John Brown

WR · ARI/BAL/BUF/JAX · 2014–2022

Born April 3, 1990 · College Pittsburg State (KS); Coffeyville CC; Mars Hill · Drafted 2014, round 3, pick 91 (ARI) · 5-10, 178 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2014	ARI	16	3	-6	-2.00	−1.087	0.0	−3.3	−0.10
2015	ARI	15	3	22	7.33	+0.206	66.7	+0.6	+0.03
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	1	2	2.00	−1.520	0.0	−1.5	−0.05
2016	ARI	15	1	10	10.00	+0.464	100.0	+0.5	+0.01
2017	ARI	10	1	10	10.00	+0.739	100.0	+0.7	+0.02
2018	BAL	16	3	4	1.33	−0.519	0.0	−1.6	−0.03
2019	BUF	15	2	7	3.50	−0.340	0.0	−0.7	−0.01
Career	BUF	101	13	47	3.62	−0.283	30.8	−3.7	−0.08

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2014	ARI	16	103	48	696	5	46.6	+0.014	+0.149−0.006 to +0.304	18.4	14.8	+1.5	+0.59
2014 playoffs	ARI	1	5	4	34	0	80.0	−0.160		17.9	8.0	−0.8	−0.02
2015	ARI	15	101	65	1,003	7	64.4	+0.441	+0.300+0.144 to +0.456	19.7	14.8	+44.5	+0.87
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	17	7	105	0	41.2	−1.142		20.7	16.6	−19.4	−0.11
2016	ARI	15	73	39	517	2	53.4	−0.028	+0.127−0.037 to +0.290	12.4	13.9	−2.0	−0.39
2017	ARI	10	55	21	299	3	38.2	−0.048	+0.085−0.084 to +0.255	14.7	15.4	−2.7	−0.20
2018	BAL	16	97	42	717	5	43.3	+0.178	+0.245+0.088 to +0.401	18.0	16.3	+17.2	+0.43
2018 playoffs	BAL	1	3	2	14	0	66.7	+0.096		11.5	6.3	+0.3	−0.01
2019	BUF	15	115	72	1,060	6	62.6	+0.440	+0.349+0.197 to +0.501	25.8	14.5	+50.5	+1.29
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	8	4	50	0	50.0	+0.159		18.6	13.6	+1.3	+0.06
2020	BUF	9	52	33	458	3	63.5	+0.531	+0.309+0.139 to +0.480	16.9	12.4	+27.6	+0.57
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	19	10	86	0	52.6	−0.552		16.8	11.0	−10.5	−0.09
2021	JAX	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	−1.890	−0.035−0.225 to +0.156	3.1	31.0	−5.7	−0.12
2022	BUF	2	2	1	42	1	50.0	+1.830	−0.004−0.195 to +0.187	3.4	43.0	+3.7	+0.07
2022 playoffs	BUF	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−5.004		2.7	50.0	−5.0	−0.02
Career	BUF	101	601	321	4,792	32	53.4	+0.224		17.3	14.9	+134.7	+3.12

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
2014	ARI	16	3
2015	ARI	15	3
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	2
2016	ARI	15	2
2018	BAL	16	1
Career	BUF	101	9

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	ARI	15	591	56.7	–	–
2017	ARI	10	490	72.2	–	–
2018	BAL	16	751	64.5	–	–
2018 playoffs	BAL	1	39	67.2	–	–
2019	BUF	15	906	92.2	–	–
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	81	98.8	–	–
2020	BUF	9	453	79.5	–	–
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	172	94.5	–	–
2021	DEN/JAX	4	19	7.6	–	–
2021 playoffs	TB	1	5	7.0	–	–
2022	BUF	3	22	11.9	–	–
2022 playoffs	BUF	1	21	28.8	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	2	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2022 game log (3 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
14	2022-12-11	vs NYJ	W 20–12	1	0	0	0	−0.5
18	2023-01-08	vs NE	W 35–23	1	1	42	1	+4.2
P19	2023-01-15	vs MIA	W 34–31	1	0	0	0	−5.0

2021 game log (3 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec EPA
7	2021-10-21	@ CLE	L 14–17	1	−3.4
11	2021-11-21	vs SF	L 10–30	1	−1.4
12	2021-11-28	vs ATL	L 14–21	1	−0.8

