Dawson Knox

TE · BUF · 2019–2026

Born November 14, 1996 · College Mississippi · Drafted 2019, round 3, pick 96 (BUF) · 6-4, 254 lb

Pro Bowl (2022)

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)
2019	BUF	15	1	9	9.00	+0.909	100.0	+0.9	+0.01
2026	BUF	8	1	0	0.00	−1.788	0.0	−1.8	−0.06
Career	BUF	104	2	9	4.50	−0.439	50.0	−0.9	−0.04

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	BUF	15	50	28	388	2	56.0	+0.157	+0.196+0.030 to +0.361	11.2	9.1	+7.8	+0.31
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	2	1	14	0	50.0	+0.978		4.7	6.0	+2.0	+0.21
2020	BUF	11	44	24	288	3	54.5	−0.004	+0.142−0.026 to +0.310	10.5	8.2	−0.2	−0.15
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	13	10	65	2	76.9	+0.424		11.5	3.2	+5.5	+0.12
2021	BUF	15	71	49	587	9	69.0	+0.467	+0.289+0.132 to +0.447	13.2	7.4	+33.2	+0.41
2021 playoffs	BUF	2	9	7	98	2	77.8	+0.902		14.5	9.1	+8.1	+0.07
2022	BUF	15	65	48	517	6	73.8	+0.315	+0.227+0.068 to +0.386	12.6	7.8	+20.5	+0.62
2022 playoffs	BUF	2	12	8	85	1	66.7	+0.154		15.6	9.1	+1.8	−0.03
2023	BUF	10	36	22	186	2	61.1	−0.344	+0.044−0.128 to +0.215	10.9	7.0	−12.4	−0.11
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	3	2	13	1	66.7	+0.754		4.5	6.0	+2.3	+0.07
2024	BUF	14	33	22	311	1	66.7	+0.306	+0.191+0.018 to +0.364	7.9	9.6	+10.1	+0.23
2024 playoffs	BUF	3	6	4	45	0	66.7	−0.034		7.8	11.5	−0.2	−0.01
2025	BUF	16	49	36	417	4	73.5	+0.335	+0.255+0.089 to +0.420	10.8	6.7	+16.4	+0.22
2025 playoffs	BUF	2	8	6	62	0	75.0	+0.159		10.8	7.5	+1.3	+0.12
2026	BUF	8	17	13	79	1	76.5	+0.077	+0.151−0.031 to +0.333	7.7	4.2	+1.3	+0.05
Career	BUF	104	365	242	2,773	28	66.3	+0.210		10.9	7.7	+76.8	+1.57

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	Forced fumbles
2021	BUF	15	2	1
2022	BUF	15	3	0
2022 playoffs	BUF	2	1	0
2025	BUF	16	1	0
2026	BUF	8	2	0
Career	BUF	104	8	1

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
2022	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
2019	BUF	15	628	63.9	–	–
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	57	69.5	–	–
2020	BUF	12	467	57.0	–	–
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	126	69.2	–	–
2021	BUF	15	893	86.6	–	–
2021 playoffs	BUF	2	111	95.7	–	–
2022	BUF	15	800	79.8	–	–
2022 playoffs	BUF	2	111	81.6	–	–
2023	BUF	12	482	61.1	–	–
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	59	41.0	–	–
2024	BUF	16	615	61.7	–	–
2024 playoffs	BUF	3	122	60.4	–	–
2025	BUF	17	636	58.0	–	–
2025 playoffs	BUF	2	80	57.6	–	–

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	65	80.0	1	1.9	3	33.3
2023	36	72.2	2	7.7	4	0.0
2024	33	72.7	0	0.0	5	60.0
2025	49	83.7	4	9.8	9	44.4
2026	17	88.2	1	6.7	1	0.0

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	@ HOU	W 36–31	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0
2	2026-09-17	vs DET	W 41–31	0	0.0	2	2	5	1	+1.8	0
3	2026-09-27	vs LAC	W 24–16	1	−1.8	1	1	5	0	−0.1	1
4	2026-10-04	vs NE	L 26–29	0	0.0	2	2	13	0	+0.6	0
5	2026-10-12	@ LA	W 37–34 OT	0	0.0	3	1	6	0	−1.7	1
6	2026-10-18	@ LV	W 33–30	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	−0.8	0
8	2026-11-01	vs BAL	W 36–10	0	0.0	2	1	6	0	−0.5	0
9	2026-11-09	@ MIN	W 23–6	0	0.0	5	4	37	0	+1.7	0

