J.J. Nelson

WR · ARI/LV · 2015–2019

Born April 24, 1992 · College UAB · Drafted 2015, round 5, pick 159 (ARI) · 5-10, 160 lb

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)
2015	ARI	9	1	0	0	0.00	−0.555	0.0	−0.6	−0.01
2016	ARI	14	4	83	1	20.75	+1.597	75.0	+6.4	+0.14
2017	ARI	16	3	37	0	12.33	+0.819	100.0	+2.5	+0.02
2018	ARI	9	4	0	0	0.00	−0.470	50.0	−1.9	−0.03
Career	LV	49	12	120	1	10.00	+0.534	66.7	+6.4	+0.12

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	ARI	9	27	11	299	2	40.7	+0.274	+0.101−0.079 to +0.281	8.7	22.4	+7.4	+0.40
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	4	3	33	0	75.0	+0.664		4.9	21.0	+2.7	+0.01
2016	ARI	14	74	34	568	6	45.9	+0.256	+0.206+0.043 to +0.369	13.4	16.9	+18.9	+0.80
2017	ARI	16	61	29	508	2	47.5	−0.191	+0.057−0.111 to +0.224	10.3	17.2	−11.6	−0.03
2018	ARI	9	19	7	64	0	36.8	−0.648	+0.027−0.156 to +0.210	6.9	18.8	−12.3	−0.15
2019	LV	1	5	4	36	1	80.0	−0.073	+0.016−0.174 to +0.206	15.2	5.2	−0.4	−0.01
Career	LV	49	186	85	1,475	11	45.7	+0.011		10.5	17.7	+2.0	+1.01

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
2015	ARI	9	3
2016	ARI	14	2
2018	ARI	9	1
Career	LV	49	6

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	ARI	15	468	43.7	–	–
2017	ARI	16	536	48.6	–	–
2018	ARI	14	213	26.2	–	–
2019	LV	2	52	46.0	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (1 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2019-09-22	@ MIN	L 14–34	5	4	36	1	−0.4

2018 game log (9 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2018-09-16	@ LA	L 0–34	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.8	0
3	2018-09-23	vs CHI	L 14–16	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.8	1
4	2018-09-30	vs SEA	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	−0.3	0
6	2018-10-14	@ MIN	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	2	1	9	+0.1	0
7	2018-10-18	vs DEN	L 10–45	1	7	+0.2	4	2	8	−9.7	0
8	2018-10-28	vs SF	W 18–15	1	8	+0.6	1	0	0	−0.4	0
10	2018-11-11	@ KC	L 14–26	1	-10	−1.4	1	0	0	−0.8	0
11	2018-11-18	vs LV	L 21–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.9	0
14	2018-12-09	vs DET	L 3–17	1	-5	−1.3	7	3	43	+2.2	0

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	@ DET	L 23–35	0	0	0.0	6	5	43	1	+3.3
2	2017-09-17	@ IND	W 16–13 OT	0	0	0.0	7	5	120	1	+5.2
3	2017-09-25	vs DAL	L 17–28	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−2.0
4	2017-10-01	vs SF	W 18–15 OT	0	0	0.0	4	3	34	0	+1.5
5	2017-10-08	@ PHI	L 7–34	1	14	+1.5	6	4	80	0	−2.9
6	2017-10-15	vs TB	W 38–33	1	16	+0.9	1	0	0	0	−5.5
7	2017-10-22	@ LA	L 0–33	0	0	0.0	5	2	39	0	−4.6
9	2017-11-05	@ SF	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	2	1	15	0	+1.5
10	2017-11-09	vs SEA	L 16–22	0	0	0.0	4	1	17	0	−3.0
11	2017-11-19	@ HOU	L 21–31	0	0	0.0	3	1	14	0	−0.3
12	2017-11-26	vs JAX	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	4	1	14	0	−1.6
13	2017-12-03	vs LA	L 16–32	0	0	0.0	8	2	42	0	−5.8
14	2017-12-10	vs TEN	W 12–7	0	0	0.0	3	2	26	0	+2.7
15	2017-12-17	@ WAS	L 15–20	1	7	+0.1	3	1	46	0	+1.7
16	2017-12-24	vs NYG	W 23–0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−4.7
17	2017-12-31	@ SEA	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	18	0	+2.8

2016 game log (14 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs NE	L 21–23	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	11	0	+0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs LA	L 13–17	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	24	0	+2.6	0
5	2016-10-06	@ SF	W 33–21	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
6	2016-10-17	vs NYJ	W 28–3	2	23	0	+1.6	2	2	16	0	+1.9	0
7	2016-10-23	vs SEA	T 6–6 OT	1	4	0	−0.3	7	3	84	0	+5.0	0
8	2016-10-30	@ CAR	L 20–30	0	0	0	0.0	12	8	79	2	+6.0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SF	W 23–20	0	0	0	0.0	6	2	29	0	−8.5	1
11	2016-11-20	@ MIN	L 24–30	0	0	0	0.0	5	1	0	0	−2.6	0
12	2016-11-27	@ ATL	L 19–38	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	30	0	+0.7	0
13	2016-12-04	vs WAS	W 31–23	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	42	1	+4.0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ MIA	L 23–26	1	56	1	+5.0	2	1	8	1	+2.4	0
15	2016-12-18	vs NO	L 41–48	0	0	0	0.0	11	5	38	1	+1.4	0
16	2016-12-24	@ SEA	W 34–31	0	0	0	0.0	7	3	132	1	+7.5	0
17	2017-01-01	@ LA	W 44–6	0	0	0	0.0	12	4	75	0	−1.0	1

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs NO	W 31–19	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−1.4	1
2	2015-09-20	@ CHI	W 48–23	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−5.2	2
8	2015-11-01	@ CLE	W 34–20	1	−0.6	4	3	70	0	+6.0	0
11	2015-11-22	vs CIN	W 34–31	0	0.0	6	4	142	1	+7.7	0
12	2015-11-29	@ SF	W 19–13	0	0.0	5	2	53	0	+1.4	0
13	2015-12-06	@ LA	W 27–3	0	0.0	3	2	34	1	+4.8	0
14	2015-12-10	vs MIN	W 23–20	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
15	2015-12-20	@ PHI	W 40–17	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
17	2016-01-03	vs SEA	L 6–36	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−4.9	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs GB	W 26–20 OT	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	+0.2	0
P20	2016-01-24	@ CAR	L 15–49	0	0.0	3	2	25	0	+2.4	0