Marcellus Rivers

TE · NYG/HOU · 2001–2005

Born October 26, 1978 · College Oklahoma State · Undrafted · 6-4, 250 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)
2001	NYG	6	5	3	11	2	60.0	−0.013	+0.020−0.168 to +0.209	2.2	–	−0.1	−0.04
2002	NYG	12	2	2	25	1	100.0	+1.709	+0.046−0.144 to +0.237	0.5	–	+3.4	+0.14
2003	NYG	8	22	17	155	0	77.3	+0.389	+0.077−0.102 to +0.256	6.8	–	+8.6	+0.21
2004	NYG	11	12	5	36	1	41.7	−0.148	+0.054−0.130 to +0.239	3.6	–	−1.8	+0.02
2005	HOU	14	35	24	168	0	68.6	−0.073	+0.059−0.113 to +0.231	8.9	–	−2.6	−0.07
Career	HOU	51	76	51	395	4	67.1	+0.100		4.5	–	+7.6	+0.26

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
2001	NYG	6	1	–	–	–
2002	NYG	12	25	–	–	–
2002 playoffs	NYG	1	1	–	–	–
2003	NYG	8	7	–	–	–
2004	NYG	11	12	–	–	–
2005	HOU	14	6	–	–	–
Career	HOU	51	51	0	0	0

2005 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2005-10-02	@ CIN	L 10–16	2	0	0	−0.9	0
5	2005-10-09	vs TEN	L 20–34	2	1	7	+0.0	0
6	2005-10-16	@ SEA	L 10–42	1	1	6	+0.5	0
7	2005-10-23	vs IND	L 20–38	1	1	16	+2.6	0
8	2005-10-30	vs CLE	W 19–16	1	0	0	−2.6	0
9	2005-11-06	@ JAX	L 14–21	1	0	0	−0.6	0
10	2005-11-13	@ IND	L 17–31	2	2	6	−0.4	0
11	2005-11-20	vs KC	L 17–45	2	1	10	−0.4	0
12	2005-11-27	vs LA	L 27–33 OT	1	1	13	+0.7	2
13	2005-12-04	@ BAL	L 15–16	3	1	10	+0.2	0
14	2005-12-11	@ TEN	L 10–13	3	3	18	−0.6	0
15	2005-12-18	vs ARI	W 30–19	5	4	20	−2.2	2
16	2005-12-24	vs JAX	L 20–38	4	4	28	+1.7	1
17	2006-01-01	@ SF	L 17–20 OT	7	5	34	−0.5	1

2004 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	@ PHI	L 17–31	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
2	2004-09-19	vs WAS	W 20–14	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2004-09-26	vs CLE	W 27–10	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2004-10-24	vs DET	L 13–28	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2004-11-07	vs CHI	L 21–28	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
11	2004-11-21	vs ATL	L 10–14	2	1	11	0	−0.1	0
13	2004-12-05	@ WAS	L 7–31	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2004-12-12	@ BAL	L 14–37	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
15	2004-12-18	vs PIT	L 30–33	1	1	1	1	+0.9	2
16	2004-12-26	@ CIN	L 22–23	2	0	0	0	−1.4	4
17	2005-01-02	vs DAL	W 28–24	5	3	24	0	+0.1	0

2003 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2003-09-21	@ WAS	W 24–21 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2003-10-12	@ NE	L 6–17	4	4	49	+3.7	1
7	2003-10-19	vs PHI	L 10–14	5	4	31	+2.9	1
9	2003-11-02	@ NYJ	W 31–28 OT	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	2003-11-09	vs ATL	L 7–27	4	2	11	−0.8	2
11	2003-11-16	@ PHI	L 10–28	4	3	16	+0.2	0
12	2003-11-24	@ TB	L 13–19	3	2	26	+1.1	0
13	2003-11-30	vs BUF	L 7–24	2	2	22	+1.5	0

2002 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-05	vs SF	L 13–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
4	2002-09-29	@ ARI	L 7–21	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
5	2002-10-06	@ DAL	W 21–17	1	1	17	1	+3.0	0
6	2002-10-13	vs ATL	L 10–17	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
8	2002-10-28	@ PHI	L 3–17	1	1	8	0	+0.4	2
9	2002-11-03	vs JAX	W 24–17	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2002-11-10	@ MIN	W 27–20	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
11	2002-11-17	vs WAS	W 19–17	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
12	2002-11-24	@ HOU	L 14–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
14	2002-12-08	@ WAS	W 27–21	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
15	2002-12-15	vs DAL	W 37–7	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
17	2002-12-28	vs PHI	W 10–7 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P18	2003-01-05	@ SF	L 38–39	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2001 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-10	@ DEN	L 20–31	1	1	1	1	+2.5	0
3	2001-09-30	vs NO	W 21–13	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
7	2001-10-28	@ WAS	L 21–35	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2001-12-09	@ DAL	L 13–20	1	1	2	1	+1.1	0
16	2001-12-30	@ PHI	L 21–24	1	1	8	0	+0.7	0
17	2002-01-06	vs GB	L 25–34	1	0	0	0	−3.9	0