Jaylen Samuels

RB · PIT/HOU · 2018–2021

Born July 20, 1996 · College N.C. State · Drafted 2018, round 5, pick 165 (PIT) · 6-0, 225 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)
2018	PIT	9	56	256	0	4.57	−0.067	−0.109−0.171 to −0.047	45.6	−3.8	+0.19
2019	PIT	13	66	175	1	2.65	−0.249	−0.137−0.198 to −0.076	25.4	−16.7	−0.44
2020	PIT	9	9	28	0	3.11	−0.296	−0.080−0.144 to −0.016	33.3	−2.7	−0.03
2021	HOU	2	5	9	0	1.80	−0.501	−0.098−0.162 to −0.034	0.0	−2.5	−0.02
Career	HOU	33	136	468	1	3.44	−0.186		33.3	−25.7	−0.30

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	PIT	9	29	26	199	3	89.7	+0.523	7.8	0.1	+15.2	+0.54
2019	PIT	13	57	47	305	1	82.5	−0.075	14.1	-0.8	−4.3	−0.26
2020	PIT	9	14	9	46	0	64.3	−0.219	3.9	-0.2	−3.1	−0.03
2021	HOU	2	4	3	14	0	75.0	−0.060	7.1	-1.0	−0.2	−0.00
Career	HOU	33	104	85	564	4	81.7	+0.073	8.7	-0.5	+7.6	+0.24

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
2020	PIT	9	2	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
2018	PIT	11	220	29.9	–	–
2019	PIT	14	361	42.6	1	1.7
2020	PIT	12	117	14.7	3	1.5
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	1	1.2	–	–
2021	HOU	2	17	14.3	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (2 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
13	2021-12-05	vs IND	L 0–31	2	2	0	−1.3	1	0	0	0	−0.5
17	2022-01-02	@ SF	L 7–23	3	7	0	−1.2	3	3	14	0	+0.3

2020 game log (9 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-14	@ NYG	W 26–16	1	2	−0.4	1	1	1	−0.4	0
2	2020-09-20	vs DEN	W 26–21	0	0	0.0	2	1	4	+0.2	1
3	2020-09-27	vs HOU	W 28–21	1	1	−1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	1	5	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ BAL	W 28–24	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−1.7	0
10	2020-11-15	vs CIN	W 36–10	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2020-12-07	vs WAS	L 17–23	1	1	−0.2	4	3	11	−0.9	0
14	2020-12-13	@ BUF	L 15–26	4	15	−0.4	4	3	18	−0.2	0
15	2020-12-21	@ CIN	L 17–27	1	4	+0.0	1	1	12	−0.0	0

2019 game log (13 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-08	@ NE	L 3–33	–	0	0	–	0.0	2	4	0	−1.0	2	1	2	0	−1.6
2	2019-09-15	vs SEA	L 26–28	–	0	0	–	0.0	3	18	0	+1.0	1	1	13	0	+0.7
4	2019-09-30	vs CIN	W 27–3	3/3	31	0	+0.66	+3.4	10	26	1	−0.4	8	8	57	0	+5.4
5	2019-10-06	vs BAL	L 23–26 OT	1/2	4	1	−2.75	−7.6	3	2	0	−1.9	4	3	11	0	−1.3
9	2019-11-03	vs IND	W 26–24	–	0	0	–	0.0	8	10	0	−4.3	13	13	73	0	+0.5
10	2019-11-10	vs LA	W 17–12	–	0	0	–	0.0	14	29	0	−5.8	7	3	11	0	−5.1
11	2019-11-14	@ CLE	L 7–21	–	0	0	–	0.0	5	26	0	−0.3	6	5	19	1	−0.9
12	2019-11-24	@ CIN	W 16–10	–	0	0	–	0.0	2	6	0	+0.6	3	3	26	0	+0.7
13	2019-12-01	vs CLE	W 20–13	–	0	0	–	0.0	7	32	0	−0.1	2	2	22	0	+2.3
14	2019-12-08	@ ARI	W 23–17	–	0	0	–	0.0	7	16	0	−2.0	2	2	18	0	−0.4
15	2019-12-15	vs BUF	L 10–17	–	0	0	–	0.0	2	-1	0	−1.5	1	1	5	0	+0.1
16	2019-12-22	@ NYJ	L 10–16	–	0	0	–	0.0	3	7	0	−1.0	6	4	32	0	−5.2
17	2019-12-29	@ BAL	L 10–28	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	16	0	+0.5

2018 game log (9 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
8	2018-10-28	vs CLE	W 33–18	4	17	+0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	2018-11-04	@ BAL	W 23–16	1	2	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
10	2018-11-08	vs CAR	W 52–21	5	7	−2.6	4	3	22	1	+0.5
12	2018-11-25	@ DEN	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	0	+1.3
13	2018-12-02	vs LAC	L 30–33	2	5	−0.2	3	3	20	1	+2.2
14	2018-12-09	@ LV	L 21–24	11	28	−3.8	7	7	64	0	+3.4
15	2018-12-16	vs NE	W 17–10	19	142	+3.8	2	2	30	0	+2.7
16	2018-12-23	@ NO	L 28–31	12	53	−0.3	3	3	11	1	+2.8
17	2018-12-30	vs CIN	W 16–13	2	2	−0.5	8	7	40	0	+2.3