Matthew Mulligan

TE · NYJ/LA/NE/BUF/DET · 2009–2016

Born January 18, 1985 · College Maine; Husson College · Undrafted · 6-4, 267 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2009	NYJ	1	1	1	2	0	100.0	−0.436	+0.061−0.131 to +0.252	4.3	0.0	−0.4	−0.00
2010	NYJ	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.738	+0.070−0.121 to +0.261	3.4	8.0	−0.7	−0.02
2010 playoffs	NYJ	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.500		3.2	0.0	−0.5	−0.01
2011	NYJ	6	9	5	58	0	55.6	−0.292	+0.074−0.113 to +0.260	4.7	3.6	−2.6	−0.02
2012	LA	9	12	8	84	1	66.7	+0.433	+0.090−0.094 to +0.275	3.9	4.5	+5.2	+0.13
2013	NE	3	3	2	16	1	66.7	+0.195	+0.126−0.064 to +0.316	2.5	4.7	+0.6	+0.02
2013 playoffs	NE	1	1	1	6	0	100.0	+0.317		2.6	1.0	+0.3	+0.01
2015	BUF	1	1	1	2	0	100.0	−0.289	+0.088−0.103 to +0.279	3.3	-1.0	−0.3	−0.01
2016	DET	1	1	1	8	0	100.0	+0.495	+0.130−0.062 to +0.321	2.2	1.0	+0.5	+0.01
2016 playoffs	DET	1	1	1	-2	0	100.0	−3.296		3.1	-5.0	−3.3	−0.06
Career	DET	22	28	18	170	2	64.3	+0.078		3.8	3.9	+2.2	+0.11

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	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2012	LA	9	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

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	DET	8	166	32.0	–	–
2016 playoffs	DET	1	10	19.2	–	–

Game logs

2016 game log (2 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
16	2016-12-26	@ DAL	L 21–42	1	1	8	0	+0.5
P18	2017-01-07	@ SEA	L 6–26	1	1	-2	0	−3.3

2015 game log (1 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2015-09-20	vs NE	L 32–40	1	1	2	0	−0.3

2013 game log (4 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
4	2013-09-29	@ ATL	W 30–23	1	1	1	1	+1.4
11	2013-11-18	@ CAR	L 20–24	1	0	0	0	−1.8
14	2013-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–26	1	1	15	0	+0.9
P20	2014-01-19	@ DEN	L 16–26	1	1	6	0	+0.3

2012 game log (9 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2012-09-16	vs WAS	W 31–28	2	2	14	1	+1.2	0
3	2012-09-23	@ CHI	L 6–23	1	1	12	0	+1.4	0
6	2012-10-14	@ MIA	L 14–17	2	2	15	0	+1.1	0
8	2012-10-28	vs NE	L 7–45	2	1	18	0	+0.5	0
11	2012-11-18	vs NYJ	L 13–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2012-11-25	@ ARI	W 31–17	1	1	15	0	+1.6	0
14	2012-12-09	@ BUF	W 15–12	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
16	2012-12-23	@ TB	W 28–13	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
17	2012-12-30	@ SEA	L 13–20	2	1	10	0	+0.6	0

2011 game log (6 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2011-09-18	vs JAX	W 32–3	3	2	8	−1.7
3	2011-09-25	@ LV	L 24–34	1	0	0	−1.8
5	2011-10-09	@ NE	L 21–30	1	1	4	−0.0
7	2011-10-23	vs LAC	W 27–21	1	0	0	−0.4
13	2011-12-04	@ WAS	W 34–19	2	1	5	−1.6
17	2012-01-01	@ MIA	L 17–19	1	1	41	+2.9

2010 game log (2 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
15	2010-12-19	@ PIT	W 22–17	1	0	0	0	−0.7
P18	2011-01-08	@ IND	W 17–16	1	0	0	0	−0.5

2009 game log (1 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
14	2009-12-13	@ TB	W 26–3	1	1	2	0	−0.4