Lousaka Polite

FB · DAL/CHI/MIA/NE/ATL · 2004–2012

Born September 14, 1981 · College Pittsburgh · Undrafted · 6-0, 245 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2005	DAL	12	2	8	0	4.00	+0.366	−0.101−0.166 to −0.037	100.0	+0.7	+0.02
2006	DAL	7	7	18	0	2.57	−0.291	−0.104−0.168 to −0.040	14.3	−2.0	+0.00
2008	MIA	9	23	85	0	3.70	+0.334	−0.062−0.126 to +0.001	69.6	+7.7	+0.35
2008 playoffs	MIA	1	3	15	0	5.00	+0.490		100.0	+1.5	+0.04
2009	MIA	16	37	123	0	3.32	+0.336	−0.070−0.132 to −0.007	66.7	+13.1	+0.48
2010	MIA	13	26	62	1	2.38	+0.237	−0.103−0.167 to −0.040	69.2	+6.2	+0.21
2011 playoffs	NE	1	1	3	0	3.00	−0.032		0.0	−0.0	+0.00
Career	ATL	66	95	296	1	3.12	+0.265		64.9	+25.7	+1.06

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2004	DAL	1	1	1	4	0	100.0	+0.073	3.2	–	+0.1	+0.00
2005	DAL	12	14	9	72	1	64.3	+0.350	4.0	–	+4.9	+0.11
2006	DAL	7	8	2	21	0	25.0	−0.132	3.6	3.1	−1.1	+0.00
2008	MIA	9	8	6	24	0	75.0	−0.045	3.0	0.2	−0.4	−0.02
2009	MIA	16	23	11	51	0	47.8	−0.270	4.3	1.6	−6.2	−0.21
2010	MIA	13	17	12	61	0	70.6	−0.114	3.8	1.5	−1.9	−0.16
2012	ATL	5	7	1	8	0	14.3	−0.406	4.2	1.1	−2.8	−0.04
Career	ATL	66	78	42	241	1	53.8	−0.095	3.7	1.5	−7.4	−0.32

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
2004	DAL	1	1	–	–	–
2005	DAL	12	3	–	–	–
2007	CHI	2	2	0	–	–
2008	MIA	9	3	0	–	–
2009	MIA	16	1	0	0	0
2010	MIA	13	2	0	0	0
2011	NE	1	1	0	0	0
Career	ATL	66	13	0	0	0

2012 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2012-09-09	@ KC	W 40–24	1	0	0	−0.5
2	2012-09-17	vs DEN	W 27–21	1	0	0	−0.6
6	2012-10-14	vs LV	W 23–20	1	1	8	+0.4
8	2012-10-28	@ PHI	W 30–17	3	0	0	−1.6
9	2012-11-04	vs DAL	W 19–13	1	0	0	−0.6

2011 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
17	2012-01-01	vs BUF	W 49–21	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0
P19	2012-01-14	vs DEN	W 45–10	1	3	0	−0.0	0	0.0	0	0

2010 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	@ BUF	W 15–10	2	6	0	+0.5	3	2	12	−0.0	0
2	2010-09-19	@ MIN	W 14–10	4	10	0	−0.3	1	0	0	−0.8	1
3	2010-09-26	vs NYJ	L 23–31	1	4	0	+0.3	2	1	14	+1.0	0
6	2010-10-17	@ GB	W 23–20 OT	4	7	0	−2.2	1	1	0	−0.5	1
7	2010-10-24	vs PIT	L 22–23	1	2	0	+0.4	2	1	2	−1.0	0
8	2010-10-31	@ CIN	W 22–14	2	6	0	+0.5	2	2	2	−1.2	0
10	2010-11-14	vs TEN	W 29–17	2	4	0	+0.1	1	1	11	+2.5	0
12	2010-11-28	@ LV	W 33–17	1	2	0	+1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2010-12-05	vs CLE	L 10–13	1	-1	0	−1.0	1	0	0	−1.6	0
14	2010-12-12	@ NYJ	W 10–6	2	5	0	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2010-12-19	vs BUF	L 14–17	1	1	0	+0.3	2	2	6	−0.0	0
16	2010-12-26	vs DET	L 27–34	4	12	1	+4.5	1	1	7	−0.4	0
17	2011-01-02	@ NE	L 7–38	1	4	0	+0.7	1	1	7	+0.1	0

