Jay Ajayi

RB · MIA/PHI · 2015–2019

Born June 15, 1993 · College Boise State · Drafted 2015, round 5, pick 149 (MIA) · 6-0, 223 lb

Pro Bowl (2016)

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)
2015	MIA	9	49	187	1	3.82	−0.118	−0.135−0.197 to −0.073	27.5	−6.0	−0.23
2016	MIA	15	260	1,272	8	4.89	−0.010	−0.058−0.112 to −0.005	39.3	−2.8	+0.73
2016 playoffs	MIA	1	16	33	0	2.06	−0.482		18.8	−7.7	−0.03
2017	MIA	14	208	873	1	4.20	−0.124	−0.114−0.170 to −0.059	34.6	−26.2	−0.58
2017 playoffs	PHI	3	42	184	0	4.38	−0.186		35.7	−7.8	−0.14
2018	PHI	4	45	184	3	4.09	−0.156	−0.116−0.178 to −0.054	42.6	−7.3	−0.04
2019	PHI	3	10	30	0	3.00	−0.300	−0.128−0.192 to −0.064	27.3	−3.3	−0.05
Career	PHI	45	572	2,546	13	4.45	−0.077		36.7	−45.7	−0.18

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	MIA	9	11	7	90	0	63.6	+0.208	3.4	1.7	+2.3	+0.02
2016	MIA	15	35	27	151	0	77.1	−0.190	8.0	1.4	−6.7	−0.14
2016 playoffs	MIA	1	3	3	12	0	100.0	−0.533	8.3	2.3	−1.6	−0.01
2017	MIA	14	34	24	158	1	70.6	−0.089	6.7	-0.7	−3.0	−0.26
2017 playoffs	PHI	3	8	6	70	0	75.0	+0.246	7.5	-4.0	+2.0	+0.08
2018	PHI	4	6	5	20	0	83.3	−0.073	3.7	0.0	−0.4	−0.02
2019	PHI	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.834	0.7	1.0	−0.8	−0.03
Career	PHI	45	87	63	419	1	72.4	−0.100	5.5	0.5	−8.7	−0.44

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
2016	MIA	15	2
2016 playoffs	MIA	1	2
2017	MIA	14	1
2018	PHI	4	2
Career	PHI	45	5

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
2016	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
2016	MIA	15	575	65.0	–	–
2016 playoffs	MIA	1	43	66.2	–	–
2017	MIA/PHI	14	504	53.4	–	–
2017 playoffs	PHI	3	85	43.6	–	–
2018	PHI	4	119	42.0	–	–
2019	PHI	3	20	8.7	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (3 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA
12	2019-11-24	vs SEA	L 9–17	6	16	−2.3	0	0.0
13	2019-12-01	@ MIA	L 31–37	2	9	−1.0	0	0.0
14	2019-12-09	vs NYG	W 23–17 OT	2	5	−0.0	1	−0.8

2018 game log (4 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-06	vs ATL	W 18–12	15	62	2	+2.1	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2018-09-16	@ TB	L 21–27	7	23	1	−1.7	1	1	4	−0.1	0
4	2018-09-30	@ TEN	L 23–26 OT	15	70	0	−1.4	4	3	11	−0.4	0
5	2018-10-07	vs MIN	L 21–23	8	29	0	−6.3	1	1	5	+0.1	1

