Derrick Ward

RB · NYG/TB/HOU · 2004–2011

Born August 30, 1980 · College University of Ottawa (Kans.); Fresno State · Drafted 2004, round 7, pick 235 (NYJ) · 5-11, 240 lb

EPA per carry 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)
2005	NYG	13	35	123	0	3.51	−0.148	−0.105−0.168 to −0.043	31.4	−5.2	−0.10
2007	NYG	8	125	602	3	4.82	+0.047	−0.075−0.133 to −0.016	39.4	+6.0	+0.23
2008	NYG	16	182	1,025	2	5.63	+0.076	−0.030−0.086 to +0.026	45.0	+14.5	+0.65
2008 playoffs	NYG	1	12	46	0	3.83	−0.267		41.7	−3.2	−0.14
2009	TB	14	115	414	1	3.60	−0.220	−0.116−0.175 to −0.057	24.6	−26.0	−0.31
2010	HOU	14	51	317	4	6.22	+0.228	−0.091−0.153 to −0.029	52.9	+11.6	+0.30
2011	HOU	5	45	154	2	3.42	−0.176	−0.105−0.167 to −0.042	41.3	−8.1	−0.09
Career	HOU	76	553	2,635	12	4.76	−0.013		39.1	−7.2	+0.68

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2005	NYG	13	5	2	13	0	40.0	−0.061	1.1	–	−0.3	−0.00
2007	NYG	8	40	26	179	1	65.0	−0.206	15.2	0.7	−8.3	−0.20
2008	NYG	16	55	41	384	0	74.5	+0.140	11.4	-0.6	+7.7	+0.02
2008 playoffs	NYG	1	7	5	24	0	71.4	−0.688	24.1	-0.1	−4.8	−0.10
2009	TB	14	24	20	150	2	83.3	+0.216	5.2	1.2	+5.2	+0.08
2010	HOU	14	11	7	61	0	63.6	−0.049	2.2	2.1	−0.5	−0.02
2011	HOU	5	1	0	0	0	0.0	−1.192	0.9	2.0	−1.2	−0.04
Career	HOU	76	136	96	787	3	70.6	+0.019	5.6	0.4	+2.6	−0.16

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
2004	NYG	4	8	–	–	–
2005	NYG	13	8	–	–	–
2006	NYG	2	3	0	–	–
2007	NYG	8	2	0	–	–
2009	TB	14	1	0	0	0
Career	HOU	76	22	0	0	0

2011 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-11	vs IND	W 34–7	11	39	1	+0.8	0	0.0
7	2011-10-23	@ TEN	W 41–7	5	7	0	−4.2	0	0.0
9	2011-11-06	vs CLE	W 30–12	6	22	0	+0.8	0	0.0
10	2011-11-13	@ TB	W 37–9	11	36	1	−2.7	0	0.0
17	2012-01-01	vs TEN	L 22–23	12	50	0	−2.8	1	−1.2

2010 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2010-09-26	vs DAL	L 13–27	2	4	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0
4	2010-10-03	@ LV	W 31–24	12	80	1	+3.0	1	0	0	−0.7
5	2010-10-10	vs NYG	L 10–34	1	1	1	+0.5	1	1	12	+0.9
6	2010-10-17	vs KC	W 35–31	3	58	1	+4.8	1	1	12	+0.7
8	2010-11-01	@ IND	L 17–30	2	5	0	−0.2	3	2	9	−0.9
9	2010-11-07	vs LAC	L 23–29	5	12	0	−3.2	0	0	0	0.0
10	2010-11-14	@ JAX	L 24–31	3	11	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0
11	2010-11-21	@ NYJ	L 27–30	2	0	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0
12	2010-11-28	vs TEN	W 20–0	7	47	0	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0
13	2010-12-02	@ PHI	L 24–34	2	15	0	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0
14	2010-12-13	vs BAL	L 28–34 OT	1	3	0	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0
15	2010-12-19	@ TEN	L 17–31	6	15	0	+0.7	3	1	11	−0.5
16	2010-12-26	@ DEN	L 23–24	1	3	0	−0.3	1	1	10	−0.3
17	2011-01-02	vs JAX	W 34–17	4	63	1	+5.6	1	1	7	+0.3