2009 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	@ ATL	L 7–19	2	5	−0.8	1	0	0	+0.2	0
2	2009-09-21	vs IND	L 23–27	3	7	+1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2009-09-27	@ LAC	L 13–23	0	0	0.0	3	2	10	−0.8	0
4	2009-10-04	vs BUF	W 38–10	2	5	+0.9	1	1	7	+0.4	0
5	2009-10-12	vs NYJ	W 31–27	2	4	+0.6	1	0	0	−1.4	0
7	2009-10-25	vs NO	L 34–46	3	7	+1.6	1	0	0	−0.8	0
8	2009-11-01	@ NYJ	W 30–25	1	3	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2009-11-08	@ NE	L 17–27	3	7	+2.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2009-11-15	vs TB	W 25–23	2	14	+0.3	1	0	0	−0.8	1
11	2009-11-19	@ CAR	W 24–17	4	11	−0.9	1	0	0	−1.4	0
12	2009-11-29	@ BUF	L 14–31	3	22	+1.9	3	2	3	+0.1	0
13	2009-12-06	vs NE	W 22–21	1	2	+1.7	4	1	1	−3.4	0
14	2009-12-13	@ JAX	W 14–10	4	18	+2.7	3	2	13	+1.2	0
15	2009-12-20	@ TEN	L 24–27 OT	3	9	−0.6	2	2	10	+1.3	0
16	2009-12-27	vs HOU	L 20–27	2	3	+2.0	2	1	7	−0.9	0
17	2010-01-03	vs PIT	L 24–30	2	6	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0

2008 game log (10 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
8	2008-10-26	vs BUF	W 25–16	1	3	+0.7	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2008-11-02	@ DEN	W 26–17	1	1	+1.7	1	0	0	−0.5	1
10	2008-11-09	vs SEA	W 21–19	2	4	+2.1	2	2	17	+1.3	0
11	2008-11-16	vs LV	W 17–15	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.7	1
13	2008-11-30	@ LA	W 16–12	3	20	+1.7	1	1	6	+0.8	0
14	2008-12-07	@ BUF	W 16–3	3	7	+1.9	2	2	3	+0.4	0
15	2008-12-14	vs SF	W 14–9	2	4	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2008-12-21	@ KC	W 38–31	5	29	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2008-12-28	@ NYJ	W 24–17	6	17	−0.6	1	1	-2	−1.8	0
P18	2009-01-04	vs BAL	L 9–27	3	15	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0	0

2007 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
13	2007-12-02	vs NYG	L 16–21	1	0.0	0	0
15	2007-12-17	@ MIN	L 13–20	1	0.0	0	0

2006 game log (7 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2006-09-17	vs WAS	W 27–10	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−1.1
5	2006-10-08	@ PHI	L 24–38	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5
12	2006-11-23	vs TB	W 38–10	7	18	−2.0	0	0	0	0.0
14	2006-12-10	vs NO	L 17–42	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5
15	2006-12-16	@ ATL	W 38–28	0	0	0.0	2	2	21	+1.9
16	2006-12-25	vs PHI	L 7–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4
17	2006-12-31	vs DET	L 31–39	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5

2005 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	@ LAC	W 28–24	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
3	2005-09-25	@ SF	W 34–31	1	2	+0.4	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
5	2005-10-09	vs PHI	W 33–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	1	+3.5	0
7	2005-10-23	@ SEA	L 10–13	1	6	+0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2005-10-30	vs ARI	W 34–13	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	+0.0	0
10	2005-11-14	@ PHI	W 21–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−0.3	1
11	2005-11-20	vs DET	W 20–7	0	0	0.0	1	1	10	0	+1.5	0
12	2005-11-24	vs DEN	L 21–24 OT	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	−0.2	0
14	2005-12-11	vs KC	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	3	3	33	0	+2.8	0
15	2005-12-18	@ WAS	L 7–35	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
16	2005-12-24	@ CAR	W 24–20	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	−0.9	0
17	2006-01-01	vs LA	L 10–20	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0

2004 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
17	2005-01-02	@ NYG	L 24–28	1	1	4	0	+0.1	1	0.0	0	0