Eric Decker

WR · DEN/NYJ/TEN · 2010–2017

Born March 15, 1987 · College Minnesota · Drafted 2010, round 3, pick 87 (DEN) · 6-3, 214 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	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2011	DEN	16	1	1	1.00	−0.629	−0.6	−0.00
2011 playoffs	DEN	1	1	9	9.00	−0.275	−0.3	+0.00
Career	TEN	105	1	1	1.00	−0.629	−0.6	−0.00

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2010	DEN	8	8	6	106	1	75.0	+0.459	−0.040−0.228 to +0.149	2.9	15.0	+3.7	+0.05
2011	DEN	16	97	44	612	8	45.4	−0.224	+0.059−0.098 to +0.216	23.0	14.1	−21.7	−0.03
2011 playoffs	DEN	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.730		4.8	17.0	−0.7	−0.01
2012	DEN	16	123	85	1,064	13	69.1	+0.551	+0.359+0.209 to +0.509	21.0	11.5	+67.8	+0.72
2012 playoffs	DEN	1	10	6	84	0	60.0	−0.214		23.3	8.3	−2.1	+0.03
2013	DEN	16	136	87	1,288	11	64.0	+0.457	+0.330+0.183 to +0.477	20.3	11.0	+62.1	+0.73
2013 playoffs	DEN	3	18	8	111	0	44.4	−0.108		14.1	10.4	−1.9	+0.04
2014	NYJ	15	115	74	962	5	64.3	+0.306	+0.261+0.109 to +0.413	25.4	10.9	+35.2	+1.29
2015	NYJ	15	132	80	1,027	12	60.6	+0.427	+0.326+0.178 to +0.474	24.3	11.5	+56.4	+1.17
2016	NYJ	3	21	9	194	2	42.9	+0.363	+0.075−0.107 to +0.258	18.8	15.9	+7.6	+0.05
2017	TEN	16	83	54	563	1	65.1	+0.251	+0.195+0.034 to +0.355	17.1	10.0	+20.8	+0.44
2017 playoffs	TEN	2	12	8	106	1	66.7	+0.499		17.6	14.2	+6.0	+0.13
Career	TEN	105	715	439	5,816	53	61.4	+0.324		20.2	11.7	+231.9	+4.43

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
2010	DEN	8	9
2011	DEN	16	2
2012	DEN	16	3
2013	DEN	16	4
2014	NYJ	15	1
2015	NYJ	15	2
2016	NYJ	3	1
Career	TEN	105	22

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	NYJ	3	210	99.1	–	–
2017	TEN	16	732	72.6	–	–
2017 playoffs	TEN	2	104	81.2	–	–

Game logs

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	vs LV	L 16–26	8	3	10	0	−5.4
2	2017-09-17	@ JAX	W 37–16	5	3	32	0	+0.2
3	2017-09-24	vs SEA	W 33–27	5	4	49	0	+1.3
4	2017-10-01	@ HOU	L 14–57	2	2	13	0	+0.5
5	2017-10-08	@ MIA	L 10–16	6	4	34	0	+1.8
6	2017-10-16	vs IND	W 36–22	9	7	88	0	+4.6
7	2017-10-22	@ CLE	W 12–9 OT	2	0	0	0	−1.8
9	2017-11-05	vs BAL	W 23–20	4	3	21	1	+1.6
10	2017-11-12	vs CIN	W 24–20	3	2	19	0	+1.1
11	2017-11-16	@ PIT	L 17–40	3	3	37	0	+3.1
12	2017-11-26	@ IND	W 20–16	4	3	23	0	+1.5
13	2017-12-03	vs HOU	W 24–13	6	3	27	0	−0.1
14	2017-12-10	@ ARI	L 7–12	5	3	56	0	+4.6
15	2017-12-17	@ SF	L 23–25	5	5	63	0	+4.8
16	2017-12-24	vs LA	L 23–27	10	6	73	0	+3.5
17	2017-12-31	vs JAX	W 15–10	6	3	18	0	−0.5
P18	2018-01-06	@ KC	W 22–21	5	2	21	1	−0.3
P19	2018-01-13	@ NE	L 14–35	7	6	85	0	+6.3

