David Njoku

TE · CLE/LAC · 2017–2026

Born July 10, 1996 · College Miami · Drafted 2017, round 1, pick 29 (CLE) · 6-4, 246 lb

Pro Bowl (2023)

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	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2017	CLE	16	1	1	1.00	−0.401	−0.4	−0.01
2021	CLE	15	1	1	1.00	−0.506	−0.5	−0.01
2022	CLE	14	2	-8	-4.00	−1.241	−2.5	−0.07
Career	LAC	114	4	-6	-1.50	−0.847	−3.4	−0.09

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	CLE	16	60	32	386	4	53.3	+0.050	+0.121−0.040 to +0.283	10.6	10.2	+3.0	+0.11
2018	CLE	15	88	56	639	4	63.6	+0.040	+0.182+0.031 to +0.333	16.8	8.7	+3.5	−0.24
2019	CLE	3	10	5	41	1	50.0	−0.707	+0.085−0.101 to +0.271	10.9	6.4	−7.1	−0.15
2020	CLE	11	29	19	213	2	65.5	+0.392	+0.186+0.011 to +0.361	8.2	7.4	+11.4	+0.23
2020 playoffs	CLE	2	6	5	66	0	83.3	+0.644		8.8	4.7	+3.9	+0.04
2021	CLE	15	53	36	475	4	67.9	+0.406	+0.235+0.071 to +0.399	12.1	8.2	+21.5	+0.44
2022	CLE	14	80	58	628	4	72.5	+0.308	+0.244+0.090 to +0.398	18.5	6.7	+24.7	+0.56
2023	CLE	16	123	81	882	6	65.9	−0.093	+0.099−0.042 to +0.240	21.5	4.6	−11.4	+0.15
2023 playoffs	CLE	1	11	7	93	0	63.6	+0.176		25.6	12.3	+1.9	+0.11
2024	CLE	11	97	64	505	5	66.0	−0.075	+0.132−0.016 to +0.281	22.8	5.3	−7.3	−0.20
2025	CLE	11	48	33	293	4	68.8	−0.075	+0.150−0.016 to +0.316	12.5	5.3	−3.6	+0.29
2026	LAC	2	8	6	67	0	75.0	−0.633	+0.118−0.069 to +0.305	15.1	6.6	−5.1	−0.09
Career	LAC	114	596	390	4,129	34	65.4	+0.050		15.5	6.7	+29.6	+1.10

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	CLE	16	1
2018	CLE	15	2
2019	CLE	3	1
2021	CLE	15	2
2023	CLE	16	2
2024	CLE	11	4
Career	LAC	114	12

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
2023	Pro Bowl

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	CLE	16	498	46.8	1	1.3
2018	CLE	16	845	79.6	–	–
2019	CLE	4	98	40.7	–	–
2020	CLE	13	407	47.8	–	–
2020 playoffs	CLE	2	51	39.8	–	–
2021	CLE	16	664	64.7	–	–
2022	CLE	14	803	83.9	–	–
2023	CLE	16	952	81.8	–	–
2023 playoffs	CLE	1	51	71.8	–	–
2024	CLE	11	581	75.1	–	–
2025	CLE	12	509	64.3	–	–

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	80	86.2	2	2.9	8	75.0
2023	123	74.0	6	6.6	15	53.3
2024	97	74.2	7	9.7	21	57.1
2025	48	70.8	1	2.9	9	66.7
2026	8	75.0	1	16.7	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (2 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs ARI	L 14–26	5	5	58	0	−0.3
2	2026-09-20	vs LV	L 14–26	3	1	9	0	−4.7

2025 game log (11 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2025-09-07	vs CIN	L 16–17	6	3	37	0	+0.4
2	2025-09-14	@ BAL	L 17–41	5	4	40	0	−5.2
3	2025-09-21	vs GB	W 13–10	7	5	40	0	+0.5
4	2025-09-28	@ DET	L 10–34	3	2	11	0	−1.2
5	2025-10-05	vs MIN	L 17–21	9	6	67	1	+5.1
6	2025-10-12	@ PIT	L 9–23	6	3	28	0	−0.5
8	2025-10-26	@ NE	L 13–32	5	4	37	1	−3.1
10	2025-11-09	@ NYJ	L 20–27	2	2	21	1	+2.3
11	2025-11-16	vs BAL	L 16–23	2	1	7	0	−1.9
13	2025-11-30	vs SF	L 8–26	2	2	4	0	−1.1
14	2025-12-07	vs TEN	L 29–31	1	1	1	1	+1.2