2025 game log (18 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs BAL	W 41–40	2	2	20	0	+1.2	0
2	2025-09-14	@ NYJ	W 30–10	5	2	19	0	−1.8	0
4	2025-09-28	vs NO	W 31–19	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
5	2025-10-05	vs NE	L 20–23	2	2	15	0	+1.1	0
6	2025-10-13	@ ATL	L 14–24	2	1	19	1	+3.3	0
8	2025-10-26	@ CAR	W 40–9	1	1	15	0	+1.3	0
9	2025-11-02	vs KC	W 28–21	1	1	30	0	+2.7	0
10	2025-11-09	@ MIA	L 13–30	4	3	37	0	−3.1	0
11	2025-11-16	vs TB	W 44–32	3	1	23	0	−0.4	0
12	2025-11-20	@ HOU	L 19–23	4	3	17	0	+0.1	1
13	2025-11-30	@ PIT	W 26–7	4	3	28	0	+1.6	0
14	2025-12-07	vs CIN	W 39–34	7	6	93	0	+3.6	0
15	2025-12-14	@ NE	W 35–31	4	3	37	2	+6.5	0
16	2025-12-21	@ CLE	W 23–20	2	1	10	0	−3.0	0
17	2025-12-28	vs PHI	L 12–13	5	5	30	0	+1.2	0
18	2026-01-04	vs NYJ	W 35–8	2	2	24	1	+2.8	0
P19	2026-01-11	@ JAX	W 27–24	3	3	30	0	+0.2	0
P20	2026-01-17	@ DEN	L 30–33 OT	5	3	32	0	+1.1	0

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2024-09-08	vs ARI	W 34–28	2	1	23	0	+1.1
3	2024-09-23	vs JAX	W 47–10	2	1	7	0	−0.2
4	2024-09-29	@ BAL	L 10–35	1	1	0	0	−1.6
6	2024-10-14	@ NYJ	W 23–20	1	1	12	1	+3.8
7	2024-10-20	vs TEN	W 34–10	3	1	5	0	−1.8
8	2024-10-27	@ SEA	W 31–10	2	2	50	0	+3.3
9	2024-11-03	vs MIA	W 30–27	2	1	5	0	+0.2
10	2024-11-10	@ IND	W 30–20	3	2	40	0	+2.1
11	2024-11-17	vs KC	W 30–21	6	4	40	0	−3.2
13	2024-12-01	vs SF	W 35–10	2	2	56	0	+3.7
14	2024-12-08	@ LA	L 42–44	1	1	5	0	+0.1
15	2024-12-15	@ DET	W 48–42	3	2	42	0	+2.6
16	2024-12-22	vs NE	W 24–21	2	2	22	0	+1.4
17	2024-12-29	vs NYJ	W 40–14	3	1	4	0	−1.3
P19	2025-01-12	vs DEN	W 31–7	3	2	38	0	+2.0
P20	2025-01-19	vs BAL	W 27–25	2	1	0	0	−2.9
P21	2025-01-26	@ KC	L 29–32	1	1	7	0	+0.7

2023 game log (12 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2023-09-11	@ NYJ	L 16–22 OT	4	3	25	0	+1.2
2	2023-09-17	vs LV	W 38–10	5	3	10	1	−2.5
3	2023-09-24	@ WAS	W 37–3	3	1	11	0	−0.7
4	2023-10-01	vs MIA	W 48–20	1	1	12	0	+0.8
5	2023-10-08	vs JAX	L 20–25	6	3	17	0	−4.8
6	2023-10-15	vs NYG	W 14–9	6	3	17	0	−6.0
7	2023-10-22	@ NE	L 25–29	3	1	10	0	−6.5
14	2023-12-10	@ KC	W 20–17	3	3	36	0	+2.7
16	2023-12-23	@ LAC	W 24–22	2	2	26	0	+1.6
18	2024-01-07	@ MIA	W 21–14	3	2	22	1	+1.8
P19	2024-01-15	vs PIT	W 31–17	2	1	9	1	+1.4
P20	2024-01-21	vs KC	L 24–27	1	1	4	0	+0.9