2017 game log (17 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2017-09-17	@ LAC	W 19–17	28	122	0	+3.7	2	2	4	0	−1.6	0
3	2017-09-24	@ NYJ	L 6–20	11	16	0	−6.2	3	2	9	0	−1.0	0
4	2017-10-01	vs NO	L 0–20	12	46	0	−3.8	1	1	8	0	−0.3	0
5	2017-10-08	vs TEN	W 16–10	25	77	0	−9.5	3	2	2	0	−2.4	0
6	2017-10-15	@ ATL	W 20–17	26	130	0	+0.7	3	0	0	0	−1.6	0
7	2017-10-22	vs NYJ	W 31–28	23	51	0	−7.3	4	3	26	0	−0.3	0
8	2017-10-26	@ BAL	L 0–40	13	23	0	−4.8	4	4	18	0	+0.2	0
9	2017-11-05	vs DEN	W 51–23	8	77	1	+3.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2017-11-19	@ DAL	W 37–9	7	91	0	+3.1	1	1	10	0	+0.7	0
12	2017-11-26	vs CHI	W 31–3	5	26	0	+2.2	2	1	7	0	+1.1	0
13	2017-12-03	@ SEA	L 10–24	9	35	0	−0.9	4	3	11	0	−2.1	0
14	2017-12-10	@ LA	W 43–35	15	78	0	+0.6	2	1	2	0	−1.3	0
15	2017-12-17	@ NYG	W 34–29	12	49	0	+0.1	2	2	40	0	+3.8	0
16	2017-12-25	vs LV	W 19–10	14	52	0	−8.1	3	2	21	1	+1.8	1
P19	2018-01-13	vs ATL	W 15–10	15	54	0	−7.4	5	3	44	0	+1.8	0
P20	2018-01-21	vs MIN	W 38–7	18	73	0	−2.2	3	3	26	0	+0.2	0
P21	2018-02-04	@ NE	W 41–33	9	57	0	+1.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-18	@ NE	L 24–31	5	14	0	−6.0	4	4	31	+2.7	1
3	2016-09-25	vs CLE	W 30–24 OT	7	28	1	+1.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2016-09-29	@ CIN	L 7–22	6	33	0	+0.6	2	2	13	+1.3	0
5	2016-10-09	vs TEN	L 17–30	13	42	1	−1.3	1	0	0	−1.2	0
6	2016-10-16	vs PIT	W 30–15	25	204	2	+11.4	2	1	3	−1.4	0
7	2016-10-23	vs BUF	W 28–25	28	214	1	+5.2	1	1	2	−0.4	0
9	2016-11-06	vs NYJ	W 27–23	24	111	1	+3.2	4	3	19	−0.8	0
10	2016-11-13	@ LAC	W 31–24	19	79	0	−1.9	1	1	1	−0.7	0
11	2016-11-20	@ LA	W 14–10	16	77	0	−1.5	4	3	7	−1.5	0
12	2016-11-27	vs SF	W 31–24	18	45	1	−2.7	2	1	11	−1.1	0
13	2016-12-04	@ BAL	L 6–38	12	61	0	−2.2	7	6	26	−2.4	0
14	2016-12-11	vs ARI	W 26–23	20	48	0	−8.9	3	1	15	−1.6	1
15	2016-12-17	@ NYJ	W 34–13	19	51	0	−4.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2016-12-24	@ BUF	W 34–31 OT	32	206	1	+6.8	1	1	3	−0.4	0
17	2017-01-01	vs NE	L 14–35	16	59	0	−2.7	3	3	20	+0.6	0
P18	2017-01-08	@ PIT	L 12–30	16	33	0	−7.7	3	3	12	−1.6	2

2015 game log (9 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
9	2015-11-08	@ BUF	L 17–33	5	41	0	+4.0	0	0	0	0.0
10	2015-11-15	@ PHI	W 20–19	6	48	0	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0
11	2015-11-22	vs DAL	L 14–24	4	13	0	−1.7	2	2	23	+0.6
12	2015-11-29	@ NYJ	L 20–38	3	6	0	−2.9	6	4	52	+3.0
13	2015-12-06	vs BAL	W 15–13	4	12	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0.0
14	2015-12-14	vs NYG	L 24–31	5	15	0	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0
15	2015-12-20	@ LAC	L 14–30	6	27	1	−0.1	3	1	15	−1.3
16	2015-12-27	vs IND	L 12–18	9	23	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0.0
17	2016-01-03	vs NE	W 20–10	7	2	0	−3.7	0	0	0	0.0