Jerome Bettis

RB · PIT · 1999–2005

Born February 16, 1972 · College Notre Dame · Drafted 1993, round 1, pick 10 (LA) · 5-11, 255 lb

Walter Payton Man of the Year (2001) · Pro Bowl ×2 (2001, 2004)

EPA per carry by season

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

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	INT	Dropbacks	EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
1999	PIT	16	1	1	100.0	21	1	0	7	+0.256	+0.61	+0.04	–	42.9	41.00	–
2000	PIT	16	0	2	0.0	0	0	1	4	−0.872	+0.19	+0.01	–	25.0	-22.50	–
2001	PIT	11	1	2	50.0	32	1	0	2	+1.962	+4.11	+0.08	–	50.0	26.00	–
2004	PIT	14	1	1	100.0	10	1	0	1	+2.761	+7.44	+0.07	–	100.0	30.00	–
2005 playoffs	PIT	4	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	−0.982	−1.85	−0.02	–	0.0	0.00	–
Career	PIT	97	3	6	50.0	63	3	1	14	+0.356	+1.58	+0.21	–	42.9	13.00	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
1999	PIT	16	293	1,072	7	3.66	−0.057	−0.090−0.143 to −0.037	39.8	−17.2	−0.89
2000	PIT	16	354	1,346	8	3.80	−0.040	−0.058−0.109 to −0.007	38.1	−14.8	+0.13
2001	PIT	11	225	1,072	4	4.76	−0.037	−0.077−0.132 to −0.022	35.7	−8.5	+0.05
2001 playoffs	PIT	1	9	8	1	0.89	−0.298		20.0	−3.0	−0.03
2002	PIT	12	188	686	9	3.65	−0.042	−0.081−0.137 to −0.025	38.3	−8.0	−0.39
2002 playoffs	PIT	2	4	4	0	1.00	−0.814		0.0	−3.3	−0.08
2003	PIT	16	246	811	7	3.30	−0.136	−0.086−0.140 to −0.032	39.8	−34.0	−0.82
2004	PIT	14	250	941	13	3.76	−0.013	−0.049−0.104 to +0.005	41.7	−3.4	+0.55
2004 playoffs	PIT	2	44	165	2	3.75	−0.202		38.6	−8.9	−0.34
2005	PIT	12	110	368	9	3.35	+0.031	−0.082−0.141 to −0.023	43.0	+3.6	+0.08
2005 playoffs	PIT	4	56	180	3	3.21	−0.186		36.2	−10.8	−0.18
Career	PIT	97	1,666	6,296	57	3.78	−0.048		39.2	−82.4	−1.30

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	PIT	16	28	21	110	75.0	−0.123	5.3	–	−3.4	−0.12
2000	PIT	16	19	13	97	68.4	+0.184	4.4	–	+3.5	+0.05
2001	PIT	11	10	8	48	80.0	+0.102	3.4	–	+1.0	−0.03
2001 playoffs	PIT	1	2	2	23	100.0	+0.819	4.8	–	+1.6	+0.03
2002	PIT	12	9	7	57	77.8	+0.309	2.2	–	+2.8	+0.02
2003	PIT	16	22	13	86	59.1	−0.025	4.2	–	−0.6	−0.04
2004	PIT	14	8	6	46	75.0	+0.109	2.7	–	+0.9	+0.01
2004 playoffs	PIT	2	1	1	21	100.0	+1.551	1.9	–	+1.6	+0.05
2005	PIT	12	4	4	40	100.0	+0.850	1.3	–	+3.4	+0.09
2005 playoffs	PIT	4	1	0	0	0.0	−0.883	1.1	–	−0.9	−0.01
Career	PIT	97	100	72	484	72.0	+0.076	3.6	–	+7.6	−0.02

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
1999	PIT	16	1	–	–	–
2000	PIT	16	1	–	–	–
2002	PIT	12	1	–	–	–
2003	PIT	16	1	–	–	–
2004 playoffs	PIT	2	1	–	–	–
Career	PIT	97	4	0	0	0

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
2001	Walter Payton Man of the Year, Pro Bowl
2004	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
5	2005-10-10	@ LAC	W 24–22	17	54	1	−0.1	1	1	16	+1.6
6	2005-10-16	vs JAX	L 17–23 OT	4	4	0	−3.8	0	0	0	0.0
7	2005-10-23	@ CIN	W 27–13	13	56	0	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0
8	2005-10-31	vs BAL	W 20–19	8	22	0	−1.9	0	0	0	0.0
10	2005-11-13	vs CLE	W 34–21	9	28	1	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0
11	2005-11-20	@ BAL	L 13–16 OT	2	0	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0
12	2005-11-28	@ IND	L 7–26	6	9	0	−2.4	0	0	0	0.0
13	2005-12-04	vs CIN	L 31–38	8	13	1	−1.0	3	3	24	+1.8
14	2005-12-11	vs CHI	W 21–9	17	101	2	+5.8	0	0	0	0.0
15	2005-12-18	@ MIN	W 18–3	9	16	0	−2.8	0	0	0	0.0
16	2005-12-24	@ CLE	W 41–0	7	24	1	+1.7	0	0	0	0.0
17	2006-01-01	vs DET	W 35–21	10	41	3	+6.6	0	0	0	0.0
P18	2006-01-08	@ CIN	W 31–17	10	52	1	+3.0	0	0	0	0.0
P19	2006-01-15	@ IND	W 21–18	17	46	1	−5.8	0	0	0	0.0
P20	2006-01-22	@ DEN	W 34–17	15	39	1	−4.4	1	0	0	−0.9
P21	2006-02-05	vs SEA	W 21–10	14	43	0	−3.7	0	0	0	0.0

