Jimmy Kleinsasser

TE · MIN · 1999–2011

Born January 31, 1977 · College North Dakota · Drafted 1999, round 2, pick 44 (MIN) · 6-3, 272 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	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2000	MIN	12	12	43	0	3.58	−0.144	−0.123−0.186 to −0.059	16.7	−1.7	−0.03
2001	MIN	11	23	72	1	3.13	−0.221	−0.120−0.184 to −0.057	43.5	−5.1	−0.09
2002	MIN	14	6	17	0	2.83	−0.331	−0.111−0.175 to −0.047	28.6	−2.3	−0.06
2003	MIN	16	2	15	0	7.50	+0.674		100.0	+1.3	+0.01
Career	MIN	133	43	147	1	3.42	−0.177		36.4	−7.8	−0.17

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	MIN	7	11	6	13	0	54.5	−1.241		4.0	–	−13.6	−0.54
1999 playoffs	MIN	1	1	1	7	0	100.0	+0.081		4.2	–	+0.1	+0.00
2000	MIN	12	14	10	98	0	71.4	−0.158		3.7	–	−2.2	+0.01
2000 playoffs	MIN	1	2	2	18	0	100.0	+0.487		6.5	–	+1.0	+0.01
2001	MIN	11	28	24	184	0	85.7	+0.026		7.6	–	+0.7	+0.15
2002	MIN	14	50	37	393	1	74.0	+0.367		10.8	–	+18.3	+0.44
2003	MIN	16	59	46	401	4	78.0	+0.412	+0.202+0.040 to +0.363	11.7	–	+24.3	+0.29
2004	MIN	1	3	2	24	0	66.7	+0.429	+0.079−0.111 to +0.269	12.5	–	+1.3	+0.01
2005	MIN	14	28	22	171	0	78.6	+0.120	+0.077−0.098 to +0.253	6.3	–	+3.4	+0.14
2006	MIN	11	16	7	47	0	43.8	−0.599	−0.062−0.244 to +0.120	4.4	5.9	−9.6	−0.35
2007	MIN	8	10	4	43	1	40.0	−0.463	+0.042−0.144 to +0.227	4.2	3.9	−4.6	−0.13
2008	MIN	9	13	6	92	0	46.2	+0.165	+0.070−0.114 to +0.254	4.8	9.8	+2.1	+0.05
2008 playoffs	MIN	1	4	2	34	0	50.0	+0.525		11.4	0.8	+2.1	+0.09
2009	MIN	10	16	10	70	0	62.5	−0.175	+0.040−0.142 to +0.222	4.6	6.6	−2.8	−0.19
2009 playoffs	MIN	2	2	2	26	0	100.0	+1.189		2.9	4.0	+2.4	+0.06
2010	MIN	14	21	17	148	0	81.0	−0.005	+0.065−0.114 to +0.245	4.8	4.0	−0.1	−0.14
2011	MIN	6	6	1	4	0	16.7	−0.467	+0.074−0.114 to +0.262	2.9	9.0	−2.8	−0.08
Career	MIN	133	275	192	1,688	6	69.8	+0.052		6.4	6.1	+14.4	−0.35

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
2000	MIN	12	2	–	–	–
2001	MIN	11	1	–	–	–
2003	MIN	16	3	–	–	–
2005	MIN	14	2	–	–	–
2006	MIN	11	1	0	–	–
2007	MIN	8	1	0	–	–
2008	MIN	9	1	0	–	–
2009	MIN	10	1	0	0	0
2011	MIN	6	2	0	0	0
Career	MIN	133	14	0	0	0

Game logs

2011 game log (6 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2011-09-18	vs TB	L 20–24	1	0	0	−0.9	0
3	2011-09-25	vs DET	L 23–26 OT	2	0	0	−1.0	0
6	2011-10-16	@ CHI	L 10–39	1	1	4	−0.1	0
10	2011-11-14	@ GB	L 7–45	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2011-11-20	vs LV	L 21–27	1	0	0	−0.4	1
15	2011-12-18	vs NO	L 20–42	1	0	0	−0.4	0

