Jesse James

TE · PIT/DET/CHI · 2015–2021

Born June 4, 1994 · College Penn State · Drafted 2015, round 5, pick 160 (PIT) · 6-7, 261 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)
2015	PIT	5	11	8	56	1	72.7	+0.132	+0.093−0.092 to +0.279	5.0	6.3	+1.5	+0.03
2015 playoffs	PIT	1	1	1	22	0	100.0	+1.209		2.8	9.0	+1.2	+0.08
2016	PIT	16	60	39	338	3	65.0	−0.049	+0.137−0.024 to +0.299	10.2	6.6	−2.9	+0.18
2016 playoffs	PIT	3	15	11	137	0	73.3	+0.330		15.6	7.3	+5.0	+0.22
2017	PIT	14	63	43	372	3	68.3	+0.190	+0.166+0.006 to +0.327	11.8	6.1	+11.9	+0.25
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	1	1	12	0	100.0	+0.643		1.8	2.0	+0.6	+0.02
2018	PIT	14	39	30	423	2	76.9	+0.600	+0.275+0.105 to +0.445	6.7	7.7	+23.4	+0.52
2019	DET	13	27	16	142	0	59.3	+0.018	+0.127−0.049 to +0.303	5.9	5.2	+0.5	+0.11
2020	DET	12	22	14	129	2	63.6	−0.185	+0.088−0.091 to +0.266	5.2	5.4	−4.1	+0.08
2021	CHI	4	8	7	62	1	87.5	+0.257	+0.105−0.081 to +0.292	6.2	6.8	+2.1	+0.09
Career	CHI	78	230	157	1,522	12	68.3	+0.141		7.8	6.4	+32.3	+1.26

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	Forced fumbles
2016	PIT	16	2	0
2016 playoffs	PIT	3	2	0
2018	PIT	14	3	0
2019	DET	13	1	0
2021	CHI	4	1	1
Career	CHI	78	7	1

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	PIT	16	831	78.7	–	–
2016 playoffs	PIT	3	164	88.2	–	–
2017	PIT	16	878	81.5	–	–
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	17	21.8	–	–
2018	PIT	16	548	50.1	–	–
2019	DET	16	491	46.1	–	–
2020	DET	16	462	44.8	–	–
2021	CHI	14	263	29.3	–	–
2022	CLE	2	17	11.8	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (4 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
7	2021-10-24	@ TB	L 3–38	3	3	20	0	+0.5	1
8	2021-10-31	vs SF	L 22–33	3	3	38	1	+3.3	0
12	2021-11-25	@ DET	W 16–14	1	0	0	0	−1.0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs NYG	W 29–3	1	1	4	0	−0.8	0

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2020-09-27	@ ARI	W 26–23	4	3	28	1	+4.1
4	2020-10-04	vs NO	L 29–35	2	1	31	0	+0.9
6	2020-10-18	@ JAX	W 34–16	2	1	3	0	−1.2
8	2020-11-01	vs IND	L 21–41	1	1	23	0	+1.2
9	2020-11-08	@ MIN	L 20–34	1	1	0	0	−0.7
10	2020-11-15	vs WAS	W 30–27	3	2	9	0	−0.9
11	2020-11-22	@ CAR	L 0–20	2	1	3	0	−0.8
12	2020-11-26	vs HOU	L 25–41	1	1	10	0	+0.4
13	2020-12-06	@ CHI	W 34–30	3	1	9	1	−3.8
15	2020-12-20	@ TEN	L 25–46	1	1	11	0	+0.8
16	2020-12-26	vs TB	L 7–47	1	0	0	0	−3.7
17	2021-01-03	vs MIN	L 35–37	1	1	2	0	−0.3

2019 game log (13 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ ARI	T 27–27 OT	1	1	15	+2.3	0
2	2019-09-15	vs LAC	W 13–10	4	3	18	−0.7	0
3	2019-09-22	@ PHI	W 27–24	1	1	13	+1.8	0
4	2019-09-29	vs KC	L 30–34	1	0	0	−1.6	0
6	2019-10-14	@ GB	L 22–23	1	1	8	−0.2	0
7	2019-10-20	vs MIN	L 30–42	4	1	7	−2.3	0
9	2019-11-03	@ LV	L 24–31	2	1	3	−1.2	0
10	2019-11-10	@ CHI	L 13–20	1	0	0	−0.6	0
12	2019-11-24	@ WAS	L 16–19	1	1	7	+1.3	0
14	2019-12-08	@ MIN	L 7–20	2	1	23	+0.9	0
15	2019-12-15	vs TB	L 17–38	5	3	31	+1.5	0
16	2019-12-22	@ DEN	L 17–27	1	1	12	+0.8	0
17	2019-12-29	vs GB	L 20–23	3	2	5	−1.5	1

