Mecole Hardman

WR · KC/BUF · 2019–2025

Born March 12, 1998 · College Georgia · Drafted 2019, round 2, pick 56 (KC) · 5-10, 187 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2019) · Pro Bowl (2019)

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	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2019	KC	15	4	17	0	4.25	−0.030	75.0	−0.1	+0.00
2019 playoffs	KC	3	1	-6	0	-6.00	−1.148	0.0	−1.1	−0.06
2020	KC	16	4	31	0	7.75	+0.178	50.0	+0.7	−0.01
2020 playoffs	KC	3	2	54	0	27.00	+1.500	50.0	+3.0	+0.10
2021	KC	17	8	46	0	5.75	−0.194	50.0	−1.6	+0.00
2021 playoffs	KC	3	6	55	1	9.17	−0.669	83.3	−4.0	−0.02
2022	KC	8	4	31	2	7.75	+0.173	60.0	+0.9	+0.08
2022 playoffs	KC	1	2	7	0	3.50	+0.473	100.0	+0.9	+0.02
2023	KC	7	1	3	0	3.00	−0.356	0.0	−0.4	−0.00
2023 playoffs	KC	3	2	-5	0	-2.50	−1.891	0.0	−3.8	−0.07
2024	KC	7	5	62	1	12.40	+1.133	100.0	+5.7	+0.08
Career	BUF	71	26	190	3	7.31	+0.193	63.0	+5.2	+0.15

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	KC	15	41	26	538	6	63.4	+0.901	+0.305+0.131 to +0.479	7.8	11.0	+36.9	+0.87
2019 playoffs	KC	3	6	4	29	0	66.7	−0.012		5.7	5.2	−0.1	−0.01
2020	KC	16	62	41	560	4	66.1	+0.493	+0.324+0.157 to +0.491	10.1	10.6	+30.6	+0.50
2020 playoffs	KC	3	13	8	66	1	61.5	−0.034		10.7	3.3	−0.4	+0.00
2021	KC	17	83	59	693	2	71.1	+0.217	+0.229+0.068 to +0.389	13.0	7.4	+18.0	+0.39
2021 playoffs	KC	3	9	8	121	1	88.9	+0.839		7.7	5.1	+7.6	+0.09
2022	KC	8	34	25	297	4	73.5	+0.547	+0.180+0.003 to +0.357	10.9	8.1	+18.6	+0.15
2022 playoffs	KC	1	3	2	10	0	66.7	−0.053		7.3	5.0	−0.2	+0.00
2023	KC	7	24	15	124	0	62.5	+0.030	+0.070−0.111 to +0.251	10.4	5.7	+0.7	+0.02
2023 playoffs	KC	3	7	5	62	1	71.4	−0.666		7.2	15.3	−4.7	−0.03
2024	KC	7	14	12	90	0	85.7	+0.308	+0.066−0.119 to +0.252	5.8	-1.0	+4.3	+0.09
2025	BUF	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.508	+0.003−0.188 to +0.195	3.3	46.0	−0.5	−0.01
2025 playoffs	BUF	1	2	1	4	1	50.0	+0.413		5.1	11.5	+0.8	−0.03
Career	BUF	71	259	178	2,302	16	68.7	+0.419		10.0	8.4	+108.6	+2.02

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
2019 playoffs	KC	3	1
2020	KC	16	1
2021	KC	17	2
2023	KC	7	1
Career	BUF	71	4

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2019	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

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
2019	KC	16	471	45.6	–	–
2019 playoffs	KC	3	58	29.4	2	1.4
2020	KC	16	498	46.0	1	1.2
2020 playoffs	KC	3	91	46.0	–	–
2021	KC	17	620	52.9	2	1.6
2021 playoffs	KC	3	100	47.6	–	–
2022	KC	8	300	53.3	–	–
2022 playoffs	KC	1	15	21.7	–	–
2023	NYJ/KC	10	150	25.0	–	–
2023 playoffs	KC	4	66	23.5	–	–
2024	KC	11	113	14.8	–	–
2025	BUF	1	4	7.3	–	–
2025 playoffs	BUF	1	18	23.1	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	34	79.4	2	7.4	1	100.0
2023	24	75.0	3	16.7	2	0.0
2024	14	85.7	0	0.0	0	–
2025	1	0.0	0	–	0	–

