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Fred Taylor RB · JAX /NE · 1999–2010
Born January 27, 1976 · College Florida · Drafted 1998 , round 1, pick 9 (JAX) · 6-1, 228 lb
2nd-team All-Pro (2007) · Pro Bowl (2007)
EPA per carry by season Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
-0.30 -0.20 -0.10 0.00 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Rushing Season Team G Carries Yds TD YPC EPA/carry Stabilised EPA/carry Success % Rush EPA Rush WPA (wins)
1999 JAX 10 156 706 6 4.53 −0.062 −0.128−0.185 to −0.070 35.0 −9.8 −0.14
1999 playoffs JAX 2 35 243 1 6.94 +0.207 31.4 +7.2 +0.08
2000 JAX 13 292 1,399 12 4.79 +0.020 −0.049−0.101 to +0.004 37.7 +5.9 −0.11
2001 JAX 2 30 116 0 3.87 −0.342 −0.127−0.190 to −0.064 23.3 −10.3 0.00
2002 JAX 16 287 1,314 8 4.58 −0.315 −0.148−0.202 to −0.095 34.1 −92.4 −0.45
2003 JAX 16 345 1,572 6 4.56 −0.039 −0.044−0.095 to +0.008 37.3 −13.8 +0.30
2004 JAX 14 260 1,224 2 4.71 −0.086 −0.068−0.122 to −0.014 34.7 −23.3 −0.00
2005 JAX 11 194 787 3 4.06 −0.105 −0.091−0.147 to −0.035 33.5 −21.0 −0.66
2005 playoffs JAX 1 8 24 0 3.00 −0.305 25.0 −2.4 −0.02
2006 JAX 15 231 1,146 5 4.96 +0.001 −0.054−0.109 to +0.001 40.3 +0.3 +0.19
2007 JAX 15 223 1,202 5 5.39 +0.009 −0.052−0.107 to +0.003 38.4 +2.0 −0.23
2007 playoffs JAX 2 29 95 1 3.28 −0.051 32.3 −1.6 −0.07
2008 JAX 13 143 556 1 3.89 −0.185 −0.098−0.156 to −0.040 30.5 −28.0 −0.76
2009 NE 6 63 269 4 4.27 −0.082 −0.094−0.156 to −0.033 42.2 −5.2 −0.03
2009 playoffs NE 1 2 1 0 0.50 +0.032 50.0 +0.1 +0.00
2010 NE 7 43 155 0 3.60 −0.146 −0.120−0.182 to −0.058 32.6 −6.7 −0.02
Career NE 138 2,267 10,446 52 4.61 −0.087 36.0 −202.2 −1.90
Receiving Season Team G Targets Rec Yds TD Catch % EPA/target Stabilised EPA/target Target share % aDOT Rec EPA Rec WPA (wins)
1999 JAX 10 15 10 83 0 66.7 −0.197 4.9 – −3.0 −0.04
1999 playoffs JAX 2 4 3 55 1 75.0 +1.759 6.9 – +7.0 +0.03
2000 JAX 13 53 36 240 2 67.9 −0.094 12.6 – −5.0 −0.55
2001 JAX 2 3 2 13 0 66.7 +0.209 5.7 – +0.6 0.00
2002 JAX 16 57 49 408 0 86.0 +0.056 13.0 – +3.2 +0.01
2003 JAX 16 74 48 370 1 64.9 −0.168 14.5 – −12.5 −0.29
2004 JAX 14 58 36 345 1 62.1 +0.126 12.6 – +7.3 +0.19
2005 JAX 11 18 13 83 0 72.2 −0.074 5.3 – −1.3 −0.03
2005 playoffs JAX 1 3 3 13 0 100.0 −0.323 7.7 – −1.0 −0.02
2006 JAX 15 28 23 242 1 82.1 +0.185 6.7 -0.0 +5.2 +0.15
2007 JAX 15 14 9 58 0 64.3 −0.049 3.3 0.1 −0.7 −0.02
2007 playoffs JAX 2 2 1 2 0 50.0 −0.390 3.7 -2.5 −0.8 −0.04
2008 JAX 13 22 16 98 0 72.7 −0.247 5.1 0.3 −5.4 −0.21
2009 NE 6 3 2 17 0 66.7 +0.121 1.3 -2.0 +0.4 +0.04
2010 NE 7 3 2 6 0 66.7 −0.472 1.4 1.3 −1.4 −0.00
Career NE 138 348 246 1,963 5 70.7 −0.036 8.1 0.1 −12.6 −0.75