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-08	@ LA	W 31–10	2	1	5	0	+0.8	0
2	2022-09-19	vs TEN	W 41–7	5	4	41	0	+1.8	0
3	2022-09-25	@ MIA	L 19–21	4	4	25	0	+0.2	1
4	2022-10-02	@ BAL	W 23–20	6	3	40	0	−2.7	0
6	2022-10-16	@ KC	W 24–20	3	3	37	1	+4.8	0
8	2022-10-30	vs GB	W 27–17	3	2	10	1	+0.8	0
9	2022-11-06	@ NYJ	L 17–20	4	3	25	0	−4.5	0
10	2022-11-13	vs MIN	L 30–33 OT	6	4	57	0	−2.4	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CLE	W 31–23	7	7	70	0	+5.4	0
12	2022-11-24	@ DET	W 28–25	2	2	17	0	+1.0	0
13	2022-12-01	@ NE	W 24–10	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1
14	2022-12-11	vs NYJ	W 20–12	7	4	41	1	+1.4	0
15	2022-12-17	vs MIA	W 32–29	8	6	98	1	+7.9	0
16	2022-12-24	@ CHI	W 35–13	5	3	38	1	+4.1	0
18	2023-01-08	vs NE	W 35–23	2	2	13	1	+2.4	1
P19	2023-01-15	vs MIA	W 34–31	5	3	20	1	−0.7	1
P20	2023-01-22	vs CIN	L 10–27	7	5	65	0	+2.5	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs PIT	L 16–23	4	4	41	0	+4.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ MIA	W 35–0	3	2	17	1	+1.7	1
3	2021-09-26	vs WAS	W 43–21	5	4	49	1	+4.6	0
4	2021-10-03	vs HOU	W 40–0	8	5	37	2	+1.6	0
5	2021-10-10	@ KC	W 38–20	4	3	117	1	+8.7	0
6	2021-10-18	@ TEN	L 31–34	3	3	25	0	+0.8	0
10	2021-11-14	@ NYJ	W 45–17	1	1	17	0	+1.1	0
11	2021-11-21	vs IND	L 15–41	10	6	80	0	+2.3	0
12	2021-11-25	@ NO	W 31–6	3	3	32	2	+5.9	0
13	2021-12-06	vs NE	L 10–14	6	2	14	0	−2.8	0
14	2021-12-12	@ TB	L 27–33 OT	9	7	60	1	−0.1	1
15	2021-12-19	vs CAR	W 31–14	5	4	38	0	+2.4	0
16	2021-12-26	@ NE	W 33–21	3	2	11	1	+1.9	0
17	2022-01-02	vs ATL	W 29–15	2	0	0	0	−1.1	0
18	2022-01-09	vs NYJ	W 27–10	5	3	49	0	+2.2	0
P19	2022-01-15	vs NE	W 47–17	5	5	89	2	+9.1	0
P20	2022-01-23	@ KC	L 36–42 OT	4	2	9	0	−0.9	0

2020 game log (14 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	vs NYJ	W 27–17	3	2	26	0	+2.0
2	2020-09-20	@ MIA	W 31–28	3	1	36	0	−3.7
4	2020-10-04	@ LV	W 30–23	3	2	16	0	+0.6
5	2020-10-13	@ TEN	L 16–42	3	1	15	0	−0.6
10	2020-11-15	@ ARI	L 30–32	4	2	16	0	−3.5
12	2020-11-29	vs LAC	W 27–17	1	1	2	1	+0.9
13	2020-12-07	@ SF	W 34–24	4	4	27	1	+2.1
14	2020-12-13	vs PIT	W 26–15	7	4	34	0	−4.1
15	2020-12-19	@ DEN	W 48–19	4	2	36	1	+3.7
16	2020-12-28	@ NE	W 38–9	4	3	51	0	+5.1
17	2021-01-03	vs MIA	W 56–26	8	2	29	0	−2.7
P18	2021-01-09	vs IND	W 27–24	3	2	5	1	−0.1
P19	2021-01-16	vs BAL	W 17–3	2	2	18	0	+1.5
P20	2021-01-24	@ KC	L 24–38	8	6	42	1	+4.1

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-08	@ NYJ	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	−1.7
2	2019-09-15	@ NYG	W 28–14	0	0	0.0	4	1	18	0	−0.6
3	2019-09-22	vs CIN	W 21–17	1	9	+0.9	4	3	67	1	+5.0
4	2019-09-29	vs NE	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	3	3	58	0	+3.2
5	2019-10-06	@ TEN	W 14–7	0	0	0.0	5	2	12	0	−3.6
7	2019-10-20	vs MIA	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	5	2	22	0	−1.4
8	2019-10-27	vs PHI	L 13–31	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5
9	2019-11-03	vs WAS	W 24–9	0	0	0.0	2	2	14	0	+2.4
10	2019-11-10	@ CLE	L 16–19	0	0	0.0	6	4	55	0	+2.1
11	2019-11-17	@ MIA	W 37–20	0	0	0.0	3	2	32	1	+3.9
12	2019-11-24	vs DEN	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	2	2	11	0	−1.1
13	2019-11-28	@ DAL	W 26–15	0	0	0.0	4	3	17	0	−1.0
14	2019-12-08	vs BAL	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	4	1	37	0	−0.4
15	2019-12-15	@ PIT	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	0	+0.7
16	2019-12-21	@ NE	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	4	1	33	0	+0.8
P18	2020-01-04	@ HOU	L 19–22 OT	0	0	0.0	2	1	14	0	+2.0