Eric Tomlinson

TE · NYJ/NYG/BAL/DEN/LAC · 2017–2024

Born April 22, 1992 · College Texas-El Paso · Undrafted · 6-6, 265 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	NYJ	9	11	8	121	1	72.7	+0.219	+0.075−0.110 to +0.260	3.8	6.0	+2.4	+0.18
2018	NYJ	9	14	8	72	0	57.1	−0.562	+0.080−0.103 to +0.263	4.9	3.2	−7.9	−0.23
2019	NYG	2	1	1	1	0	100.0	−0.500	+0.136−0.056 to +0.327	1.3	0.0	−0.5	−0.00
2020	NYG	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	−2.297	+0.113−0.079 to +0.304	1.5	34.0	−2.3	+0.00
2021	BAL	6	1	1	7	0	100.0	+0.305	+0.098−0.093 to +0.290	0.5	3.0	+0.3	−0.02
2022	DEN	8	13	9	79	2	69.2	+0.559	+0.130−0.054 to +0.314	4.7	4.5	+7.3	+0.18
2024	LAC	4	4	2	9	0	50.0	−0.457	+0.121−0.069 to +0.310	3.6	2.0	−1.8	−0.05
Career	LAC	40	45	29	289	3	64.4	−0.056		3.4	4.8	−2.5	+0.05

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
2017	NYJ	9	3
2018	NYJ	9	6
2019	NYG	2	1
2020	NYG	2	1
2021	BAL	6	5
Career	LAC	40	16

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	7	132	29.8	–	–
2017	NYJ	14	395	44.1	–	–
2018	NYJ	15	348	37.3	–	–
2019	NYG/NE/LV	8	118	21.3	–	–
2020	NYG/BAL	7	121	27.8	–	–
2020 playoffs	BAL	2	36	26.1	–	–
2021	BAL	17	309	25.4	–	–
2022	DEN	17	396	35.3	–	–
2024	LAC	9	122	22.8	–	–

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	13	76.9	0	0.0	0	–
2024	4	100.0	2	50.0	1	0.0

Game logs

2024 game log (4 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2024-09-15	@ CAR	W 26–3	1	0	0	−0.7
7	2024-10-21	@ ARI	L 15–17	1	1	7	−0.2
8	2024-10-27	vs NO	W 26–8	1	0	0	−0.7
9	2024-11-03	@ CLE	W 27–10	1	1	2	−0.2

2022 game log (8 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-12	@ SEA	L 16–17	1	0	0	0	−0.4
5	2022-10-06	vs IND	L 9–12 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.6
6	2022-10-17	@ LAC	L 16–19 OT	1	1	16	0	+1.0
7	2022-10-23	vs NYJ	L 9–16	2	2	21	0	+2.3
10	2022-11-13	@ TEN	L 10–17	1	0	0	0	−0.7
14	2022-12-11	vs KC	L 28–34	3	2	11	0	−0.2
15	2022-12-18	vs ARI	W 24–15	3	3	28	1	+3.2
18	2023-01-08	vs LAC	W 31–28	1	1	3	1	+2.7

2021 game log (6 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
9	2021-11-07	vs MIN	W 34–31 OT	1	1	7	+0.3	0
11	2021-11-21	@ CHI	W 16–13	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2021-11-28	vs CLE	W 16–10	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2021-12-05	@ PIT	L 19–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2021-12-26	@ CIN	L 21–41	0	0	0	0.0	1
18	2022-01-09	vs PIT	L 13–16 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1

2020 game log (2 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2020-09-14	vs PIT	L 16–26	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0
15	2020-12-20	vs JAX	W 40–14	1	0	0	0	−2.3	0	0.0	0	0

2019 game log (2 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
3	2019-09-22	@ TB	W 32–31	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0
7	2019-10-21	@ NYJ	W 33–0	1	1	1	0	−0.5	0	0.0	0	0

2018 game log (9 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-10	@ DET	W 48–17	1	1	7	+0.3	0
2	2018-09-16	vs MIA	L 12–20	2	1	24	+1.9	1
3	2018-09-20	@ CLE	L 17–21	2	1	14	+0.3	0
5	2018-10-07	vs DEN	W 34–16	3	2	15	−1.2	0
7	2018-10-21	vs MIN	L 17–37	2	1	-5	−2.0	1
8	2018-10-28	@ CHI	L 10–24	0	0	0	0.0	2
9	2018-11-04	@ MIA	L 6–13	2	1	6	−6.4	1
10	2018-11-11	vs BUF	L 10–41	1	0	0	−0.8	0
15	2018-12-15	vs HOU	L 22–29	1	1	11	+0.1	1

2017 game log (9 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ BUF	L 12–21	2	2	25	0	+1.4	0
4	2017-10-01	vs JAX	W 23–20 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
5	2017-10-08	@ CLE	W 17–14	1	1	34	0	+2.7	1
6	2017-10-15	vs NE	L 17–24	1	0	0	0	−3.3	1
7	2017-10-22	@ MIA	L 28–31	1	1	26	0	+1.8	0
8	2017-10-29	vs ATL	L 20–25	1	1	20	1	+2.3	0
9	2017-11-02	vs BUF	W 34–21	2	1	6	0	−0.7	0
12	2017-11-26	vs CAR	L 27–35	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2017-12-31	@ NE	L 6–26	2	2	10	0	−1.2	0