Dennis Northcutt

WR · CLE/JAX/DET · 2000–2009

Born December 22, 1977 · College Arizona · Drafted 2000, round 2, pick 32 (CLE) · 5-11, 172 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2000	CLE	15	9	33	0	3.67	+0.040	44.4	+0.4	−0.00
2001	CLE	8	3	26	0	8.67	+0.924	66.7	+2.8	+0.12
2002	CLE	12	7	91	1	13.00	+0.809	62.5	+6.5	+0.20
2002 playoffs	CLE	1	1	5	0	5.00	+0.494	100.0	+0.5	+0.02
2003	CLE	15	12	83	0	6.92	+0.224	66.7	+2.7	+0.10
2004	CLE	16	8	19	0	2.38	−0.143	25.0	−1.1	−0.02
2005	CLE	16	2	33	0	16.50	+0.829	50.0	+1.7	+0.03
2006	CLE	12	3	32	0	10.67	−0.169	33.3	−0.5	+0.00
2007	JAX	15	6	27	0	4.50	−0.070	50.0	−0.4	−0.02
2008	JAX	13	1	9	0	9.00	+0.801	100.0	+0.8	+0.02
Career	DET	136	51	353	1	6.92	+0.244	51.9	+12.7	+0.43

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2000	CLE	15	81	39	411	0	48.1	−0.157	+0.079−0.082 to +0.240	18.5	–	−12.7	−0.11
2001	CLE	8	35	18	211	0	51.4	−0.239	+0.035−0.142 to +0.211	15.2	–	−8.4	−0.18
2002	CLE	12	49	38	591	5	77.6	+1.073	+0.326+0.154 to +0.497	11.9	–	+52.6	+1.26
2002 playoffs	CLE	1	8	6	92	2	75.0	+1.278		19.0	–	+10.2	+0.23
2003	CLE	15	92	62	721	2	67.4	+0.328	+0.220+0.062 to +0.378	20.0	–	+30.2	+0.36
2004	CLE	16	94	55	806	2	58.5	+0.151	+0.215+0.058 to +0.373	22.4	–	+14.1	+0.07
2005	CLE	16	77	42	441	2	54.5	−0.012	+0.134−0.029 to +0.296	15.8	–	−1.0	+0.04
2006	CLE	12	45	22	228	0	48.9	−0.414	−0.001−0.173 to +0.172	11.9	8.9	−18.6	−0.29
2007	JAX	15	73	44	601	4	60.3	+0.448	+0.240+0.076 to +0.403	17.1	12.1	+32.7	+0.52
2007 playoffs	JAX	2	11	5	59	0	45.5	+0.198		20.4	12.5	+2.2	+0.09
2008	JAX	13	68	44	545	2	64.7	+0.155	+0.154−0.011 to +0.319	15.3	11.3	+10.5	+0.19
2009	DET	14	62	34	348	1	54.8	−0.123	+0.070−0.097 to +0.237	12.4	9.0	−7.6	−0.20
Career	DET	136	676	398	4,903	18	58.9	+0.136		16.1	10.5	+92.0	+1.67

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2000	CLE	15	3	–	–	–	0
2001	CLE	8	2	–	–	–	1
2002	CLE	12	1	–	–	–	0
2003	CLE	15	3	–	–	–	0
2004	CLE	16	4	–	–	–	0
2005	CLE	16	3	–	–	–	0
2006	CLE	12	1	0	–	–	0
2007	JAX	15	2	0	–	–	0
2009	DET	14	4	0	0	0	0
Career	DET	136	23	0	0	0	1

Game logs

2009 game log (14 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2009-09-20	vs MIN	L 13–27	6	2	15	0	−1.0	0
3	2009-09-27	vs WAS	W 19–14	4	3	23	0	−0.1	0
4	2009-10-04	@ CHI	L 24–48	2	1	4	0	−0.9	0
5	2009-10-11	vs PIT	L 20–28	8	5	70	1	+7.6	0
6	2009-10-18	@ GB	L 0–26	6	5	40	0	+0.8	0
8	2009-11-01	vs LA	L 10–17	5	0	0	0	−2.8	0
10	2009-11-15	@ MIN	L 10–27	8	6	48	0	+0.7	0
11	2009-11-22	vs CLE	W 38–37	5	3	17	0	−1.5	0
12	2009-11-26	vs GB	L 12–34	5	2	51	0	−4.3	1
13	2009-12-06	@ CIN	L 13–23	2	1	4	0	−3.5	0
14	2009-12-13	@ BAL	L 3–48	4	3	39	0	+2.7	1
15	2009-12-20	vs ARI	L 24–31	2	2	30	0	+1.9	0
16	2009-12-27	@ SF	L 6–20	2	0	0	0	−6.6	2
17	2010-01-03	vs CHI	L 23–37	3	1	7	0	−0.7	0

