Michael Burton

FB · DET/CHI/WAS/NO/KC/DEN/CLE · 2015–2026

Born February 1, 1992 · College Rutgers · Drafted 2015, round 5, pick 168 (DET) · 6-0, 247 lb

EPA per carry 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)
2015	DET	10	4	2	0	0.50	−0.991	−0.142−0.206 to −0.078	25.0	−4.0	−0.05
2017	CHI	8	4	9	0	2.25	−0.330	−0.133−0.197 to −0.068	50.0	−1.3	+0.02
2020	NO	6	7	18	0	2.57	+0.136	−0.074−0.138 to −0.010	57.1	+1.0	+0.02
2021	KC	10	8	26	1	3.25	+0.937	−0.081−0.145 to −0.017	100.0	+7.5	+0.15
2021 playoffs	KC	2	2	4	0	2.00	+0.611		100.0	+1.2	+0.01
2022	KC	11	5	7	0	1.40	−0.385	−0.091−0.155 to −0.027	40.0	−1.9	−0.05
2023	DEN	10	7	9	0	1.29	−0.788	−0.124−0.188 to −0.060	25.0	−6.3	−0.06
2024	DEN	12	7	8	1	1.14	−0.149	−0.094−0.158 to −0.030	42.9	−1.0	+0.01
2026	CLE	3	1	2	0	2.00	+2.098	−0.108−0.172 to −0.044	100.0	+2.1	+0.04
Career	CLE	76	43	81	2	1.88	−0.091		52.3	−4.0	+0.08

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	DET	10	6	6	39	1	100.0	+0.535	1.5	1.7	+3.2	+0.14
2016	DET	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−6.440	2.9	0.0	−6.4	−0.15
2017	CHI	8	4	2	8	0	50.0	−0.350	1.7	-0.2	−1.4	−0.01
2018	CHI	2	1	1	6	0	100.0	+0.261	1.4	0.0	+0.3	+0.00
2019	WAS	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.311	1.0	-2.0	−0.3	−0.00
2020	NO	6	4	4	28	0	100.0	+0.732	1.9	1.5	+2.9	+0.01
2020 playoffs	NO	2	3	2	15	0	66.7	−0.271	4.2	1.3	−0.8	−0.02
2021	KC	10	3	3	31	0	100.0	+0.264	0.9	-1.7	+0.8	+0.01
2022	KC	11	3	2	11	0	66.7	−0.086	0.7	-0.7	−0.3	−0.02
2023	DEN	10	3	3	8	0	100.0	+0.172	1.1	0.7	+0.5	+0.04
2024	DEN	12	10	10	65	1	100.0	+0.441	2.6	2.4	+4.4	+0.12
2026	CLE	3	2	0	0	0	0.0	−0.664	2.3	0.0	−1.3	−0.09
Career	CLE	76	38	31	196	2	81.6	+0.063	1.5	0.8	+2.4	+0.04

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	Forced fumbles
2015	DET	10	4	0
2016	DET	1	1	0
2017	CHI	8	1	0
2018	CHI	2	1	0
2019	WAS	3	6	0
2020	NO	6	1	0
2021	KC	10	5	0
2022	KC	11	8	0
2022 playoffs	KC	2	2	0
2023	DEN	10	5	1
2024	DEN	12	6	0
2026	CLE	3	1	0
Career	CLE	76	39	1

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	14	86	9.7	–	–
2017	CHI	16	180	18.3	–	–
2018	CHI	8	39	7.5	–	–
2019	WAS	10	68	12.1	–	–
2020	NO	15	190	19.2	–	–
2020 playoffs	NO	2	27	19.3	–	–
2021	KC	16	76	6.9	–	–
2021 playoffs	KC	3	11	5.2	–	–
2022	KC	16	57	5.4	–	–
2022 playoffs	KC	1	1	1.9	–	–
2023	DEN	17	172	16.5	1	1.3
2024	DEN	17	159	14.7	2	1.4
2024 playoffs	DEN	1	5	11.6	–	–

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 %	Drop % of catchable	Contested catch %
2022	3	66.7	0.0	–
2023	3	100.0	0.0	–
2024	10	100.0	0.0	–
2026	2	0.0	–	–

Game logs

2026 game log (3 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2026-09-27	vs CAR	W 21–18	0	0	0.0	1	−0.5	0
5	2026-10-11	@ NYJ	L 12–17	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1
6	2026-10-18	vs BAL	W 13–10	1	2	+2.1	1	−0.8	0

