Dedric Ward

WR · NYJ/MIA/NE/DAL · 1999–2004

Born September 29, 1974 · College Northern Iowa · Drafted 1997, round 3, pick 88 (NYJ) · 5-9, 189 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)
1999	NYJ	16	1	-1	-1.00	0.000	0.0	0.0	+0.01
2000	NYJ	16	4	23	5.75	−0.320	25.0	−1.3	+0.00
2001	MIA	13	2	21	10.50	+0.604	100.0	+1.2	+0.00
2004	DAL	6	1	11	11.00	+0.728	100.0	+0.7	+0.02
Career	DAL	70	8	54	6.75	+0.082	50.0	+0.7	+0.04

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	NYJ	16	54	22	325	3	40.7	−0.014	+0.108−0.061 to +0.278	11.7	–	−0.8	+0.07
2000	NYJ	16	119	54	801	3	45.4	+0.027	+0.147−0.004 to +0.298	19.1	–	+3.2	−0.15
2001	MIA	13	40	21	209	0	52.5	+0.028	+0.087−0.087 to +0.262	10.6	–	+1.1	+0.21
2001 playoffs	MIA	1	10	5	55	0	50.0	−0.130		35.7	–	−1.3	+0.01
2002	MIA	15	39	19	172	0	48.7	−0.063	+0.081−0.094 to +0.256	9.5	–	−2.5	+0.21
2003	NE	4	11	7	106	1	63.6	+0.238	−0.055−0.242 to +0.132	7.6	–	+2.6	−0.03
2003 playoffs	NE	3	4	1	22	0	25.0	−0.986		3.2	–	−3.9	−0.02
2004	DAL	6	8	1	5	0	12.5	−0.998	−0.046−0.234 to +0.142	3.7	–	−8.0	−0.20
Career	DAL	70	271	124	1,618	7	45.8	−0.016		12.1	–	−4.3	+0.11

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	NYJ	16	2	–	–	–
2000	NYJ	16	4	–	–	–
2002	MIA	15	3	–	–	–
2003	NE	4	1	–	–	–
Career	DAL	70	10	0	0	0

2004 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2004-09-12	@ MIN	L 17–35	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.3
2	2004-09-19	vs CLE	W 19–12	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−4.0
6	2004-10-17	vs PIT	L 20–24	1	11	+0.7	0	0	0	0.0
7	2004-10-24	@ GB	L 20–41	0	0	0.0	3	1	5	−1.8
14	2004-12-12	vs NO	L 13–27	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−0.5
15	2004-12-19	@ PHI	L 7–12	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.5

2003 game log (7 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
12	2003-11-23	@ HOU	W 23–20 OT	6	3	33	0	−5.8	1
13	2003-11-30	@ IND	W 38–34	2	2	50	1	+8.1	0
14	2003-12-07	vs MIA	W 12–0	1	1	14	0	+0.7	0
15	2003-12-14	vs JAX	W 27–13	2	1	9	0	−0.4	0
P19	2004-01-10	vs TEN	W 17–14	1	1	22	0	+1.8	0
P20	2004-01-18	vs IND	W 24–14	2	0	0	0	−5.2	0
P21	2004-02-01	vs CAR	W 32–29	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0

2002 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	vs DET	W 49–21	3	1	7	−0.8	0
2	2002-09-15	@ IND	W 21–13	1	1	6	−0.5	0
3	2002-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–3	3	2	17	+0.9	0
4	2002-09-29	@ KC	L 30–48	4	2	8	−1.2	1
5	2002-10-06	vs NE	W 26–13	2	1	14	+0.8	0
6	2002-10-13	@ DEN	W 24–22	3	2	30	+2.2	0
7	2002-10-20	vs BUF	L 10–23	6	1	15	−1.5	0
9	2002-11-04	@ GB	L 10–24	3	2	13	−1.0	1
10	2002-11-10	@ NYJ	L 10–13	1	1	11	+0.5	1
11	2002-11-17	vs BAL	W 26–7	1	0	0	−1.3	0
12	2002-11-24	vs LAC	W 30–3	2	0	0	−2.5	0
13	2002-12-01	@ BUF	L 21–38	2	1	11	+0.4	0
14	2002-12-09	vs CHI	W 27–9	2	1	6	−0.1	0
16	2002-12-21	@ MIN	L 17–20	2	0	0	−1.3	0
17	2002-12-29	@ NE	L 24–27 OT	4	4	34	+3.1	0

