DeShaun Foster

RB · CAR/SF · 2003–2008

Born January 10, 1980 · College UCLA · Drafted 2002, round 2, pick 34 (CAR) · 6-0, 222 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)
2003	CAR	14	113	429	0	3.80	−0.173	−0.108−0.168 to −0.049	32.5	−19.7	+0.18
2003 playoffs	CAR	4	42	196	2	4.67	+0.077		48.8	+3.3	+0.13
2004	CAR	4	59	255	2	4.32	−0.010	−0.087−0.149 to −0.026	40.0	−0.6	+0.16
2005	CAR	15	206	882	2	4.28	−0.078	−0.082−0.137 to −0.026	35.1	−16.4	−0.37
2005 playoffs	CAR	2	43	205	0	4.77	+0.049		51.1	+2.2	−0.04
2006	CAR	14	227	897	3	3.95	−0.163	−0.100−0.155 to −0.045	37.1	−37.2	−1.05
2007	CAR	16	247	876	3	3.55	−0.219	−0.113−0.167 to −0.059	34.7	−55.0	−1.04
2008	SF	11	76	234	1	3.08	−0.226	−0.094−0.154 to −0.033	33.8	−17.4	−0.12
Career	SF	74	928	3,573	11	3.85	−0.155		35.4	−146.4	−2.24

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2003	CAR	14	36	26	207	2	72.2	−0.429	9.1	–	−15.5	+0.18
2003 playoffs	CAR	4	8	5	35	0	62.5	−0.154	7.8	–	−1.2	−0.03
2004	CAR	4	9	9	66	0	100.0	−0.015	7.3	–	−0.1	−0.12
2005	CAR	15	48	34	372	1	70.8	+0.184	11.7	–	+8.8	+0.19
2005 playoffs	CAR	2	4	2	7	0	50.0	−0.410	7.4	–	−1.6	−0.05
2006	CAR	14	46	32	159	0	69.6	−0.325	10.0	-0.0	−15.0	−0.31
2007	CAR	16	35	24	173	1	68.6	−0.010	7.0	1.0	−0.4	+0.12
2008	SF	11	20	16	133	1	80.0	+0.159	5.7	2.8	+3.2	−0.03
Career	SF	74	194	141	1,110	5	72.7	−0.098	8.7	0.9	−18.9	+0.04

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
2003 playoffs	CAR	4	1	–	–	–
2005	CAR	15	1	–	–	–
2006	CAR	14	3	0	–	–
2007	CAR	16	2	0	–	–
2008	SF	11	1	0	–	–
Career	SF	74	7	0	0	0

2008 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs ARI	L 13–23	4	11	0	−0.8	1	1	12	0	+1.4	0
3	2008-09-21	vs DET	W 31–13	2	1	0	−1.9	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
4	2008-09-28	@ NO	L 17–31	1	9	0	+0.5	1	1	2	0	−0.4	0
6	2008-10-12	vs PHI	L 26–40	3	4	0	−2.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2008-10-26	vs SEA	L 13–34	1	1	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2008-11-16	vs LA	W 35–16	10	17	0	−7.3	2	2	40	0	+3.1	1
12	2008-11-23	@ DAL	L 22–35	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	9	1	+2.0	0
14	2008-12-07	vs NYJ	W 24–14	16	35	0	−3.6	1	1	8	0	−0.0	0
15	2008-12-14	@ MIA	L 9–14	18	76	0	+0.3	7	5	25	0	−1.9	0
16	2008-12-21	@ LA	W 17–16	12	36	0	−4.0	3	2	17	0	−0.6	0
17	2008-12-28	vs WAS	W 27–24	9	44	1	+2.5	3	3	20	0	+0.0	0

2007 game log (16 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	@ LA	W 27–13	17	94	0	−3.3	1	1	7	0	+0.4	1
2	2007-09-16	vs HOU	L 21–34	9	22	0	−3.6	4	4	20	0	−0.2	0
3	2007-09-23	@ ATL	W 27–20	20	122	1	+6.7	2	1	13	1	+2.4	0
4	2007-09-30	vs TB	L 7–20	15	64	0	−3.5	6	3	17	0	−2.5	0
5	2007-10-07	@ NO	W 16–13	19	59	0	−4.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2007-10-14	@ ARI	W 25–10	17	43	0	−6.1	3	2	6	0	−2.0	0
8	2007-10-28	vs IND	L 7–31	19	62	1	−3.1	2	1	5	0	+0.7	0
9	2007-11-04	@ TEN	L 7–20	17	63	0	−1.7	2	2	6	0	−1.1	1
10	2007-11-11	vs ATL	L 13–20	20	59	0	−6.1	1	1	5	0	−0.0	0
11	2007-11-18	@ GB	L 17–31	20	87	0	+2.1	2	1	21	0	+0.2	0
12	2007-11-25	vs NO	L 6–31	9	-5	0	−10.0	2	2	16	0	+0.9	0
13	2007-12-02	vs SF	W 31–14	21	58	1	−5.2	4	3	35	0	+1.6	0
14	2007-12-09	@ JAX	L 6–37	11	46	0	−5.1	3	1	3	0	−1.6	0
15	2007-12-16	vs SEA	W 13–10	18	47	0	−9.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2007-12-22	vs DAL	L 13–20	4	9	0	−1.6	2	1	8	0	+0.1	0
17	2007-12-30	@ TB	W 31–23	11	46	0	−0.7	1	1	11	0	+0.7	0