2008 game log (13 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-07	@ TEN	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	19	0	−0.0
2	2008-09-14	vs BUF	L 16–20	0	0	0.0	4	3	36	0	+1.9
6	2008-10-12	@ DEN	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	5	3	42	0	+0.5
8	2008-10-26	vs CLE	L 17–23	0	0	0.0	6	5	49	0	+4.1
9	2008-11-02	@ CIN	L 19–21	0	0	0.0	6	4	29	0	+0.4
10	2008-11-09	@ DET	W 38–14	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	0	+3.0
11	2008-11-16	vs TEN	L 14–24	0	0	0.0	7	2	28	0	−3.7
12	2008-11-23	vs MIN	L 12–30	0	0	0.0	3	3	33	0	+1.9
13	2008-12-01	@ HOU	L 17–30	0	0	0.0	2	2	21	0	+1.2
14	2008-12-07	@ CHI	L 10–23	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	−1.0
15	2008-12-14	vs GB	W 20–16	1	9	+0.8	8	5	127	1	+8.9
16	2008-12-18	vs IND	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	13	8	101	1	+4.2
17	2008-12-28	@ BAL	L 7–27	0	0	0.0	8	5	35	0	−10.9

2007 game log (17 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	vs TEN	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	9	4	57	0	+1.2	0
2	2007-09-16	vs ATL	W 13–7	0	0	0.0	6	5	75	0	+2.6	0
3	2007-09-23	@ DEN	W 23–14	2	9	+0.6	2	2	37	0	+3.9	0
5	2007-10-07	@ KC	W 17–7	0	0	0.0	7	4	73	1	+7.4	0
6	2007-10-14	vs HOU	W 37–17	0	0	0.0	6	4	46	0	+3.0	1
7	2007-10-22	vs IND	L 7–29	0	0	0.0	7	3	20	0	−2.3	0
8	2007-10-28	@ TB	W 24–23	1	5	+0.2	2	0	0	0	−1.4	0
9	2007-11-04	@ NO	L 24–41	1	1	−0.5	3	1	15	1	+0.7	0
10	2007-11-11	@ TEN	W 28–13	1	8	−0.4	2	1	4	0	+2.3	0
11	2007-11-18	vs LAC	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	5	3	36	0	+0.3	0
12	2007-11-25	vs BUF	W 36–14	0	0	0.0	6	5	65	0	+4.8	1
13	2007-12-02	@ IND	L 25–28	1	4	−0.4	4	4	37	1	+4.5	0
14	2007-12-09	vs CAR	W 37–6	0	0	0.0	5	3	37	0	−0.5	0
15	2007-12-16	@ PIT	W 29–22	0	0	0.0	7	4	81	1	+5.6	0
16	2007-12-23	vs LV	W 49–11	0	0	0.0	2	1	18	0	+0.7	0
P18	2008-01-05	@ PIT	W 31–29	0	0	0.0	3	1	17	0	−1.5	0
P19	2008-01-12	@ NE	L 20–31	0	0	0.0	8	4	42	0	+3.7	0

2006 game log (12 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs NO	L 14–19	0	0	0.0	7	4	37	−5.4	0
2	2006-09-17	@ CIN	L 17–34	1	16	+2.2	5	3	18	−1.7	0
3	2006-09-24	vs BAL	L 14–15	0	0	0.0	6	3	32	−0.9	0
4	2006-10-01	@ LV	W 24–21	0	0	0.0	4	2	10	−0.5	0
5	2006-10-08	@ CAR	L 12–20	0	0	0.0	5	1	11	−8.8	0
9	2006-11-05	@ LAC	L 25–32	0	0	0.0	2	1	7	−0.1	0
10	2006-11-12	@ ATL	W 17–13	1	7	−0.4	2	1	6	−1.4	0
11	2006-11-19	vs PIT	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.8	0
12	2006-11-26	vs CIN	L 0–30	1	9	−2.3	4	3	61	+1.8	0
13	2006-12-03	vs KC	W 31–28 OT	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.5	0
14	2006-12-07	@ PIT	L 7–27	0	0	0.0	5	1	12	−2.9	0
16	2006-12-24	vs TB	L 7–22	0	0	0.0	3	2	31	+3.6	1