2024 game log (11 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs DAL	L 17–33	5	4	44	0	+1.0	1
5	2024-10-06	@ WAS	L 13–34	3	1	14	0	−0.5	0
6	2024-10-13	@ PHI	L 16–20	7	5	31	0	+0.7	0
7	2024-10-20	vs CIN	L 14–21	14	10	76	1	+3.3	1
8	2024-10-27	vs BAL	W 29–24	7	5	61	1	+2.9	0
9	2024-11-03	vs LAC	L 10–27	7	5	29	0	−1.4	1
11	2024-11-17	@ NO	L 14–35	9	9	81	0	+4.5	0
12	2024-11-21	vs PIT	W 24–19	5	1	9	0	−3.5	0
13	2024-12-02	@ DEN	L 32–41	17	9	52	2	−10.6	0
14	2024-12-08	@ PIT	L 14–27	13	7	42	1	−1.1	0
16	2024-12-22	@ CIN	L 6–24	10	8	66	0	−2.6	1

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs CIN	W 24–3	3	2	24	0	+1.0	0
2	2023-09-18	@ PIT	L 22–26	4	4	48	0	−1.3	0
3	2023-09-24	vs TEN	W 27–3	4	4	20	0	−1.1	0
4	2023-10-01	vs BAL	L 3–28	7	6	46	0	+3.4	0
6	2023-10-15	vs SF	W 19–17	4	3	24	0	+0.4	0
7	2023-10-22	@ IND	W 39–38	9	5	54	0	+3.1	0
8	2023-10-29	@ SEA	L 20–24	8	4	77	1	−1.7	1
9	2023-11-05	vs ARI	W 27–0	6	4	26	1	+0.5	0
10	2023-11-12	@ BAL	W 33–31	9	6	58	0	−4.4	0
11	2023-11-19	vs PIT	W 13–10	15	7	56	0	−3.1	0
12	2023-11-26	@ DEN	L 12–29	9	6	59	0	−1.3	0
13	2023-12-03	@ LA	L 19–36	6	2	17	0	−3.3	0
14	2023-12-10	vs JAX	W 31–27	8	6	91	2	+4.0	1
15	2023-12-17	vs CHI	W 20–17	14	10	104	1	−4.1	0
16	2023-12-24	@ HOU	W 36–22	9	6	44	1	+0.1	0
17	2023-12-28	vs NYJ	W 37–20	8	6	134	0	−3.6	0
P19	2024-01-13	@ HOU	L 14–45	11	7	93	0	+1.9	0

2022 game log (14 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	@ CAR	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	−0.6
2	2022-09-18	vs NYJ	L 30–31	0	0	0.0	5	3	32	0	+0.9
3	2022-09-22	vs PIT	W 29–17	0	0	0.0	10	9	89	1	+6.4
4	2022-10-02	@ ATL	L 20–23	1	-6	−1.1	7	5	73	0	−3.0
5	2022-10-09	vs LAC	L 28–30	0	0	0.0	6	6	88	0	+7.7
6	2022-10-16	vs NE	L 15–38	0	0	0.0	6	3	58	0	+0.4
7	2022-10-23	@ BAL	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	7	7	71	0	+3.4
11	2022-11-20	@ BUF	L 23–31	0	0	0.0	3	2	17	0	−0.5
12	2022-11-27	vs TB	W 23–17 OT	0	0	0.0	7	5	29	1	+3.0
14	2022-12-11	@ CIN	L 10–23	1	-2	−1.4	9	7	59	1	+5.1
15	2022-12-17	vs BAL	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	6	3	28	0	−0.1
16	2022-12-24	vs NO	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	5	2	14	0	−3.3
17	2023-01-01	@ WAS	W 24–10	0	0	0.0	3	1	21	0	+0.8
18	2023-01-08	@ PIT	L 14–28	0	0	0.0	5	4	42	1	+4.5

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ KC	L 29–33	0	0	0.0	5	3	76	0	+2.1	0
2	2021-09-19	vs HOU	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	3	2	18	0	+0.6	0
4	2021-10-03	@ MIN	W 14–7	0	0	0.0	2	2	17	0	+1.8	0
5	2021-10-10	@ LAC	L 42–47	0	0	0.0	7	7	149	1	+10.2	0
6	2021-10-17	vs ARI	L 14–37	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	0	+0.2	0
7	2021-10-21	vs DEN	W 17–14	0	0	0.0	2	2	18	0	+2.4	0
8	2021-10-31	vs PIT	L 10–15	0	0	0.0	3	3	39	0	+2.1	0
9	2021-11-07	@ CIN	W 41–16	0	0	0.0	3	1	18	1	+2.9	0
10	2021-11-14	@ NE	L 7–45	0	0	0.0	4	1	11	0	−4.0	0
11	2021-11-21	vs DET	W 13–10	1	1	−0.5	4	2	20	0	−1.5	1
12	2021-11-28	@ BAL	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	5	3	35	1	+0.7	0
15	2021-12-20	vs LV	L 14–16	0	0	0.0	5	3	29	0	−0.4	0
16	2021-12-25	@ GB	L 22–24	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−0.6	0
17	2022-01-03	@ PIT	L 14–26	0	0	0.0	4	4	28	1	+4.5	0
18	2022-01-09	vs CIN	W 21–16	0	0	0.0	2	2	11	0	+0.4	1