2001 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2001-09-23	vs LV	W 18–15	0	0	0.0	6	2	29	−3.0
3	2001-09-30	@ LA	L 10–42	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4
4	2001-10-07	vs NE	W 30–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	10	+1.7
5	2001-10-14	@ NYJ	L 17–21	0	0	0.0	5	2	17	−1.1
9	2001-11-11	@ IND	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	26	+1.5
10	2001-11-18	vs NYJ	L 0–24	0	0	0.0	4	1	7	−2.0
11	2001-11-25	@ BUF	W 34–27	0	0	0.0	2	1	16	+3.3
12	2001-12-02	vs DEN	W 21–10	0	0	0.0	5	3	27	+0.5
13	2001-12-10	vs IND	W 41–6	0	0	0.0	2	2	18	+1.9
14	2001-12-16	@ SF	L 0–21	0	0	0.0	2	2	18	+2.4
15	2001-12-22	@ NE	L 13–20	1	5	+0.2	4	1	7	−2.6
16	2001-12-30	vs ATL	W 21–14	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.2
17	2002-01-06	vs BUF	W 34–7	1	16	+1.0	5	4	34	−0.1
P18	2002-01-13	vs BAL	L 3–20	0	0	0.0	10	5	55	−1.3

2000 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-03	@ GB	W 20–16	0	0	0.0	10	5	104	0	+4.9	0
2	2000-09-11	vs NE	W 20–19	0	0	0.0	8	4	100	0	+4.4	0
3	2000-09-17	vs BUF	W 27–14	2	10	−0.6	4	1	14	0	−0.6	0
4	2000-09-24	@ TB	W 21–17	0	0	0.0	7	3	44	0	−6.3	1
6	2000-10-08	vs PIT	L 3–20	1	12	−0.0	4	2	15	0	−0.3	0
7	2000-10-15	@ NE	W 34–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	0	+0.6	0
8	2000-10-23	vs MIA	W 40–37 OT	0	0	0.0	8	3	40	0	−1.0	0
9	2000-10-29	@ BUF	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	4	3	25	0	+1.1	0
10	2000-11-05	vs DEN	L 23–30	0	0	0.0	7	4	61	0	+3.4	0
11	2000-11-12	@ IND	L 15–23	0	0	0.0	9	3	54	1	+1.2	1
12	2000-11-19	@ MIA	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	3	1	12	0	−2.9	0
13	2000-11-26	vs CHI	W 17–10	1	1	−0.6	10	6	93	0	+5.2	0
14	2000-12-03	vs IND	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	6	3	31	1	+1.9	1
15	2000-12-10	@ LV	L 7–31	0	0	0.0	8	3	24	0	−3.3	0
16	2000-12-17	vs DET	L 7–10	0	0	0.0	8	4	25	0	−1.9	0
17	2000-12-24	@ BAL	L 20–34	0	0	0.0	21	8	147	1	−3.4	1

1999 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	1999-09-12	vs NE	L 28–30	0	0	8	5	41	0	−0.8	1
2	1999-09-19	@ BUF	L 3–17	1	-1	5	1	1	0	−3.2	0
3	1999-09-26	vs WAS	L 20–27	0	0	5	3	73	1	+4.3	0
4	1999-10-03	@ DEN	W 21–13	0	0	6	4	84	1	+4.5	0
5	1999-10-11	vs JAX	L 6–16	0	0	3	2	16	0	−0.1	0
6	1999-10-17	vs IND	L 13–16	0	0	1	1	5	0	−1.4	0
7	1999-10-24	@ LV	L 23–24	0	0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	1
9	1999-11-07	vs ARI	W 12–7	0	0	3	1	11	0	+0.2	0
10	1999-11-15	@ NE	W 24–17	0	0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
11	1999-11-21	vs BUF	W 17–7	0	0	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
12	1999-11-28	@ IND	L 6–13	0	0	3	0	0	0	−2.5	0
13	1999-12-05	@ NYG	L 28–41	0	0	5	0	0	0	−4.5	0
14	1999-12-12	vs MIA	W 28–20	0	0	5	2	13	0	−1.2	0
15	1999-12-19	@ DAL	W 22–21	0	0	2	1	10	0	+0.4	0
16	1999-12-27	@ MIA	W 38–31	0	0	4	1	56	1	+4.2	0
17	2000-01-02	vs SEA	W 19–9	0	0	1	1	15	0	+2.2	0