	W 24–3	0	0	0.0	8	6	42	0	+1.6	0
13	2004-12-05	@ CLE	W 42–15	0	0	0.0	9	3	25	0	−2.8	0
15	2004-12-20	@ MIA	L 28–29	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−3.2	0
16	2004-12-26	@ NYJ	W 23–7	0	0	0.0	3	2	64	0	+4.1	0
17	2005-01-02	vs SF	W 21–7	0	0	0.0	5	2	30	0	−1.2	1
P19	2005-01-16	vs IND	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	7	4	26	1	+1.0	0
P20	2005-01-23	@ PIT	W 41–27	1	-2	−0.9	10	5	59	1	+3.9	0
P21	2005-02-06	@ PHI	W 24–21	0	0	0.0	7	3	19	1	−1.5	0

2003 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2003-09-21	vs NYJ	W 23–16	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
4	2003-09-28	@ WAS	L 17–20	6	4	57	1	+2.0	2
6	2003-10-12	vs NYG	W 17–6	3	1	21	0	+1.5	0
7	2003-10-19	@ MIA	W 19–13 OT	5	3	34	1	+2.3	0
9	2003-11-03	@ DEN	W 30–26	5	3	87	1	+7.2	0
11	2003-11-16	vs DAL	W 12–0	2	2	67	0	+6.1	0
13	2003-11-30	@ IND	W 38–34	5	3	21	0	+0.3	0
14	2003-12-07	vs MIA	W 12–0	5	2	17	0	−1.6	0
15	2003-12-14	vs JAX	W 27–13	7	5	65	0	+7.4	0
16	2003-12-20	@ NYJ	W 21–16	5	4	61	2	+6.4	1
17	2003-12-27	vs BUF	W 31–0	10	7	80	1	+6.9	0
P19	2004-01-10	vs TEN	W 17–14	9	4	26	0	+0.2	0
P20	2004-01-18	vs IND	W 24–14	9	8	68	1	+4.4	0
P21	2004-02-01	vs CAR	W 32–29	11	5	69	1	+4.3	0

2002 game log (10 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2002-10-06	@ MIA	L 13–26	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
6	2002-10-13	vs GB	L 10–28	3	3	22	1	+2.6	0
8	2002-10-27	vs DEN	L 16–24	1	1	5	0	+0.1	0
9	2002-11-03	@ BUF	W 38–7	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2002-11-10	@ CHI	W 33–30	3	1	6	0	−1.6	1
11	2002-11-17	@ LV	L 20–27	1	1	10	0	+0.7	1
14	2002-12-08	vs BUF	W 27–17	1	1	30	0	+3.1	0
15	2002-12-16	@ TEN	L 7–24	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
16	2002-12-22	vs NYJ	L 17–30	2	1	6	0	−0.9	0
17	2002-12-29	vs MIA	W 27–24 OT	3	1	13	0	−0.8	0