2010 game log (14 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2010-09-09	@ NO	L 9–14	2	1	6	−1.3
2	2010-09-19	vs MIA	L 10–14	1	1	20	+1.3
3	2010-09-26	vs DET	W 24–10	2	2	17	+1.4
5	2010-10-11	@ NYJ	L 20–29	1	1	5	+0.0
6	2010-10-17	vs DAL	W 24–21	2	2	25	+1.6
7	2010-10-24	@ GB	L 24–28	1	1	10	+0.6
8	2010-10-31	@ NE	L 18–28	2	0	0	−1.3
9	2010-11-07	vs ARI	W 27–24 OT	1	0	0	−5.4
10	2010-11-14	@ CHI	L 13–27	1	1	3	−0.3
13	2010-12-05	vs BUF	W 38–14	3	3	25	+2.8
14	2010-12-13	vs NYG	L 3–21	1	1	6	+0.1
15	2010-12-20	vs CHI	L 14–40	1	1	6	+0.3
16	2010-12-28	@ PHI	W 24–14	1	1	3	−0.3
17	2011-01-02	@ DET	L 13–20	2	2	22	+0.3

2009 game log (12 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	@ CLE	W 34–20	1	0	0	−1.2	0
2	2009-09-20	@ DET	W 27–13	2	2	8	−0.3	0
3	2009-09-27	vs SF	W 27–24	2	0	0	−1.0	0
6	2009-10-18	vs BAL	W 33–31	1	1	3	−0.2	0
7	2009-10-25	@ PIT	L 17–27	2	1	4	−2.6	0
8	2009-11-01	@ GB	W 38–26	1	0	0	−0.7	0
13	2009-12-06	@ ARI	L 17–30	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2009-12-20	@ CAR	L 7–26	2	2	16	+1.1	0
16	2009-12-28	@ CHI	L 30–36 OT	3	2	22	+0.4	0
17	2010-01-03	vs NYG	W 44–7	2	2	17	+1.8	0
P19	2010-01-17	vs DAL	W 34–3	1	1	14	+0.8	0
P20	2010-01-24	@ NO	L 28–31 OT	1	1	12	+1.5	0

2008 game log (10 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2008-09-14	vs IND	L 15–18	1	1	12	+0.7	0
4	2008-09-28	@ TEN	L 17–30	2	1	15	+0.8	0
6	2008-10-12	vs DET	W 12–10	2	2	40	+3.6	0
7	2008-10-19	@ CHI	L 41–48	2	0	0	−1.5	1
10	2008-11-09	vs GB	W 28–27	1	0	0	−0.4	0
12	2008-11-23	@ JAX	W 30–12	2	0	0	−3.3	0
13	2008-11-30	vs CHI	W 34–14	1	1	20	+2.7	0
16	2008-12-21	vs ATL	L 17–24	1	0	0	−0.7	0
17	2008-12-28	vs NYG	W 20–19	1	1	5	+0.1	0
P18	2009-01-04	vs PHI	L 14–26	4	2	34	+2.1	0

2007 game log (8 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	vs ATL	W 24–3	1	1	4	0	−0.3	0
2	2007-09-16	@ DET	L 17–20 OT	1	0	0	0	−4.8	0
3	2007-09-23	@ KC	L 10–13	2	0	0	0	−1.4	0
4	2007-09-30	vs GB	L 16–23	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
8	2007-10-28	vs PHI	L 16–23	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
11	2007-11-18	vs LV	W 29–22	1	1	11	0	+1.1	0
15	2007-12-17	vs CHI	W 20–13	1	1	26	0	+1.4	0
16	2007-12-23	vs WAS	L 21–32	2	1	2	1	+0.7	1

