Luke Willson

TE · SEA/DET/BAL · 2013–2020

Born January 15, 1990 · College Rice · Drafted 2013, round 5, pick 158 (SEA) · 6-5, 255 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	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2019	SEA	6	0	0	–	−1.016	−1.0	−0.02
2019 playoffs	SEA	1	1	1	1.00	−0.434	−0.4	−0.01
Career	BAL	78	0	0	–	−1.016	−1.0	−0.02

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2013	SEA	12	28	20	272	1	71.4	+0.542	+0.202+0.027 to +0.378	9.0	6.1	+15.2	+0.20
2013 playoffs	SEA	1	4	2	17	0	50.0	+0.144		15.4	1.8	+0.6	−0.02
2014	SEA	12	40	22	362	3	55.0	+0.304	+0.170+0.000 to +0.340	12.3	9.7	+12.2	+0.31
2014 playoffs	SEA	2	9	6	79	1	66.7	+0.523		17.6	3.4	+4.7	+0.04
2015	SEA	13	26	17	213	1	65.4	+0.299	+0.126−0.051 to +0.302	6.7	8.1	+7.8	+0.15
2015 playoffs	SEA	1	7	4	54	0	57.1	−0.378		15.2	7.1	−2.6	+0.00
2016	SEA	10	21	15	129	2	71.4	+0.187	+0.135−0.044 to +0.314	6.2	7.0	+3.9	+0.13
2016 playoffs	SEA	2	2	1	4	0	50.0	−2.600		3.4	3.0	−5.2	+0.00
2017	SEA	13	22	15	153	4	68.2	−0.198	+0.029−0.150 to +0.208	5.0	7.0	−4.4	−0.25
2018	DET	10	19	13	87	0	68.4	−0.415	+0.077−0.103 to +0.258	5.2	3.7	−7.9	−0.09
2019	SEA	6	10	8	79	0	80.0	+0.393	+0.157−0.029 to +0.342	5.5	7.2	+3.9	+0.13
2019 playoffs	SEA	1	1	1	8	0	100.0	+0.620		3.6	-1.0	+0.6	−0.00
2020	BAL	2	3	1	12	0	33.3	−1.564	+0.095−0.095 to +0.285	8.6	4.3	−4.7	−0.09
Career	BAL	78	169	111	1,307	11	65.7	+0.154		7.1	7.3	+26.0	+0.49

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	SEA	12	4
2015	SEA	13	3
2015 playoffs	SEA	1	1
2016	SEA	10	2
2017	SEA	13	3
2018	DET	10	1
Career	BAL	78	13

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	SEA	11	341	46.1	–	–
2016 playoffs	SEA	2	67	54.0	–	–
2017	SEA	16	364	34.8	–	–
2018	DET	14	417	45.6	–	–
2019	SEA	8	237	43.8	–	–
2019 playoffs	SEA	2	47	40.5	–	–
2020	SEA/BAL	4	77	33.2	–	–

Game logs

2020 game log (2 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
12	2020-12-02	@ PIT	L 14–19	2	0	0	0	−4.8
13	2020-12-08	vs DAL	W 34–17	1	1	12	0	+0.1

2019 game log (7 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
4	2019-09-29	@ ARI	W 27–10	0	0	0.0	2	2	26	+1.4
5	2019-10-03	vs LA	W 30–29	0	0	0.0	1	1	10	+0.9
6	2019-10-13	@ CLE	W 32–28	0	0	0.0	3	2	16	+0.3
7	2019-10-20	vs BAL	L 16–30	0	0	−1.0	1	0	0	−0.5
8	2019-10-27	@ ATL	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	+0.4
9	2019-11-03	vs TB	W 40–34 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	20	+1.5
P19	2020-01-12	@ GB	L 23–28	1	1	−0.4	1	1	8	+0.6

2018 game log (10 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-10	vs NYJ	L 17–48	1	0	0	−6.0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ SF	L 27–30	1	1	13	+0.8	0
3	2018-09-23	vs NE	W 26–10	3	2	10	−3.2	1
4	2018-09-30	@ DAL	L 24–26	2	1	6	−1.6	0
7	2018-10-21	@ MIA	W 32–21	2	2	8	+0.7	0
8	2018-10-28	vs SEA	L 14–28	4	3	21	−0.1	0
9	2018-11-04	@ MIN	L 9–24	2	2	17	+1.2	0
11	2018-11-18	vs CAR	W 20–19	1	0	0	−0.3	0
12	2018-11-22	vs CHI	L 16–23	1	1	4	+0.4	0
13	2018-12-02	vs LA	L 16–30	2	1	8	+0.2	0

