Julian Edelman

WR · NE · 2009–2020

Born May 22, 1986 · College Kent State; San Mateo · Drafted 2009, round 7, pick 232 (NE) · 5-10, 198 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	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2009	NE	10	2	5	0	2.50	−0.746	0.0	−1.5	−0.02
2010	NE	7	2	14	0	7.00	+0.783	50.0	+1.6	−0.00
2010 playoffs	NE	1	1	11	0	11.00	+1.478	100.0	+1.5	+0.03
2011	NE	10	4	8	0	2.00	−0.252	50.0	−1.0	−0.00
2011 playoffs	NE	2	1	-1	0	-1.00	−0.804	0.0	−0.8	−0.02
2012	NE	8	4	45	0	11.25	−0.652	50.0	−2.6	−0.03
2013	NE	16	2	11	0	5.50	+0.536	100.0	+1.1	+0.02
2014	NE	14	10	94	0	9.40	+0.710	80.0	+7.1	+0.17
2014 playoffs	NE	3	2	19	0	9.50	+0.466	100.0	+0.9	+0.01
2015	NE	9	3	23	0	7.67	+0.656	75.0	+2.6	+0.11
2015 playoffs	NE	2	1	11	0	11.00	+0.653	100.0	+0.7	+0.01
2016	NE	16	12	57	0	4.75	+0.055	58.3	+0.7	+0.01
2016 playoffs	NE	3	2	14	0	7.00	+0.302	50.0	+0.6	−0.01
2018	NE	12	9	107	0	11.89	+1.053	100.0	+9.5	+0.11
2018 playoffs	NE	3	2	15	0	7.50	+0.332	100.0	+0.7	−0.00
2019	NE	16	8	27	0	3.38	+0.150	75.0	+1.2	+0.03
2019 playoffs	NE	1	2	12	1	6.00	+1.211	100.0	+2.4	+0.04
2020	NE	6	2	22	0	11.00	+0.744	50.0	+1.5	+0.03
Career	NE	124	58	413	0	7.12	+0.340	69.5	+20.1	+0.42

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2009	NE	10	54	37	359	1	68.5	+0.250	+0.145−0.024 to +0.315	14.3	3.3	+13.5	+0.24
2009 playoffs	NE	1	8	6	44	2	75.0	+0.758		19.0	7.0	+6.1	+0.05
2010	NE	7	14	7	86	0	50.0	−0.222	−0.036−0.221 to +0.150	6.3	3.3	−3.1	−0.06
2010 playoffs	NE	1	1	1	12	0	100.0	+0.761		2.2	-5.0	+0.8	+0.03
2011	NE	10	8	4	32	0	50.0	−2.038	−0.135−0.323 to +0.053	2.1	6.9	−16.3	−0.50
2011 playoffs	NE	2	5	2	19	0	40.0	−0.379		7.1	17.6	−1.9	−0.01
2012	NE	8	32	21	235	3	65.6	+0.609	+0.159−0.019 to +0.337	10.8	7.2	+19.5	+0.39
2013	NE	16	151	105	1,056	6	69.5	+0.312	+0.279+0.135 to +0.423	24.4	8.1	+47.1	+0.78
2013 playoffs	NE	2	24	16	173	1	66.7	+0.424		38.1	8.3	+10.2	+0.07
2014	NE	14	134	92	972	4	68.7	+0.377	+0.303+0.155 to +0.450	25.1	7.5	+50.5	+1.01
2014 playoffs	NE	3	37	26	281	1	70.3	+0.505		27.4	7.5	+18.7	+0.29
2015	NE	9	88	61	692	7	69.3	+0.306	+0.240+0.081 to +0.399	23.9	7.7	+26.9	+0.40
2015 playoffs	NE	2	29	17	153	0	58.6	+0.025		29.9	6.3	+0.7	−0.09
2016	NE	16	159	98	1,106	3	61.6	+0.247	+0.261+0.119 to +0.404	29.1	8.9	+39.3	+0.69
2016 playoffs	NE	3	36	21	342	1	58.3	+0.395		25.7	12.4	+14.2	+0.38
2018	NE	12	108	74	850	6	68.5	+0.239	+0.272+0.118 to +0.426	25.5	7.7	+25.8	+0.41
2018 playoffs	NE	3	35	26	388	0	74.3	+0.665		28.0	8.9	+23.3	+0.81
2019	NE	16	153	100	1,117	6	65.4	+0.114	+0.233+0.089 to +0.376	26.1	9.5	+17.4	−0.24
2019 playoffs	NE	1	5	3	30	0	60.0	+0.259		14.3	8.0	+1.3	−0.00
2020	NE	6	39	21	315	0	53.8	−0.009	+0.179+0.004 to +0.354	22.4	10.3	−0.3	+0.10
Career	NE	124	940	620	6,820	36	66.0	+0.234		20.8	8.0	+220.3	+3.23