2009 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs DAL	L 21–34	12	62	1	+2.1	3	2	21	0	+0.2	0
2	2009-09-20	@ BUF	L 20–33	9	32	0	−2.8	2	1	5	0	−0.9	0
3	2009-09-27	vs NYG	L 0–24	5	2	0	−2.7	2	2	7	0	−1.1	0
5	2009-10-11	@ PHI	L 14–33	6	37	0	−0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2009-10-18	vs CAR	L 21–28	1	2	0	−0.4	1	1	5	0	+0.2	0
7	2009-10-25	vs NE	L 7–35	13	48	0	−3.2	1	1	8	0	+0.1	0
9	2009-11-08	vs GB	W 38–28	4	5	0	−1.5	3	3	54	1	+6.0	0
10	2009-11-15	@ MIA	L 23–25	10	34	0	−3.6	2	0	0	0	−1.3	0
11	2009-11-22	vs NO	L 7–38	7	26	0	−0.8	3	3	14	0	−0.6	0
12	2009-11-29	@ ATL	L 17–20	13	29	0	−5.0	1	1	2	0	−0.4	0
13	2009-12-06	@ CAR	L 6–16	5	32	0	+0.9	3	3	17	0	+0.6	0
14	2009-12-13	vs NYJ	L 3–26	4	6	0	−2.9	2	2	11	0	−0.5	0
15	2009-12-20	@ SEA	W 24–7	19	67	0	−5.5	1	1	6	1	+3.0	0
16	2009-12-27	@ NO	W 20–17 OT	7	32	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2008 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-04	vs WAS	W 16–7	9	39	0	−0.1	3	2	21	+0.0
2	2008-09-14	@ LA	W 41–13	8	58	0	+1.7	1	1	8	−0.7
3	2008-09-21	vs CIN	W 26–23 OT	9	80	0	+1.1	4	3	26	−0.6
5	2008-10-05	vs SEA	W 44–6	7	40	0	−0.8	2	2	10	+0.5
6	2008-10-13	@ CLE	L 14–35	10	101	0	+5.2	2	2	1	−1.6
7	2008-10-19	vs SF	W 29–17	4	19	0	−0.9	4	3	50	+2.3
8	2008-10-26	@ PIT	W 21–14	13	37	0	−2.8	6	5	43	+2.1
9	2008-11-02	vs DAL	W 35–14	12	63	1	+2.4	4	2	26	+1.4
10	2008-11-09	@ PHI	W 36–31	17	53	0	−2.5	5	3	27	+0.7
11	2008-11-16	vs BAL	W 30–10	11	41	0	−2.8	6	4	54	+3.1
12	2008-11-23	@ ARI	W 37–29	20	69	1	+0.6	4	4	30	+0.8
13	2008-11-30	@ WAS	W 23–7	10	30	0	−1.0	7	5	75	+2.7
14	2008-12-07	vs PHI	L 14–20	8	39	0	−0.0	1	1	2	−0.4
15	2008-12-14	@ DAL	L 8–20	14	64	0	+0.8	2	1	2	−1.2
16	2008-12-21	vs CAR	W 34–28 OT	15	215	0	+14.5	2	1	-5	−2.3
17	2008-12-28	@ MIN	L 19–20	15	77	0	−0.9	2	2	14	+0.9
P19	2009-01-11	vs PHI	L 11–23	12	46	0	−3.2	7	5	24	−4.8

2007 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	@ DAL	L 35–45	13	89	0	+0.8	5	4	27	1	+1.3	1
2	2007-09-16	vs GB	L 13–35	15	90	0	+2.2	6	4	35	0	−0.2	0
3	2007-09-23	@ WAS	W 24–17	26	94	0	−0.1	7	6	26	0	−1.4	1
4	2007-09-30	vs PHI	W 16–3	19	80	0	−0.8	4	3	26	0	+0.3	0
5	2007-10-07	vs NYJ	W 35–24	13	56	1	+4.2	4	3	8	0	−1.3	0
6	2007-10-15	@ ATL	W 31–10	8	12	1	−1.0	4	2	16	0	−0.1	0
7	2007-10-21	vs SF	W 33–15	7	27	0	−1.3	7	2	12	0	−7.2	0
13	2007-12-02	@ CHI	W 21–16	24	154	1	+2.1	3	2	29	0	+0.3	0

2006 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
8	2006-10-29	vs TB	W 17–3	2	0.0	0	0
9	2006-11-05	vs HOU	W 14–10	1	0.0	0	0

2005 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs ARI	W 42–19	4	23	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2005-09-19	@ NO	W 27–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.9	0
3	2005-09-25	@ LAC	L 23–45	4	13	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2005-10-16	@ DAL	L 13–16 OT	3	15	−0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2005-10-23	vs DEN	W 24–23	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2005-10-30	vs WAS	W 36–0	13	42	−2.0	2	1	8	+1.1	0
9	2005-11-06	@ SF	W 24–6	3	22	+1.6	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2005-11-13	vs MIN	L 21–24	2	-2	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2005-11-20	vs PHI	W 27–17	2	-4	−1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2005-12-04	vs DAL	W 17–10	1	4	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2005-12-11	@ PHI	W 26–23 OT	1	2	−0.4	1	0	0	−0.4	0
15	2005-12-17	vs KC	W 27–17	2	8	−0.1	1	1	5	−0.0	1
16	2005-12-24	@ WAS	L 20–35	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2

2004 game log (4 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
10	2004-11-14	@ ARI	L 14–17	1
11	2004-11-21	vs ATL	L 10–14	3
14	2004-12-12	@ BAL	L 14–37	2
17	2005-01-02	vs DAL	W 28–24	2