Kalen Ballage

RB · MIA/LAC/PIT · 2018–2021

Born December 22, 1995 · College Arizona State · Drafted 2018, round 4, pick 131 (MIA) · 6-2, 231 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2018	MIA	11	36	191	1	5.31	−0.187	−0.117−0.180 to −0.055	31.6	−7.1	−0.11
2019	MIA	12	73	131	3	1.79	−0.315	−0.145−0.206 to −0.085	23.7	−23.9	−0.19
2020	LAC	11	91	303	3	3.33	−0.063	−0.075−0.135 to −0.015	41.5	−5.9	+0.04
2021	PIT	8	12	36	0	3.00	−0.238	−0.097−0.161 to −0.034	23.1	−3.1	−0.06
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	4	13	0	3.25	+0.198		50.0	+0.8	−0.00
Career	PIT	42	212	661	7	3.12	−0.181		32.6	−40.0	−0.33

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	MIA	11	11	9	56	81.8	−0.831	3.7	-1.3	−9.1	−0.27
2019	MIA	12	24	14	63	58.3	−0.739	5.5	-0.3	−17.7	−0.03
2020	LAC	11	37	29	166	78.4	−0.097	9.0	-0.5	−3.6	−0.03
2021	PIT	8	7	2	8	28.6	−1.007	2.3	0.3	−7.0	−0.11
Career	PIT	42	79	54	293	68.4	−0.475	5.4	-0.5	−37.5	−0.44

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
2018	MIA	11	4
2019	MIA	12	1
2021	PIT	8	1
Career	PIT	42	6

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
2018	MIA	11	93	14.9	1	1.8
2019	MIA	12	249	32.5	–	–
2020	NYJ/LAC	11	297	39.0	–	–
2021	PIT	9	64	10.2	–	–
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	20	29.9	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (9 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2021-10-10	vs DEN	W 27–19	4	0	−3.1	1	0	0	−0.7	0
6	2021-10-17	vs SEA	W 23–20 OT	2	15	+1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ CLE	W 15–10	1	-3	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2021-11-08	vs CHI	W 29–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	−0.6	0
10	2021-11-14	vs DET	T 16–16 OT	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−4.8	1
11	2021-11-21	@ LAC	L 37–41	1	3	−0.4	1	0	0	−0.4	0
12	2021-11-28	@ CIN	L 10–41	3	21	+0.2	2	1	6	−0.5	0
18	2022-01-09	@ BAL	W 16–13 OT	1	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2022-01-16	@ KC	L 21–42	4	13	+0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0

2020 game log (11 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2020-09-20	vs SF	L 13–31	1	5	0	+0.2	2	2	12	−0.4
3	2020-09-27	@ IND	L 7–36	2	8	0	−1.0	5	5	44	+1.4
4	2020-10-01	vs DEN	L 28–37	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	11	−0.3
9	2020-11-08	vs LV	L 26–31	15	69	1	+4.1	3	2	15	+0.2
10	2020-11-15	@ MIA	L 21–29	18	68	0	+0.9	6	5	34	+1.5
11	2020-11-22	vs NYJ	W 34–28	16	44	0	−4.5	9	7	27	−2.8
13	2020-12-06	vs NE	L 0–45	7	34	0	+2.7	4	3	5	−3.0
14	2020-12-13	vs ATL	W 20–17	7	14	0	−3.3	2	1	6	−0.0
15	2020-12-17	@ LV	W 30–27 OT	8	11	1	−3.6	0	0	0	0.0
16	2020-12-27	vs DEN	W 19–16	4	14	0	−0.9	3	2	12	−0.1
17	2021-01-03	@ KC	W 38–21	13	36	1	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs BAL	L 10–59	5	-1	0	−4.0	1	1	13	+1.4	0
2	2019-09-15	vs NE	L 0–43	4	6	0	−0.8	5	1	6	−12.9	1
3	2019-09-22	@ DAL	L 6–31	8	17	0	−4.4	3	1	10	+0.3	0
4	2019-09-29	vs LAC	L 10–30	2	7	0	−1.3	1	0	0	−0.8	0
6	2019-10-13	vs WAS	L 16–17	3	7	1	+3.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ BUF	L 21–31	3	7	1	+1.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2019-10-28	@ PIT	L 14–27	3	8	0	−0.7	1	1	11	+0.7	0
9	2019-11-03	vs NYJ	W 26–18	7	19	0	−3.3	1	0	0	−0.4	0
10	2019-11-10	@ IND	W 16–12	20	43	0	−9.9	4	4	2	−2.5	0
11	2019-11-17	vs BUF	L 20–37	9	9	1	−1.0	6	5	8	−4.2	0
12	2019-11-24	@ CLE	L 24–41	6	9	0	−1.6	1	1	13	+1.4	0
13	2019-12-01	vs PHI	W 37–31	3	0	0	−2.1	1	0	0	−0.8	0

2018 game log (11 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2018-09-30	@ NE	L 7–38	1	3	0	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2018-10-07	@ CIN	L 17–27	1	2	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2018-10-21	vs DET	L 21–32	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2018-10-25	@ HOU	L 23–42	1	5	0	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs NYJ	W 13–6	1	-2	0	−2.1	2	2	17	+1.1	1
10	2018-11-11	@ GB	L 12–31	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	−0.0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ IND	L 24–27	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	-5	−2.1	0
13	2018-12-02	vs BUF	W 21–17	4	3	0	−2.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ MIN	L 17–41	12	123	1	+3.8	1	1	-2	−0.8	0
16	2018-12-23	vs JAX	L 7–17	4	10	0	+0.2	4	2	39	−6.8	1
17	2018-12-30	@ BUF	L 17–42	12	47	0	−5.9	1	1	1	−0.5	1