Eric Johnson

TE · SF/NO · 2001–2007

Born September 15, 1979 · College Yale · Drafted 2001, round 7, pick 224 (SF) · 6-3, 252 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2001	SF	16	64	40	362	3	62.5	+0.149	+0.126−0.034 to +0.286	12.9	–	+9.5	+0.17
2001 playoffs	SF	1	5	4	36	0	80.0	+0.197		15.6	–	+1.0	+0.05
2002	SF	12	65	36	321	0	55.4	−0.031	+0.072−0.087 to +0.232	15.6	–	−2.0	−0.45
2002 playoffs	SF	2	16	10	85	0	62.5	−0.077		19.0	–	−1.2	+0.23
2004	SF	16	117	82	825	2	70.1	+0.255	+0.239+0.096 to +0.382	21.1	–	+29.9	+0.43
2006	SF	11	49	34	292	2	69.4	−0.020	+0.043−0.122 to +0.209	16.1	5.0	−1.0	−0.00
2007	NO	14	63	48	378	2	76.2	+0.071	+0.139−0.021 to +0.299	11.1	5.4	+4.5	−0.25
Career	NO	69	358	240	2,178	9	67.0	+0.114		15.3	5.2	+40.9	−0.10

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
2001	SF	16	1	–	–	–
2002 playoffs	SF	2	1	–	–	–
2004	SF	16	6	–	–	–
2007	NO	14	2	0	–	–
Career	NO	69	9	0	0	0

2007 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-06	@ IND	L 10–41	9	8	57	0	+3.9	0
2	2007-09-16	@ TB	L 14–31	5	3	18	0	+0.7	0
3	2007-09-24	vs TEN	L 14–31	6	5	23	0	−1.3	0
5	2007-10-07	vs CAR	L 13–16	7	5	30	0	−0.9	1
6	2007-10-14	@ SEA	W 28–17	3	2	12	1	+1.3	0
7	2007-10-21	vs ATL	W 22–16	5	5	54	0	+2.5	0
8	2007-10-28	@ SF	W 31–10	3	2	29	0	+3.2	0
9	2007-11-04	vs JAX	W 41–24	4	4	27	0	+0.7	0
10	2007-11-11	vs LA	L 29–37	3	3	38	1	+5.1	0
11	2007-11-18	@ HOU	L 10–23	4	2	17	0	−7.1	1
12	2007-11-25	@ CAR	W 31–6	1	1	19	0	+1.5	0
13	2007-12-02	vs TB	L 23–27	3	2	12	0	−0.5	0
14	2007-12-10	@ ATL	W 34–14	3	2	17	0	−0.4	0
17	2007-12-30	@ CHI	L 25–33	7	4	25	0	−4.4	0

2006 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2006-09-10	@ ARI	L 27–34	3	1	2	0	−1.0
3	2006-09-24	vs PHI	L 24–38	11	7	87	1	+5.9
4	2006-10-01	@ KC	L 0–41	6	3	14	0	−1.6
5	2006-10-08	vs LV	W 34–20	4	3	23	0	−0.2
6	2006-10-15	vs LAC	L 19–48	6	3	29	0	−5.0
8	2006-10-29	@ CHI	L 10–41	3	3	40	0	+1.2
9	2006-11-05	vs MIN	W 9–3	4	3	15	0	−1.6
10	2006-11-12	@ DET	W 19–13	2	2	7	0	−0.3
11	2006-11-19	vs SEA	W 20–14	4	4	48	0	+1.6
12	2006-11-26	@ LA	L 17–20	4	3	17	1	+1.3
17	2006-12-31	@ DEN	W 26–23 OT	2	2	10	0	−1.3

