Markus Wheaton

WR · PIT/CHI · 2013–2017

Born February 7, 1991 · College Oregon State · Drafted 2013, round 3, pick 79 (PIT) · 5-11, 185 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2014	PIT	16	4	19	0	4.75	−0.211		50.0	−0.8	−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	PIT	8	13	6	64	0	46.2	−0.484	−0.054−0.240 to +0.132	4.3	12.2	−6.3	−0.20
2014	PIT	16	86	53	654	2	61.6	+0.127	+0.178+0.019 to +0.338	14.3	12.6	+11.0	+0.56
2014 playoffs	PIT	1	6	5	66	0	83.3	+0.784		12.5	9.7	+4.7	+0.07
2015	PIT	16	79	44	749	5	55.7	+0.246	+0.212+0.051 to +0.374	13.5	14.3	+19.5	+0.70
2015 playoffs	PIT	2	13	7	53	0	53.8	−1.049		18.1	14.5	−13.6	−0.42
2016	PIT	3	9	4	51	1	44.4	+0.209	−0.029−0.217 to +0.159	7.6	12.7	+1.9	−0.05
2017	CHI	7	17	3	51	0	17.6	−0.367	−0.038−0.223 to +0.146	7.6	14.4	−6.2	−0.24
Career	CHI	50	204	110	1,569	8	53.9	+0.097		11.1	13.4	+19.8	+0.76

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
2013	PIT	8	7
2014	PIT	16	2
2014 playoffs	PIT	1	1
2015	PIT	16	1
2015 playoffs	PIT	2	1
Career	CHI	50	10

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	PIT	3	93	48.7	–	–
2017	CHI	11	186	27.8	–	–
2018	PHI	1	2	2.9	–	–

Game logs

2017 game log (7 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2017-09-24	vs PIT	W 23–17 OT	2	0	0	−1.8
4	2017-09-28	@ GB	L 14–35	3	0	0	−4.1
5	2017-10-09	vs MIN	L 17–20	4	1	9	−2.5
11	2017-11-19	vs DET	L 24–27	2	0	0	−1.8
12	2017-11-26	@ PHI	L 3–31	1	0	0	−0.3
15	2017-12-16	@ DET	L 10–20	4	2	42	+5.1
17	2017-12-31	@ MIN	L 10–23	1	0	0	−0.7

2016 game log (3 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2016-09-25	@ PHI	L 3–34	5	1	2	0	−2.5
4	2016-10-02	vs KC	W 43–14	1	1	30	1	+3.7
5	2016-10-09	vs NYJ	W 31–13	3	2	19	0	+0.7

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-10	@ NE	L 21–28	7	3	55	0	−1.1	0
2	2015-09-20	vs SF	W 43–18	4	2	67	0	+3.8	0
3	2015-09-27	@ LA	W 12–6	3	2	16	0	−1.6	0
4	2015-10-01	vs BAL	L 20–23 OT	1	1	18	0	+1.0	0
5	2015-10-12	@ LAC	W 24–20	3	1	72	1	+3.1	0
6	2015-10-18	vs ARI	W 25–13	2	1	8	0	−0.3	0
7	2015-10-25	@ KC	L 13–23	4	2	16	0	−1.4	0
8	2015-11-01	vs CIN	L 10–16	2	1	5	0	−0.4	0
9	2015-11-08	vs LV	W 38–35	4	1	-2	0	−2.7	0
10	2015-11-15	vs CLE	W 30–9	2	2	18	0	+0.9	0
12	2015-11-29	@ SEA	L 30–39	13	9	201	1	+10.5	0
13	2015-12-06	vs IND	W 45–10	6	3	50	1	+4.7	0
14	2015-12-13	@ CIN	W 33–20	7	4	65	0	+0.5	0
15	2015-12-20	vs DEN	W 34–27	11	6	62	1	−1.3	1
16	2015-12-27	@ BAL	L 17–20	5	3	41	0	−0.1	0
17	2016-01-03	@ CLE	W 28–12	5	3	57	1	+3.7	0
P18	2016-01-09	@ CIN	W 18–16	5	2	23	0	−8.3	1
P19	2016-01-17	@ DEN	L 16–23	8	5	30	0	−5.4	0

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	vs CLE	W 30–27	0	0	0.0	7	6	97	0	+5.4	0
2	2014-09-11	@ BAL	L 6–26	2	22	+0.8	8	5	38	0	+0.8	0
3	2014-09-21	@ CAR	W 37–19	0	0	0.0	5	4	35	0	+1.5	0
4	2014-09-28	vs TB	L 24–27	1	-7	−1.5	6	4	67	0	+4.3	0
5	2014-10-05	@ JAX	W 17–9	0	0	0.0	2	1	17	0	−0.5	0
6	2014-10-12	@ CLE	L 10–31	0	0	0.0	11	4	33	0	−6.2	1
7	2014-10-20	vs HOU	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−2.9	0
8	2014-10-26	vs IND	W 51–34	0	0	0.0	5	5	56	1	+4.8	0
9	2014-11-02	vs BAL	W 43–23	1	4	−0.1	4	2	62	1	+3.8	0
10	2014-11-09	@ NYJ	L 13–20	0	0	0.0	7	4	41	0	−3.1	1
11	2014-11-17	@ TEN	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	5	1	6	0	−0.5	0
13	2014-11-30	vs NO	L 32–35	0	0	0.0	9	5	61	0	−5.0	0
14	2014-12-07	@ CIN	W 42–21	0	0	0.0	3	2	31	0	+2.8	0
15	2014-12-14	@ ATL	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	5	5	66	0	+5.0	0
16	2014-12-21	vs KC	W 20–12	0	0	0.0	3	2	27	0	+1.4	0
17	2014-12-28	vs CIN	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	4	3	17	0	−0.7	0
P18	2015-01-03	vs BAL	L 17–30	0	0	0.0	6	5	66	0	+4.7	1

2013 game log (8 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2013-09-22	vs CHI	L 23–40	1	0	0	−0.6	0
4	2013-09-29	@ MIN	L 27–34	5	3	26	+1.6	1
10	2013-11-10	vs BUF	W 23–10	1	0	0	−6.6	1
11	2013-11-17	vs DET	W 37–27	5	3	38	−0.1	0
12	2013-11-24	@ CLE	W 27–11	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2013-11-28	@ BAL	L 20–22	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2013-12-08	vs MIA	L 28–34	1	0	0	−0.5	1
15	2013-12-15	vs CIN	W 30–20	0	0	0	0.0	2