Justin McCareins

WR · TEN/NYJ · 2001–2008

Born December 1, 1978 · College Northern Illinois · Drafted 2001, round 4, pick 124 (TEN) · 6-2, 215 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)
2002	TEN	16	2	18	9.00	+0.332	50.0	+0.7	+0.02
2003	TEN	16	1	13	13.00	+0.812	100.0	+0.8	+0.02
2004	NYJ	16	2	-5	-2.50	−0.971	0.0	−1.9	−0.07
2005	NYJ	16	1	8	8.00	+0.768	100.0	+0.8	+0.01
2008	TEN	14	1	4	4.00	+0.097	100.0	+0.1	−0.01
Career	TEN	107	7	38	5.43	+0.057	57.1	+0.4	−0.04

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2001	TEN	2	3	3	88	0	100.0	+3.252	−0.007−0.197 to +0.184	4.8	–	+9.8	+0.16
2002	TEN	16	48	19	301	2	39.6	−0.226	+0.062−0.110 to +0.233	9.7	–	−10.9	−0.06
2002 playoffs	TEN	2	4	2	53	0	50.0	+0.715		5.1	–	+2.9	+0.16
2003	TEN	16	82	47	813	7	57.3	+0.524	+0.266+0.105 to +0.427	16.8	–	+43.0	+1.14
2003 playoffs	TEN	2	5	4	83	1	80.0	+1.488		10.2	–	+7.4	+0.24
2004	NYJ	16	90	56	770	4	62.2	+0.287	+0.256+0.098 to +0.415	20.8	–	+25.8	+0.77
2004 playoffs	NYJ	2	24	13	169	0	54.2	+0.289		36.9	–	+6.9	+0.42
2005	NYJ	16	102	43	713	2	42.2	−0.148	+0.095−0.060 to +0.250	22.2	–	−15.1	−0.98
2006	NYJ	15	39	23	345	1	59.0	+0.161	+0.094−0.082 to +0.269	8.7	14.5	+6.3	+0.22
2006 playoffs	NYJ	1	6	2	31	0	33.3	−1.238		15.0	16.8	−7.4	−0.02
2007	NYJ	12	46	19	232	0	41.3	−0.232	+0.043−0.130 to +0.215	12.2	11.8	−10.7	−0.43
2008	TEN	14	73	31	416	0	42.5	−0.237	+0.052−0.112 to +0.215	17.8	15.8	−17.3	−0.77
2008 playoffs	TEN	1	6	2	24	0	33.3	−0.576		14.3	12.0	−3.5	−0.12
Career	TEN	107	483	241	3,678	16	49.9	+0.064		15.2	14.3	+30.8	+0.04

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2002	TEN	16	7	–	–	–
2003	TEN	16	6	–	–	–
2003 playoffs	TEN	2	1	–	–	–
2005	NYJ	16	4	–	–	–
2006	NYJ	15	5	0	–	–
2007	NYJ	12	1	0	–	–
2008	TEN	14	1	0	–	–
2008 playoffs	TEN	1	1	0	–	–
Career	TEN	107	24	0	0	0

Game logs

2008 game log (15 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs JAX	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	−2.0	0
2	2008-09-14	@ CIN	W 24–7	0	0	0.0	5	2	9	−2.9	0
3	2008-09-21	vs HOU	W 31–12	0	0	0.0	9	4	90	−7.5	1
4	2008-09-28	vs MIN	W 30–17	0	0	0.0	10	3	37	−1.8	0
5	2008-10-05	@ BAL	W 13–10	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	−2.5	0
8	2008-10-27	vs IND	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	3	2	30	+3.0	0
9	2008-11-02	vs GB	W 19–16 OT	0	0	0.0	5	3	42	+1.7	0
10	2008-11-09	@ CHI	W 21–14	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	−3.0	0
12	2008-11-23	vs NYJ	L 13–34	0	0	0.0	6	4	43	+1.5	0
13	2008-11-27	@ DET	W 47–10	0	0	0.0	3	2	43	+4.1	0
14	2008-12-07	vs CLE	W 28–9	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	+2.0	0
15	2008-12-14	@ HOU	L 12–13	1	4	+0.1	13	3	36	−12.3	0
16	2008-12-21	vs PIT	W 31–14	0	0	0.0	7	6	55	+1.9	0
17	2008-12-28	@ IND	L 0–23	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+0.6	0
P19	2009-01-10	vs BAL	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	6	2	24	−3.5	1