Game logs

2025 game log (2 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
11	2025-11-16	vs TB	W 44–32	1	0	0	0	−0.5
P20	2026-01-17	@ DEN	L 30–33 OT	2	1	4	1	+0.8

2024 game log (7 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
5	2024-10-07	vs NO	W 26–13	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	33	+2.4
7	2024-10-20	@ SF	W 28–18	2	38	1	+3.9	2	1	17	+1.2
8	2024-10-27	@ LV	W 27–20	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	−0.4
9	2024-11-04	vs TB	W 30–24 OT	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	17	+1.6
10	2024-11-10	vs DEN	W 16–14	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.3
11	2024-11-17	@ BUF	L 21–30	1	9	0	+0.8	3	2	12	−0.2
12	2024-11-24	@ CAR	W 30–27	2	15	0	+0.9	0	0	0	0.0

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2023-09-17	@ DAL	L 10–30	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	vs PHI	W 20–14	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−1.2	0
7	2023-10-22	vs LAC	W 31–17	0	0	0.0	3	1	6	0	−0.9	1
8	2023-10-29	@ DEN	L 9–24	1	3	−0.4	2	2	13	0	+0.3	0
9	2023-11-05	vs MIA	W 21–14	0	0	0.0	3	3	10	0	+0.0	0
11	2023-11-20	vs PHI	L 17–21	0	0	0.0	2	2	12	0	+0.1	0
18	2024-01-07	@ LAC	W 13–12	0	0	0.0	11	6	77	0	+2.4	0
P19	2024-01-13	vs MIA	W 26–7	1	-4	−2.7	3	1	3	0	−3.7	0
P20	2024-01-21	@ BUF	W 27–24	1	-1	−1.1	1	1	2	0	−6.7	0
P22	2024-02-11	vs SF	W 25–22 OT	0	0	0.0	3	3	57	1	+5.7	0

2022 game log (9 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	@ ARI	W 44–21	0	0	0	0.0	6	3	16	1	+1.3
2	2022-09-15	vs LAC	W 27–24	1	-4	0	−2.4	4	3	49	0	+3.3
3	2022-09-25	@ IND	L 17–20	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	0	−0.5
4	2022-10-02	@ TB	W 41–31	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.1
5	2022-10-10	vs LV	W 30–29	1	7	0	+0.5	5	4	73	0	+5.8
6	2022-10-16	vs BUF	L 20–24	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	42	1	+4.5
7	2022-10-23	@ SF	W 44–23	2	28	2	+4.0	4	4	32	1	+3.0
9	2022-11-06	vs TEN	W 20–17 OT	0	0	0	−1.1	9	6	79	1	+1.3
P21	2023-01-29	vs CIN	W 23–20	2	7	0	+0.9	3	2	10	0	−0.2

2021 game log (20 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs CLE	W 33–29	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	19	0	+1.3	0
2	2021-09-19	@ BAL	L 35–36	0	0	0	0.0	8	5	55	0	+1.7	0
3	2021-09-26	vs LAC	L 24–30	1	2	0	+1.1	4	3	33	1	+3.8	1
4	2021-10-03	@ PHI	W 42–30	2	25	0	+0.9	3	2	16	0	+1.6	0
5	2021-10-10	vs BUF	L 20–38	0	0	0	0.0	12	9	76	0	−3.7	0
6	2021-10-17	@ WAS	W 31–13	1	6	0	−3.4	5	4	62	0	+2.7	0
7	2021-10-24	@ TEN	L 3–27	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	28	0	−3.8	1
8	2021-11-01	vs NYG	W 20–17	0	0	0	0.0	7	5	63	0	+2.8	0
9	2021-11-07	vs GB	W 13–7	0	0	0	0.0	6	3	20	0	−2.4	0
10	2021-11-14	@ LV	W 41–14	1	3	0	+0.1	3	2	27	0	+0.0	0
11	2021-11-21	vs DAL	W 19–9	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	25	0	+2.0	0
13	2021-12-05	vs DEN	W 22–9	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	0	+0.7	0
14	2021-12-12	vs LV	W 48–9	1	0	0	−0.4	2	2	59	0	+5.3	0
15	2021-12-16	@ LAC	W 34–28 OT	1	0	0	−0.5	4	2	11	0	−5.0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs PIT	W 36–10	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	31	1	+2.5	0
17	2022-01-02	@ CIN	L 31–34	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	53	0	+4.7	0
18	2022-01-08	@ DEN	W 28–24	1	10	0	+0.8	11	8	103	0	+4.0	0
P19	2022-01-16	vs PIT	W 42–21	2	6	0	−8.3	4	4	43	0	+1.8	0
P20	2022-01-23	vs BUF	W 42–36 OT	2	31	1	+2.7	1	1	26	0	+2.1	0
P21	2022-01-30	vs CIN	L 24–27 OT	2	18	0	+1.6	4	3	52	1	+3.7	0

