L.J. Smith

TE · PHI/BAL · 2003–2009

Born May 13, 1980 · College Rutgers · Drafted 2003, round 2, pick 61 (PHI) · 6-3, 245 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2003	PHI	14	46	27	320	1	58.7	+0.223	+0.123−0.045 to +0.290	11.5	–	+10.2	+0.32
2003 playoffs	PHI	2	5	3	43	0	60.0	+0.506		7.0	–	+2.5	+0.05
2004	PHI	16	54	34	377	5	63.0	+0.253	+0.177+0.013 to +0.341	9.9	–	+13.6	+0.25
2004 playoffs	PHI	3	17	9	100	1	52.9	+0.020		15.3	–	+0.3	−0.03
2005	PHI	16	107	61	682	3	57.0	−0.127	+0.063−0.083 to +0.208	17.6	–	−13.6	−0.21
2006	PHI	15	80	50	611	5	62.5	+0.154	+0.128−0.026 to +0.282	16.0	6.2	+12.3	+0.19
2006 playoffs	PHI	2	5	3	31	0	60.0	+0.474		8.2	8.4	+2.4	+0.05
2007	PHI	10	44	22	236	1	50.0	−0.135	+0.070−0.098 to +0.238	12.1	8.5	−5.9	−0.20
2008	PHI	13	64	37	298	3	57.8	−0.207	+0.044−0.116 to +0.204	13.0	5.7	−13.2	−0.42
2008 playoffs	PHI	2	4	3	17	0	75.0	+0.673		4.8	3.5	+2.7	+0.12
2009	BAL	3	3	2	31	0	66.7	+0.244	+0.068−0.122 to +0.258	2.8	5.3	+0.7	+0.06
Career	BAL	87	398	233	2,555	18	58.5	+0.011		13.2	6.5	+4.2	−0.01

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
2003	PHI	14	6	–	–	–
2004	PHI	16	7	–	–	–
2004 playoffs	PHI	3	1	–	–	–
2005	PHI	16	6	–	–	–
2008	PHI	13	2	0	–	–
Career	BAL	87	21	0	0	0

2009 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2009-09-27	vs CLE	W 34–3	1	1	26	+1.2
11	2009-11-22	vs IND	L 15–17	1	1	5	+1.2
12	2009-11-29	vs PIT	W 20–17 OT	1	0	0	−1.6

2008 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs LA	W 38–3	10	5	39	1	+0.0	0
2	2008-09-15	@ DAL	L 37–41	3	1	10	0	−0.8	0
3	2008-09-21	vs PIT	W 15–6	2	0	0	0	−5.2	0
5	2008-10-05	vs WAS	L 17–23	5	3	26	0	+1.2	0
6	2008-10-12	@ SF	W 40–26	2	1	2	1	−3.0	1
8	2008-10-26	vs ATL	W 27–14	5	2	29	0	+3.0	0
10	2008-11-09	vs NYG	L 31–36	5	3	36	0	+0.2	1
11	2008-11-16	@ CIN	T 13–13 OT	8	3	15	1	−11.0	0
12	2008-11-23	@ BAL	L 7–36	1	1	3	0	−0.3	0
13	2008-11-27	vs ARI	W 48–20	3	3	32	0	+1.4	0
14	2008-12-07	@ NYG	W 20–14	7	6	44	0	+1.9	0
15	2008-12-15	vs CLE	W 30–10	3	2	13	0	−0.8	0
16	2008-12-21	@ WAS	L 3–10	10	7	49	0	+0.2	0
P19	2009-01-11	@ NYG	W 23–11	2	2	12	0	+3.2	0
P20	2009-01-18	@ ARI	L 25–32	2	1	5	0	−0.5	0

2007 game log (10 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2007-09-09	@ GB	L 13–16	3	2	14	0	+0.4
2	2007-09-17	vs WAS	L 12–20	4	2	12	0	−0.5
6	2007-10-14	@ NYJ	W 16–9	2	1	8	0	+0.2
8	2007-10-28	@ MIN	W 23–16	1	0	0	0	−1.9
9	2007-11-04	vs DAL	L 17–38	4	2	34	0	+2.1
10	2007-11-11	@ WAS	W 33–25	5	4	49	1	+2.3
11	2007-11-18	vs MIA	W 17–7	7	4	44	0	+1.3
12	2007-11-25	@ NE	L 28–31	5	3	46	0	+2.3
13	2007-12-02	vs SEA	L 24–28	9	3	21	0	−10.3
14	2007-12-09	vs NYG	L 13–16	4	1	8	0	−1.8

2006 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2006-09-10	@ HOU	W 24–10	6	6	56	0	+3.5
2	2006-09-17	vs NYG	L 24–30 OT	12	7	111	0	+3.3
3	2006-09-24	@ SF	W 38–24	4	3	19	1	+0.8
4	2006-10-02	vs GB	W 31–9	4	2	38	0	+2.9
5	2006-10-08	vs DAL	W 38–24	6	2	63	0	−0.4
6	2006-10-15	@ NO	L 24–27	5	4	48	1	+3.5
7	2006-10-22	@ TB	L 21–23	6	4	38	0	−3.1
8	2006-10-29	vs JAX	L 6–13	3	1	11	0	−0.8
10	2006-11-12	vs WAS	W 27–3	3	1	8	0	+0.1
11	2006-11-19	vs TEN	L 13–31	13	7	57	1	−7.6
12	2006-11-26	@ IND	L 21–45	4	4	21	1	+2.0
13	2006-12-04	vs CAR	W 27–24	2	0	0	0	−1.2
14	2006-12-10	@ WAS	W 21–19	4	3	10	1	−0.7
15	2006-12-17	@ NYG	W 36–22	5	4	54	0	+2.6
16	2006-12-25	@ DAL	W 23–7	3	2	77	0	+7.3
P18	2007-01-07	vs NYG	W 23–20	2	1	8	0	+0.4
P19	2007-01-13	@ NO	L 24–27	3	2	23	0	+2.0

