Marques Colston

WR · NO · 2006–2015

Born June 5, 1983 · College Hofstra · Drafted 2006, round 7, pick 252 (NO) · 6-4, 225 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	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2009	NO	16	1	6	6.00	+0.409	100.0	+0.4	+0.00
2010	NO	15	1	1	1.00	−0.462	0.0	−0.5	−0.00
Career	NO	144	2	7	3.50	−0.026	50.0	−0.1	+0.00

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2006	NO	13	115	70	1,038	8	60.9	+0.469	+0.302+0.150 to +0.454	24.8	9.9	+54.0	+1.17
2006 playoffs	NO	2	27	10	118	1	37.0	−0.353		33.3	10.8	−9.5	−0.21
2007	NO	16	143	98	1,202	11	68.5	+0.371	+0.294+0.149 to +0.440	22.4	8.4	+53.1	+1.07
2008	NO	11	88	47	760	5	53.4	+0.344	+0.233+0.074 to +0.392	20.1	11.3	+30.3	+0.33
2009	NO	16	106	70	1,074	9	66.0	+0.497	+0.300+0.146 to +0.455	19.7	10.6	+52.6	+0.79
2009 playoffs	NO	3	23	15	188	1	65.2	+0.508		23.0	11.4	+11.7	+0.15
2010	NO	15	132	84	1,023	7	63.6	+0.405	+0.302+0.154 to +0.450	21.7	10.2	+53.5	+1.21
2010 playoffs	NO	1	8	4	66	0	50.0	+0.500		14.0	12.0	+4.0	−0.00
2011	NO	14	109	82	1,164	8	75.2	+0.751	+0.409+0.255 to +0.562	18.8	11.4	+81.8	+1.68
2011 playoffs	NO	2	19	16	256	1	84.2	+0.890		18.1	13.3	+16.9	+0.38
2012	NO	16	130	83	1,154	10	63.8	+0.407	+0.309+0.161 to +0.458	19.8	10.8	+52.9	+1.10
2013	NO	15	110	75	943	5	68.2	+0.529	+0.330+0.177 to +0.484	18.5	10.7	+58.2	+1.33
2013 playoffs	NO	2	17	12	147	1	70.6	+0.428		23.9	9.5	+7.3	+0.03
2014	NO	15	99	59	902	5	59.6	+0.344	+0.260+0.104 to +0.416	16.3	11.2	+34.1	+0.96
2015	NO	13	67	45	520	4	67.2	+0.216	+0.189+0.024 to +0.354	12.3	8.5	+14.5	+0.52
Career	NO	144	1,099	713	9,780	72	64.9	+0.441		19.4	10.3	+484.9	+10.15

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2006	NO	13	1	–	–
2008	NO	11	1	–	–
2009	NO	16	1	0	0
2010	NO	15	1	0	0
2011	NO	14	2	0	0
2012	NO	16	1	0	0
2013	NO	15	2	0	0
2014	NO	15	2	0	0
2015	NO	13	1	0	0
Career	NO	144	12	0	0

Game logs

2015 game log (13 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ ARI	L 19–31	7	3	29	0	−3.5	0
2	2015-09-20	vs TB	L 19–26	5	4	69	0	+6.2	0
3	2015-09-27	@ CAR	L 22–27	6	4	47	0	+1.9	0
4	2015-10-04	vs DAL	W 26–20 OT	5	4	19	0	−2.4	0
5	2015-10-11	@ PHI	L 17–39	5	3	36	0	+1.0	0
7	2015-10-25	@ IND	W 27–21	3	1	20	0	−3.1	0
8	2015-11-01	vs NYG	W 52–49	9	8	114	1	+8.0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs TEN	L 28–34 OT	3	3	37	0	+4.6	0
10	2015-11-15	@ WAS	L 14–47	5	3	22	0	−5.3	0
12	2015-11-29	@ HOU	L 6–24	4	3	38	0	+0.3	1
13	2015-12-06	vs CAR	L 38–41	3	1	14	0	+0.7	0
14	2015-12-13	@ TB	W 24–17	8	6	36	2	+3.5	0
15	2015-12-21	vs DET	L 27–35	4	2	39	1	+2.3	0