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 Sacks QB hits Tackles for loss INT Passes defensed Forced fumbles
2000 JAX 13 3 0.0 – – 0 – 0
2003 JAX 16 2 0.0 – – 0 – 0
2004 JAX 14 1 0.0 – – 0 – 0
2009 NE 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 playoffs NE 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Career NE 138 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Honours Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 ), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
Season Honours
2007 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
Game logs 2010 game log (7 games) 2010 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2010-09-12 vs CIN W 38–24 14 71 0 −1.0 2 2 6 0 −0.7
2 2010-09-19 @ NYJ L 14–28 5 11 0 +0.9 0 0 0 0 0.0
3 2010-09-26 vs BUF W 38–30 6 16 0 −2.7 0 0 0 0 0.0
13 2010-12-06 vs NYJ W 45–3 4 9 0 −1.2 0 0 0 0 0.0
14 2010-12-12 @ CHI W 36–7 3 16 0 +0.6 0 0 0 0 0.0
16 2010-12-26 @ BUF W 34–3 1 -3 0 −0.9 1 0 0 0 −0.7
17 2011-01-02 vs MIA W 38–7 10 35 0 −2.3 0 0 0 0 0.0
2009 game log (7 games) 2009 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2009-09-14 vs BUF W 25–24 9 25 1 −2.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
2 2009-09-20 @ NYJ L 9–16 8 46 0 +0.1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
3 2009-09-27 vs ATL W 26–10 21 105 1 +2.0 1 1 4 0 −0.1 0 0.0 0 0
4 2009-10-04 vs BAL W 27–21 7 25 0 −1.5 1 1 13 0 +1.0 0 0.0 0 0
16 2009-12-27 vs JAX W 35–7 11 35 0 −0.5 1 0 0 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0
17 2010-01-03 @ HOU L 27–34 7 33 2 −2.8 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0
P18 2010-01-10 vs BAL L 14–33 2 1 0 +0.1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0
2008 game log (13 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2008-09-07 @ TEN L 10–17 9 18 0 −4.0 2 1 9 0 +0.1
2 2008-09-14 vs BUF L 16–20 14 49 0 −3.4 1 1 5 0 −0.7
3 2008-09-21 @ IND W 23–21 26 121 0 −7.5 2 2 9 0 −0.2
4 2008-09-28 vs HOU W 30–27 OT 10 25 0 −5.2 3 3 21 0 +0.6
5 2008-10-05 vs PIT L 21–26 10 19 0 −4.7 3 2 6 0 −0.7
6 2008-10-12 @ DEN W 24–17 3 10 0 +0.0 3 1 10 0 −4.9
8 2008-10-26 vs CLE L 17–23 8 24 0 −3.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
9 2008-11-02 @ CIN L 19–21 5 12 0 −2.1 1 1 0 0 −0.5
10 2008-11-09 @ DET W 38–14 18 80 0 −0.3 1 1 17 0 +1.8
11 2008-11-16 vs TEN L 14–24 12 58 0 −0.8 1 1 2 0 −0.5
12 2008-11-23 vs MIN L 12–30 6 20 0 −1.8 2 1 7 0 −0.1
13 2008-12-01 @ HOU L 17–30 9 67 1 +5.0 1 1 6 0 +0.2
14 2008-12-07 @ CHI L 10–23 13 53 0 −0.3 2 1 6 0 −0.6
2007 game log (17 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2007-09-09 vs TEN L 10–13 6 16 0 −1.7 1 0 0 0 −0.5
2 2007-09-16 vs ATL W 13–7 16 56 0 −3.4 1 1 11 0 +1.8
