George Pickens

WR · PIT/DAL · 2022–2026

Born March 4, 2001 · College Georgia · Drafted 2022, round 2, pick 52 (PIT) · 6-3, 205 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2025) · Pro Bowl (2025)

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2022	PIT	17	3	24	1	8.00	+0.695	66.7	+2.1	+0.09
2023	PIT	17	3	18	0	6.00	+0.242	66.7	+0.7	+0.03
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	1	15	0	15.00	+0.921	100.0	+0.9	+0.00
2024	PIT	14	2	-6	0	-3.00	−0.903	0.0	−1.8	−0.05
Career	DAL	73	8	36	1	4.50	+0.126	50.0	+1.0	+0.07

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2022	PIT	17	84	52	801	4	61.9	+0.527	+0.312+0.152 to +0.472	15.3	14.8	+44.3	+1.44
2023	PIT	17	106	63	1,140	5	59.4	+0.270	+0.252+0.098 to +0.407	21.9	13.5	+28.6	+1.25
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	11	5	50	0	45.5	−0.648		28.9	10.9	−7.1	−0.06
2024	PIT	14	103	59	900	3	57.3	+0.271	+0.274+0.119 to +0.429	26.5	13.7	+27.9	+0.67
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	5	5	87	1	100.0	+1.685		19.2	13.2	+8.4	+0.03
2025	DAL	17	137	93	1,429	9	67.9	+0.640	+0.443+0.296 to +0.590	22.6	11.3	+87.7	+3.09
2026	DAL	8	62	39	533	2	62.9	+0.409	+0.319+0.152 to +0.486	21.1	11.6	+25.4	+0.49
Career	DAL	73	492	306	4,803	23	62.2	+0.435		21.2	12.9	+213.9	+6.95

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
2022	PIT	17	1
2023	PIT	17	1
2024	PIT	14	1
2025	DAL	17	2
2026	DAL	8	1
Career	DAL	73	6

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
2025	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

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
2022	PIT	17	877	76.5	–	–
2023	PIT	17	923	88.6	–	–
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	58	89.2	–	–
2024	PIT	14	768	81.4	–	–
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	36	80.0	–	–
2025	DAL	17	963	82.7	–	–

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	84	73.8	4	6.5	12	75.0
2023	106	68.9	3	4.1	25	36.0
2024	103	67.0	6	8.7	29	44.8
2025	137	75.2	5	4.9	22	50.0
2026	62	69.4	4	9.3	14	42.9

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	@ NYG	L 20–28	6	3	28	0	+0.6	0
2	2026-09-20	vs WAS	W 37–20	8	6	40	0	+0.5	0
3	2026-09-27	vs BAL	L 31–34	11	7	82	0	+5.1	0
4	2026-10-04	@ HOU	W 34–30	3	2	75	0	+3.9	0
5	2026-10-08	vs TB	L 16–24	13	9	130	1	+6.4	0
6	2026-10-18	@ GB	L 13–23	11	6	73	0	+4.0	1
7	2026-10-26	@ PHI	W 38–21	6	4	57	1	+3.7	0
8	2026-11-01	vs ARI	L 30–33 OT	4	2	48	0	+1.1	0

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-04	@ PHI	L 20–24	4	3	30	0	+1.5	0
2	2025-09-14	vs NYG	W 40–37 OT	9	5	68	1	+4.6	0
3	2025-09-21	@ CHI	L 14–31	9	5	68	1	+0.1	1
4	2025-09-28	vs GB	T 40–40 OT	11	8	134	2	+15.1	0
5	2025-10-05	@ NYJ	W 37–22	4	2	57	1	+4.5	0
6	2025-10-12	@ CAR	L 27–30	11	9	168	1	+16.7	0
7	2025-10-19	vs WAS	W 44–22	6	4	82	0	+3.8	0
8	2025-10-26	@ DEN	L 24–44	9	7	78	0	+7.9	0
9	2025-11-03	vs ARI	L 17–27	9	6	79	0	+3.3	0
11	2025-11-17	@ LV	W 33–16	11	9	144	1	+12.2	0
12	2025-11-23	vs PHI	W 24–21	9	9	146	1	+11.9	0
13	2025-11-27	vs KC	W 31–28	13	6	88	0	−3.5	0
14	2025-12-04	@ DET	L 30–44	9	5	37	0	−4.6	0
15	2025-12-14	vs MIN	L 26–34	6	3	33	0	+0.4	0
16	2025-12-21	vs LAC	L 17–34	9	7	130	1	+10.5	1
17	2025-12-25	@ WAS	W 30–23	5	4	78	0	+7.0	0
18	2026-01-04	@ NYG	L 17–34	3	1	9	0	−3.8	0