2017 game log (13 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ GB	L 9–17	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
2	2017-09-17	vs SF	W 12–9	3	3	25	0	+0.4	0
3	2017-09-24	@ TEN	L 27–33	4	3	53	1	+3.4	1
4	2017-10-01	vs IND	W 46–18	1	1	6	1	+1.9	0
5	2017-10-08	@ LA	W 16–10	1	0	0	0	−9.5	0
7	2017-10-22	@ NYG	W 24–7	1	1	13	0	+1.1	0
8	2017-10-29	vs HOU	W 41–38	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
9	2017-11-05	vs WAS	L 14–17	2	1	10	1	+0.3	0
11	2017-11-20	vs ATL	L 31–34	2	2	-1	0	−2.5	0
14	2017-12-10	@ JAX	L 24–30	1	1	12	0	+1.7	0
15	2017-12-17	vs LA	L 7–42	2	1	26	1	+2.2	1
16	2017-12-24	@ DAL	W 21–12	2	2	9	0	+0.1	1
17	2017-12-31	vs ARI	L 24–26	1	0	0	0	−2.1	0

2016 game log (12 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs MIA	W 12–10	4	2	26	0	−1.5	1
2	2016-09-18	@ LA	L 3–9	1	1	6	0	−0.4	0
3	2016-09-25	vs SF	W 37–18	3	2	9	0	−0.1	0
4	2016-10-02	@ NYJ	W 27–17	3	0	0	0	−2.2	0
6	2016-10-16	vs ATL	W 26–24	1	1	9	0	+0.6	0
11	2016-11-20	vs PHI	W 26–15	1	1	12	0	−0.4	0
12	2016-11-27	@ TB	L 5–14	1	1	11	0	+0.8	0
14	2016-12-11	@ GB	L 10–38	1	1	11	0	+0.6	0
15	2016-12-15	vs LA	W 24–3	3	3	19	1	+2.2	1
17	2017-01-01	@ SF	W 25–23	3	3	26	1	+4.3	0
P18	2017-01-07	vs DET	W 26–6	1	1	4	0	+0.3	0
P19	2017-01-14	@ ATL	L 20–36	1	0	0	0	−5.5	0

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ LA	L 31–34 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
2	2015-09-20	@ GB	L 17–27	4	2	36	0	+0.1	0
4	2015-10-05	vs DET	W 13–10	3	2	15	0	−0.6	0
5	2015-10-11	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	3	2	17	0	−0.5	0
6	2015-10-18	vs CAR	L 23–27	1	1	16	0	+1.7	2
8	2015-11-01	@ DAL	W 13–12	2	2	41	1	+4.2	1
10	2015-11-15	vs ARI	L 32–39	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
11	2015-11-22	vs SF	W 29–13	2	2	15	0	+1.8	0
12	2015-11-29	vs PIT	W 39–30	1	1	12	0	+1.0	0
13	2015-12-06	@ MIN	W 38–7	3	2	36	0	+2.5	0
14	2015-12-13	@ BAL	W 35–6	2	1	8	0	+0.1	0
15	2015-12-20	vs CLE	W 30–13	2	2	17	0	−0.3	0
16	2015-12-27	vs LA	L 17–23	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
P19	2016-01-17	@ CAR	L 24–31	7	4	54	0	−2.6	1

2014 game log (14 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-04	vs GB	W 36–16	1	1	1	0	−0.5	0
5	2014-10-06	@ WAS	W 27–17	4	3	28	0	+0.6	0
6	2014-10-12	vs DAL	L 23–30	6	2	11	0	−2.2	1
8	2014-10-26	@ CAR	W 13–9	4	1	23	1	+1.8	1
9	2014-11-02	vs LV	W 30–24	5	1	16	0	−0.2	0
11	2014-11-16	@ KC	L 20–24	3	3	51	0	+4.9	0
12	2014-11-23	vs ARI	W 19–3	1	1	21	0	+1.8	0
13	2014-11-27	@ SF	W 19–3	6	4	39	0	+0.3	0
14	2014-12-07	@ PHI	W 24–14	2	1	1	0	−1.3	1
15	2014-12-14	vs SF	W 17–7	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
16	2014-12-21	@ ARI	W 35–6	3	3	139	2	+12.5	0
17	2014-12-28	vs LA	W 20–6	4	2	32	0	−4.0	1
P19	2015-01-10	vs CAR	W 31–17	4	4	68	1	+7.5	0
P20	2015-01-18	vs GB	W 28–22 OT	5	2	11	0	−2.8	0

2013 game log (13 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2013-09-15	vs SF	W 29–3	1	0	0	0	−0.8
3	2013-09-22	vs JAX	W 45–17	5	5	76	0	+5.4
5	2013-10-06	@ IND	L 28–34	4	2	28	0	+1.5
6	2013-10-13	vs TEN	W 20–13	3	2	17	0	+0.2
7	2013-10-17	@ ARI	W 34–22	2	1	23	0	+1.2
10	2013-11-10	@ ATL	W 33–10	2	1	19	0	+1.1
11	2013-11-17	vs MIN	W 41–20	1	1	7	0	+0.2
13	2013-12-02	vs NO	W 34–7	1	1	2	0	−0.4
14	2013-12-08	@ SF	L 17–19	4	3	70	1	+6.2
15	2013-12-15	@ NYG	W 23–0	2	2	23	0	+2.2
16	2013-12-22	vs ARI	L 10–17	1	1	3	0	−0.2
17	2013-12-29	vs LA	W 27–9	2	1	4	0	−1.4
P21	2014-02-02	@ DEN	W 43–8	4	2	17	0	+0.6