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ SEA	L 20–26	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−0.9	1
2	2024-09-15	vs PIT	L 6–13	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	−0.5	1
4	2024-09-29	@ NYJ	W 10–9	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−0.1	2
5	2024-10-06	vs LV	W 34–18	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	−0.1	0
7	2024-10-17	@ NO	W 33–10	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2024-10-27	vs CAR	W 28–14	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	28	0	+3.6	0
9	2024-11-03	@ BAL	L 10–41	2	-1	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2024-11-17	vs ATL	W 38–6	2	2	0	−0.4	1	1	-2	0	−0.8	0
12	2024-11-24	@ LV	W 29–19	1	3	0	−0.1	1	1	8	0	+0.6	0
13	2024-12-02	vs CLE	W 41–32	1	1	1	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2024-12-19	@ LAC	L 27–34	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	19	1	+2.6	0
18	2025-01-05	vs KC	W 38–0	1	3	0	+0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs LV	L 16–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	+0.4	0
2	2023-09-17	vs WAS	L 33–35	1	3	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ CHI	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2023-10-08	vs NYJ	L 21–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2023-10-12	@ KC	L 8–19	2	2	−1.9	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2023-10-22	vs GB	W 19–17	1	-2	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2023-12-03	@ HOU	L 17–22	1	4	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2023-12-10	@ LAC	W 24–7	1	2	−0.2	1	1	1	−0.6	0
15	2023-12-16	@ DET	L 17–42	0	0	−1.7	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2023-12-24	vs NE	L 23–26	1	0	−1.6	1	1	4	+0.7	1

2022 game log (13 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ ARI	W 44–21	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2022-09-15	vs LAC	W 27–24	1	6	+0.7	1	1	2	−0.5	1
3	2022-09-25	@ IND	L 17–20	1	2	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2022-10-16	vs BUF	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4	0
7	2022-10-23	@ SF	W 44–23	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2022-11-06	vs TEN	W 20–17 OT	1	0	−1.3	1	1	9	+0.7	0
10	2022-11-13	vs JAX	W 27–17	1	-1	−1.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2022-12-04	@ CIN	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2022-12-11	@ DEN	W 34–28	1	0	−1.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2022-12-18	@ HOU	W 30–24 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2023-01-01	vs DEN	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P20	2023-01-21	vs JAX	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P22	2023-02-12	@ PHI	W 38–35	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2021 game log (12 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs CLE	W 33–29	1	2	0	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ BAL	L 35–36	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+0.8	0
4	2021-10-03	@ PHI	W 42–30	1	5	0	+0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs BUF	L 20–38	1	2	0	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2021-10-17	@ WAS	W 31–13	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2021-12-05	vs DEN	W 22–9	1	3	0	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2021-12-12	vs LV	W 48–9	1	3	0	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2021-12-16	@ LAC	W 34–28 OT	1	7	1	+1.8	2	2	20	+0.0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs PIT	W 36–10	1	2	0	+2.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ CIN	L 31–34	1	2	0	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
P19	2022-01-16	vs PIT	W 42–21	1	3	0	+1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P21	2022-01-30	vs CIN	L 24–27 OT	1	1	0	+0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0

2020 game log (8 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2020-10-04	@ DET	W 35–29	1	4	+0.8	1	1	3	−0.2	0
5	2020-10-12	vs LAC	W 30–27 OT	2	2	−1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ CHI	W 26–23 OT	1	1	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2020-11-08	@ TB	W 38–3	1	1	+1.5	1	1	12	+1.9	0
15	2020-12-20	vs KC	L 29–32	0	0	0.0	1	1	9	+0.8	0
16	2020-12-25	vs MIN	W 52–33	2	10	+0.5	1	1	4	+0.5	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CHI	W 21–9	0	0	0.0	2	2	15	+0.8	0
P19	2021-01-17	vs TB	L 20–30	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.7	0

2019 game log (3 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles
11	2019-11-17	vs NYJ	L 17–34	1	−0.3	3
12	2019-11-24	vs DET	W 19–16	0	0.0	2
17	2019-12-29	@ DAL	L 16–47	0	0.0	1

2018 game log (2 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	@ GB	L 23–24	1	1	6	0	+0.3	0	0.0	0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ NYG	L 27–30 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0

2017 game log (8 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	vs ATL	L 17–23	1	7	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs PIT	W 23–17 OT	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.6	0
5	2017-10-09	vs MIN	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2017-10-15	@ BAL	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	+0.5	0
14	2017-12-10	@ CIN	W 33–7	1	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2017-12-16	@ DET	L 10–20	1	2	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2017-12-24	vs CLE	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5	0
17	2017-12-31	@ MIN	L 10–23	1	0	−1.8	1	1	0	−0.9	0

2016 game log (1 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
9	2016-11-06	@ MIN	W 22–16 OT	1	0	0	0	−6.4	1	0.0	0	0

2015 game log (10 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2015-09-20	@ MIN	L 16–26	1	2	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2015-10-05	@ SEA	L 10–13	1	0	−1.8	1	1	3	0	−0.2	0
5	2015-10-11	vs ARI	L 17–42	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.4	0
7	2015-10-25	vs MIN	L 19–28	1	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2015-11-01	@ KC	L 10–45	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2015-11-15	@ GB	W 18–16	1	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2015-12-03	vs GB	L 23–27	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2015-12-13	@ LA	L 14–21	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	0	+1.0	0
15	2015-12-21	@ NO	W 35–27	0	0	0.0	2	2	10	1	+1.5	0
17	2016-01-03	@ CHI	W 24–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	+0.5	0