2006 game log (11 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-11	@ WAS	W 19–16	2	1	8	−1.0	0
2	2006-09-17	vs CAR	W 16–13 OT	1	1	7	−0.1	0
3	2006-09-24	vs CHI	L 16–19	2	1	3	−1.8	0
4	2006-10-01	@ BUF	L 12–17	1	0	0	−0.7	0
5	2006-10-08	vs DET	W 26–17	2	2	12	+0.5	0
7	2006-10-22	@ SEA	W 31–13	1	1	3	−0.2	0
8	2006-10-30	vs NE	L 7–31	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2006-11-12	vs GB	L 17–23	1	0	0	−0.7	0
12	2006-11-26	vs ARI	W 31–26	2	1	14	+1.1	0
13	2006-12-03	@ CHI	L 13–23	3	0	0	−5.9	0
16	2006-12-21	@ GB	L 7–9	1	0	0	−0.8	0

2005 game log (14 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs TB	L 13–24	4	4	42	+3.4	2
2	2005-09-18	@ CIN	L 8–37	1	1	6	+0.0	0
3	2005-09-25	vs NO	W 33–16	1	1	12	+1.3	0
4	2005-10-02	@ ATL	L 10–30	2	2	13	+0.7	0
6	2005-10-16	@ CHI	L 3–28	1	0	0	−0.7	0
7	2005-10-23	vs GB	W 23–20	2	1	9	+0.6	0
8	2005-10-30	@ CAR	L 13–38	2	1	1	−1.0	0
9	2005-11-06	vs DET	W 27–14	2	1	8	+0.7	0
11	2005-11-21	@ GB	W 20–17	1	1	11	+0.8	0
13	2005-12-04	@ DET	W 21–16	4	4	26	−0.4	0
14	2005-12-11	vs LA	W 27–13	3	2	11	−2.5	0
15	2005-12-18	vs PIT	L 3–18	2	1	6	−0.6	0
16	2005-12-25	@ BAL	L 23–30	2	2	11	+0.4	0
17	2006-01-01	vs CHI	W 34–10	1	1	15	+0.9	0

2004 game log (1 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2004-09-12	vs DAL	W 35–17	3	2	24	0	+1.3

2003 game log (16 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	@ GB	W 30–25	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−1.3	0
2	2003-09-14	vs CHI	W 24–13	0	0	0.0	5	4	29	2	+7.1	0
3	2003-09-21	@ DET	W 23–13	0	0	0.0	2	2	30	0	+2.0	0
4	2003-09-28	vs SF	W 35–7	1	12	+1.3	1	1	17	0	+2.3	0
5	2003-10-05	@ ATL	W 39–26	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.2	1
7	2003-10-19	vs DEN	W 28–20	0	0	0.0	2	1	13	0	+1.0	0
8	2003-10-26	vs NYG	L 17–29	0	0	0.0	2	2	8	0	+0.0	0
9	2003-11-02	vs GB	L 27–30	1	3	+0.0	4	2	13	1	+2.0	0
10	2003-11-09	@ LAC	L 28–42	0	0	0.0	6	5	61	0	+6.4	0
11	2003-11-16	@ LV	L 18–28	0	0	0.0	9	7	67	0	−3.8	1
12	2003-11-23	vs DET	W 24–14	0	0	0.0	3	2	17	0	+0.3	0
13	2003-11-30	@ LA	L 17–48	0	0	0.0	11	10	79	0	+5.7	0
14	2003-12-07	vs SEA	W 34–7	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.1	0
15	2003-12-14	@ CHI	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	5	5	30	0	−0.8	0
16	2003-12-20	vs KC	W 45–20	0	0	0.0	2	2	13	1	+3.4	1
17	2003-12-28	@ ARI	L 17–18	0	0	0.0	3	2	18	0	+1.0	0

