Joe Burns

RB · BUF · 2002–2005

Born September 15, 1979 · College Georgia Tech · Undrafted · 5-9, 215 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2002	BUF	3	5	7	1.40	−0.616	−0.113−0.177 to −0.048	20.0	−3.1	−0.02
2003	BUF	14	39	113	2.90	−0.199	−0.103−0.165 to −0.040	28.2	−7.7	−0.18
2004	BUF	11	20	73	3.65	−0.305	−0.101−0.165 to −0.038	15.0	−6.1	−0.05
Career	BUF	36	64	193	3.02	−0.264		23.4	−16.9	−0.25

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2003	BUF	14	9	7	62	0	77.8	+0.025	2.1	–	+0.2	−0.02
2004	BUF	11	3	1	7	0	33.3	−0.347	1.0	–	−1.0	−0.02
2005	BUF	8	1	1	19	1	100.0	+3.332	0.4	–	+3.3	+0.00
Career	BUF	36	13	9	88	1	69.2	+0.193	1.2	–	+2.5	−0.04

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
2002	BUF	3	3	–	–	–
2003	BUF	14	17	–	–	–
2004	BUF	11	11	–	–	–
2005	BUF	8	8	–	–	–
Career	BUF	36	39	0	0	0

2005 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2005-09-18	@ TB	L 3–19	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2005-10-02	@ NO	L 7–19	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2005-10-09	vs MIA	W 20–14	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2005-10-23	@ LV	L 17–38	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2005-11-20	@ LAC	L 10–48	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2005-11-27	vs CAR	L 9–13	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2005-12-17	vs DEN	L 17–28	1	1	19	1	+3.3	0
17	2006-01-01	@ NYJ	L 26–30	0	0	0	0	0.0	2

2004 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2004-10-10	@ NYJ	L 14–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2004-10-17	vs MIA	W 20–13	4	22	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2004-10-31	vs ARI	W 38–14	4	27	+0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2004-11-07	vs NYJ	W 22–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	+1.2	2
10	2004-11-14	@ NE	L 6–29	1	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2004-11-28	@ SEA	W 38–9	7	14	−4.8	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2004-12-05	@ MIA	W 42–32	3	8	−1.1	1	0	0	−1.2	1
14	2004-12-12	vs CLE	W 37–7	1	2	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	2
15	2004-12-19	@ CIN	W 33–17	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.0	1
16	2004-12-26	@ SF	W 41–7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2005-01-02	vs PIT	L 24–29	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2003 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs NE	W 31–0	2	4	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2003-09-14	@ JAX	W 38–17	7	22	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0	4
3	2003-09-21	@ MIA	L 7–17	6	22	−1.0	2	1	6	−0.7	0
4	2003-09-28	vs PHI	L 13–23	8	17	−4.4	3	3	34	+3.0	0
5	2003-10-05	vs CIN	W 22–16 OT	1	-5	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2003-10-12	@ NYJ	L 3–30	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.1	1
7	2003-10-19	vs WAS	W 24–7	3	6	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2003-11-09	@ DAL	L 6–10	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2003-11-16	vs HOU	L 10–12	1	5	+0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2003-11-23	vs IND	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
13	2003-11-30	@ NYG	W 24–7	5	13	−1.1	3	2	19	−1.9	4
14	2003-12-07	vs NYJ	W 17–6	6	29	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2003-12-14	@ TEN	L 26–28	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2003-12-27	@ NE	L 0–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2002 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
8	2002-10-27	vs DET	W 24–17	1	0	−1.5	0
15	2002-12-15	vs LAC	W 20–13	0	0	0.0	1
17	2002-12-29	vs CIN	W 27–9	4	7	−1.6	2