3 2007-09-23 @ DEN W 23–14 17 84 0 +0.4 1 0 0 0 −0.3
5 2007-10-07 @ KC W 17–7 16 51 0 −4.1 2 1 9 0 −0.9
6 2007-10-14 vs HOU W 37–17 6 90 0 +5.0 3 1 -2 0 −2.1
7 2007-10-22 vs IND L 7–29 11 55 0 −0.1 1 1 -2 0 −0.9
8 2007-10-28 @ TB W 24–23 24 68 0 −5.2 0 0 0 0 0.0
9 2007-11-04 @ NO L 24–41 13 54 0 −1.2 1 1 4 0 +0.0
10 2007-11-11 @ TEN W 28–13 16 45 1 −3.8 0 0 0 0 0.0
11 2007-11-18 vs LAC W 24–17 20 85 0 −2.2 0 0 0 0 0.0
12 2007-11-25 vs BUF W 36–14 14 104 1 +2.9 2 2 14 0 +0.4
13 2007-12-02 @ IND L 25–28 14 104 0 +4.2 0 0 0 0 0.0
14 2007-12-09 vs CAR W 37–6 18 132 1 +1.6 2 2 24 0 +1.9
15 2007-12-16 @ PIT W 29–22 25 147 1 +2.8 0 0 0 0 0.0
16 2007-12-23 vs LV W 49–11 7 111 1 +6.8 0 0 0 0 0.0
P18 2008-01-05 @ PIT W 31–29 16 48 1 −2.7 1 1 2 0 −0.2
P19 2008-01-12 @ NE L 20–31 13 47 0 +1.1 1 0 0 0 −0.5
2006 game log (15 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2006-09-10 vs DAL W 24–17 21 74 1 +1.0 6 6 41 0 +1.8
2 2006-09-18 vs PIT W 9–0 22 92 0 −5.9 3 3 29 0 +2.2
3 2006-09-24 @ IND L 14–21 21 74 0 −1.2 1 1 -1 0 −1.0
4 2006-10-01 @ WAS L 30–36 OT 7 16 0 −1.6 2 1 7 0 −0.3
5 2006-10-08 vs NYJ W 41–0 21 111 1 +0.7 2 1 32 0 +1.7
7 2006-10-22 @ HOU L 7–27 16 84 0 −4.5 1 1 19 0 +1.3
8 2006-10-29 @ PHI W 13–6 15 103 1 +4.8 1 1 2 0 −0.3
9 2006-11-05 vs TEN W 37–7 13 79 0 +0.3 1 0 0 0 −0.4
10 2006-11-12 vs HOU L 10–13 12 63 0 +1.8 6 5 71 0 +2.7
11 2006-11-20 vs NYG W 26–10 24 79 1 −1.5 3 3 16 0 −5.2
12 2006-11-26 @ BUF L 24–27 22 101 0 −0.8 1 0 0 0 −0.7
13 2006-12-03 @ MIA W 24–10 19 76 0 −1.1 0 0 0 0 0.0
14 2006-12-10 vs IND W 44–17 9 131 1 +6.4 0 0 0 0 0.0
15 2006-12-17 @ TEN L 17–24 2 37 0 +2.1 0 0 0 0 0.0
17 2006-12-31 @ KC L 30–35 7 26 0 −0.3 1 1 26 1 +3.2
2005 game log (12 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2005-09-11 vs SEA W 26–14 20 76 0 −2.0 2 2 14 0 +1.1
2 2005-09-18 @ IND L 3–10 16 81 0 −0.6 4 3 18 0 −0.8
3 2005-09-25 @ NYJ W 26–20 OT 37 98 1 −8.9 1 0 0 0 −0.5
4 2005-10-02 vs DEN L 7–20 8 14 0 −3.2 1 1 13 0 −0.3
5 2005-10-09 vs CIN W 23–20 24 132 0 +0.3 0 0 0 0 0.0
8 2005-10-30 @ LA L 21–24 22 165 1 +4.4 2 2 -1 0 −2.0
9 2005-11-06 vs HOU W 21–14 12 48 0 −3.3 2 2 15 0 +1.6
11 2005-11-20 @ TEN W 31–28 6 -8 0 −4.9 1 0 0 0 −0.7
14 2005-12-11 vs IND L 18–26 10 19 0 −6.8 1 0 0 0 −0.5
15 2005-12-18 vs SF W 10–9 17 61 0 −2.3 3 2 13 0 +0.1
16 2005-12-24 @ HOU W 38–20 22 101 1 +6.4 1 1 11 0 +0.6
P18 2006-01-07 @ NE L 3–28 8 24 0 −2.4 3 3 13 0 −1.0
2004 game log (14 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2004-09-12 @ BUF W 13–10 17 61 0 −2.2 4 0 0 0 −3.5 0 0.0 0 0
2 2004-09-19 vs DEN W 7–6 16 54 0 −4.3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
3 2004-09-26 @ TEN W 15–12 17 81 1 +0.1 2 1 11 0 −0.3 0 0.0 0 0