2016 game log (3 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs CIN	L 22–23	7	2	37	1	−2.0	1
2	2016-09-15	@ BUF	W 37–31	8	6	126	1	+10.5	0
3	2016-09-25	@ KC	L 3–24	6	1	31	0	−0.9	0

2015 game log (15 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs CLE	W 31–10	3	2	37	1	+4.1	0
2	2015-09-21	@ IND	W 20–7	11	8	97	1	+6.7	0
4	2015-10-04	@ MIA	W 27–14	5	4	46	1	+3.7	0
6	2015-10-18	vs WAS	W 34–20	7	4	59	1	−0.4	0
7	2015-10-25	@ NE	L 23–30	12	6	94	0	+6.2	1
8	2015-11-01	@ LV	L 20–34	7	6	60	1	+3.9	0
9	2015-11-08	vs JAX	W 28–23	9	6	79	1	+7.7	0
10	2015-11-12	vs BUF	L 17–22	11	6	85	1	+5.0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ HOU	L 17–24	11	4	81	0	+1.5	0
12	2015-11-29	vs MIA	W 38–20	9	5	62	1	+3.3	0
13	2015-12-06	@ NYG	W 23–20 OT	12	8	101	0	+4.2	0
14	2015-12-13	vs TEN	W 30–8	10	7	74	1	+6.7	0
15	2015-12-19	@ DAL	W 19–16	10	6	55	1	+3.8	0
16	2015-12-27	vs NE	W 26–20 OT	6	3	47	1	+2.0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ BUF	L 17–22	9	5	50	1	−2.0	1

2014 game log (15 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	vs LV	W 19–14	7	5	74	0	−2.4	1
2	2014-09-14	@ GB	L 24–31	7	4	63	1	+5.9	0
3	2014-09-22	vs CHI	L 19–27	1	1	19	0	+2.1	0
4	2014-09-28	vs DET	L 17–24	10	4	48	1	−1.1	0
6	2014-10-12	vs DEN	L 17–31	10	6	54	1	+3.2	0
7	2014-10-16	@ NE	L 25–27	7	4	65	0	+4.7	0
8	2014-10-26	vs BUF	L 23–43	11	7	40	0	−4.7	0
9	2014-11-02	@ KC	L 10–24	12	9	63	1	+0.5	0
10	2014-11-09	vs PIT	W 20–13	4	3	24	0	−0.1	0
12	2014-11-24	@ BUF	L 3–38	8	4	63	0	−2.3	0
13	2014-12-01	vs MIA	L 13–16	4	2	18	0	−1.4	0
14	2014-12-07	@ MIN	L 24–30 OT	8	6	89	0	+6.2	0
15	2014-12-14	@ TEN	W 16–11	11	7	100	0	+7.2	0
16	2014-12-21	vs NE	L 16–17	4	2	21	0	+0.4	0
17	2014-12-28	@ MIA	W 37–24	11	10	221	1	+17.1	0

2013 game log (19 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-05	vs BAL	W 49–27	7	2	32	0	−0.6	0
2	2013-09-15	@ NYG	W 41–23	13	9	87	0	+5.7	0
3	2013-09-23	vs LV	W 37–21	8	8	133	1	+11.3	0
4	2013-09-29	vs PHI	W 52–20	7	5	88	0	+3.9	0
5	2013-10-06	@ DAL	W 51–48	8	5	87	1	−1.6	1
6	2013-10-13	vs JAX	W 35–19	7	5	50	0	+1.9	0
7	2013-10-20	@ IND	L 33–39	13	8	150	1	+8.9	0
8	2013-10-27	vs WAS	W 45–21	7	4	42	0	+2.4	1
10	2013-11-10	@ LAC	W 28–20	5	3	52	0	+1.3	0
11	2013-11-17	vs KC	W 27–17	6	5	71	0	+6.5	0
12	2013-11-24	@ NE	L 31–34 OT	4	1	5	0	−5.6	1
13	2013-12-01	@ KC	W 35–28	12	8	174	4	+14.7	1
14	2013-12-08	vs TEN	W 51–28	12	8	117	1	+5.9	0
15	2013-12-12	vs LAC	L 20–27	5	2	42	0	+0.9	0
16	2013-12-22	@ HOU	W 37–13	17	10	131	2	+4.8	0
17	2013-12-29	@ LV	W 34–14	5	4	27	1	+1.9	0
P19	2014-01-12	vs LAC	W 24–17	5	2	32	0	−3.2	0
P20	2014-01-19	vs NE	W 26–16	8	5	73	0	+3.0	0
P21	2014-02-02	vs SEA	L 8–43	5	1	6	0	−1.8	0