2007 game log (12 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	vs NE	L 14–38	3	1	10	−0.8	1
2	2007-09-16	@ BAL	L 13–20	6	1	10	−5.8	0
3	2007-09-23	vs MIA	W 31–28	1	1	11	+0.7	0
4	2007-09-30	@ BUF	L 14–17	2	0	0	−1.6	0
8	2007-10-28	vs BUF	L 3–13	3	1	18	+0.9	0
9	2007-11-04	vs WAS	L 20–23 OT	5	3	32	+2.2	0
11	2007-11-18	vs PIT	W 19–16 OT	5	2	22	−2.0	0
12	2007-11-22	@ DAL	L 3–34	4	2	29	+0.5	0
13	2007-12-02	@ MIA	W 40–13	2	1	51	+2.8	0
15	2007-12-16	@ NE	L 10–20	10	5	40	−2.5	0
16	2007-12-23	@ TEN	L 6–10	2	2	9	−1.3	0
17	2007-12-30	vs KC	W 13–10 OT	3	0	0	−3.8	0

2006 game log (16 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	@ TEN	W 23–16	3	2	34	0	+2.0	0
2	2006-09-17	vs NE	L 17–24	5	4	51	0	+4.2	0
4	2006-10-01	vs IND	L 28–31	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
5	2006-10-08	@ JAX	L 0–41	1	0	0	0	−0.2	0
6	2006-10-15	vs MIA	W 20–17	2	0	0	0	−2.2	0
7	2006-10-22	vs DET	W 31–24	1	1	44	1	+4.2	0
8	2006-10-29	@ CLE	L 13–20	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1
10	2006-11-12	@ NE	W 17–14	3	3	31	0	+0.2	0
11	2006-11-19	vs CHI	L 0–10	1	0	0	0	−0.2	0
12	2006-11-26	vs HOU	W 26–11	2	2	10	0	−0.8	2
13	2006-12-03	@ GB	W 38–10	4	1	17	0	−4.1	2
14	2006-12-10	vs BUF	L 13–31	2	1	14	0	−2.6	0
15	2006-12-17	@ MIN	W 26–13	4	2	70	0	+5.8	0
16	2006-12-25	@ MIA	W 13–10	3	2	47	0	+2.3	0
17	2006-12-31	vs LV	W 23–3	6	5	27	0	−1.0	0
P18	2007-01-07	@ NE	L 16–37	6	2	31	0	−7.4	0

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	@ KC	L 7–27	0	0	0.0	8	3	39	0	+0.1	0
2	2005-09-18	vs MIA	W 17–7	0	0	0.0	8	5	87	0	+4.2	0
3	2005-09-25	vs JAX	L 20–26 OT	0	0	0.0	7	1	16	0	−7.7	1
4	2005-10-02	@ BAL	L 3–13	0	0	0.0	7	3	59	0	+1.5	0
5	2005-10-09	vs TB	W 14–12	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−5.0	1
6	2005-10-16	@ BUF	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	11	5	116	0	+1.6	0
7	2005-10-24	@ ATL	L 14–27	0	0	0.0	5	2	46	0	+0.8	0
9	2005-11-06	vs LAC	L 26–31	0	0	0.0	7	1	17	0	−5.2	0
10	2005-11-13	@ CAR	L 3–30	0	0	0.0	5	2	21	0	−5.8	2
11	2005-11-20	@ DEN	L 0–27	1	8	+0.8	10	5	73	0	+0.4	0
12	2005-11-27	vs NO	L 19–21	0	0	0.0	5	3	71	1	+4.4	0
13	2005-12-04	@ NE	L 3–16	0	0	0.0	6	1	4	0	−5.7	0
14	2005-12-11	vs LV	W 26–10	0	0	0.0	7	4	45	1	+0.3	0
15	2005-12-18	@ MIA	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	4	2	57	0	+2.2	0
16	2005-12-26	vs NE	L 21–31	0	0	0.0	5	4	51	0	+1.9	0
17	2006-01-01	vs BUF	W 30–26	0	0	0.0	4	2	11	0	−3.1	0