4 2004-10-03 vs IND L 17–24 21 68 0 −9.7 3 3 31 0 +3.0 0 0.0 0 0
5 2004-10-10 @ LAC L 21–34 11 64 0 +2.9 10 7 44 0 +1.2 0 0.0 0 0
6 2004-10-17 vs KC W 22–16 19 66 0 −4.3 7 3 71 1 +1.8 0 0.0 0 0
7 2004-10-24 @ IND W 27–24 20 107 0 −1.0 7 5 67 0 +4.5 0 0.0 0 0
8 2004-10-31 @ HOU L 6–20 3 9 0 −1.5 1 1 10 0 +2.8 0 0.0 0 0
10 2004-11-14 vs DET W 23–17 OT 23 144 0 +0.3 5 3 21 0 −1.0 0 0.0 0 0
11 2004-11-21 vs TEN L 15–18 21 103 0 −4.9 3 3 20 0 +0.5 1 0.0 0 0
12 2004-11-28 @ MIN L 16–27 22 147 0 +4.7 3 1 13 0 −0.3 0 0.0 0 0
13 2004-12-05 vs PIT L 16–17 27 76 0 −2.8 6 5 34 0 +1.6 0 0.0 0 0
14 2004-12-12 vs CHI W 22–3 21 79 0 −7.0 7 4 23 0 −3.0 0 0.0 0 0
15 2004-12-19 @ GB W 28–25 22 165 1 +6.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
2003 game log (16 games) 2003 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2003-09-07 @ CAR L 23–24 22 71 0 −1.6 6 5 51 0 +1.6 0 0.0 0 0
2 2003-09-14 vs BUF L 17–38 14 71 0 +1.7 6 5 10 0 −3.8 0 0.0 0 0
3 2003-09-21 @ IND L 13–23 17 126 0 +0.5 7 3 11 0 −3.2 0 0.0 0 0
4 2003-09-28 @ HOU L 20–24 19 67 1 −7.6 5 4 27 0 +1.0 0 0.0 0 0
5 2003-10-05 vs LAC W 27–21 27 87 1 −2.7 4 3 77 1 +8.4 0 0.0 0 0
6 2003-10-12 vs MIA L 10–24 16 35 0 −4.5 11 8 64 0 −3.3 0 0.0 0 0
8 2003-10-26 vs TEN L 17–30 9 48 0 −0.7 5 4 21 0 −0.2 1 0.0 0 0
9 2003-11-02 @ BAL L 17–24 22 78 0 −4.9 7 6 30 0 +0.2 0 0.0 0 0
10 2003-11-09 vs IND W 28–23 28 152 2 +8.5 2 0 0 0 −1.8 0 0.0 0 0
11 2003-11-16 @ TEN L 3–10 14 65 0 −1.4 1 0 0 0 −1.6 1 0.0 0 0
12 2003-11-23 @ NYJ L 10–13 32 119 0 −8.0 3 0 0 0 −2.0 0 0.0 0 0
13 2003-11-30 vs TB W 17–10 29 118 0 −4.3 6 3 12 0 −5.1 0 0.0 0 0
14 2003-12-07 vs HOU W 27–0 24 163 1 +4.9 1 0 0 0 −1.7 0 0.0 0 0
15 2003-12-14 @ NE L 13–27 16 57 0 −0.5 7 4 32 0 −2.6 0 0.0 0 0
16 2003-12-21 vs NO W 20–19 34 194 1 +1.8 2 2 31 0 +2.3 0 0.0 0 0
17 2003-12-28 @ ATL L 14–21 22 121 0 +5.1 1 1 4 0 −0.6 0 0.0 0 0
2002 game log (16 games) 2002 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2002-09-08 vs IND L 25–28 24 83 1 −14.7 6 4 35 0 −5.9
2 2002-09-15 @ KC W 23–16 20 114 1 −2.2 6 6 45 0 +2.9
4 2002-09-29 vs NYJ W 28–3 21 142 1 −9.8 3 3 95 0 +7.6
5 2002-10-06 vs PHI W 28–25 21 48 0 −7.7 3 2 15 0 −1.0
6 2002-10-13 @ TEN L 14–23 19 59 0 −4.3 1 1 5 0 −0.1
7 2002-10-20 @ BAL L 10–17 25 151 1 +3.3 9 8 46 0 −1.7
8 2002-10-27 vs HOU L 19–21 25 84 0 −6.0 3 3 22 0 +1.2
9 2002-11-03 @ NYG L 17–24 6 9 0 −2.6 3 1 0 0 −3.0
10 2002-11-10 vs WAS W 26–7 21 82 1 −14.5 9 7 27 0 −1.7
11 2002-11-17 @ HOU W 24–21 13 56 0 −2.9 0 0 0 0 0.0
12 2002-11-24 @ DAL L 19–21 20 100 0 −6.1 3 3 29 0 +1.8
13 2002-12-01 vs PIT L 23–25 13 80 1 −12.5 2 2 13 0 +0.2
14 2002-12-08 vs CLE L 20–21 23 145 1 −12.1 2 2 12 0 −0.7
