David Thomas

TE · NE/NO · 2006–2012

Born July 5, 1983 · College Texas · Drafted 2006, round 3, pick 86 (NE) · 6-3, 248 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2009 playoffs	NO	3	1	0	0	0.00	−3.868		0.0	−3.9	+0.00

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2006	NE	8	16	11	159	1	68.8	+0.511	+0.049−0.133 to +0.231	6.3	5.9	+8.2	+0.18
2007	NE	1	1	1	9	0	100.0	+0.481	+0.079−0.112 to +0.271	3.6	6.0	+0.5	+0.00
2008	NE	8	17	9	93	0	52.9	+0.048	+0.060−0.122 to +0.241	6.1	8.1	+0.8	−0.01
2009	NO	12	49	35	356	1	71.4	+0.265	+0.166−0.000 to +0.332	11.8	5.7	+13.0	+0.10
2009 playoffs	NO	3	7	4	41	0	57.1	+0.053		7.0	3.4	+0.4	+0.04
2010	NO	12	46	30	219	2	65.2	+0.031	+0.111−0.056 to +0.278	9.6	4.4	+1.4	+0.09
2010 playoffs	NO	1	5	4	38	0	80.0	+0.374		8.8	5.6	+1.9	−0.01
2011	NO	5	9	5	16	0	55.6	−0.360	+0.070−0.117 to +0.256	4.3	3.6	−3.2	−0.05
2012	NO	7	17	11	86	4	64.7	+0.028	+0.058−0.123 to +0.240	5.4	3.9	+0.5	+0.02
Career	NO	53	155	102	938	8	65.8	+0.136		7.8	5.3	+21.1	+0.32

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2006	NE	8	2	–	–
2009	NO	12	1	0	0
2010	NO	12	2	0	0
Career	NO	53	5	0	0

2012 game log (7 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2012-09-09	vs WAS	L 32–40	2	1	5	0	−0.6
2	2012-09-16	@ CAR	L 27–35	1	0	0	0	−5.9
4	2012-09-30	@ GB	L 27–28	2	1	6	0	−0.0
7	2012-10-21	@ TB	W 35–28	4	2	27	1	+2.0
12	2012-11-25	vs SF	L 21–31	5	4	24	1	+1.1
15	2012-12-16	vs TB	W 41–0	2	2	21	1	+3.0
16	2012-12-23	@ DAL	W 34–31 OT	1	1	3	1	+1.0

2011 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-08	@ GB	L 34–42	1	0	0	−0.5
2	2011-09-18	vs CHI	W 30–13	3	1	1	−1.9
3	2011-09-25	vs HOU	W 40–33	2	1	7	−0.2
9	2011-11-06	vs TB	W 27–16	1	1	4	−0.2
10	2011-11-13	@ ATL	W 26–23 OT	2	2	4	−0.5

2010 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-09	vs MIN	W 14–9	4	2	3	0	−2.3	0
2	2010-09-20	@ SF	W 25–22	4	3	10	1	+1.3	0
3	2010-09-26	vs ATL	L 24–27 OT	3	3	24	0	+0.1	0
4	2010-10-03	vs CAR	W 16–14	6	5	42	0	+1.9	0
6	2010-10-17	@ TB	W 31–6	3	3	17	0	+0.6	0
7	2010-10-24	vs CLE	L 17–30	4	3	33	1	+3.8	0
8	2010-10-31	vs PIT	W 20–10	4	4	15	0	−0.8	0
9	2010-11-07	@ CAR	W 34–3	6	4	45	0	+3.2	0
11	2010-11-21	vs SEA	W 34–19	6	2	26	0	−2.8	1
12	2010-11-25	@ DAL	W 30–27	4	0	0	0	−2.7	0
13	2010-12-05	@ CIN	W 34–30	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
14	2010-12-12	vs LA	W 31–13	1	1	4	0	−0.3	1
P18	2011-01-08	@ SEA	L 36–41	5	4	38	0	+1.9	0

2009 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs DET	W 45–27	0	0.0	1	1	15	0	+2.1	0
2	2009-09-20	@ PHI	W 48–22	0	0.0	3	2	19	0	−3.7	0
4	2009-10-04	vs NYJ	W 24–10	0	0.0	1	1	18	0	+2.2	0
7	2009-10-25	@ MIA	W 46–34	0	0.0	2	1	-1	0	−1.5	0
8	2009-11-02	vs ATL	W 35–27	0	0.0	5	2	27	0	−1.0	0
10	2009-11-15	@ LA	W 28–23	0	0.0	6	5	45	0	+4.7	1
11	2009-11-22	@ TB	W 38–7	0	0.0	6	4	66	1	+7.0	0
12	2009-11-30	vs NE	W 38–17	0	0.0	2	1	25	0	+1.1	0
13	2009-12-06	@ WAS	W 33–30 OT	0	0.0	4	3	31	0	+1.7	0
14	2009-12-13	@ ATL	W 26–23	0	0.0	3	2	9	0	−1.0	0
15	2009-12-19	vs DAL	L 17–24	0	0.0	10	8	77	0	+2.2	0
16	2009-12-27	vs TB	L 17–20 OT	0	0.0	6	5	25	0	−0.6	0
P19	2010-01-16	vs ARI	W 45–14	1	−3.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P20	2010-01-24	vs MIN	W 31–28 OT	0	0.0	6	3	32	0	−0.5	0
P21	2010-02-07	@ IND	W 31–17	0	0.0	1	1	9	0	+0.8	0

2008 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-07	vs KC	W 17–10	3	2	24	+2.3
2	2008-09-14	@ NYJ	W 19–10	3	1	14	−0.8
3	2008-09-21	vs MIA	L 13–38	3	1	4	−3.2
6	2008-10-12	@ LAC	L 10–30	2	1	13	+0.3
8	2008-10-26	vs LA	W 23–16	1	1	9	+0.7
9	2008-11-02	@ IND	L 15–18	3	3	29	+2.4
11	2008-11-13	vs NYJ	L 31–34 OT	1	0	0	−0.4
13	2008-11-30	vs PIT	L 10–33	1	0	0	−0.4

2007 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2007-09-23	vs BUF	W 38–7	1	1	9	0	+0.5

2006 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2006-09-17	@ NYJ	W 24–17	2	1	29	0	+1.4	0
4	2006-10-01	@ CIN	W 38–13	1	0	0	0	−1.4	0
5	2006-10-08	vs MIA	W 20–10	1	1	11	0	+1.1	1
7	2006-10-22	@ BUF	W 28–6	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
8	2006-10-30	@ MIN	W 31–7	1	1	12	0	+0.6	0
9	2006-11-05	vs IND	L 20–27	2	0	0	0	−2.0	0
15	2006-12-17	vs HOU	W 40–7	3	3	24	0	+1.1	1
16	2006-12-24	@ JAX	W 24–21	5	5	83	1	+8.0	0