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	Forced fumbles
2010	NE	7	1	0	0
2011	NE	10	18	1	0
2011 playoffs	NE	2	4	0	1
2012	NE	8	3	0	1
2014	NE	14	4	0	0
2014 playoffs	NE	3	1	0	0
2015	NE	9	1	0	0
2015 playoffs	NE	2	1	0	0
2016	NE	16	1	0	0
2016 playoffs	NE	3	2	0	0
2018	NE	12	3	0	0
2019	NE	16	1	0	0
2020	NE	6	2	0	0
Career	NE	124	34	1	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
2016	NE	16	871	79.5	1	1.3
2016 playoffs	NE	3	212	91.4	–	–
2018	NE	12	744	89.0	–	–
2018 playoffs	NE	3	239	97.2	–	–
2019	NE	16	998	88.5	–	–
2019 playoffs	NE	1	54	88.5	–	–
2020	NE	6	263	69.0	–	–

Game logs

2020 game log (6 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs MIA	W 21–11	1	23	+2.2	7	5	57	+2.6	0
2	2020-09-20	@ SEA	L 30–35	0	0	0.0	11	8	179	+13.2	0
3	2020-09-27	vs LV	W 36–20	1	-1	−0.8	6	2	23	−2.5	0
4	2020-10-05	@ KC	L 10–26	0	0	0.0	6	3	35	−3.6	0
6	2020-10-18	vs DEN	L 12–18	0	0	0.0	6	2	8	−2.5	1
7	2020-10-25	vs SF	L 6–33	0	0	0.0	3	1	13	−7.6	1

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs PIT	W 33–3	1	8	0	+0.8	11	6	83	0	+3.0	0
2	2019-09-15	@ MIA	W 43–0	1	1	0	−0.6	4	4	51	0	+3.9	0
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	0	0	0	0.0	10	7	62	1	+6.5	0
4	2019-09-29	@ BUF	W 16–10	0	0	0	0.0	7	4	30	0	−6.2	0
5	2019-10-06	@ WAS	W 33–7	0	0	0	0.0	9	8	110	1	+9.5	0
6	2019-10-10	vs NYG	W 35–14	0	0	0	0.0	15	9	113	0	−4.7	0
7	2019-10-21	@ NYJ	W 33–0	3	20	0	+1.4	12	7	47	0	−0.2	1
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	1	-3	0	−1.3	11	8	78	2	+7.0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	0	0	0	0.0	11	10	89	0	−6.2	0
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	0	0	0	0.0	10	5	53	0	+0.4	0
12	2019-11-24	vs DAL	W 13–9	0	0	0	0.0	12	8	93	0	+4.4	0
13	2019-12-01	@ HOU	L 22–28	1	-7	0	+0.4	11	6	106	1	+8.6	0
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	1	8	0	+0.5	12	8	95	1	−1.8	0
15	2019-12-15	@ CIN	W 34–13	0	0	0	0.0	5	2	9	0	−1.8	0
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	72	0	+5.0	0
17	2019-12-29	vs MIA	L 24–27	0	0	0	0.0	7	3	26	0	−10.0	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs TEN	L 13–20	2	12	1	+2.4	5	3	30	0	+1.3	0