15 2002-12-15 @ CIN W 29–15 18 71 0 −0.9 4 4 43 0 +2.2
16 2002-12-22 vs TEN L 10–28 3 17 0 −0.5 2 2 7 0 −1.1
17 2002-12-29 @ IND L 13–20 15 73 1 +1.1 1 1 14 0 +2.5
2001 game log (2 games) 2001 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2001-09-09 vs PIT W 21–3 24 96 0 −5.2 2 1 2 0 −0.5
2 2001-09-23 vs TEN W 13–6 6 20 0 −5.1 1 1 11 0 +1.1
2000 game log (13 games) 2000 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
4 2000-09-25 @ IND L 14–43 14 57 0 −2.4 1 0 0 0 −0.7 0 0.0 0 0
5 2000-10-01 vs PIT L 13–24 15 24 0 −4.9 6 4 14 0 −5.7 1 0.0 0 0
6 2000-10-08 vs BAL L 10–15 17 54 1 −2.4 9 7 45 0 −3.0 1 0.0 0 0
7 2000-10-16 @ TEN L 13–27 20 112 0 −4.9 3 2 27 0 +0.9 0 0.0 0 0
8 2000-10-22 vs WAS L 16–35 22 124 0 +5.2 6 4 33 0 −0.0 0 0.0 0 0
9 2000-10-29 @ DAL W 23–17 OT 31 107 0 −3.3 3 2 9 0 −1.1 0 0.0 0 0
11 2000-11-12 vs SEA L 21–28 21 103 1 −0.5 5 5 34 0 +0.7 0 0.0 0 0
12 2000-11-19 @ PIT W 34–24 30 234 3 +14.8 7 3 14 1 −0.1 1 0.0 0 0
13 2000-11-26 vs TEN W 16–13 24 104 0 −1.0 6 4 22 1 +2.4 0 0.0 0 0
14 2000-12-03 vs CLE W 48–0 30 181 3 +9.0 1 1 6 0 −0.1 0 0.0 0 0
15 2000-12-10 vs ARI W 44–10 23 137 2 +3.3 2 1 14 0 +0.4 0 0.0 0 0
16 2000-12-17 @ CIN L 14–17 32 110 1 −1.3 2 2 13 0 +0.7 0 0.0 0 0
17 2000-12-23 @ NYG L 25–28 13 52 1 −5.7 2 1 9 0 +0.7 0 0.0 0 0
1999 game log (12 games) 1999 game log Week Date Opponent Result Cmp/Att Pass yds TD INT EPA/db Pass WPA (WP pts) Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 1999-09-12 vs SF W 41–3 – 0 0 0 +0.44 +0.0 21 48 0 −10.7 2 2 -7 0 −1.6
2 1999-09-19 @ CAR W 22–20 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 5 27 0 +0.3 0 0 0 0 0.0
4 1999-10-03 @ PIT W 17–3 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 8 28 0 −0.8 1 0 0 0 −0.5
8 1999-10-31 @ CIN W 41–10 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 15 128 1 +7.9 1 1 3 0 +0.6
9 1999-11-07 @ ATL W 30–7 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 27 124 0 +1.1 2 2 54 0 +3.1
10 1999-11-14 vs BAL W 6–3 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 7 12 0 −2.4 1 1 3 0 −0.1
14 1999-12-13 vs DEN W 27–24 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 9 74 1 −3.3 1 0 0 0 −1.2
15 1999-12-19 @ CLE W 24–14 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 26 136 1 +0.6 3 2 13 0 +0.1
16 1999-12-26 @ TEN L 14–41 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 16 44 1 −4.5 3 1 18 0 −3.2
17 2000-01-02 vs CIN W 24–7 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 22 85 2 +2.0 1 1 -1 0 −0.3
P19 2000-01-15 vs MIA W 62–7 – 0 0 0 −0.30 −0.8 16 133 1 +7.3 1 1 39 1 +5.8
P20 2000-01-23 vs TEN L 14–33 – 0 0 0 – 0.0 19 110 0 −0.0 3 2 16 0 +1.3
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.