2014 game log (15 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ ATL	L 34–37 OT	8	5	110	0	+2.1	0
3	2014-09-21	vs MIN	W 20–9	5	2	25	1	+1.0	0
4	2014-09-28	@ DAL	L 17–38	11	5	50	0	+2.7	0
5	2014-10-05	vs TB	W 37–31 OT	6	3	63	0	+2.2	0
7	2014-10-19	@ DET	L 23–24	10	6	111	0	+1.1	0
8	2014-10-26	vs GB	W 44–23	5	4	49	0	+1.7	0
9	2014-10-30	@ CAR	W 28–10	3	3	36	0	+3.2	0
10	2014-11-09	vs SF	L 24–27 OT	4	2	36	0	−1.2	0
11	2014-11-16	vs CIN	L 10–27	8	4	56	0	+1.6	0
12	2014-11-24	vs BAL	L 27–34	4	4	82	1	+8.4	0
13	2014-11-30	@ PIT	W 35–32	5	3	16	1	−0.1	0
14	2014-12-07	vs CAR	L 10–41	7	5	72	0	+1.1	0
15	2014-12-15	@ CHI	W 31–15	7	5	65	1	+4.8	0
16	2014-12-21	vs ATL	L 14–30	10	6	80	0	+3.7	1
17	2014-12-28	@ TB	W 23–20	6	2	51	1	+1.8	1

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	vs ATL	W 23–17	6	5	68	1	+3.4	1
2	2013-09-15	@ TB	W 16–14	7	4	63	0	+2.0	0
3	2013-09-22	vs ARI	W 31–7	8	5	71	0	+2.4	0
4	2013-09-30	vs MIA	W 38–17	8	7	96	0	+6.8	0
5	2013-10-06	@ CHI	W 26–18	2	2	15	0	+1.5	0
6	2013-10-13	@ NE	L 27–30	3	1	11	0	+0.3	0
8	2013-10-27	vs BUF	W 35–17	6	3	18	0	−2.4	0
10	2013-11-10	vs DAL	W 49–17	8	7	107	1	+7.9	0
11	2013-11-17	vs SF	W 23–20	7	5	80	0	+4.7	0
12	2013-11-21	@ ATL	W 17–13	6	4	40	0	+3.1	0
13	2013-12-02	@ SEA	L 7–34	7	4	27	0	−0.1	0
14	2013-12-08	vs CAR	W 31–13	13	9	125	2	+9.5	0
15	2013-12-15	@ LA	L 16–27	13	8	92	1	+9.8	1
16	2013-12-22	@ CAR	L 13–17	10	5	63	0	+3.7	0
17	2013-12-29	vs TB	W 42–17	6	6	67	0	+5.6	0
P18	2014-01-04	@ PHI	W 26–24	2	2	16	0	+0.7	0
P19	2014-01-11	@ SEA	L 15–23	15	10	131	1	+6.6	0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs WAS	L 32–40	11	4	71	0	−3.2	0
2	2012-09-16	@ CAR	L 27–35	4	3	49	0	+4.8	0
3	2012-09-23	vs KC	L 24–27 OT	4	3	40	0	+2.9	0
4	2012-09-30	@ GB	L 27–28	13	9	153	1	+12.5	0
5	2012-10-07	vs LAC	W 31–24	18	9	131	3	+9.9	0
7	2012-10-21	@ TB	W 35–28	10	7	73	1	−0.2	0
8	2012-10-28	@ DEN	L 14–34	10	5	63	0	+4.9	0
9	2012-11-05	vs PHI	W 28–13	4	4	46	1	+4.5	0
10	2012-11-11	vs ATL	W 31–27	6	3	26	1	−3.5	1
11	2012-11-18	@ LV	W 38–17	6	4	69	0	+3.2	0
12	2012-11-25	vs SF	L 21–31	5	4	36	1	−2.9	0
13	2012-11-29	@ ATL	L 13–23	11	6	71	0	−0.4	0
14	2012-12-09	@ NYG	L 27–52	4	4	61	0	+0.9	0
15	2012-12-16	vs TB	W 41–0	3	3	60	0	+4.9	0
16	2012-12-23	@ DAL	W 34–31 OT	13	10	153	0	+10.2	0
17	2012-12-30	vs CAR	L 38–44	8	5	52	2	+4.5	0

