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Giovanni Ricci
Born October 16, 1996 · College Western Michigan · Undrafted · 6-3, 240 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CAR | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −0.483 | 0.7 | 11.5 | −1.0 | −0.00 | |
| 2022 | CAR | 10 | 9 | 8 | 100 | 0 | 88.9 | +0.416 | +0.111−0.076 to +0.297 | 3.1 | 6.1 | +3.7 | +0.12 |
| 2023 | CAR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | −0.490 | +0.100−0.091 to +0.291 | 1.6 | -1.0 | −0.5 | −0.00 |
| 2025 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −0.902 | +0.152−0.039 to +0.344 | 3.4 | 3.0 | −0.9 | −0.02 |
| Career | DET | 21 | 13 | 9 | 102 | 0 | 69.2 | +0.107 | 2.0 | 6.2 | +1.4 | +0.09 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CAR | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | CAR | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | CAR | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | DET | 21 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | CAR | 16 | 152 | 14.2 | – | – |
| 2022 | CAR | 14 | 157 | 19.3 | – | – |
| 2023 | CAR | 3 | 12 | 5.8 | – | – |
| 2025 | DET | 3 | 57 | 28.4 | – | – |
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 | 9 | 88.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Game logs
2025 game log (1 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 2025-12-25 | @ MIN | L 10–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 |
2023 game log (2 games)
2022 game log (10 games)
2022 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-09-11 | vs CLE | L 24–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2022-09-18 | @ NYG | L 16–19 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | +1.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2022-09-25 | vs NO | W 22–14 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | −1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2022-10-02 | vs ARI | L 16–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2022-10-09 | vs SF | L 15–37 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | +0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2022-10-23 | vs TB | W 21–3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2022-10-30 | @ ATL | L 34–37 OT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2022-11-06 | @ CIN | L 21–42 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | +0.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2022-11-10 | vs ATL | W 25–15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | −0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2023-01-01 | @ TB | L 24–30 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | +2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 game log (8 games)
2021 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2021-09-19 | vs NO | W 26–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2021-10-31 | @ ATL | W 19–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2021-11-14 | @ ARI | W 34–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2021-11-28 | @ MIA | L 10–33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2021-12-19 | @ BUF | L 14–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2021-12-26 | vs TB | L 6–32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2022-01-02 | @ NO | L 10–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2022-01-09 | @ TB | L 17–41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |