Eddie Royal

WR · DEN/LAC/CHI · 2008–2016

Born May 21, 1986 · College Virginia Tech · Drafted 2008, round 2, pick 42 (DEN) · 5-10, 190 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2008	DEN	15	11	109	9.91	+0.353	54.5	+3.9	+0.12
2009	DEN	13	1	1	1.00	−0.840	0.0	−0.8	−0.00
2010	DEN	16	6	61	10.17	−0.246	57.1	−1.7	−0.05
2011	DEN	12	7	48	6.86	+0.322	71.4	+2.3	+0.03
2011 playoffs	DEN	2	1	1	1.00	−0.726	0.0	−0.7	−0.00
2012	LAC	10	3	22	7.33	+0.545	66.7	+1.6	+0.04
2013	LAC	15	3	21	7.00	+0.085	33.3	+0.3	+0.01
2013 playoffs	LAC	2	1	9	9.00	+0.706	100.0	+0.7	+0.04
2014	LAC	16	3	14	4.67	−0.159	33.3	−0.5	−0.02
2015	CHI	9	1	-1	-1.00	−0.701	0.0	−0.7	−0.02
Career	CHI	115	35	275	7.86	+0.119	52.8	+4.3	+0.11

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	DEN	15	129	91	980	5	70.5	+0.258	+0.239+0.090 to +0.387	22.5	9.9	+33.3	+0.94
2009	DEN	13	79	37	345	0	46.8	−0.113	+0.080−0.082 to +0.242	18.4	8.3	−8.9	+0.19
2010	DEN	16	105	59	627	3	56.2	−0.030	+0.123−0.032 to +0.277	18.2	7.0	−3.2	−0.24
2011	DEN	12	50	19	155	1	38.0	−0.391	+0.020−0.151 to +0.191	17.2	11.7	−19.5	−0.26
2011 playoffs	DEN	2	15	5	74	1	33.3	−0.042		31.9	12.2	−0.6	+0.00
2012	LAC	10	44	23	234	1	52.3	−0.451	+0.014−0.159 to +0.187	13.7	7.4	−19.8	−0.83
2013	LAC	15	67	47	625	8	70.1	+0.653	+0.288+0.122 to +0.453	13.4	10.0	+43.7	+1.26
2013 playoffs	LAC	2	4	2	63	0	50.0	+0.998		9.3	17.5	+4.0	+0.05
2014	LAC	16	91	62	778	7	68.1	+0.389	+0.266+0.107 to +0.424	16.0	9.7	+35.4	+0.83
2015	CHI	9	50	37	238	1	74.0	−0.143	+0.087−0.084 to +0.258	16.9	3.7	−7.1	−0.13
2016	CHI	9	43	33	369	2	76.7	+0.342	+0.165−0.009 to +0.338	12.6	6.0	+14.7	+0.36
Career	CHI	115	658	408	4,351	28	62.0	+0.104		16.9	8.5	+68.5	+2.10

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2008	DEN	15	1	–	–	0
2009	DEN	13	1	0	0	0
2010	DEN	16	3	0	0	0
2011	DEN	12	1	0	0	0
2012	LAC	10	1	0	0	0
2013	LAC	15	2	0	0	1
2014	LAC	16	2	0	0	0
2016	CHI	9	1	0	0	0
Career	CHI	115	12	0	0	1

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
2016	CHI	9	310	53.3	–	–

Game logs

2016 game log (9 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	@ HOU	L 14–23	6	4	57	1	+6.5	0
2	2016-09-19	vs PHI	L 14–29	6	4	52	0	+2.5	1
3	2016-09-25	@ DAL	L 17–31	3	3	21	0	+0.2	0
4	2016-10-02	vs DET	W 17–14	7	7	111	1	+9.6	0
5	2016-10-09	@ IND	L 23–29	9	7	43	0	−1.7	0
6	2016-10-16	vs JAX	L 16–17	6	4	54	0	+1.9	0
10	2016-11-13	@ TB	L 10–36	2	1	24	0	−1.7	0
11	2016-11-20	@ NYG	L 16–22	3	2	13	0	−1.8	0
12	2016-11-27	vs TEN	L 21–27	1	1	-6	0	−0.9	0

2015 game log (9 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2015-09-13	vs GB	L 23–31	0	0	0.0	5	1	8	0	−4.1
2	2015-09-20	vs ARI	L 23–48	0	0	0.0	8	7	41	0	−3.0
3	2015-09-27	@ SEA	L 0–26	0	0	0.0	3	3	17	0	−0.0
4	2015-10-04	vs LV	W 22–20	0	0	0.0	10	7	54	1	+5.2
6	2015-10-18	@ DET	L 34–37 OT	0	0	0.0	7	5	49	0	+0.1
8	2015-11-01	vs MIN	L 20–23	1	-1	−0.7	3	3	2	0	−4.0
14	2015-12-13	vs WAS	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	15	0	−0.0
15	2015-12-20	@ MIN	L 17–38	0	0	0.0	6	5	31	0	+0.4
16	2015-12-27	@ TB	W 26–21	0	0	0.0	6	5	21	0	−1.7