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs CIN	L 13–27	0	0	0.0	9	4	16	0	−5.9	0
2	2005-09-18	@ GB	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	6	3	39	0	−0.6	0
3	2005-09-25	@ IND	L 6–13	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0
5	2005-10-09	vs CHI	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	4	3	23	0	+0.4	2
6	2005-10-16	@ BAL	L 3–16	0	0	0.0	8	4	60	0	+3.5	0
7	2005-10-23	vs DET	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.1	1
8	2005-10-30	@ HOU	L 16–19	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−3.0	0
9	2005-11-06	vs TEN	W 20–14	1	31	+2.0	5	3	80	1	+3.5	0
10	2005-11-13	@ PIT	L 21–34	0	0	0.0	8	4	31	0	−4.3	0
11	2005-11-20	vs MIA	W 22–0	1	2	−0.3	1	1	5	0	−0.5	0
12	2005-11-27	@ MIN	L 12–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	17	1	+3.9	0
13	2005-12-04	vs JAX	L 14–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	45	0	+3.5	0
14	2005-12-11	@ CIN	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	3	3	29	0	+2.7	0
15	2005-12-18	@ LV	W 9–7	0	0	0.0	5	2	25	0	−1.0	0
16	2005-12-24	vs PIT	L 0–41	0	0	0.0	12	5	23	0	−4.8	0
17	2006-01-01	vs BAL	W 20–16	0	0	0.0	8	6	41	0	+2.5	0

2004 game log (16 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs BAL	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	3	3	12	0	−1.1	0
2	2004-09-19	@ DAL	L 12–19	0	0	0.0	5	1	7	0	−2.4	0
3	2004-09-26	@ NYG	L 10–27	0	0	0.0	12	9	50	0	−1.8	0
4	2004-10-03	vs WAS	W 17–13	0	0	0.0	3	2	11	0	−1.8	0
5	2004-10-10	@ PIT	L 23–34	1	0	−0.5	8	4	33	0	−1.7	0
6	2004-10-17	vs CIN	W 34–17	1	2	−0.3	4	2	59	0	+3.2	0
7	2004-10-24	vs PHI	L 31–34 OT	0	0	0.0	10	4	70	0	+2.0	1
9	2004-11-07	@ BAL	L 13–27	0	0	0.0	4	1	9	0	−1.8	0
10	2004-11-14	vs PIT	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	3	2	69	0	+3.2	0
11	2004-11-21	vs NYJ	L 7–10	2	5	−0.6	3	2	40	0	+2.7	0
12	2004-11-28	@ CIN	L 48–58	0	0	0.0	6	5	87	0	+6.9	0
13	2004-12-05	vs NE	L 15–42	1	8	+0.5	11	5	93	0	−4.7	2
14	2004-12-12	@ BUF	L 7–37	0	0	0.0	2	2	6	1	+2.3	0
15	2004-12-19	vs LAC	L 0–21	2	0	−0.1	8	4	61	0	−1.0	0
16	2004-12-26	@ MIA	L 7–10	0	0	0.0	7	4	114	1	+4.9	1
17	2005-01-02	@ HOU	W 22–14	1	4	−0.1	5	5	85	0	+5.1	0

2003 game log (15 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs IND	L 6–9	1	-1	−0.7	7	5	57	0	+0.2	1
2	2003-09-14	@ BAL	L 13–33	0	0	0.0	8	5	62	0	+0.5	1
4	2003-09-28	vs CIN	L 14–21	0	0	0.0	4	3	23	0	+3.0	0
5	2003-10-05	@ PIT	W 33–13	0	0	0.0	6	5	58	0	+5.7	0
6	2003-10-12	vs LV	W 13–7	1	8	+1.2	5	5	54	0	+3.0	0
7	2003-10-19	vs LAC	L 20–26	0	0	0.0	7	5	46	1	+0.4	0
8	2003-10-26	@ NE	L 3–9	0	0	0.0	5	2	29	0	+1.4	0
10	2003-11-09	@ KC	L 20–41	1	6	−0.0	6	4	24	0	−0.2	0
11	2003-11-16	vs ARI	W 44–6	2	14	+1.9	7	6	56	1	+8.6	0
12	2003-11-23	vs PIT	L 6–13	2	8	−2.1	6	3	24	0	−0.1	0
13	2003-11-30	@ SEA	L 7–34	0	0	0.0	6	5	61	0	+2.6	0
14	2003-12-08	vs LA	L 20–26	2	16	+1.1	6	3	33	0	−2.6	0
15	2003-12-14	@ DEN	L 20–23 OT	0	0	0.0	6	3	115	0	+5.1	1
16	2003-12-21	vs BAL	L 0–35	0	0	0.0	9	7	67	0	+3.9	0
17	2003-12-28	@ CIN	W 22–14	3	32	+1.4	4	1	12	0	−1.1	0