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ CLE	T 21–21 OT	5	3	60	0	+0.1	2
2	2018-09-16	vs KC	L 37–42	5	5	138	1	+10.1	0
3	2018-09-24	@ TB	W 30–27	1	1	7	0	+0.2	0
4	2018-09-30	vs BAL	L 14–26	1	1	23	0	+1.8	0
5	2018-10-07	vs ATL	W 41–17	2	2	20	0	+1.7	0
6	2018-10-14	@ CIN	W 28–21	7	5	26	0	−0.1	0
8	2018-10-28	vs CLE	W 33–18	3	2	9	0	−0.5	1
9	2018-11-04	@ BAL	W 23–16	3	2	53	0	+3.2	0
10	2018-11-08	vs CAR	W 52–21	1	1	8	1	+2.1	0
12	2018-11-25	@ DEN	L 17–24	4	4	35	0	+3.0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs LAC	L 30–33	3	1	7	0	−0.9	0
14	2018-12-09	@ LV	L 21–24	2	2	28	0	+2.1	0
15	2018-12-16	vs NE	W 17–10	1	1	9	0	+0.9	0
17	2018-12-30	vs CIN	W 16–13	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	@ CLE	W 21–18	8	6	41	2	+5.6
2	2017-09-17	vs MIN	W 26–9	5	4	27	0	+0.3
3	2017-09-24	@ CHI	L 17–23 OT	4	2	19	0	−0.6
4	2017-10-01	@ BAL	W 26–9	3	3	40	0	+2.3
5	2017-10-08	vs JAX	L 9–30	5	3	24	0	+0.7
8	2017-10-29	@ DET	W 20–15	3	2	42	0	+2.4
10	2017-11-12	@ IND	W 20–17	2	0	0	0	−2.8
11	2017-11-16	vs TEN	W 40–17	8	5	21	1	−0.1
12	2017-11-26	vs GB	W 31–28	4	3	32	0	+3.5
13	2017-12-04	@ CIN	W 23–20	1	1	13	0	+1.8
14	2017-12-10	vs BAL	W 39–38	12	10	97	0	+2.4
15	2017-12-17	vs NE	L 24–27	5	2	7	0	−2.8
16	2017-12-25	@ HOU	W 34–6	1	0	0	0	−0.4
17	2017-12-31	vs CLE	W 28–24	2	2	9	0	−0.4
P19	2018-01-14	vs JAX	L 42–45	1	1	12	0	+0.6

2016 game log (19 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-12	@ WAS	W 38–16	7	5	31	0	+1.8	0
2	2016-09-18	vs CIN	W 24–16	5	3	29	1	+2.7	0
3	2016-09-25	@ PHI	L 3–34	4	2	10	0	−1.3	0
4	2016-10-02	vs KC	W 43–14	2	2	15	1	+2.9	0
5	2016-10-09	vs NYJ	W 31–13	8	6	43	1	+0.8	0
6	2016-10-16	@ MIA	L 15–30	3	2	13	0	+0.1	2
7	2016-10-23	vs NE	L 16–27	2	2	18	0	+1.0	0
9	2016-11-06	@ BAL	L 14–21	4	2	13	0	−5.6	0
10	2016-11-13	vs DAL	L 30–35	4	4	59	0	+4.5	0
11	2016-11-20	@ CLE	W 24–9	4	1	5	0	−2.9	0
12	2016-11-24	@ IND	W 28–7	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
13	2016-12-04	vs NYG	W 24–14	4	3	32	0	+2.5	0
14	2016-12-11	@ BUF	W 27–20	3	1	5	0	−5.3	0
15	2016-12-18	@ CIN	W 24–20	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
16	2016-12-25	vs BAL	W 31–27	5	4	49	0	−2.4	0
17	2017-01-01	vs CLE	W 27–24 OT	3	2	16	0	+0.3	0
P18	2017-01-08	vs MIA	W 30–12	2	1	6	0	−3.6	1
P19	2017-01-15	@ KC	W 18–16	6	5	83	0	+5.5	0
P20	2017-01-22	@ NE	L 17–36	7	5	48	0	+3.1	1

2015 game log (6 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
9	2015-11-08	vs LV	W 38–35	2	2	13	1	+2.3
10	2015-11-15	vs CLE	W 30–9	1	1	2	0	−0.5
12	2015-11-29	@ SEA	L 30–39	2	1	8	0	+0.3
13	2015-12-06	vs IND	W 45–10	5	3	30	0	+0.1
16	2015-12-27	@ BAL	L 17–20	1	1	3	0	−0.7
P19	2016-01-17	@ DEN	L 16–23	1	1	22	0	+1.2