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-08	@ ARI	L 17–18	2	-1	−1.4	6	1	20	0	−4.8	0
2	2014-09-14	vs SEA	W 30–21	0	0	0.0	10	7	69	0	−0.1	0
3	2014-09-21	@ BUF	W 22–10	0	0	0.0	6	4	42	2	+5.3	0
4	2014-09-28	vs JAX	W 33–14	0	0	0.0	7	5	105	2	+7.0	0
5	2014-10-05	vs NYJ	W 31–0	0	0	0.0	3	3	40	0	+3.3	0
6	2014-10-12	@ LV	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	2	2	49	1	+6.8	0
7	2014-10-19	vs KC	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	5	1	20	0	−2.2	0
8	2014-10-23	@ DEN	L 21–35	0	0	0.0	3	3	29	0	+3.3	0
9	2014-11-02	@ MIA	L 0–37	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.2	0
11	2014-11-16	vs LV	W 13–6	1	15	+0.9	3	2	27	0	+0.6	0
12	2014-11-23	vs LA	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	6	6	50	0	+2.5	1
13	2014-11-30	@ BAL	W 34–33	0	0	0.0	10	9	81	1	+1.1	0
14	2014-12-07	vs NE	L 14–23	0	0	0.0	5	2	30	0	+0.2	0
15	2014-12-14	vs DEN	L 10–22	0	0	0.0	4	3	27	0	−0.9	0
16	2014-12-20	@ SF	W 38–35 OT	0	0	0.0	12	10	94	1	+8.7	0
17	2014-12-28	@ KC	L 7–19	0	0	0.0	8	4	95	0	+4.8	1

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-09	vs HOU	L 28–31	0	0	0.0	6	3	24	2	+1.8	0
2	2013-09-15	@ PHI	W 33–30	0	0	0.0	8	7	90	3	+12.9	0
3	2013-09-22	@ TEN	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	2	2	28	0	+1.1	0
4	2013-09-29	vs DAL	W 30–21	0	0	0.0	3	3	42	0	+2.4	0
5	2013-10-06	@ LV	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	8	3	26	0	−2.0	2
6	2013-10-14	vs IND	W 19–9	1	4	−0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2013-10-20	@ JAX	W 24–6	0	0	0.0	4	4	69	1	+6.5	0
9	2013-11-03	@ WAS	L 24–30 OT	0	0	0.0	6	4	56	1	+3.8	0
10	2013-11-10	vs DEN	L 20–28	0	0	0.0	4	2	36	0	+2.7	0
11	2013-11-17	@ MIA	L 16–20	0	0	0.0	3	2	20	0	−0.1	0
12	2013-11-24	@ KC	W 41–38	0	0	0.0	4	4	87	0	+8.2	0
14	2013-12-08	vs NYG	W 37–14	0	0	0.0	4	3	13	0	−1.5	0
15	2013-12-12	@ DEN	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	6	3	46	0	+3.1	0
16	2013-12-22	vs LV	W 26–13	0	0	0.0	4	4	54	0	+5.4	0
17	2013-12-29	vs KC	W 27–24 OT	2	17	+0.5	5	3	34	1	−0.3	0
P18	2014-01-05	@ CIN	W 27–10	1	9	+0.7	2	1	33	0	+1.9	0
P19	2014-01-12	@ DEN	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	30	0	+2.0	0

2012 game log (10 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-10	@ LV	W 22–14	2	12	+0.1	2	2	4	0	−0.1	0
2	2012-09-16	vs TEN	W 38–10	0	0	0.0	3	2	18	0	+0.6	0
3	2012-09-23	vs ATL	L 3–27	1	10	+1.5	3	2	7	0	−0.8	0
4	2012-09-30	@ KC	W 37–20	0	0	0.0	5	3	16	1	−2.5	0
5	2012-10-07	@ NO	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	5	2	31	0	+0.1	0
6	2012-10-15	vs DEN	L 24–35	0	0	0.0	5	2	22	0	−11.9	1
10	2012-11-11	@ TB	L 24–34	0	0	0.0	5	3	36	0	−7.2	0
11	2012-11-18	@ DEN	L 23–30	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−3.1	0
16	2012-12-23	@ NYJ	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	7	3	39	0	+0.1	0
17	2012-12-30	vs LV	W 24–21	0	0	0.0	6	4	61	0	+5.0	0

2011 game log (14 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-12	vs LV	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	6	2	33	0	+2.0	0
2	2011-09-18	vs CIN	W 24–22	0	0	0.0	3	2	18	0	+1.6	0
7	2011-10-23	@ MIA	W 18–15 OT	0	0	0.0	4	2	14	0	−2.3	0
8	2011-10-30	vs DET	L 10–45	0	0	0.0	13	6	41	0	−4.9	0
9	2011-11-06	@ LV	W 38–24	0	0	0.0	6	2	25	1	+1.2	0
10	2011-11-13	@ KC	W 17–10	3	19	+0.9	2	0	0	0	−1.5	0
11	2011-11-17	vs NYJ	W 17–13	1	10	+1.1	4	3	15	0	−2.3	0
12	2011-11-27	@ LAC	W 16–13 OT	1	1	−1.1	2	0	0	0	−2.4	0
13	2011-12-04	@ MIN	W 35–32	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	−0.9	0
15	2011-12-18	vs NE	L 23–41	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−1.2	1
16	2011-12-24	@ BUF	L 14–40	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0	−5.7	0
17	2012-01-01	vs KC	L 3–7	2	18	+1.4	4	0	0	0	−3.0	0
P18	2012-01-08	vs PIT	W 29–23 OT	0	0	0.0	7	3	49	1	+2.0	0
P19	2012-01-14	@ NE	L 10–45	1	1	−0.7	8	2	25	0	−2.6	0