2012 game log (17 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs PIT	W 31–19	7	5	54	0	+3.1	0
2	2012-09-17	@ ATL	L 21–27	8	4	53	0	+0.2	1
3	2012-09-23	vs HOU	L 25–31	11	8	136	0	+6.2	0
4	2012-09-30	vs LV	W 37–6	10	7	79	1	+5.4	0
5	2012-10-07	@ NE	L 21–31	8	4	21	1	+1.3	0
6	2012-10-15	@ LAC	W 35–24	9	6	98	1	+5.2	0
8	2012-10-28	vs NO	W 34–14	6	4	43	2	+4.5	0
9	2012-11-04	@ CIN	W 31–23	11	8	99	2	+1.0	1
10	2012-11-11	@ CAR	W 36–14	4	2	15	0	−2.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs LAC	W 30–23	5	2	23	1	−0.6	0
12	2012-11-25	@ KC	W 17–9	8	4	64	0	+3.1	1
13	2012-12-02	vs TB	W 31–23	2	2	17	0	+2.4	0
14	2012-12-06	@ LV	W 26–13	9	8	88	0	+4.6	0
15	2012-12-16	@ BAL	W 34–17	11	8	133	1	+11.8	0
16	2012-12-23	vs CLE	W 34–12	6	6	65	2	+11.3	0
17	2012-12-30	vs KC	W 38–3	8	7	76	2	+10.3	0
P19	2013-01-12	vs BAL	L 35–38 OT	10	6	84	0	−2.1	0

2011 game log (17 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	3	53	0	+1.0	0
2	2011-09-18	vs CIN	W 24–22	0	0	0.0	9	5	113	2	+1.1	0
3	2011-09-25	@ TEN	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	13	7	48	0	−2.0	2
4	2011-10-02	@ GB	L 23–49	1	1	−0.6	10	5	56	2	−7.5	0
5	2011-10-09	vs LAC	L 24–29	0	0	0.0	5	2	-4	0	−5.2	0
7	2011-10-23	@ MIA	W 18–15 OT	0	0	0.0	3	2	21	0	+0.9	0
8	2011-10-30	vs DET	L 10–45	0	0	0.0	12	6	72	1	−6.7	0
9	2011-11-06	@ LV	W 38–24	0	0	0.0	5	3	47	1	+5.1	0
10	2011-11-13	@ KC	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	3	1	56	1	+5.1	0
11	2011-11-17	vs NYJ	W 17–13	0	0	0.0	5	0	0	0	−4.5	0
12	2011-11-27	@ LAC	W 16–13 OT	0	0	0.0	6	3	65	1	+5.9	0
13	2011-12-04	@ MIN	W 35–32	0	0	0.0	4	2	25	0	+0.2	0
14	2011-12-11	vs CHI	W 13–10 OT	0	0	0.0	7	3	33	0	−2.3	0
15	2011-12-18	vs NE	L 23–41	0	0	0.0	2	1	22	0	+0.6	0
16	2011-12-24	@ BUF	L 14–40	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−10.2	0
17	2012-01-01	vs KC	L 3–7	0	0	0.0	3	1	5	0	−3.0	0
P18	2012-01-08	vs PIT	W 29–23 OT	1	9	−0.3	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0

2010 game log (8 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
7	2010-10-24	vs LV	L 14–59	1	0	0	0	−0.9	1
8	2010-10-31	@ SF	L 16–24	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2010-11-14	vs KC	W 49–29	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2010-11-28	vs LA	L 33–36	2	2	48	0	+4.1	2
13	2010-12-05	@ KC	L 6–10	1	1	28	0	+2.7	0
14	2010-12-12	@ ARI	L 13–43	1	1	8	0	−3.4	2
16	2010-12-26	vs HOU	W 24–23	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
17	2011-01-02	vs LAC	L 28–33	3	2	22	1	+1.2	0