2004 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs ATL	L 19–21	9	8	86	1	+7.6	0
2	2004-09-19	@ NO	L 27–30	6	5	60	0	−0.5	2
3	2004-09-26	@ SEA	L 0–34	7	5	39	0	+1.1	1
4	2004-10-03	vs LA	L 14–24	12	10	113	0	+11.0	1
5	2004-10-10	vs ARI	W 31–28 OT	16	13	162	1	+13.7	0
6	2004-10-17	@ NYJ	L 14–22	7	4	24	0	−1.5	0
8	2004-10-31	@ CHI	L 13–23	3	1	9	0	−0.6	0
9	2004-11-07	vs SEA	L 27–42	6	5	54	0	+3.9	0
10	2004-11-14	vs CAR	L 27–37	10	6	71	0	−5.4	1
11	2004-11-21	@ TB	L 3–35	3	1	9	0	−0.0	0
12	2004-11-28	vs MIA	L 17–24	10	7	57	0	+2.4	0
13	2004-12-05	@ LA	L 6–16	6	2	15	0	−2.9	1
14	2004-12-12	@ ARI	W 31–28 OT	4	2	8	0	−2.2	0
15	2004-12-18	vs WAS	L 16–26	9	8	73	0	+2.4	0
16	2004-12-26	vs BUF	L 7–41	4	2	17	0	−1.7	0
17	2005-01-02	@ NE	L 7–21	5	3	28	0	+2.6	0

2002 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-05	@ NYG	W 16–13	5	3	44	+1.8	0
2	2002-09-15	vs DEN	L 14–24	10	7	69	+3.0	0
3	2002-09-22	vs WAS	W 20–10	5	3	20	+0.0	0
5	2002-10-06	vs LA	W 37–13	3	2	23	+2.8	0
6	2002-10-14	@ SEA	W 28–21	3	0	0	−2.5	0
7	2002-10-20	@ NO	L 27–35	4	2	20	−0.6	0
12	2002-11-25	vs PHI	L 17–38	2	0	0	−0.7	0
13	2002-12-01	vs SEA	W 31–24	3	0	0	−5.1	0
14	2002-12-08	@ DAL	W 31–27	11	8	60	+0.7	0
15	2002-12-15	vs GB	L 14–20	11	8	66	+2.3	0
16	2002-12-21	@ ARI	W 17–14	7	3	19	−2.5	0
17	2002-12-30	@ LA	L 20–31	1	0	0	−1.2	0
P18	2003-01-05	vs NYG	W 39–38	10	8	78	+3.0	0
P19	2003-01-12	@ TB	L 6–31	6	2	7	−4.2	1

2001 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-09	vs ATL	W 16–13 OT	5	4	34	0	+2.3	0
2	2001-09-23	vs LA	L 26–30	6	3	14	0	−2.0	0
3	2001-10-01	@ NYJ	W 19–17	2	2	20	0	−2.3	1
4	2001-10-07	vs CAR	W 24–14	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
5	2001-10-14	@ ATL	W 37–31 OT	6	3	11	0	−2.2	0
7	2001-10-28	@ CHI	L 31–37 OT	2	2	24	0	+2.7	0
8	2001-11-04	vs DET	W 21–13	6	4	35	1	+2.8	0
9	2001-11-11	vs NO	W 28–27	4	3	35	1	+4.0	0
10	2001-11-18	@ CAR	W 25–22 OT	4	3	34	0	+1.1	0
11	2001-11-25	@ IND	W 40–21	4	3	27	0	−3.3	0
12	2001-12-02	vs BUF	W 35–0	2	1	-3	0	−1.2	0
13	2001-12-09	@ LA	L 14–27	8	4	38	0	+1.7	0
14	2001-12-16	vs MIA	W 21–0	3	1	12	1	+1.7	0
15	2001-12-22	vs PHI	W 13–3	2	2	24	0	+1.9	0
16	2001-12-30	@ DAL	L 21–27	6	4	33	0	+3.0	0
17	2002-01-06	@ NO	W 38–0	3	1	24	0	−0.3	0
P18	2002-01-13	@ GB	L 15–25	5	4	36	0	+1.0	0