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2018-10-04	vs IND	W 38–24	0	0	0.0	9	7	57	0	+1.0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs KC	W 43–40	1	7	+0.3	7	4	54	1	+3.5	0
7	2018-10-21	@ CHI	W 38–31	0	0	0.0	8	5	36	1	+1.2	0
8	2018-10-29	@ BUF	W 25–6	2	13	+1.6	10	9	104	0	+4.4	0
9	2018-11-04	vs GB	W 31–17	2	28	+2.6	10	6	71	0	+0.5	0
10	2018-11-11	@ TEN	L 10–34	0	0	0.0	12	9	104	0	+1.2	0
12	2018-11-25	@ NYJ	W 27–13	0	0	0.0	5	4	84	1	+8.3	0
13	2018-12-02	vs MIN	W 24–10	2	35	+2.3	8	3	25	0	−7.2	1
14	2018-12-09	@ MIA	L 33–34	0	0	0.0	12	9	86	1	+8.9	0
15	2018-12-16	@ PIT	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	11	7	90	0	−2.7	1
16	2018-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–12	0	0	0.0	10	6	70	1	+1.1	1
17	2018-12-30	vs NYJ	W 38–3	2	24	+2.7	6	5	69	1	+5.7	0
P19	2019-01-13	vs LAC	W 41–28	1	7	+0.3	13	9	151	0	+10.2	0
P20	2019-01-20	@ KC	W 37–31 OT	0	0	0.0	10	7	96	0	+4.2	0
P21	2019-02-03	@ LA	W 13–3	1	8	+0.3	12	10	141	0	+8.9	0

2016 game log (19 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	@ ARI	W 23–21	3	16	+0.6	7	7	66	0	+6.4	0
2	2016-09-18	vs MIA	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	10	7	76	0	+5.5	0
3	2016-09-22	vs HOU	W 27–0	3	14	+0.1	6	4	38	0	−1.1	0
4	2016-10-02	vs BUF	L 0–16	1	1	−0.5	4	1	16	0	−1.3	0
5	2016-10-09	@ CLE	W 33–13	0	0	0.0	10	5	35	0	−1.2	0
6	2016-10-16	vs CIN	W 35–17	1	8	+0.5	7	4	30	0	+2.7	0
7	2016-10-23	@ PIT	W 27–16	0	0	0.0	10	9	60	0	+0.6	1
8	2016-10-30	@ BUF	W 41–25	1	0	−0.8	8	4	37	1	+2.3	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SEA	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	9	7	99	0	+2.9	0
11	2016-11-20	@ SF	W 30–17	2	12	+0.8	17	8	77	1	−2.2	0
12	2016-11-27	@ NYJ	W 22–17	0	0	0.0	11	8	83	0	+4.0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs LA	W 26–10	0	0	0.0	12	8	101	0	+3.1	0
14	2016-12-12	vs BAL	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	15	7	73	0	−1.0	0
15	2016-12-18	@ DEN	W 16–3	0	0	0.0	12	6	75	0	+5.0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs NYJ	W 41–3	0	0	0.0	8	5	89	0	+4.9	0
17	2017-01-01	@ MIA	W 35–14	1	6	−0.0	13	8	151	1	+8.6	0
P19	2017-01-14	vs HOU	W 34–16	1	12	+1.0	13	8	137	0	+2.2	1
P20	2017-01-22	vs PIT	W 36–17	0	0	0.0	10	8	118	1	+10.3	0
P21	2017-02-05	@ ATL	W 34–28 OT	1	2	−0.4	13	5	87	0	+1.6	1