2004 game log (16 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs LV	W 24–21	5	1	3	+2.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2004-09-26	@ MIA	W 13–3	7	12	0	−3.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2004-10-03	vs CIN	W 28–17	6	9	2	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2004-10-10	vs CLE	W 34–23	14	34	1	−6.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2004-10-17	@ DAL	W 24–20	5	8	1	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2004-10-31	vs NE	W 34–20	15	65	1	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2004-11-07	vs PHI	W 27–3	33	149	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2004-11-14	@ CLE	W 24–10	29	103	2	+0.8	1	1	7	−0.1	0
11	2004-11-21	@ CIN	W 19–14	29	129	0	+0.3	2	1	3	−0.8	0
12	2004-11-28	vs WAS	W 16–7	31	100	1	−1.2	1	1	20	+1.9	0
13	2004-12-05	@ JAX	W 17–16	3	17	0	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2004-12-12	vs NYJ	W 17–6	10	57	1	+3.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2004-12-18	@ NYG	W 33–30	36	140	1	−1.8	2	1	3	−0.7	0
16	2004-12-26	vs BAL	W 20–7	27	117	0	+1.2	2	2	13	+0.5	0
P19	2005-01-15	vs NYJ	W 20–17 OT	27	101	1	−3.3	1	1	21	+1.6	1
P20	2005-01-23	vs NE	L 27–41	17	64	1	−5.6	0	0	0	0.0	0

2003 game log (16 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs BAL	W 34–15	4	14	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2003-09-14	@ KC	L 20–41	4	7	0	−2.8	1	0	0	−0.7	0
3	2003-09-21	@ CIN	W 17–10	16	59	1	+2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2003-09-28	vs TEN	L 13–30	3	6	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2003-10-05	vs CLE	L 13–33	3	8	1	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2003-10-12	@ DEN	L 14–17	14	34	1	−4.2	1	1	7	+0.1	0
8	2003-10-26	vs LA	L 21–33	12	42	0	−4.0	2	0	0	−1.5	0
9	2003-11-02	@ SEA	L 16–23	17	50	0	−2.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2003-11-09	vs ARI	W 28–15	18	54	0	−9.6	3	1	8	−1.0	0
11	2003-11-17	@ SF	L 14–30	13	39	1	+1.0	2	2	15	+0.5	1
12	2003-11-23	@ CLE	W 13–6	24	93	0	−2.9	4	1	9	−0.8	0
13	2003-11-30	vs CIN	L 20–24	20	62	1	+1.3	2	1	5	−0.7	0
14	2003-12-07	vs LV	W 27–7	27	106	1	−5.0	3	3	19	+0.9	0
15	2003-12-14	@ NYJ	L 0–6	16	68	0	+0.8	3	3	7	+1.6	0
16	2003-12-21	vs LAC	W 40–24	32	115	1	+1.8	1	1	16	+1.0	0
17	2003-12-28	@ BAL	L 10–13 OT	23	54	0	−9.3	0	0	0	0.0	0

2002 game log (14 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-09	@ NE	L 14–30	8	35	0	−6.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2002-09-15	vs LV	L 17–30	10	41	0	−0.2	1	1	5	+0.4	0
4	2002-09-29	vs CLE	W 16–13 OT	14	24	0	−6.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2002-10-06	@ NO	L 29–32	19	84	1	+2.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2002-10-13	@ CIN	W 34–7	22	129	2	+6.7	1	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2002-10-21	vs IND	W 28–10	11	33	2	+1.8	1	1	7	+0.0	0
11	2002-11-17	@ TEN	L 23–31	4	6	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2002-11-24	vs CIN	W 29–21	22	79	2	+0.1	2	2	27	+2.6	0
13	2002-12-01	@ JAX	W 25–23	20	86	0	+0.8	1	1	11	+1.0	0
14	2002-12-08	vs HOU	L 6–24	14	30	0	−4.1	1	0	0	−0.7	0
15	2002-12-15	vs CAR	W 30–14	18	73	2	+6.2	1	1	9	+0.7	0
16	2002-12-23	@ TB	W 17–7	26	66	0	−9.3	1	1	-2	−0.9	0
P18	2003-01-05	vs CLE	W 36–33	1	-2	0	−2.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2003-01-11	@ TEN	L 31–34 OT	3	6	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0