2011 game log (16 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-08	@ GB	L 34–42	9	6	81	0	−0.6	1
4	2011-10-02	@ JAX	W 23–10	3	1	8	0	+0.8	0
5	2011-10-09	@ CAR	W 30–27	6	5	69	0	+7.4	0
6	2011-10-16	@ TB	L 20–26	11	7	118	1	+2.9	1
7	2011-10-23	vs IND	W 62–7	7	7	98	2	+8.8	0
8	2011-10-30	@ LA	L 21–31	6	3	50	0	+2.5	0
9	2011-11-06	vs TB	W 27–16	5	5	52	0	+3.2	0
10	2011-11-13	@ ATL	W 26–23 OT	9	8	113	0	+12.5	0
12	2011-11-28	vs NYG	W 49–24	6	3	78	0	+2.2	0
13	2011-12-04	vs DET	W 31–17	10	8	75	0	+1.8	0
14	2011-12-11	@ TEN	W 22–17	7	7	105	2	+12.9	0
15	2011-12-18	@ MIN	W 42–20	9	8	91	0	+3.6	0
16	2011-12-26	vs ATL	W 45–16	11	7	81	1	+10.4	0
17	2012-01-01	vs CAR	W 45–17	10	7	145	2	+13.5	0
P18	2012-01-07	vs DET	W 45–28	7	7	120	0	+6.1	0
P19	2012-01-14	@ SF	L 32–36	12	9	136	1	+10.8	0

2010 game log (16 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-09	vs MIN	W 14–9	0	0	0.0	6	5	62	0	+2.7	0
2	2010-09-20	@ SF	W 25–22	0	0	0.0	8	5	67	0	+3.9	0
3	2010-09-26	vs ATL	L 24–27 OT	0	0	0.0	5	4	25	0	+1.6	0
4	2010-10-03	vs CAR	W 16–14	0	0	0.0	8	4	36	0	−0.6	0
5	2010-10-10	@ ARI	L 20–30	0	0	0.0	12	7	97	0	+5.9	0
6	2010-10-17	@ TB	W 31–6	0	0	0.0	7	5	53	0	+1.3	0
7	2010-10-24	vs CLE	L 17–30	0	0	0.0	15	10	112	1	+4.4	0
8	2010-10-31	vs PIT	W 20–10	1	1	−0.5	9	6	75	1	+4.1	0
9	2010-11-07	@ CAR	W 34–3	0	0	0.0	9	8	65	0	+4.1	1
11	2010-11-21	vs SEA	W 34–19	0	0	0.0	11	8	113	2	+11.1	0
12	2010-11-25	@ DAL	W 30–27	0	0	0.0	9	6	105	0	+7.2	0
13	2010-12-05	@ CIN	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	4	3	65	1	+4.8	0
14	2010-12-12	vs LA	W 31–13	0	0	0.0	13	5	46	2	+0.7	0
15	2010-12-19	@ BAL	L 24–30	0	0	0.0	11	6	81	0	+2.6	0
16	2010-12-27	@ ATL	W 17–14	0	0	0.0	5	2	21	0	−0.1	0
P18	2011-01-08	@ SEA	L 36–41	0	0	0.0	8	4	66	0	+4.0	0

2009 game log (19 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs DET	W 45–27	0	0	0.0	6	3	30	1	+1.2	0
2	2009-09-20	@ PHI	W 48–22	0	0	0.0	8	8	98	2	+9.5	0
3	2009-09-27	@ BUF	W 27–7	0	0	0.0	7	4	67	0	+6.1	0
4	2009-10-04	vs NYJ	W 24–10	0	0	0.0	6	2	33	0	+0.6	0
6	2009-10-18	vs NYG	W 48–27	0	0	0.0	8	8	166	1	+12.3	0
7	2009-10-25	@ MIA	W 46–34	0	0	0.0	12	5	72	1	−0.1	0
8	2009-11-02	vs ATL	W 35–27	0	0	0.0	6	6	85	1	+8.2	0
9	2009-11-08	vs CAR	W 30–20	0	0	0.0	6	1	45	0	−3.7	0
10	2009-11-15	@ LA	W 28–23	1	6	+0.4	2	2	17	0	−5.4	0
11	2009-11-22	@ TB	W 38–7	0	0	0.0	7	5	74	0	+4.0	0
12	2009-11-30	vs NE	W 38–17	0	0	0.0	5	4	121	1	+7.5	0
13	2009-12-06	@ WAS	W 33–30 OT	0	0	0.0	7	2	46	1	+2.2	0
14	2009-12-13	@ ATL	W 26–23	0	0	0.0	7	6	54	1	+6.1	0
15	2009-12-19	vs DAL	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	8	5	86	0	+4.9	0
16	2009-12-27	vs TB	L 17–20 OT	0	0	0.0	9	8	77	0	+0.3	1
17	2010-01-03	@ CAR	L 10–23	0	0	0.0	2	1	3	0	−1.0	0
P19	2010-01-16	vs ARI	W 45–14	0	0	0.0	9	6	83	1	+8.2	0
P20	2010-01-24	vs MIN	W 31–28 OT	0	0	0.0	5	2	22	0	−1.7	0
P21	2010-02-07	@ IND	W 31–17	0	0	0.0	9	7	83	0	+5.1	0