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-10	vs PIT	W 28–21	1	9	+1.2	12	11	97	0	+7.0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ BUF	W 40–32	1	12	+1.2	19	11	97	2	−1.2	0
3	2015-09-27	vs JAX	W 51–17	0	0	0.0	11	8	85	0	+4.5	0
5	2015-10-11	@ DAL	W 30–6	0	0	0.0	5	4	120	1	+9.4	0
6	2015-10-18	@ IND	W 34–27	1	2	+1.3	10	6	50	1	−2.6	0
7	2015-10-25	vs NYJ	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	9	5	54	0	+0.5	0
8	2015-10-29	vs MIA	W 36–7	0	0	0.0	9	7	81	2	+7.6	0
9	2015-11-08	vs WAS	W 27–10	0	0	−1.1	8	5	55	1	−3.8	1
10	2015-11-15	@ NYG	W 27–26	0	0	0.0	5	4	53	0	+5.2	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs KC	W 27–20	1	11	+0.7	16	10	100	0	+3.4	0
P20	2016-01-24	@ DEN	L 18–20	0	0	0.0	13	7	53	0	−2.7	1

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	2014-09-07	@ MIA	L 20–33	2	21	+1.1	8	6	95	0	+4.7	0
2	2014-09-14	@ MIN	W 30–7	1	9	+1.4	7	6	81	1	+6.8	0
3	2014-09-21	vs LV	W 16–9	1	5	+0.5	13	10	84	0	+4.3	0
4	2014-09-29	@ KC	L 14–41	0	0	0.0	8	4	23	0	−2.8	2
5	2014-10-05	vs CIN	W 43–17	0	0	0.0	8	5	35	0	−1.1	0
6	2014-10-12	@ BUF	W 37–22	1	10	+0.6	12	9	91	0	+8.1	0
7	2014-10-16	vs NYJ	W 27–25	1	8	+0.8	9	4	44	0	+1.7	0
8	2014-10-26	vs CHI	W 51–23	0	0	0.0	4	1	14	0	−0.5	0
9	2014-11-02	vs DEN	W 43–21	0	0	0.0	10	9	89	1	+4.5	1
11	2014-11-16	@ IND	W 42–20	2	31	+1.9	8	5	50	0	+4.2	0
12	2014-11-23	vs DET	W 34–9	0	0	0.0	15	11	89	0	+1.8	1
13	2014-11-30	@ GB	L 21–26	0	0	0.0	10	7	48	0	+1.1	0
14	2014-12-07	@ LAC	W 23–14	1	4	−0.0	12	8	141	1	+11.6	0
15	2014-12-14	vs MIA	W 41–13	1	6	+0.7	10	7	88	1	+5.9	0
P19	2015-01-10	vs BAL	W 35–31	0	0	0.0	14	8	74	0	+2.3	0
P20	2015-01-18	vs IND	W 45–7	1	12	+0.8	11	9	98	0	+10.9	0
P21	2015-02-01	@ SEA	W 28–24	1	7	+0.2	12	9	109	1	+5.5	1

2013 game log (18 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2013-09-08	@ BUF	W 23–21	0	0	0.0	9	7	79	2	+8.3
2	2013-09-12	vs NYJ	W 13–10	1	4	+0.4	18	13	78	0	+0.8
3	2013-09-22	vs TB	W 23–3	0	0	0.0	7	7	44	0	+2.8
4	2013-09-29	@ ATL	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	9	7	118	0	+8.6
5	2013-10-06	@ CIN	L 6–13	1	7	+0.7	7	2	35	0	−2.1
6	2013-10-13	vs NO	W 30–27	0	0	0.0	11	5	57	0	+0.3
7	2013-10-20	@ NYJ	L 27–30 OT	0	0	0.0	7	5	44	0	+0.5
8	2013-10-27	vs MIA	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	2	2	7	0	−0.1
9	2013-11-03	vs PIT	W 55–31	0	0	0.0	4	1	11	0	−0.7
11	2013-11-18	@ CAR	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	4	3	27	0	+1.3
12	2013-11-24	vs DEN	W 34–31 OT	0	0	0.0	11	9	110	2	+5.5
13	2013-12-01	@ HOU	W 34–31	0	0	0.0	12	9	101	0	+7.9
14	2013-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–26	0	0	0.0	9	6	64	1	+3.6
15	2013-12-15	@ MIA	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	19	13	139	1	+9.0
16	2013-12-22	@ BAL	W 41–7	0	0	0.0	11	7	77	0	+2.1
17	2013-12-29	vs BUF	W 34–20	0	0	0.0	11	9	65	0	−0.8
P19	2014-01-11	vs IND	W 43–22	0	0	0.0	9	6	84	0	+5.7
P20	2014-01-19	@ DEN	L 16–26	0	0	0.0	15	10	89	1	+4.5

