Jonathan Linton

FB · BUF · 1999–2000

Born November 7, 1974 · College North Carolina · Drafted 1998, round 5, pick 131 (BUF) · 6-1, 234 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
1999	BUF	16	199	669	5	3.36	−0.195	−0.145−0.201 to −0.090	35.6	−39.3	−0.86
1999 playoffs	BUF	1	5	25	0	5.00	+0.172		60.0	+0.9	+0.11
2000	BUF	8	31	101	0	3.26	−0.126	−0.122−0.185 to −0.059	35.5	−3.9	−0.02
Career	BUF	24	230	770	5	3.35	−0.186		35.6	−43.2	−0.88

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	BUF	16	39	29	228	1	74.4	+0.178	7.7	–	+7.0	+0.05
2000	BUF	8	3	2	7	1	66.7	+0.791	1.0	–	+2.4	+0.07
Career	BUF	24	42	31	235	2	73.8	+0.222	5.3	–	+9.3	+0.12

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	BUF	16	2	–	–	–
2000	BUF	8	4	–	–	–
Career	BUF	24	6	0	0	0

2000 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2000-10-01	vs IND	L 16–18	13	58	+0.8	1	1	3	0	−0.2	0
7	2000-10-15	vs LAC	W 27–24 OT	8	10	−1.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2000-10-22	@ MIN	L 27–31	2	9	+0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2000-11-19	@ KC	W 21–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
13	2000-11-26	@ TB	L 17–31	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	1	+3.0	0
15	2000-12-11	@ IND	L 20–44	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2000-12-17	vs NE	L 10–13 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2000-12-23	@ SEA	W 42–23	8	24	−3.4	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0

1999 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	1999-09-12	@ IND	L 14–31	–	−0.64	−1.6	4	17	0	−0.3	6	3	42	0	+1.4	0
2	1999-09-19	vs NYJ	W 17–3	–	+0.22	+0.6	8	29	0	−1.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	1999-09-26	vs PHI	W 26–0	–	–	0.0	15	57	0	−1.6	5	4	31	0	+0.1	0
4	1999-10-04	@ MIA	W 23–18	–	–	0.0	6	8	0	−3.1	2	2	15	0	−0.6	1
5	1999-10-10	vs PIT	W 24–21	–	–	0.0	15	45	0	−1.1	1	1	15	0	+1.4	0
6	1999-10-17	vs LV	L 14–20	–	–	0.0	5	29	0	+0.6	5	5	20	0	−1.4	1
7	1999-10-24	@ SEA	L 16–26	–	–	0.0	8	23	0	−3.1	4	2	11	0	−1.5	0
8	1999-10-31	@ BAL	W 13–10	–	+0.83	+1.9	13	47	0	−4.7	5	2	10	1	+4.2	0
9	1999-11-07	@ WAS	W 34–17	–	−0.45	−2.7	22	93	0	−2.8	3	2	7	0	−1.6	0
10	1999-11-14	vs MIA	W 23–3	–	–	0.0	7	28	1	+1.1	1	1	10	0	+1.7	0
11	1999-11-21	@ NYJ	L 7–17	–	–	0.0	12	28	0	−4.8	2	2	14	0	+0.4	0
12	1999-11-28	vs NE	W 17–7	–	–	0.0	17	67	0	−5.9	3	3	37	0	+1.7	0
14	1999-12-12	vs NYG	L 17–19	–	–	0.0	8	17	1	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	1999-12-19	@ ARI	W 31–21	–	–	0.0	21	81	1	+0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	1999-12-26	@ NE	W 13–10 OT	–	−1.04	−2.3	20	40	1	−14.2	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0
17	2000-01-02	vs IND	W 31–6	–	–	0.0	18	60	1	+1.2	1	1	12	0	+1.2	0
P18	2000-01-08	@ TEN	L 16–22	–	–	0.0	5	25	0	+0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0