Josh Palmer

WR · LAC/BUF · 2021–2026

Born September 22, 1999 · College Tennessee · Drafted 2021, round 3, pick 77 (LAC) · 6-1, 210 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)
2021	LAC	15	1	6	6.00	+0.220	100.0	+0.2	+0.00
2022	LAC	16	1	4	4.00	+0.727	100.0	+0.7	+0.01
2023	LAC	10	1	6	6.00	+0.226	100.0	+0.2	+0.01
Career	BUF	73	3	16	5.33	+0.391	100.0	+1.2	+0.01

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2021	LAC	15	49	33	353	4	67.3	+0.255	+0.191+0.019 to +0.362	8.4	10.0	+12.5	+0.19
2022	LAC	16	107	72	769	3	67.3	+0.211	+0.233+0.079 to +0.387	16.8	8.7	+22.6	+0.81
2022 playoffs	LAC	1	6	2	31	0	33.3	−0.099		14.3	11.7	−0.6	−0.01
2023	LAC	10	61	38	581	2	62.3	+0.139	+0.170+0.003 to +0.338	17.2	11.4	+8.5	+0.13
2024	LAC	15	65	39	575	1	60.0	+0.388	+0.264+0.098 to +0.431	14.9	15.2	+25.2	+0.58
2025	BUF	12	37	22	303	0	59.5	+0.182	+0.159−0.017 to +0.335	10.8	11.5	+6.7	+0.41
2026	BUF	5	12	4	117	2	33.3	+0.499	+0.127−0.059 to +0.314	8.1	25.4	+6.0	−0.09
Career	BUF	73	331	208	2,698	12	62.8	+0.246		13.2	11.6	+81.5	+2.02

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
2021	LAC	15	2	0
2022	LAC	16	1	1
2023	LAC	10	1	0
2025	BUF	12	1	0
2026	BUF	5	1	0
Career	BUF	73	6	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
2021	LAC	17	453	38.8	–	–
2022	LAC	16	895	81.4	–	–
2022 playoffs	LAC	1	67	97.1	–	–
2023	LAC	10	524	75.6	–	–
2024	LAC	15	610	66.2	–	–
2025	BUF	12	387	50.4	–	–

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	107	79.4	3	3.5	20	65.0
2023	61	72.1	3	6.8	21	42.9
2024	65	64.6	2	4.8	10	20.0
2025	37	64.9	0	0.0	5	20.0
2026	12	66.7	3	37.5	1	0.0

Game logs

2026 game log (5 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	@ HOU	W 36–31	2	1	34	1	+4.1	0
2	2026-09-17	vs DET	W 41–31	3	1	43	1	+4.8	0
4	2026-10-04	vs NE	L 26–29	4	1	3	0	−4.4	1
6	2026-10-18	@ LV	W 33–30	2	1	37	0	+1.9	0
8	2026-11-01	vs BAL	W 36–10	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0

2025 game log (12 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs BAL	W 41–40	9	5	61	+0.9	0
2	2025-09-14	@ NYJ	W 30–10	3	2	47	+3.3	0
3	2025-09-18	vs MIA	W 31–21	1	1	5	+0.2	0
4	2025-09-28	vs NO	W 31–19	3	2	25	+1.7	0
5	2025-10-05	vs NE	L 20–23	2	2	36	+1.8	0
6	2025-10-13	@ ATL	L 14–24	2	2	60	+4.1	0
11	2025-11-16	vs TB	W 44–32	5	2	17	−5.7	0
12	2025-11-20	@ HOU	L 19–23	4	2	21	+1.7	1
15	2025-12-14	@ NE	W 35–31	2	1	16	+1.2	0
16	2025-12-21	@ CLE	W 23–20	1	1	2	−0.4	0
17	2025-12-28	vs PHI	L 12–13	2	1	12	−0.3	0
18	2026-01-04	vs NYJ	W 35–8	3	1	1	−1.9	0

2024 game log (15 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2024-09-08	vs LV	W 22–10	4	2	15	0	−1.1
2	2024-09-15	@ CAR	W 26–3	2	2	19	0	+1.2
4	2024-09-29	vs KC	L 10–17	4	3	36	0	+1.8
6	2024-10-13	@ DEN	W 23–16	3	2	38	0	+4.4
7	2024-10-21	@ ARI	L 15–17	5	4	63	0	+3.9
8	2024-10-27	vs NO	W 26–8	4	2	72	0	+3.8
9	2024-11-03	@ CLE	W 27–10	4	2	54	1	+3.0
10	2024-11-10	vs TEN	W 27–17	2	1	36	0	+2.1
11	2024-11-17	vs CIN	W 34–27	4	2	23	0	−0.7
12	2024-11-25	vs BAL	L 23–30	8	3	38	0	+1.6
13	2024-12-01	@ ATL	W 17–13	1	1	11	0	+0.7
14	2024-12-08	@ KC	L 17–19	9	6	78	0	+7.4
15	2024-12-15	vs TB	L 17–40	3	2	10	0	−0.6
16	2024-12-19	vs DEN	W 34–27	6	3	41	0	−2.7
17	2024-12-28	@ NE	W 40–7	6	4	41	0	+0.4