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	vs NYJ	W 27–17	10	6	70	1	+5.2
2	2020-09-20	@ MIA	W 31–28	6	4	82	1	+8.3
3	2020-09-27	vs LA	W 35–32	2	0	0	0	−2.5
4	2020-10-04	@ LV	W 30–23	5	4	42	0	+3.0
6	2020-10-19	vs KC	L 17–26	4	0	0	0	−3.8
8	2020-11-01	vs NE	W 24–21	2	1	21	0	+0.6
9	2020-11-08	vs SEA	W 44–34	11	8	99	0	+4.3
10	2020-11-15	@ ARI	L 30–32	8	6	72	0	+5.9
17	2021-01-03	vs MIA	W 56–26	4	4	72	1	+6.6
P18	2021-01-09	vs IND	W 27–24	4	0	0	0	−4.3
P19	2021-01-16	vs BAL	W 17–3	11	8	62	0	−1.2
P20	2021-01-24	@ KC	L 24–38	4	2	24	0	−5.0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-08	@ NYJ	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	10	7	123	1	+10.0
2	2019-09-15	@ NYG	W 28–14	0	0	0.0	8	7	72	0	+6.5
3	2019-09-22	vs CIN	W 21–17	1	4	−0.5	5	4	51	0	+3.7
4	2019-09-29	vs NE	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	11	5	69	0	−3.8
5	2019-10-06	@ TEN	W 14–7	0	0	0.0	5	5	75	0	+5.7
7	2019-10-20	vs MIA	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	6	5	83	1	+6.2
8	2019-10-27	vs PHI	L 13–31	0	0	0.0	8	5	54	0	+1.9
9	2019-11-03	vs WAS	W 24–9	0	0	0.0	7	4	76	0	+5.4
10	2019-11-10	@ CLE	L 16–19	0	0	0.0	11	5	77	0	−1.6
11	2019-11-17	@ MIA	W 37–20	0	0	0.0	14	9	137	2	+8.2
12	2019-11-24	vs DEN	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	4	2	39	1	+0.9
13	2019-11-28	@ DAL	W 26–15	0	0	0.0	4	3	26	0	+0.0
14	2019-12-08	vs BAL	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	8	3	26	0	−5.3
15	2019-12-15	@ PIT	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	10	7	99	0	+8.7
16	2019-12-21	@ NE	L 17–24	1	3	−0.2	4	1	53	1	+3.9
P18	2020-01-04	@ HOU	L 19–22 OT	0	0	0.0	8	4	50	0	+1.3

2018 game log (17 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs BUF	W 47–3	1	1	−0.6	4	3	44	1	+5.1	0
2	2018-09-13	@ CIN	L 23–34	0	0	0.0	10	4	92	1	+4.9	1
3	2018-09-23	vs DEN	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	9	5	86	0	+2.3	0
4	2018-09-30	@ PIT	W 26–14	1	3	−0.3	7	3	116	1	+4.3	0
5	2018-10-07	@ CLE	L 9–12 OT	0	0	0.0	14	4	58	0	−2.2	0
6	2018-10-14	@ TEN	W 21–0	0	0	0.0	3	2	28	0	+2.2	0
7	2018-10-21	vs NO	L 23–24	0	0	0.0	7	7	134	1	+14.8	0
8	2018-10-28	@ CAR	L 21–36	0	0	0.0	7	3	28	0	−0.3	0
9	2018-11-04	vs PIT	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	6	3	17	0	−2.3	0
11	2018-11-18	vs CIN	W 24–21	1	0	−0.7	1	1	23	0	+0.7	0
12	2018-11-25	vs LV	W 34–17	0	0	0.0	7	1	25	0	−5.7	0
13	2018-12-02	@ ATL	W 26–16	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−4.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ KC	L 24–27 OT	0	0	0.0	6	2	23	1	+2.2	0
15	2018-12-16	vs TB	W 20–12	0	0	0.0	3	1	9	0	−1.2	0
16	2018-12-22	@ LAC	W 22–10	0	0	0.0	6	2	27	0	−1.7	0
17	2018-12-30	vs CLE	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	3	1	7	0	−1.8	0
P18	2019-01-06	vs LAC	L 17–23	0	0	0.0	3	2	14	0	+0.3	0

2017 game log (10 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	@ DET	L 23–35	1	10	+0.7	9	4	32	0	−3.8
4	2017-10-01	vs SF	W 18–15 OT	0	0	0.0	7	3	47	0	+2.4
5	2017-10-08	@ PHI	L 7–34	0	0	0.0	7	2	26	1	+0.9
6	2017-10-15	vs TB	W 38–33	0	0	0.0	4	3	63	1	+3.5
7	2017-10-22	@ LA	L 0–33	0	0	0.0	4	1	6	0	−5.3
9	2017-11-05	@ SF	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	4	1	52	0	+0.7
10	2017-11-09	vs SEA	L 16–22	0	0	0.0	6	2	27	0	+3.3
11	2017-11-19	@ HOU	L 21–31	0	0	0.0	6	3	18	0	−2.6
16	2017-12-24	vs NYG	W 23–0	0	0	0.0	4	2	28	1	+1.5
17	2017-12-31	@ SEA	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−3.3