2024 game log (15 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ ATL	W 18–10	1	-10	−1.8	7	6	85	0	+6.2	0
2	2024-09-15	@ DEN	W 13–6	0	0	0.0	4	2	29	0	+2.3	0
3	2024-09-22	vs LAC	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	7	5	57	0	+2.8	0
4	2024-09-29	@ IND	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	11	7	113	0	+1.7	0
5	2024-10-06	vs DAL	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	7	3	26	0	−2.7	0
6	2024-10-13	@ LV	W 32–13	0	0	0.0	8	3	53	0	+1.4	0
7	2024-10-20	vs NYJ	W 37–15	0	0	0.0	9	5	111	1	+7.7	0
8	2024-10-28	vs NYG	W 26–18	0	0	0.0	5	4	74	0	+4.1	0
10	2024-11-10	@ WAS	W 28–27	1	4	−0.1	7	5	91	1	+7.9	1
11	2024-11-17	vs BAL	W 18–16	0	0	0.0	12	8	89	0	+4.9	0
12	2024-11-21	@ CLE	L 19–24	0	0	0.0	7	4	48	0	+2.5	0
13	2024-12-01	@ CIN	W 44–38	0	0	0.0	6	3	74	1	−4.6	0
17	2024-12-25	vs KC	L 10–29	0	0	0.0	7	3	50	0	−1.5	0
18	2025-01-04	vs CIN	L 17–19	0	0	0.0	6	1	0	0	−4.8	0
P19	2025-01-11	@ BAL	L 14–28	0	0	0.0	5	5	87	1	+8.4	0

2023 game log (18 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs SF	L 7–30	0	0	0.0	7	5	36	0	+0.1	0
2	2023-09-18	vs CLE	W 26–22	0	0	0.0	10	4	127	1	−0.2	0
3	2023-09-24	@ LV	W 23–18	0	0	0.0	6	4	75	0	+6.0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ HOU	L 6–30	0	0	0.0	7	3	25	0	−3.1	0
5	2023-10-08	vs BAL	W 17–10	1	16	+1.0	10	6	130	1	+8.9	0
7	2023-10-22	@ LA	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	8	5	107	0	+3.8	0
8	2023-10-29	vs JAX	L 10–20	0	0	0.0	5	1	22	1	−2.1	0
9	2023-11-02	vs TEN	W 20–16	0	0	0.0	5	2	-1	0	−5.6	0
10	2023-11-12	vs GB	W 23–19	0	0	0.0	4	3	45	0	+1.2	0
11	2023-11-19	@ CLE	L 10–13	1	-1	−0.9	6	4	38	0	+0.9	0
12	2023-11-26	@ CIN	W 16–10	0	0	0.0	5	3	58	0	+2.9	0
13	2023-12-03	vs ARI	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	5	4	86	0	+7.1	0
14	2023-12-07	vs NE	L 18–21	0	0	0.0	6	5	19	0	−3.2	0
15	2023-12-16	@ IND	L 13–30	0	0	0.0	7	3	47	0	−6.6	1
16	2023-12-23	vs CIN	W 34–11	0	0	0.0	6	4	195	2	+13.5	0
17	2023-12-31	@ SEA	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	9	7	131	0	+4.9	0
18	2024-01-06	@ BAL	W 17–10	1	3	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2024-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–31	1	15	+0.9	11	5	50	0	−7.1	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ CIN	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	3	0	−2.0	0
2	2022-09-18	vs NE	L 14–17	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	23	0	+0.1	1
3	2022-09-22	@ CLE	L 17–29	0	0	0	0.0	7	3	39	0	−0.3	0
4	2022-10-02	vs NYJ	L 20–24	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	102	0	+5.6	0
5	2022-10-09	@ BUF	L 3–38	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	83	0	+6.0	0
6	2022-10-16	vs TB	W 20–18	1	1	0	−0.5	6	3	27	0	−0.2	0
7	2022-10-23	@ MIA	L 10–16	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	61	1	+6.3	0
8	2022-10-30	@ PHI	L 13–35	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−1.8	0
10	2022-11-13	vs NO	W 20–10	2	23	1	+2.6	4	3	32	0	+2.2	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CIN	L 30–37	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	83	1	+7.0	0
12	2022-11-28	@ IND	W 24–17	0	0	0	0.0	6	3	57	0	+3.0	0
13	2022-12-04	@ ATL	W 19–16	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	2	0	−1.2	0
14	2022-12-11	vs BAL	L 14–16	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	78	0	+4.8	0
15	2022-12-18	@ CAR	W 24–16	0	0	0	0.0	5	2	53	0	+2.7	0
16	2022-12-24	vs LV	W 13–10	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	57	1	+5.1	0
17	2023-01-01	@ BAL	W 16–13	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	29	0	+0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs CLE	W 28–14	0	0	0	0.0	6	3	72	1	+6.8	0