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	@ BAL	L 6–38	3	3	50	1	+6.0
5	2020-10-11	vs IND	W 32–23	1	1	6	0	+1.1
6	2020-10-18	@ PIT	L 7–38	3	1	7	0	−1.3
7	2020-10-25	@ CIN	W 37–34	3	2	20	1	+1.9
8	2020-11-01	vs LV	L 6–16	3	1	19	0	−0.6
11	2020-11-22	vs PHI	W 22–17	1	0	0	0	−0.7
13	2020-12-06	@ TEN	W 41–35	1	1	5	0	+0.3
14	2020-12-14	vs BAL	L 42–47	4	3	45	0	+3.6
15	2020-12-20	@ NYG	W 20–6	1	1	22	0	+1.6
16	2020-12-27	@ NYJ	L 16–23	4	4	26	0	+1.0
17	2021-01-03	vs PIT	W 24–22	5	2	13	0	−1.5
P18	2021-01-10	@ PIT	W 48–37	1	1	7	0	+0.1
P19	2021-01-17	@ KC	L 17–22	5	4	59	0	+3.8

2019 game log (3 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs TEN	L 13–43	6	4	37	1	+1.3	0
2	2019-09-16	@ NYJ	W 23–3	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
14	2019-12-08	vs CIN	W 27–19	3	1	4	0	−7.5	1

2018 game log (15 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	7	3	13	0	−5.1	0
2	2018-09-16	@ NO	L 18–21	7	4	20	0	−8.6	0
3	2018-09-20	vs NYJ	W 21–17	2	2	36	0	+2.0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ LV	L 42–45 OT	7	5	52	0	−0.4	0
5	2018-10-07	vs BAL	W 12–9 OT	10	6	69	0	−0.5	0
6	2018-10-14	vs LAC	L 14–38	12	7	55	1	−2.9	1
7	2018-10-21	@ TB	L 23–26 OT	6	4	52	1	+2.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs KC	L 21–37	5	4	53	0	+5.4	0
10	2018-11-11	vs ATL	W 28–16	1	1	18	0	+1.7	0
12	2018-11-25	@ CIN	W 35–20	5	5	63	1	+5.8	0
13	2018-12-02	@ HOU	L 13–29	6	3	8	0	−6.6	0
14	2018-12-09	vs CAR	W 26–20	4	3	35	0	+0.1	0
15	2018-12-15	@ DEN	W 17–16	5	3	30	0	+3.6	0
16	2018-12-23	vs CIN	W 26–18	4	3	73	1	+6.2	0
17	2018-12-30	@ BAL	L 24–26	7	3	62	0	+0.7	1

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	vs PIT	L 18–21	0	0	0.0	2	2	20	0	+3.0	0
2	2017-09-17	@ BAL	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	4	3	27	1	+2.1	0
3	2017-09-24	@ IND	L 28–31	0	0	0.0	4	2	12	1	+1.0	0
4	2017-10-01	vs CIN	L 7–31	0	0	0.0	2	2	11	0	+1.3	0
5	2017-10-08	vs NYJ	L 14–17	1	1	−0.4	3	3	48	1	+4.5	0
6	2017-10-15	@ HOU	L 17–33	0	0	0.0	5	2	0	0	−4.4	0
7	2017-10-22	vs TEN	L 9–12 OT	0	0	0.0	5	2	58	0	−0.0	0
8	2017-10-29	vs MIN	L 16–33	0	0	0.0	7	2	19	0	−4.5	0
10	2017-11-12	@ DET	L 24–38	0	0	0.0	6	1	3	0	−4.2	0
11	2017-11-19	vs JAX	L 7–19	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	0	+1.9	0
12	2017-11-26	@ CIN	L 16–30	0	0	0.0	4	4	47	0	+2.5	0
13	2017-12-03	@ LAC	L 10–19	0	0	0.0	6	4	74	1	+5.8	0
14	2017-12-10	vs GB	L 21–27 OT	0	0	0.0	2	1	3	0	−1.8	0
15	2017-12-17	vs BAL	L 10–27	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−1.5	1
16	2017-12-24	@ CHI	L 3–20	0	0	0.0	3	1	13	0	−0.8	0
17	2017-12-31	@ PIT	L 24–28	0	0	0.0	3	2	38	0	−2.0	0