2002 game log (14 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2002-09-08	@ CHI	L 23–27	0	0	0.0	6	5	58	0	+4.2
2	2002-09-15	vs BUF	L 39–45 OT	0	0	0.0	8	6	56	0	+1.0
6	2002-10-13	vs DET	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	4	4	34	1	+3.3
7	2002-10-20	@ NYJ	L 7–20	0	0	0.0	4	2	11	0	−0.0
8	2002-10-27	vs CHI	W 25–7	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	+0.7
9	2002-11-03	@ TB	L 24–38	0	0	0.0	3	3	64	0	+6.0
10	2002-11-10	vs NYG	L 20–27	1	4	+0.2	4	2	19	0	−0.7
11	2002-11-17	vs GB	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	2	1	4	0	−1.0
12	2002-11-24	@ NE	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	3	2	31	0	+1.7
13	2002-12-01	vs ATL	L 24–30 OT	1	4	−0.3	4	3	30	0	+0.6
14	2002-12-08	@ GB	L 22–26	0	0	0.0	3	2	10	0	−1.2
15	2002-12-15	@ NO	W 32–31	1	0	−0.5	3	2	20	0	+0.2
16	2002-12-21	vs MIA	W 20–17	2	6	−1.5	3	2	20	0	−0.1
17	2002-12-29	@ DET	W 38–36	1	3	−0.3	2	2	29	0	+3.7

2001 game log (11 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-09	vs CAR	L 13–24	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	22	−4.0	1
2	2001-09-23	@ CHI	L 10–17	1	6	0	+0.9	2	2	28	+2.1	0
3	2001-09-30	vs TB	W 20–16	1	1	0	−0.2	10	8	51	+2.7	0
4	2001-10-07	@ NO	L 15–28	2	5	0	+0.4	4	4	48	+3.2	0
5	2001-10-14	vs DET	W 31–26	1	2	0	+2.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2001-10-21	vs GB	W 35–13	5	20	1	+1.6	2	1	6	−0.7	0
7	2001-10-28	@ TB	L 14–41	2	8	0	−0.1	2	1	4	−1.4	0
9	2001-11-11	@ PHI	L 17–48	4	12	0	−7.0	2	2	16	−0.3	0
10	2001-11-19	vs NYG	W 28–16	4	6	0	−3.1	1	1	6	−0.2	0
15	2001-12-23	vs JAX	L 3–33	1	2	0	−0.2	2	2	3	−0.8	0
16	2001-12-30	@ GB	L 13–24	2	10	0	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0

2000 game log (13 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-03	vs CHI	W 30–27	2	5	−0.8	3	2	32	+1.4	0
2	2000-09-10	vs MIA	W 13–7	1	7	+0.2	2	1	0	−4.9	0
3	2000-09-17	@ NE	W 21–13	2	4	+0.3	1	1	3	−0.2	0
5	2000-10-01	@ DET	W 31–24	1	4	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2000-10-09	vs TB	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2000-10-29	@ TB	L 13–41	1	3	−0.2	2	2	22	+1.8	0
10	2000-11-06	@ GB	L 20–26 OT	2	9	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2000-11-12	vs ARI	W 31–14	1	4	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2000-11-30	vs DET	W 24–17	1	4	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2000-12-10	@ LA	L 29–40	0	0	0.0	1	1	15	+1.3	0
16	2000-12-17	vs GB	L 28–33	0	0	0.0	2	1	15	+0.3	0
17	2000-12-24	@ IND	L 10–31	1	3	−0.5	3	2	11	−2.0	0
P19	2001-01-06	vs NO	W 34–16	0	0	0.0	2	2	18	+1.0	0

1999 game log (8 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	1999-09-19	vs LV	L 17–22	1	1	6	−0.1
4	1999-10-03	vs TB	W 21–14	2	2	9	+0.4
5	1999-10-10	vs CHI	L 22–24	3	2	-13	−13.2
9	1999-11-08	vs DAL	W 27–17	1	0	0	0.0
10	1999-11-14	@ CHI	W 27–24 OT	2	0	0	−1.3
12	1999-11-28	vs LAC	W 35–27	1	1	11	+1.1
13	1999-12-06	@ TB	L 17–24	1	0	0	−0.5
P18	2000-01-09	vs DAL	W 27–10	1	1	7	+0.1