2020 game log (19 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-10	vs HOU	W 34–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.2	0
2	2020-09-20	@ LAC	W 23–20 OT	1	3	−0.1	3	2	30	0	+1.4	0
3	2020-09-28	@ BAL	W 34–20	0	0	0.0	6	4	81	1	+8.1	0
4	2020-10-05	vs NE	W 26–10	0	0	0.0	4	4	27	1	+2.6	0
5	2020-10-11	vs LV	L 32–40	0	0	0.0	3	2	50	0	+5.5	0
6	2020-10-19	@ BUF	W 26–17	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ DEN	W 43–16	1	13	+0.8	2	2	57	0	+4.5	0
8	2020-11-01	vs NYJ	W 35–9	0	0	0.0	9	7	96	1	+8.4	0
9	2020-11-08	vs CAR	W 33–31	0	0	0.0	4	3	48	0	+2.6	0
11	2020-11-22	@ LV	W 35–31	0	0	0.0	1	1	16	0	+1.4	0
12	2020-11-29	@ TB	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	5	3	23	0	+0.3	0
13	2020-12-06	vs DEN	W 22–16	0	0	0.0	3	1	15	0	−0.1	0
14	2020-12-13	@ MIA	W 33–27	0	0	0.0	3	3	40	0	−3.3	1
15	2020-12-20	@ NO	W 32–29	1	-5	−1.2	9	3	22	1	−2.8	0
16	2020-12-27	vs ATL	W 17–14	1	20	+1.3	6	3	24	0	−0.6	0
17	2021-01-03	vs LAC	L 21–38	0	0	0.0	2	2	25	0	+2.4	0
P19	2021-01-17	vs CLE	W 22–17	1	4	−0.2	4	4	58	0	+3.5	0
P20	2021-01-24	vs BUF	W 38–24	1	50	+3.2	3	2	4	1	+0.6	0
P21	2021-02-07	@ TB	L 9–31	0	0	0.0	6	2	4	0	−4.5	0

2019 game log (18 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ JAX	W 40–26	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
2	2019-09-15	@ LV	W 28–10	0	0	0.0	6	4	61	1	+4.9	0
3	2019-09-22	vs BAL	W 33–28	1	7	+0.4	5	2	97	1	+6.5	0
4	2019-09-29	@ DET	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	5	2	9	0	−1.7	0
5	2019-10-06	vs IND	L 13–19	1	-6	−1.4	6	4	79	0	+3.7	0
6	2019-10-13	vs HOU	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	4	4	45	0	+1.6	0
7	2019-10-17	@ DEN	W 30–6	0	0	0.0	3	2	28	1	+2.8	0
8	2019-10-27	vs GB	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	2	2	55	1	+4.9	0
9	2019-11-03	vs MIN	W 26–23	1	7	+0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2019-11-10	@ TEN	L 32–35	0	0	0.0	1	1	63	1	+6.6	0
11	2019-11-18	@ LAC	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	4	2	13	0	−0.8	0
13	2019-12-01	vs LV	W 40–9	1	9	+0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ NE	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	1	1	48	1	+5.6	0
15	2019-12-15	vs DEN	W 23–3	0	0	0.0	2	1	10	0	+0.4	0
17	2019-12-29	vs LAC	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	1	1	30	0	+3.0	0
P19	2020-01-12	vs HOU	W 51–31	0	0	0.0	4	2	19	0	−0.2	0
P20	2020-01-19	vs TEN	W 35–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	+0.5	1
P21	2020-02-02	vs SF	W 31–20	1	-6	−1.1	1	1	2	0	−0.4	0