2006 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs ATL	L 6–20	15	54	0	−2.5	5	4	20	−2.5	0
2	2006-09-17	@ MIN	L 13–16 OT	13	26	0	−5.9	4	2	17	−1.4	1
3	2006-09-24	@ TB	W 26–24	20	82	0	−3.7	4	3	7	−1.5	0
4	2006-10-01	vs NO	W 21–18	16	105	1	+7.1	3	1	6	−2.7	0
5	2006-10-08	vs CLE	W 20–12	24	106	0	−6.5	3	3	12	−1.0	0
6	2006-10-15	@ BAL	W 23–21	26	58	0	−14.5	3	2	12	−0.5	0
7	2006-10-22	@ CIN	L 14–17	14	59	0	−3.1	2	2	20	+0.7	0
8	2006-10-29	vs DAL	L 14–35	15	50	1	−1.7	6	4	31	+0.6	1
10	2006-11-13	vs TB	W 24–10	13	48	0	−1.8	3	2	9	−1.0	0
11	2006-11-19	vs LA	W 15–0	9	63	0	+1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2006-12-10	vs NYG	L 13–27	8	23	0	−2.5	5	2	3	−2.5	0
15	2006-12-17	vs PIT	L 3–37	7	42	0	−0.3	4	3	5	−3.3	1
16	2006-12-24	@ ATL	W 10–3	28	102	0	−3.5	1	1	5	+0.5	0
17	2006-12-31	@ NO	W 31–21	19	79	1	−0.3	3	3	12	−0.4	0

2005 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs NO	L 20–23	9	41	0	−0.6	3	3	15	0	−0.2	0
2	2005-09-18	vs NE	W 27–17	7	37	0	−2.1	3	1	23	0	+1.6	0
3	2005-09-25	@ MIA	L 24–27	8	27	0	−1.7	4	3	48	0	+2.8	0
4	2005-10-03	vs GB	W 32–29	9	38	0	−0.2	4	3	55	0	+1.3	0
5	2005-10-09	@ ARI	W 24–20	8	42	0	−0.1	2	2	47	0	+0.3	0
8	2005-10-30	vs MIN	W 38–13	12	51	0	+0.6	5	1	8	0	−1.7	0
9	2005-11-06	@ TB	W 34–14	16	23	0	−6.8	3	2	16	0	+1.1	0
10	2005-11-13	vs NYJ	W 30–3	6	20	0	−1.3	3	3	43	0	+2.8	0
11	2005-11-20	@ CHI	L 3–13	9	41	0	−1.5	5	3	20	0	−1.9	1
12	2005-11-27	@ BUF	W 13–9	23	77	0	−1.0	5	4	24	0	+0.4	0
13	2005-12-04	vs ATL	W 24–6	24	131	1	+1.8	3	3	49	1	+5.1	0
14	2005-12-11	vs TB	L 10–20	14	46	0	−4.7	3	2	2	0	−2.8	0
15	2005-12-18	@ NO	W 27–10	21	75	0	−3.0	3	2	9	0	−0.4	0
16	2005-12-24	vs DAL	L 20–24	22	68	0	−3.7	2	2	13	0	+0.5	0
17	2006-01-01	@ ATL	W 44–11	18	165	1	+8.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2006-01-08	@ NYG	W 23–0	27	151	0	+3.7	3	1	4	0	−1.5	0
P19	2006-01-15	@ CHI	W 29–21	16	54	0	−1.5	1	1	3	0	−0.1	0

2004 game log (4 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2004-09-13	vs GB	L 14–24	3	12	0	+0.1	4	4	22	+0.3
2	2004-09-19	@ KC	W 28–17	32	174	1	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0
4	2004-10-03	vs ATL	L 10–27	19	51	1	−0.8	3	3	44	+0.8
5	2004-10-10	@ DEN	L 17–20	5	18	0	−0.3	2	2	0	−1.2

2003 game log (18 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs JAX	W 24–23	1	6	0	+0.3	4	3	16	0	−0.8	0
2	2003-09-14	@ TB	W 12–9 OT	3	20	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2003-09-28	vs ATL	W 23–3	10	46	0	−4.6	4	2	4	0	−3.7	0
5	2003-10-05	vs NO	W 19–13	7	25	0	−0.5	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
6	2003-10-12	@ IND	W 23–20 OT	16	85	0	+3.8	3	2	54	0	+5.0	0
7	2003-10-19	vs TEN	L 17–37	2	10	0	−0.1	4	4	20	0	−9.1	0
8	2003-10-26	@ NO	W 23–20 OT	3	25	0	+0.8	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
9	2003-11-02	@ HOU	L 10–14	3	13	0	−0.2	2	1	4	0	−0.8	0
10	2003-11-09	vs TB	W 27–24	22	56	0	−6.6	2	1	-2	0	−2.1	0
11	2003-11-16	vs WAS	W 20–17	1	2	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2003-12-07	@ ATL	L 14–20 OT	3	6	0	−1.1	1	1	3	0	−0.0	0
15	2003-12-14	@ ARI	W 20–17	4	16	0	−1.5	4	3	50	1	+3.8	0
16	2003-12-21	vs DET	W 20–14	21	76	0	−2.0	7	6	38	1	−7.1	0
17	2003-12-28	@ NYG	W 37–24	17	43	0	−6.2	3	3	20	0	+0.2	0
P18	2004-01-03	vs DAL	W 29–10	4	-2	0	−3.2	2	2	12	0	+0.3	0
P19	2004-01-10	@ LA	W 29–23 OT	21	95	0	+1.1	2	1	8	0	+0.1	1
P20	2004-01-18	@ PHI	W 14–3	14	60	1	+2.6	2	1	6	0	−1.5	0
P21	2004-02-01	@ NE	L 29–32	3	43	1	+2.9	2	1	9	0	−0.1	0