2008 game log (11 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs TB	W 24–20	6	3	26	0	−2.5	0
7	2008-10-19	@ CAR	L 7–30	4	0	0	0	−6.5	0
8	2008-10-26	vs LAC	W 37–32	3	2	56	0	+4.3	0
10	2008-11-09	@ ATL	L 20–34	11	7	140	0	+6.8	0
11	2008-11-16	@ KC	W 30–20	7	3	30	0	−0.5	0
12	2008-11-24	vs GB	W 51–29	1	1	70	1	+6.5	0
13	2008-11-30	@ TB	L 20–23	12	6	106	0	+2.4	1
14	2008-12-07	vs ATL	W 29–25	8	3	26	0	−1.8	0
15	2008-12-11	@ CHI	L 24–27 OT	12	6	84	1	+5.2	0
16	2008-12-21	@ DET	W 42–7	12	9	99	2	+10.2	0
17	2008-12-28	vs CAR	L 31–33	12	7	123	1	+6.1	0

2007 game log (16 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2007-09-06	@ IND	L 10–41	8	6	47	0	−1.9
2	2007-09-16	@ TB	L 14–31	10	8	70	1	+6.4
3	2007-09-24	vs TEN	L 14–31	8	4	68	0	−4.0
5	2007-10-07	vs CAR	L 13–16	7	4	31	0	−0.4
6	2007-10-14	@ SEA	W 28–17	3	1	2	1	+1.6
7	2007-10-21	vs ATL	W 22–16	7	3	45	0	−0.4
8	2007-10-28	@ SF	W 31–10	12	8	85	3	+4.4
9	2007-11-04	vs JAX	W 41–24	13	10	159	0	+7.9
10	2007-11-11	vs LA	L 29–37	12	8	129	0	+6.8
11	2007-11-18	@ HOU	L 10–23	14	9	118	0	+5.7
12	2007-11-25	@ CAR	W 31–6	8	7	93	1	+9.7
13	2007-12-02	vs TB	L 23–27	2	2	39	0	+0.7
14	2007-12-10	@ ATL	W 34–14	13	9	92	2	+5.4
15	2007-12-16	vs ARI	W 31–24	8	8	114	1	+9.3
16	2007-12-23	vs PHI	L 23–38	3	3	16	0	+0.1
17	2007-12-30	@ CHI	L 25–33	15	8	94	2	+1.9

2006 game log (15 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	@ CLE	W 19–14	8	4	49	1	+2.8	0
2	2006-09-17	@ GB	W 34–27	9	4	58	1	+2.5	0
3	2006-09-25	vs ATL	W 23–3	10	7	97	0	+4.1	0
4	2006-10-01	@ CAR	L 18–21	6	5	132	1	+9.8	0
5	2006-10-08	vs TB	W 24–21	6	3	38	0	−0.6	0
6	2006-10-15	vs PHI	W 27–24	6	4	40	1	+2.1	0
8	2006-10-29	vs BAL	L 22–35	14	6	163	2	+2.5	0
9	2006-11-05	@ TB	W 31–14	14	11	123	1	+8.9	0
10	2006-11-12	@ PIT	L 31–38	13	10	169	0	+14.1	1
14	2006-12-10	@ DAL	W 42–17	7	5	48	0	+1.3	0
15	2006-12-17	vs WAS	L 10–16	12	7	84	0	+4.4	0
16	2006-12-24	@ NYG	W 30–7	9	4	37	1	+2.5	0
17	2006-12-31	vs CAR	L 21–31	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
P19	2007-01-13	vs PHI	W 27–24	13	5	55	0	−2.1	0
P20	2007-01-21	@ CHI	L 14–39	14	5	63	1	−7.4	0