2012 game log (8 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	@ TEN	W 34–13	0	0	0.0	2	1	7	0	−0.9	0
2	2012-09-16	vs ARI	L 18–20	0	0	0.0	6	5	50	0	+3.7	1
3	2012-09-23	@ BAL	L 30–31	2	-5	−1.0	7	4	28	1	+2.4	0
7	2012-10-21	vs NYJ	W 29–26 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	7	0	+0.5	1
8	2012-10-28	@ LA	W 45–7	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	−0.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs IND	W 59–24	1	47	+3.3	7	5	58	1	+7.3	1
12	2012-11-22	@ NYJ	W 49–19	1	3	−4.9	3	2	64	1	+5.3	0
13	2012-12-02	@ MIA	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	3	1	13	0	+1.0	0

2011 game log (12 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-12	@ MIA	W 38–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	9	−7.1	0
3	2011-09-25	@ BUF	L 31–34	2	3	−1.0	3	1	5	−8.9	0
4	2011-10-02	@ LV	W 31–19	1	-1	−0.7	1	1	11	+0.4	0
9	2011-11-06	vs NYG	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.0	0
10	2011-11-13	@ NYJ	W 37–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2011-11-21	vs KC	W 34–3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2011-11-27	@ PHI	W 38–20	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3
14	2011-12-11	@ WAS	W 34–27	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	5
15	2011-12-18	@ DEN	W 41–23	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	−0.7	3
17	2012-01-01	vs BUF	W 49–21	1	6	+0.7	0	0	0	0.0	5
P19	2012-01-14	vs DEN	W 45–10	0	0	0.0	3	1	11	−0.2	2
P20	2012-01-22	vs BAL	W 23–20	1	-1	−0.8	2	1	8	−1.7	2

2010 game log (8 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2010-09-19	@ NYJ	L 14–28	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	−0.4	0
3	2010-09-26	vs BUF	W 38–30	1	1	−0.3	3	3	8	−0.9	0
6	2010-10-17	vs BAL	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.0	0
9	2010-11-07	@ CLE	L 14–34	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−2.6	1
11	2010-11-21	vs IND	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.2	0
15	2010-12-19	vs GB	W 31–27	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.1	0
17	2011-01-02	vs MIA	W 38–7	1	13	+1.9	5	3	72	+4.1	0
P19	2011-01-16	vs NYJ	L 21–28	1	11	+1.5	1	1	12	+0.8	0

2009 game log (11 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2009-09-20	@ NYJ	L 9–16	0	0	0.0	16	8	98	0	+2.7
3	2009-09-27	vs ATL	W 26–10	1	5	−0.0	5	3	20	0	−0.6
4	2009-10-04	vs BAL	W 27–21	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	0	+1.4
5	2009-10-11	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	0	0	0.0	3	3	15	0	+1.8
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	0	0	0.0	6	6	43	0	−0.7
10	2009-11-15	@ IND	L 34–35	0	0	0.0	2	2	14	1	+1.9
11	2009-11-22	vs NYJ	W 31–14	1	0	−1.5	3	3	26	0	+2.6
14	2009-12-13	vs CAR	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6
16	2009-12-27	vs JAX	W 35–7	0	0	0.0	2	1	28	0	+2.3
17	2010-01-03	@ HOU	L 27–34	0	0	0.0	15	10	103	0	+2.7
P18	2010-01-10	vs BAL	L 14–33	0	0	0.0	8	6	44	2	+6.1