2001 game log (12 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2001-09-09	@ JAX	L 3–21	12	28	0	−4.1	1	1	2	−0.4
3	2001-09-30	@ BUF	W 20–3	22	114	0	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0
4	2001-10-07	vs CIN	W 16–7	23	153	0	+0.2	1	1	7	+0.4
5	2001-10-14	@ KC	W 20–17	19	112	0	−0.8	2	1	5	−0.6
6	2001-10-21	@ TB	W 17–10	17	143	1	+7.7	1	1	8	+1.0
7	2001-10-29	vs TEN	W 34–7	19	62	2	+0.7	1	0	0	−0.3
8	2001-11-04	vs BAL	L 10–13	23	91	0	−4.1	1	1	8	+0.4
9	2001-11-11	@ CLE	W 15–12 OT	29	163	0	+1.9	1	1	0	−0.7
10	2001-11-18	vs JAX	W 20–7	21	52	0	−8.5	0	0	0	0.0
11	2001-11-25	@ TEN	W 34–24	21	73	0	−5.7	1	1	2	−0.5
12	2001-12-02	vs MIN	W 21–16	19	81	1	+2.6	1	1	16	+1.9
P20	2002-01-27	vs NE	L 17–24	9	8	1	−3.0	2	2	23	+1.6

2000 game log (16 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-03	vs BAL	L 0–16	9	8	0	−4.7	2	1	7	−0.2	0
3	2000-09-17	@ CLE	L 20–23	24	133	1	+7.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2000-09-24	vs TEN	L 20–23	19	77	1	−1.7	3	3	20	+0.5	0
5	2000-10-01	@ JAX	W 24–13	28	97	2	+0.3	1	0	0	−0.4	1
6	2000-10-08	@ NYJ	W 20–3	25	118	1	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2000-10-15	vs CIN	W 15–0	29	101	0	−6.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2000-10-22	vs CLE	W 22–0	33	105	1	+1.0	1	0	0	−0.8	0
9	2000-10-29	@ BAL	W 9–6	18	65	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2000-11-05	@ TEN	L 7–9	12	36	0	−1.5	1	1	12	+2.0	0
11	2000-11-12	vs PHI	L 23–26 OT	30	134	1	+3.6	3	2	4	−1.6	0
12	2000-11-19	vs JAX	L 24–34	12	57	0	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2000-11-26	@ CIN	W 48–28	23	93	1	+1.5	1	1	-1	−0.4	0
14	2000-12-03	vs LV	W 21–20	24	128	0	−0.5	1	1	13	+0.8	0
15	2000-12-10	@ NYG	L 10–30	17	39	0	−3.3	2	1	7	+2.2	0
16	2000-12-16	vs WAS	W 24–3	25	104	0	−0.9	1	1	25	+1.8	0
17	2000-12-24	@ LAC	W 34–21	26	51	0	−9.7	3	2	10	−0.6	0

1999 game log (16 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	1999-09-12	@ CLE	W 43–0	–	0	0	–	0.0	18	89	0	+1.2	1	1	2	+0.0	0
2	1999-09-19	@ BAL	W 23–20	–	0	0	+0.06	−0.5	15	42	0	−2.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	1999-09-26	vs SEA	L 10–29	–	0	0	–	0.0	11	39	0	+1.4	2	2	9	+0.0	0
4	1999-10-03	vs JAX	L 3–17	–	0	0	–	0.0	20	58	0	−6.0	4	4	27	−0.1	0
5	1999-10-10	@ BUF	L 21–24	–	0	0	–	0.0	13	24	1	−3.2	2	2	10	+0.0	0
6	1999-10-17	@ CIN	W 17–3	–	0	0	–	0.0	26	111	2	+5.8	2	1	4	−0.7	0
7	1999-10-25	vs ATL	W 13–9	–	0	0	−0.20	+0.6	21	70	0	−7.2	3	2	14	+0.1	0
9	1999-11-07	@ SF	W 27–6	–	0	0	–	0.0	18	53	2	+2.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	1999-11-14	vs CLE	L 15–16	–	0	0	−0.29	−1.8	23	94	0	+1.1	1	1	7	+0.2	0
11	1999-11-21	@ TEN	L 10–16	–	0	0	–	0.0	14	88	0	+4.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	1999-11-28	vs CIN	L 20–27	–	0	0	–	0.0	22	81	0	−4.7	1	1	6	+0.1	1
13	1999-12-02	@ JAX	L 6–20	–	0	0	–	0.0	12	23	0	−5.2	2	1	14	+0.3	0
14	1999-12-12	vs BAL	L 24–31	1/1	21	1	+2.99	+6.1	13	39	0	−2.1	5	4	11	−1.1	0
15	1999-12-18	@ KC	L 19–35	–	0	0	–	0.0	19	63	0	−2.5	3	1	9	−0.7	0
16	1999-12-26	vs CAR	W 30–20	–	0	0	–	0.0	33	137	1	+4.2	1	1	-3	−1.2	0
17	2000-01-02	vs TEN	L 36–47	–	0	0	–	0.0	15	61	1	−3.8	1	0	0	−0.4	0