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs NE	L 21–23	0	0	0.0	4	1	8	0	−1.7	0
2	2016-09-18	vs TB	W 40–7	0	0	0.0	3	1	14	0	−1.2	0
3	2016-09-25	@ BUF	L 18–33	0	0	0.0	11	6	70	0	−2.3	0
4	2016-10-02	vs LA	L 13–17	0	0	0.0	16	10	144	0	+3.4	0
5	2016-10-06	@ SF	W 33–21	0	0	0.0	5	1	11	0	−1.1	0
6	2016-10-17	vs NYJ	W 28–3	0	0	0.0	7	5	54	0	+4.8	0
8	2016-10-30	@ CAR	L 20–30	0	0	0.0	4	4	49	1	+6.4	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SF	W 23–20	1	10	+0.5	4	2	30	0	−3.8	0
11	2016-11-20	@ MIN	L 24–30	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−13.5	0
12	2016-11-27	@ ATL	L 19–38	0	0	0.0	2	1	19	0	+1.0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs WAS	W 31–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.3	0
14	2016-12-11	@ MIA	L 23–26	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2016-12-18	vs NO	L 41–48	0	0	0.0	6	5	81	1	+5.6	1
16	2016-12-24	@ SEA	W 34–31	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	0	+0.7	0
17	2017-01-01	@ LA	W 44–6	0	0	0.0	4	2	25	0	+0.1	0

2015 game log (17 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs NO	W 31–19	0	0	0.0	7	4	46	1	+2.3	0
2	2015-09-20	@ CHI	W 48–23	0	0	0.0	5	5	45	0	+4.2	0
3	2015-09-27	vs SF	W 47–7	0	0	0.0	5	3	62	0	+4.0	0
4	2015-10-04	vs LA	L 22–24	1	13	+0.8	10	7	75	0	+0.7	1
5	2015-10-11	@ DET	W 42–17	0	0	0.0	4	4	73	1	+6.6	0
6	2015-10-18	@ PIT	L 13–25	0	0	0.0	14	10	196	0	+2.7	1
7	2015-10-26	vs BAL	W 26–18	0	0	0.0	6	4	65	1	+4.4	0
10	2015-11-15	@ SEA	W 39–32	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−1.6	0
11	2015-11-22	vs CIN	W 34–31	2	9	−0.2	3	3	43	1	+7.2	0
12	2015-11-29	@ SF	W 19–13	0	0	0.0	7	5	99	0	+5.5	0
13	2015-12-06	@ LA	W 27–3	0	0	0.0	8	6	113	0	+6.4	0
14	2015-12-10	vs MIN	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	5	4	78	1	+5.3	0
15	2015-12-20	@ PHI	W 40–17	0	0	0.0	9	3	38	1	−0.9	0
16	2015-12-27	vs GB	W 38–8	0	0	0.0	4	3	25	1	+2.6	0
17	2016-01-03	vs SEA	L 6–36	0	0	0.0	11	4	45	0	−5.0	1
P19	2016-01-16	vs GB	W 26–20 OT	1	2	−1.5	9	5	82	0	−3.6	0
P20	2016-01-24	@ CAR	L 15–49	0	0	0.0	8	2	23	0	−15.8	2

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-08	vs LAC	W 18–17	0	0	0.0	5	2	29	1	+0.2	0
2	2014-09-14	@ NYG	W 25–14	1	2	−0.5	4	3	28	0	+1.5	0
3	2014-09-21	vs SF	W 23–14	0	0	0.0	6	4	52	2	+5.5	0
5	2014-10-05	@ DEN	L 20–41	0	0	0.0	7	2	4	0	−4.3	0
6	2014-10-12	vs WAS	W 30–20	0	0	0.0	6	4	43	0	+0.9	0
7	2014-10-19	@ LV	W 24–13	1	-5	−1.7	5	2	41	0	+3.0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs PHI	W 24–20	0	0	0.0	10	5	119	1	+6.3	0
9	2014-11-02	@ DAL	W 28–17	1	-3	−1.1	5	2	10	0	−3.8	0
10	2014-11-09	vs LA	W 31–14	0	0	0.0	9	5	73	1	+1.2	0
11	2014-11-16	vs DET	W 14–6	0	0	0.0	9	5	69	0	+2.7	0
12	2014-11-23	@ SEA	L 3–19	0	0	0.0	5	3	61	0	−0.6	0
13	2014-11-30	@ ATL	L 18–29	0	0	0.0	5	2	40	0	−0.1	0
14	2014-12-07	vs KC	W 17–14	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−3.1	0
15	2014-12-11	@ LA	W 12–6	0	0	0.0	6	2	22	0	−3.2	0
16	2014-12-21	vs SEA	L 6–35	0	0	0.0	8	3	54	0	−1.6	1
17	2014-12-28	@ SF	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	9	4	51	0	−2.9	2
P18	2015-01-03	@ CAR	L 16–27	0	0	0.0	5	4	34	0	−0.8	0