2010 game log (16 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	@ JAX	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	10	8	98	0	+7.0	0
2	2010-09-19	vs SEA	W 31–14	0	0	0.0	5	5	65	1	+8.5	0
3	2010-09-26	vs IND	L 13–27	0	0	0.0	9	4	23	0	−10.5	0
4	2010-10-03	@ TEN	W 26–20	0	0	0.0	8	8	113	1	+8.3	0
5	2010-10-10	@ BAL	L 17–31	0	0	−0.9	5	4	31	0	+2.4	0
6	2010-10-17	vs NYJ	L 20–24	1	13	+0.7	10	3	37	0	−2.1	0
7	2010-10-24	vs LV	L 14–59	0	0	0.0	7	2	26	0	−4.4	0
8	2010-10-31	@ SF	L 16–24	0	0	0.0	6	4	34	0	−1.6	0
10	2010-11-14	vs KC	W 49–29	2	20	+0.9	5	5	39	0	+3.6	0
11	2010-11-22	@ LAC	L 14–35	0	0	0.0	5	2	12	0	−2.3	1
12	2010-11-28	vs LA	L 33–36	1	20	+1.4	9	6	74	1	+5.0	1
13	2010-12-05	@ KC	L 6–10	0	0	0.0	6	2	7	0	−3.5	0
14	2010-12-12	@ ARI	L 13–43	2	8	−3.8	9	4	46	0	−5.8	1
15	2010-12-19	@ LV	L 23–39	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−3.7	0
16	2010-12-26	vs HOU	W 24–23	0	0	0.0	7	2	22	0	−3.6	0
17	2011-01-02	vs LAC	L 28–33	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	@ CIN	W 12–7	0	0	0.0	4	2	18	−1.1	0
2	2009-09-20	vs CLE	W 27–6	0	0	0.0	9	3	20	−1.6	0
3	2009-09-27	@ LV	W 23–3	0	0	0.0	3	1	4	−2.6	0
4	2009-10-04	vs DAL	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	6	2	16	−1.2	0
5	2009-10-11	vs NE	W 20–17 OT	0	0	0.0	15	10	90	+6.7	0
6	2009-10-19	@ LAC	W 34–23	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	−4.4	0
8	2009-11-01	@ BAL	L 7–30	0	0	0.0	8	2	10	−3.9	0
9	2009-11-09	vs PIT	L 10–28	0	0	0.0	10	5	74	+1.2	0
10	2009-11-15	@ WAS	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	4	2	21	+0.7	0
11	2009-11-22	vs LAC	L 3–32	0	0	0.0	6	4	29	−1.1	1
13	2009-12-06	@ KC	W 44–13	1	1	−0.8	4	2	32	+0.6	0
14	2009-12-13	@ IND	L 16–28	0	0	0.0	2	1	3	−2.8	0
15	2009-12-20	vs LV	L 19–20	0	0	0.0	4	3	28	+0.5	0

2008 game log (15 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-08	@ LV	W 41–14	2	9	+0.3	11	9	146	1	+13.9	0
2	2008-09-14	vs LAC	W 39–38	0	0	0.0	7	5	37	1	+1.5	0
3	2008-09-21	vs NO	W 34–32	1	6	+1.1	7	4	11	0	−5.9	0
4	2008-09-28	@ KC	L 19–33	0	0	0.0	12	9	104	0	+0.7	0
5	2008-10-05	vs TB	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	4	3	23	0	+0.3	0
7	2008-10-20	@ NE	L 7–41	0	0	0.0	12	9	71	0	+3.1	0
9	2008-11-02	vs MIA	L 17–26	0	0	0.0	11	7	69	1	+4.4	0
10	2008-11-06	@ CLE	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	8	6	164	1	+13.5	0
11	2008-11-16	@ ATL	W 24–20	3	7	−2.1	5	4	34	0	+1.4	0
12	2008-11-23	vs LV	L 10–31	1	3	−0.2	6	2	14	0	−0.3	0
13	2008-11-30	@ NYJ	W 34–17	0	0	0.0	5	5	84	1	+6.9	0
14	2008-12-07	vs KC	W 24–17	3	13	+0.5	7	6	42	0	+0.7	0
15	2008-12-14	@ CAR	L 10–30	0	0	0.0	8	6	48	0	−2.8	1
16	2008-12-21	vs BUF	L 23–30	1	71	+4.3	9	5	57	0	+3.5	0
17	2008-12-28	@ LAC	L 21–52	0	0	0.0	17	11	76	0	−7.5	0