Kelvin Benjamin

WR · CAR/BUF · 2014–2018

Born February 5, 1991 · College Florida State · Drafted 2014, round 1, pick 28 (CAR) · 6-5, 245 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2014	CAR	16	145	73	1,008	9	50.3	+0.149	+0.212+0.067 to +0.357	26.9	14.2	+21.6	+0.56
2014 playoffs	CAR	2	17	11	108	2	64.7	+0.429		25.0	10.4	+7.3	+0.10
2016	CAR	16	118	63	941	7	53.4	+0.188	+0.220+0.069 to +0.371	21.3	12.1	+22.2	+0.68
2017	CAR	14	77	47	671	3	61.0	+0.208	+0.175+0.013 to +0.337	17.5	11.5	+16.0	+0.50
2017 playoffs	BUF	1	2	1	9	0	50.0	+0.168		5.7	5.0	+0.3	+0.00
2018	BUF	15	67	25	380	1	37.3	−0.465	+0.055−0.110 to +0.221	14.7	15.6	−31.1	−0.65
Career	BUF	61	407	208	3,000	20	51.1	+0.070		20.5	13.3	+28.6	+1.08

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
2014	CAR	16	2
2016	CAR	16	1
2018	BUF	15	1
Career	BUF	61	4

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	CAR	16	794	72.6	–	–
2017	CAR/BUF	14	594	65.7	–	–
2017 playoffs	BUF	1	64	83.1	–	–
2018	BUF/KC	15	534	55.6	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ BAL	L 3–47	7	1	10	0	−12.0	0
2	2018-09-16	vs LAC	L 20–31	3	2	19	1	+1.9	0
3	2018-09-23	@ MIN	W 27–6	5	3	29	0	+0.4	0
4	2018-09-30	@ GB	L 0–22	6	1	34	0	−2.9	1
5	2018-10-07	vs TEN	W 13–12	5	1	11	0	−3.9	0
6	2018-10-14	@ HOU	L 13–20	6	2	43	0	−7.4	0
7	2018-10-21	@ IND	L 5–37	5	4	71	0	−0.2	0
8	2018-10-29	vs NE	L 6–25	7	2	45	0	−4.8	0
9	2018-11-04	vs CHI	L 9–41	9	4	40	0	+1.4	0
10	2018-11-11	@ NYJ	W 41–10	3	0	0	0	−1.5	0
12	2018-11-25	vs JAX	W 24–21	2	1	32	0	+1.9	0
13	2018-12-02	@ MIA	L 17–21	4	2	20	0	−3.8	0
15	2018-12-13	vs LAC	L 28–29	2	1	17	0	+0.6	0
16	2018-12-23	@ SEA	L 31–38	2	0	0	0	−1.6	0
17	2018-12-30	vs LV	W 35–3	1	1	9	0	+0.7	0

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	@ SF	W 23–3	5	1	25	0	−7.1
2	2017-09-17	vs BUF	W 9–3	8	6	77	0	+7.1
3	2017-09-24	vs NO	L 13–34	2	2	8	0	+0.8
4	2017-10-01	@ NE	W 33–30	4	4	104	0	+8.5
5	2017-10-08	@ DET	W 27–24	6	4	58	1	+1.0
6	2017-10-12	vs PHI	L 23–28	13	9	99	0	+2.1
7	2017-10-22	@ CHI	L 3–17	6	3	65	0	−6.1
8	2017-10-29	@ TB	W 17–3	7	3	39	1	+2.0
10	2017-11-12	vs NO	L 10–47	6	3	42	0	−0.4
11	2017-11-19	@ LAC	L 24–54	1	1	20	0	+1.6
14	2017-12-10	vs IND	W 13–7 OT	7	2	17	1	−3.6
15	2017-12-17	vs MIA	W 24–16	2	2	20	0	+0.8
16	2017-12-24	@ NE	L 16–37	7	5	70	0	+5.9
17	2017-12-31	@ MIA	W 22–16	3	2	27	0	+3.5
P18	2018-01-07	@ JAX	L 3–10	2	1	9	0	+0.3

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-08	@ DEN	L 20–21	12	6	91	1	+1.2	0
2	2016-09-18	vs SF	W 46–27	9	7	108	2	+10.2	0
3	2016-09-25	vs MIN	L 10–22	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
4	2016-10-02	@ ATL	L 33–48	7	3	39	1	+1.1	0
5	2016-10-10	vs TB	L 14–17	9	5	70	0	−2.5	0
6	2016-10-16	@ NO	L 38–41	14	8	86	0	+2.4	0
8	2016-10-30	vs ARI	W 30–20	5	2	73	0	+3.0	0
9	2016-11-06	@ LA	W 13–10	7	5	76	0	+3.2	0
10	2016-11-13	vs KC	L 17–20	12	7	84	0	+0.4	0
11	2016-11-17	vs NO	W 23–20	4	3	56	0	+3.1	0
12	2016-11-27	@ LV	L 32–35	6	2	53	1	+1.6	0
13	2016-12-04	@ SEA	L 7–40	9	2	18	0	−7.6	0
14	2016-12-11	vs LAC	W 28–16	4	1	11	0	−6.7	1
15	2016-12-19	@ WAS	W 26–15	4	2	20	0	+0.7	0
16	2016-12-24	vs ATL	L 16–33	8	4	63	1	+4.6	0
17	2017-01-01	@ TB	L 16–17	7	6	93	1	+8.2	0

2014 game log (18 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ TB	W 20–14	8	6	92	1	+6.5	0
2	2014-09-14	vs DET	W 24–7	8	2	46	0	−1.0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs PIT	L 19–37	11	8	115	1	+8.6	0
4	2014-09-28	@ BAL	L 10–38	9	5	76	1	+5.5	0
5	2014-10-05	vs CHI	W 31–24	11	3	38	0	−8.6	1
6	2014-10-12	@ CIN	T 37–37 OT	8	7	49	1	+1.3	0
7	2014-10-19	@ GB	L 17–38	6	3	61	1	+4.4	0
8	2014-10-26	vs SEA	L 9–13	7	4	94	0	+5.6	0
9	2014-10-30	vs NO	L 10–28	10	2	18	0	−3.7	0
10	2014-11-10	@ PHI	L 21–45	7	3	70	2	+1.8	0
11	2014-11-16	vs ATL	L 17–19	13	9	109	1	+0.8	1
13	2014-11-30	@ MIN	L 13–31	12	5	56	0	−1.3	0
14	2014-12-07	@ NO	W 41–10	5	2	24	1	+0.1	0
15	2014-12-14	vs TB	W 19–17	13	8	104	0	+3.5	0
16	2014-12-21	vs CLE	W 17–13	12	5	47	0	−0.3	0
17	2014-12-28	@ ATL	W 34–3	5	1	9	0	−1.5	0
P18	2015-01-03	vs ARI	W 27–16	7	4	33	0	−0.4	0
P19	2015-01-10	@ SEA	L 17–31	10	7	75	2	+7.7	0