2002 game log (13 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	vs KC	L 39–40	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	43	1	+4.1	0
3	2002-09-22	@ TEN	W 31–28 OT	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	24	1	+4.7	1
4	2002-09-29	@ PIT	L 13–16 OT	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	38	0	+3.4	0
5	2002-10-06	vs BAL	L 21–26	1	7	0	+0.5	11	8	165	2	+12.2	0
6	2002-10-13	@ TB	L 3–17	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	74	0	+6.0	0
7	2002-10-20	vs HOU	W 34–17	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	6	0	−0.2	0
8	2002-10-27	@ NYJ	W 24–21	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	63	0	+6.8	0
9	2002-11-03	vs PIT	L 20–23	1	5	0	+0.2	3	2	17	0	+0.7	0
11	2002-11-17	@ CIN	W 27–20	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	71	1	+10.7	0
12	2002-11-24	@ NO	W 24–15	2	35	1	+3.9	4	3	68	0	+3.0	0
13	2002-12-01	vs CAR	L 6–13	1	34	0	+1.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2002-12-29	vs ATL	W 24–16	2	10	0	+0.1	3	1	22	0	+1.2	0
P18	2003-01-05	@ PIT	L 33–36	1	5	0	+0.5	8	6	92	2	+10.2	0

2001 game log (8 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2001-10-07	vs LAC	W 20–16	0	0	0.0	2	1	14	+0.7	0
6	2001-10-21	vs BAL	W 24–14	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+0.2	0
8	2001-11-04	@ CHI	L 21–27 OT	0	0	0.0	4	2	34	+1.1	0
9	2001-11-11	vs PIT	L 12–15 OT	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−0.7	0
10	2001-11-18	@ BAL	W 27–17	1	12	+2.1	5	5	45	+2.1	0
11	2001-11-25	vs CIN	W 18–0	1	9	+0.7	2	1	13	+0.3	0
12	2001-12-02	vs TEN	L 15–31	1	5	−0.0	8	6	65	+0.1	0
13	2001-12-09	@ NE	L 16–27	0	0	0.0	11	2	29	−12.2	2

2000 game log (15 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-03	vs JAX	L 7–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	−0.4	0
2	2000-09-10	@ CIN	W 24–7	1	-1	−0.7	1	1	12	+0.1	1
3	2000-09-17	vs PIT	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	2	2	27	+3.5	0
4	2000-09-24	@ LV	L 10–36	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	−1.0	0
5	2000-10-01	vs BAL	L 0–12	0	0	0.0	7	4	43	+1.8	2
6	2000-10-08	@ ARI	L 21–29	0	0	0.0	5	3	67	+3.7	0
7	2000-10-15	@ DEN	L 10–44	0	0	0.0	9	5	80	−2.2	0
8	2000-10-22	@ PIT	L 0–22	1	-3	−0.8	8	2	22	−4.4	0
9	2000-10-29	vs CIN	L 3–12	0	0	0.0	13	4	23	−8.1	0
10	2000-11-05	vs NYG	L 3–24	0	0	0.0	4	3	34	+0.2	0
11	2000-11-12	vs NE	W 19–11	0	0	0.0	9	4	32	−1.1	0
12	2000-11-19	@ TEN	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	6	3	30	+0.0	0
13	2000-11-26	@ BAL	L 7–44	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	−1.8	0
14	2000-12-03	@ JAX	L 0–48	0	0	0.0	4	1	0	−4.3	0
15	2000-12-10	vs PHI	L 24–35	7	37	+1.8	7	5	33	+1.4	0