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs MIA	L 34–36	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.3	0
2	2023-09-17	@ TEN	L 24–27 OT	0	0	0.0	5	3	13	0	−3.3	0
3	2023-09-24	@ MIN	W 28–24	0	0	0.0	7	4	66	1	−2.1	0
4	2023-10-01	vs LV	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	8	3	77	0	−3.2	0
6	2023-10-16	vs DAL	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	7	4	60	0	−1.5	0
7	2023-10-22	@ KC	L 17–31	0	0	0.0	7	5	133	0	+11.0	1
8	2023-10-29	vs CHI	W 30–13	0	0	0.0	4	3	24	0	+1.0	0
15	2023-12-14	@ LV	L 21–63	0	0	0.0	4	4	113	1	+8.3	0
16	2023-12-23	vs BUF	L 22–24	0	0	0.0	8	5	47	0	−1.7	0
18	2024-01-07	vs KC	L 12–13	1	6	+0.2	10	6	44	0	+0.3	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs LV	W 24–19	1	4	+0.7	4	3	5	0	−1.9	0
2	2022-09-15	@ KC	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	8	4	30	1	+2.2	0
3	2022-09-25	vs JAX	L 10–38	0	0	0.0	9	6	99	0	+6.0	0
4	2022-10-02	@ HOU	W 34–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	25	0	+1.5	0
5	2022-10-09	@ CLE	W 30–28	0	0	0.0	6	3	24	0	−0.5	0
6	2022-10-17	vs DEN	W 19–16 OT	0	0	0.0	12	9	57	0	−0.7	1
9	2022-11-06	@ ATL	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	10	8	106	0	+1.9	0
10	2022-11-13	@ SF	L 16–22	0	0	0.0	8	3	44	0	−6.7	0
11	2022-11-20	vs KC	L 27–30	0	0	0.0	10	8	106	2	+7.3	0
12	2022-11-27	@ ARI	W 25–24	0	0	0.0	7	5	56	0	+4.3	0
13	2022-12-04	@ LV	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	11	7	60	0	+3.1	0
14	2022-12-11	vs MIA	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	6	4	53	0	+3.0	0
15	2022-12-18	vs TEN	W 17–14	0	0	0.0	5	5	49	0	+0.8	0
16	2022-12-26	@ IND	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	3	2	16	0	+1.3	0
17	2023-01-01	vs LA	W 31–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
18	2023-01-08	@ DEN	L 28–31	0	0	0.0	6	4	39	0	+1.8	0
P19	2023-01-14	@ JAX	L 30–31	0	0	0.0	6	2	31	0	−0.6	0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ WAS	W 20–16	0	0	0.0	1	1	17	0	+1.3	0
2	2021-09-19	vs DAL	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	2	2	21	0	+1.9	0
5	2021-10-10	vs CLE	W 47–42	0	0	0.0	3	2	12	0	−0.8	0
6	2021-10-17	@ BAL	L 6–34	0	0	0.0	4	1	8	0	−3.3	0
8	2021-10-31	vs NE	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	24	1	+4.6	0
9	2021-11-07	@ PHI	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	22	0	+1.1	0
10	2021-11-14	vs MIN	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	4	3	22	0	−1.3	0
11	2021-11-21	vs PIT	W 41–37	1	6	+0.2	1	1	17	0	+1.2	0
12	2021-11-28	@ DEN	L 13–28	0	0	0.0	2	2	25	0	+2.0	0
13	2021-12-05	@ CIN	W 41–22	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.3	1
14	2021-12-12	vs NYG	W 37–21	0	0	0.0	7	5	66	1	+4.3	0
15	2021-12-16	vs KC	L 28–34 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	15	0	+1.6	0
16	2021-12-26	@ HOU	L 29–41	0	0	0.0	6	5	43	1	+0.7	1
17	2022-01-02	vs DEN	W 34–13	0	0	0.0	5	3	16	0	−3.4	0
18	2022-01-09	@ LV	L 32–35 OT	0	0	0.0	9	4	45	1	+2.8	0