2004 game log (18 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2004-09-12	vs CIN	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	7	5	66	0	−0.7
2	2004-09-19	@ LAC	W 34–28	0	0	0.0	3	2	9	0	−1.0
4	2004-10-03	@ MIA	W 17–9	1	-3	−1.1	2	1	14	0	+0.6
5	2004-10-10	vs BUF	W 16–14	0	0	0.0	4	2	32	0	+1.7
6	2004-10-17	vs SF	W 22–14	1	-2	−0.8	6	3	56	0	−2.6
7	2004-10-24	@ NE	L 7–13	0	0	0.0	9	6	83	0	+6.0
8	2004-11-01	vs MIA	W 41–14	0	0	0.0	5	3	56	1	+2.7
9	2004-11-07	@ BUF	L 17–22	0	0	0.0	3	2	27	1	+3.6
10	2004-11-14	vs BAL	L 17–20 OT	0	0	0.0	6	2	30	0	−1.1
11	2004-11-21	@ CLE	W 10–7	0	0	0.0	7	6	71	1	+7.0
12	2004-11-28	@ ARI	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	4	2	23	0	−0.1
13	2004-12-05	vs HOU	W 29–7	0	0	0.0	6	4	47	0	−0.6
14	2004-12-12	@ PIT	L 6–17	0	0	0.0	8	4	78	0	+2.5
15	2004-12-19	vs SEA	W 37–14	0	0	0.0	5	3	40	1	+2.2
16	2004-12-26	vs NE	L 7–23	0	0	0.0	7	5	76	0	+2.2
17	2005-01-02	@ LA	L 29–32 OT	0	0	0.0	8	6	62	0	+3.4
P18	2005-01-08	@ LAC	W 20–17 OT	0	0	0.0	15	8	87	0	+2.7
P19	2005-01-15	@ PIT	L 17–20 OT	0	0	0.0	9	5	82	0	+4.2

2003 game log (18 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs LV	W 25–20	0	0	0.0	6	3	43	0	+3.2	1
2	2003-09-14	@ IND	L 7–33	0	0	0.0	6	2	19	0	−12.6	0
3	2003-09-21	vs NO	W 27–12	0	0	0.0	8	5	44	1	+2.9	1
4	2003-09-28	@ PIT	W 30–13	0	0	0.0	5	5	81	1	+11.0	2
5	2003-10-05	@ NE	L 30–38	0	0	0.0	4	2	72	0	+5.0	0
6	2003-10-12	vs HOU	W 38–17	1	13	+0.8	3	2	68	0	+3.6	0
7	2003-10-19	@ CAR	W 37–17	0	0	0.0	4	1	17	0	−1.3	0
8	2003-10-26	@ JAX	W 30–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	+0.7	0
10	2003-11-09	vs MIA	W 31–7	0	0	0.0	3	3	53	1	+5.2	0
11	2003-11-16	vs JAX	W 10–3	0	0	0.0	6	3	25	1	+1.8	0
12	2003-11-23	@ ATL	W 38–31	0	0	0.0	5	4	72	1	+5.5	0
13	2003-12-01	@ NYJ	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	6	5	92	1	+9.0	0
14	2003-12-07	vs IND	L 27–29	0	0	0.0	5	4	76	0	+8.1	1
15	2003-12-14	vs BUF	W 28–26	0	0	0.0	8	4	37	1	+1.8	1
16	2003-12-21	@ HOU	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	8	2	82	0	−0.2	0
17	2003-12-28	vs TB	W 33–13	0	0	0.0	3	1	24	0	−0.5	0
P18	2004-01-03	@ BAL	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	2	2	62	1	+6.1	0
P19	2004-01-10	@ NE	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	21	0	+1.4	1

2002 game log (18 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	vs PHI	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	1	+2.1	0
2	2002-09-15	@ DAL	L 13–21	0	0	0.0	3	1	15	0	−0.2	0
3	2002-09-22	vs CLE	L 28–31 OT	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.4	1
4	2002-09-29	@ LV	L 25–52	0	0	0.0	3	2	57	1	+4.3	1
5	2002-10-06	vs WAS	L 14–31	0	0	0.0	6	3	35	0	−2.2	0
6	2002-10-13	vs JAX	W 23–14	0	0	0.0	8	2	21	0	−4.9	0
8	2002-10-27	@ CIN	W 30–24	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
9	2002-11-03	@ IND	W 23–15	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2002-11-10	vs HOU	W 17–10	1	2	−0.4	2	0	0	0	−5.9	0
11	2002-11-17	vs PIT	W 31–23	0	0	0.0	2	1	55	0	+4.2	0
12	2002-11-24	@ BAL	L 12–13	0	0	0.0	5	2	33	0	−1.8	0
13	2002-12-01	@ NYG	W 32–29 OT	1	16	+1.1	7	4	29	0	−3.5	0
14	2002-12-08	vs IND	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
15	2002-12-16	vs NE	W 24–7	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−2.1	1
16	2002-12-22	@ JAX	W 28–10	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	+0.7	0
17	2002-12-29	@ HOU	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	5	2	46	0	+0.7	0
P19	2003-01-11	vs PIT	W 34–31 OT	0	0	0.0	3	2	53	0	+3.4	0
P20	2003-01-19	@ LV	L 24–41	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0

2001 game log (2 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2001-09-23	@ JAX	L 6–13	1	1	18	0	+2.1
5	2001-10-14	vs TB	W 31–28 OT	2	2	70	0	+7.6