Donovan Peoples-Jones

WR · CLE · 2020–2023

Born February 19, 1999 · College Michigan · Drafted 2020, round 6, pick 187 (CLE) · 6-2, 204 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	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2022	CLE	17	1	2	0	2.00	−0.385		0.0	−0.4	−0.01

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2020	CLE	7	20	14	304	2	70.0	+0.946	+0.217+0.034 to +0.400	9.8	17.2	+18.9	+0.81
2020 playoffs	CLE	2	3	2	31	0	66.7	+0.506		4.4	12.7	+1.5	+0.02
2021	CLE	13	58	34	597	3	58.6	+0.448	+0.252+0.084 to +0.420	15.4	15.6	+26.0	+0.32
2022	CLE	17	96	61	839	3	63.5	+0.192	+0.220+0.063 to +0.376	18.9	11.5	+18.4	+0.64
2023	CLE	13	25	13	155	0	52.0	−0.159	+0.052−0.129 to +0.232	5.9	10.9	−4.0	−0.04
Career	CLE	50	199	122	1,895	8	61.3	+0.298		13.1	13.2	+59.3	+1.72

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
2021	CLE	13	2
2022	CLE	17	1
2023	CLE	13	1
Career	CLE	50	4

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
2020	CLE	12	258	33.5	–	–
2020 playoffs	CLE	2	92	71.9	–	–
2021	CLE	14	693	78.0	1	1.4
2022	CLE	17	1,037	90.2	–	–
2023	CLE/DET	15	505	48.2	–	–
2023 playoffs	DET	3	11	5.7	–	–

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	96	77.1	0	0.0	9	44.4
2023	25	56.0	0	0.0	2	100.0

Game logs

2023 game log (13 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs CIN	W 24–3	2	1	12	+0.3	0
2	2023-09-18	@ PIT	L 22–26	4	1	7	−2.7	0
3	2023-09-24	vs TEN	W 27–3	4	3	49	+2.6	0
4	2023-10-01	vs BAL	L 3–28	4	1	7	−5.5	0
6	2023-10-15	vs SF	W 19–17	1	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2023-10-22	@ IND	W 39–38	3	2	22	−0.7	0
8	2023-10-29	@ SEA	L 20–24	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2023-11-19	vs CHI	W 31–26	1	0	0	−4.6	0
13	2023-12-03	@ NO	W 33–28	1	0	0	−0.9	0
14	2023-12-10	@ CHI	L 13–28	1	1	17	+3.7	0
15	2023-12-16	vs DEN	W 42–17	1	1	5	−0.3	0
16	2023-12-24	@ MIN	W 30–24	1	1	11	+1.9	0
18	2024-01-07	vs MIN	W 30–20	2	2	25	+2.8	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ CAR	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	11	6	60	0	−1.8	0
2	2022-09-18	vs NYJ	L 30–31	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
3	2022-09-22	vs PIT	W 29–17	0	0	0.0	3	1	10	0	−0.5	0
4	2022-10-02	@ ATL	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	9	5	71	0	+0.4	0
5	2022-10-09	vs LAC	L 28–30	0	0	0.0	7	4	50	0	+2.0	0
6	2022-10-16	vs NE	L 15–38	1	2	−0.4	5	4	74	0	+7.8	0
7	2022-10-23	@ BAL	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	6	6	71	0	+1.6	0
8	2022-10-31	vs CIN	W 32–13	0	0	0.0	4	4	81	0	+6.7	0
10	2022-11-13	@ MIA	L 17–39	0	0	0.0	9	5	99	0	+2.5	0
11	2022-11-20	@ BUF	L 23–31	0	0	0.0	6	5	61	1	+5.7	0
12	2022-11-27	vs TB	W 23–17 OT	0	0	0.0	4	2	16	0	−2.2	0
13	2022-12-04	@ HOU	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	3	3	44	0	+2.6	1
14	2022-12-11	@ CIN	L 10–23	0	0	0.0	12	8	114	0	−6.5	0
15	2022-12-17	vs BAL	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	4	4	31	1	+3.1	0
16	2022-12-24	vs NO	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	5	1	2	0	−5.6	0
17	2023-01-01	@ WAS	W 24–10	0	0	0.0	3	1	13	1	+1.8	0
18	2023-01-08	@ PIT	L 14–28	0	0	0.0	4	2	42	0	+1.7	0

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ KC	L 29–33	1	1	4	0	+0.6	0
2	2021-09-19	vs HOU	W 31–21	1	1	14	0	−4.4	0
3	2021-09-26	vs CHI	W 26–6	2	2	39	0	+3.1	0
5	2021-10-10	@ LAC	L 42–47	6	5	70	0	+4.3	0
6	2021-10-17	vs ARI	L 14–37	5	4	101	2	+13.7	0
9	2021-11-07	@ CIN	W 41–16	3	2	86	1	+7.9	0
10	2021-11-14	@ NE	L 7–45	5	1	16	0	−0.2	0
12	2021-11-28	@ BAL	L 10–16	5	2	10	0	−1.3	0
14	2021-12-12	vs BAL	W 24–22	7	5	90	0	+3.4	0
15	2021-12-20	vs LV	L 14–16	8	4	48	0	+1.3	0
16	2021-12-25	@ GB	L 22–24	6	1	5	0	−4.6	1
17	2022-01-03	@ PIT	L 14–26	5	3	76	0	+2.4	1
18	2022-01-09	vs CIN	W 21–16	4	3	38	0	−0.3	0

2020 game log (9 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
6	2020-10-18	@ PIT	L 7–38	1	0	0	0	−0.9
7	2020-10-25	@ CIN	W 37–34	3	3	56	1	+6.6
10	2020-11-15	vs HOU	W 10–7	2	2	16	0	+0.2
13	2020-12-06	@ TEN	W 41–35	3	2	92	1	+6.2
14	2020-12-14	vs BAL	L 42–47	5	3	74	0	+2.2
15	2020-12-20	@ NYG	W 20–6	3	3	55	0	+4.0
17	2021-01-03	vs PIT	W 24–22	3	1	11	0	+0.7
P18	2021-01-10	@ PIT	W 48–37	2	1	8	0	−0.7
P19	2021-01-17	@ KC	L 17–22	1	1	23	0	+2.2