2005 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-12	@ ATL	L 10–14	4	3	29	0	+0.7	0
2	2005-09-18	vs SF	W 42–3	9	9	119	1	+10.6	0
3	2005-09-25	vs LV	W 23–20	8	5	50	0	−7.3	1
4	2005-10-02	@ KC	W 37–31	10	9	67	1	+6.7	0
5	2005-10-09	@ DAL	L 10–33	2	2	22	0	+0.6	0
7	2005-10-23	vs LAC	W 20–17	10	6	63	0	+1.0	0
8	2005-10-30	@ DEN	L 21–49	5	1	1	1	−2.9	0
9	2005-11-06	@ WAS	L 10–17	3	1	10	0	−0.4	0
10	2005-11-14	vs DAL	L 20–21	7	6	56	0	+3.2	0
11	2005-11-20	@ NYG	L 17–27	12	7	84	0	−2.6	0
12	2005-11-27	vs GB	W 19–14	4	2	28	0	+1.4	0
13	2005-12-05	vs SEA	L 0–42	10	2	46	0	−17.4	2
14	2005-12-11	vs NYG	L 23–26 OT	4	2	25	0	+0.7	0
15	2005-12-18	@ LA	W 17–16	5	2	0	0	−0.8	2
16	2005-12-24	@ ARI	L 21–27	6	1	9	0	−8.8	0
17	2006-01-01	vs WAS	L 20–31	8	3	73	0	+1.8	1

2004 game log (19 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs NYG	W 31–17	4	3	50	1	+4.0	0
2	2004-09-20	vs MIN	W 27–16	4	3	26	1	+2.6	1
3	2004-09-26	@ DET	W 30–13	4	4	74	0	+7.5	0
4	2004-10-03	@ CHI	W 19–9	2	0	0	0	−1.5	0
6	2004-10-17	vs CAR	W 30–8	2	0	0	0	−3.5	0
7	2004-10-24	@ CLE	W 34–31 OT	4	2	6	1	−2.7	1
8	2004-10-31	vs BAL	W 15–10	2	2	28	0	+2.5	0
9	2004-11-07	@ PIT	L 3–27	1	1	10	0	+0.5	2
10	2004-11-15	@ DAL	W 49–21	2	0	0	0	−1.0	2
11	2004-11-21	vs WAS	W 28–6	4	3	20	0	−0.1	0
12	2004-11-28	@ NYG	W 27–6	5	4	31	0	−0.1	0
13	2004-12-05	vs GB	W 47–17	5	4	42	1	+2.7	0
14	2004-12-12	@ WAS	W 17–14	4	2	12	1	+0.6	0
15	2004-12-19	vs DAL	W 12–7	5	4	41	0	+2.4	1
16	2004-12-27	@ LA	L 7–20	2	0	0	0	−0.8	0
17	2005-01-02	vs CIN	L 10–38	4	2	37	0	+0.6	0
P19	2005-01-16	vs MIN	W 27–14	5	4	52	0	+5.0	0
P20	2005-01-23	vs ATL	W 27–10	4	1	21	0	−0.7	1
P21	2005-02-06	vs NE	L 21–24	8	4	27	1	−4.0	0

2003 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-08	vs TB	L 0–17	2	0	0	0	−3.3	0
4	2003-09-28	@ BUF	W 23–13	2	2	16	0	+1.3	0
5	2003-10-05	vs WAS	W 27–25	6	4	39	0	+1.5	0
6	2003-10-12	@ DAL	L 21–23	1	1	5	0	+0.2	0
7	2003-10-19	@ NYG	W 14–10	1	1	25	0	+2.9	1
8	2003-10-26	vs NYJ	W 24–17	4	3	32	0	+1.8	3
9	2003-11-02	@ ATL	W 23–16	8	6	97	0	+6.2	0
10	2003-11-10	@ GB	W 17–14	3	0	0	0	−2.9	1
11	2003-11-16	vs NYG	W 28–10	2	2	29	0	+1.3	0
12	2003-11-23	vs NO	W 33–20	3	1	28	0	+1.9	0
13	2003-11-30	@ CAR	W 25–16	1	1	15	0	+2.2	0
14	2003-12-07	vs DAL	W 36–10	4	1	6	1	−0.1	0
15	2003-12-15	@ MIA	W 34–27	6	3	16	0	−4.1	1
17	2003-12-27	@ WAS	W 31–7	3	2	12	0	+1.5	0
P19	2004-01-11	vs GB	W 20–17 OT	3	2	31	0	+2.1	0
P20	2004-01-18	vs CAR	L 3–14	2	1	12	0	+0.4	0