Gary Brightwell

RB · NYG · 2021–2023

Born February 28, 1998 · College Arizona · Drafted 2021, round 6, pick 196 (NYG) · 6-1, 218 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2021	NYG	7	1	4	0	4.00	+0.150	−0.094−0.158 to −0.030	100.0	+0.2	−0.00
2022	NYG	11	31	141	1	4.55	−0.143	−0.091−0.154 to −0.028	35.5	−4.4	+0.15
2022 playoffs	NYG	1	1	10	0	10.00	−0.389		0.0	−0.4	−0.00
2023	NYG	4	9	19	0	2.11	−0.433	−0.120−0.184 to −0.056	11.1	−3.9	−0.05
Career	NYG	22	41	164	1	4.00	−0.199		31.7	−8.2	+0.10

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2021	NYG	7	1	1	6	100.0	−0.135	0.4	1.0	−0.1	+0.00
2022	NYG	11	8	5	39	62.5	+0.180	2.6	0.9	+1.4	+0.00
2023	NYG	4	7	5	47	71.4	+0.295	5.5	-0.9	+2.1	+0.03
Career	NYG	22	16	11	92	68.8	+0.210	2.3	0.1	+3.4	+0.03

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
2021	NYG	7	8
2022	NYG	11	4
2023	NYG	4	2
Career	NYG	22	14

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
2021	NYG	5	12	3.9	–	–
2022	NYG	11	88	12.3	–	–
2022 playoffs	NYG	1	3	5.8	–	–
2023	NYG	4	41	15.6	–	–

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	8	75.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
2023	7	85.7	1	16.7	0	–

Game logs

2023 game log (4 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs DAL	L 0–40	1	5	+0.0	2	2	6	−0.5	0
2	2023-09-17	@ ARI	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2023-09-21	@ SF	L 12–30	4	5	−1.9	3	2	31	+2.6	0
4	2023-10-02	vs SEA	L 3–24	4	9	−2.0	2	1	10	−0.0	1

2022 game log (12 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ TEN	W 21–20	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2022-09-18	vs CAR	W 19–16	1	14	0	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2022-10-02	vs CHI	W 20–12	1	0	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ GB	W 27–22	2	5	1	+0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2022-11-13	vs HOU	W 24–16	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2022-11-24	@ DAL	L 20–28	5	31	0	+0.3	2	2	18	+1.7	0
13	2022-12-04	vs WAS	T 20–20 OT	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2022-12-11	vs PHI	L 22–48	5	23	0	+0.0	3	2	18	+0.8	0
16	2022-12-24	@ MIN	L 24–27	1	-1	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs IND	W 38–10	5	9	0	−4.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ PHI	L 16–22	11	60	0	−0.5	3	1	3	−1.0	0
P20	2023-01-21	@ PHI	L 7–38	1	10	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0

2021 game log (7 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs DEN	L 13–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	−0.1	0
2	2021-09-16	@ WAS	L 29–30	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2021-09-26	vs ATL	L 14–17	1	4	+0.2	0	0	0	0.0	3
4	2021-10-03	@ NO	W 27–21 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2021-10-17	vs LA	L 11–38	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2021-11-22	@ TB	L 10–30	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2021-11-28	vs PHI	W 13–7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1