Michael Carter

RB · NYJ/ARI/TEN · 2021–2026

Born May 7, 1999 · College North Carolina · Drafted 2021, round 4, pick 107 (NYJ) · 5-8, 201 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)
2021	NYJ	14	147	639	4	4.35	−0.053	−0.086−0.144 to −0.028	38.0	−7.9	+0.22
2022	NYJ	16	114	402	3	3.53	−0.217	−0.109−0.168 to −0.050	32.8	−25.8	−0.33
2023	ARI	15	30	187	0	6.23	+0.064	−0.107−0.170 to −0.044	41.9	+2.0	−0.03
2024	ARI	3	35	131	1	3.74	−0.058	−0.091−0.154 to −0.029	38.9	−2.1	+0.25
2025	ARI	13	92	333	1	3.62	−0.089	−0.084−0.144 to −0.024	41.1	−8.4	−0.09
2026	TEN	1	3	7	0	2.33	−0.302	−0.112−0.177 to −0.048	0.0	−0.9	−0.03
Career	TEN	62	421	1,699	9	4.04	−0.099		37.3	−43.1	−0.00

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2021	NYJ	14	55	36	307	0	65.5	−0.096	11.4	0.6	−5.3	−0.26
2022	NYJ	16	54	41	288	0	75.9	−0.083	10.1	0.6	−4.5	+0.08
2023	ARI	15	31	24	101	1	77.4	−0.476	6.3	1.1	−14.8	−0.22
2024	ARI	3	11	11	57	0	100.0	+0.087	10.4	-1.5	+1.0	−0.15
2025	ARI	13	45	33	267	0	73.3	+0.041	9.0	1.7	+1.9	+0.10
2026	TEN	1	1	1	7	0	100.0	+0.963	3.3	2.0	+1.0	+0.03
Career	TEN	62	197	146	1,027	1	74.1	−0.105	9.2	0.8	−20.8	−0.42

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
2021	NYJ	14	1
2022	NYJ	16	1
2023	ARI	15	1
2025	ARI	13	1
Career	TEN	62	4

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
2021	NYJ	14	442	50.1	–	–
2022	NYJ	16	487	47.8	–	–
2023	NYJ/ARI	15	216	22.3	–	–
2024	ARI	3	131	61.2	–	–
2025	ARI	13	391	44.6	–	–

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 %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	54	79.6	1	2.3	0	–
2023	31	90.3	2	7.1	2	50.0
2024	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	–
2025	45	80.0	2	5.6	3	33.3
2026	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (1 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
7	2026-10-25	vs CLE	L 24–27	3	7	0	−0.9	1	1	7	0	+1.0

2025 game log (13 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2025-09-25	vs SEA	L 20–23	1	1	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2025-10-05	vs TEN	L 21–22	18	51	1	−3.8	5	5	22	+0.1	0
6	2025-10-12	@ IND	L 27–31	9	34	0	−1.9	5	2	30	−0.1	0
7	2025-10-19	vs GB	L 23–27	7	11	0	−2.8	2	2	25	+1.6	0
10	2025-11-09	@ SEA	L 22–44	3	4	0	−1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2025-11-16	vs SF	L 22–41	2	6	0	+1.1	7	5	22	−1.2	1
12	2025-11-23	vs JAX	L 24–27 OT	5	28	0	+1.1	3	3	30	+2.4	0
13	2025-11-30	@ TB	L 17–20	5	17	0	−0.5	6	5	47	+2.1	0
14	2025-12-07	vs LA	L 17–45	3	13	0	−0.3	4	2	18	−2.9	0
15	2025-12-14	@ HOU	L 20–40	14	56	0	+3.2	4	4	38	+1.8	0
16	2025-12-21	vs ATL	L 19–26	11	65	0	+0.0	2	0	0	−2.6	0
17	2025-12-28	@ CIN	L 14–37	7	29	0	+0.7	4	2	14	−0.4	0
18	2026-01-04	@ LA	L 20–37	7	18	0	−2.3	3	3	21	+1.0	0

2024 game log (3 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
16	2024-12-22	@ CAR	L 30–36 OT	5	18	0	+0.9	5	5	30	+0.9
17	2024-12-28	@ LA	L 9–13	13	70	0	+0.4	2	2	11	+0.3
18	2025-01-05	vs SF	W 47–24	17	43	1	−3.3	4	4	16	−0.2

2023 game log (15 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-11	vs BUF	W 22–16 OT	1	6	−0.3	2	2	12	0	−1.3	0
2	2023-09-17	@ DAL	L 10–30	2	8	−0.4	2	1	3	0	−5.6	1
3	2023-09-24	vs NE	L 10–15	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−1.1	0
4	2023-10-01	vs KC	L 20–23	1	9	+0.2	3	2	12	0	−0.4	0
5	2023-10-08	@ DEN	W 31–21	1	8	+0.2	3	3	14	0	−1.8	0
6	2023-10-15	vs PHI	W 20–14	1	5	−0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.1	0
8	2023-10-29	@ NYG	W 13–10 OT	2	2	−0.3	1	0	0	0	−1.6	0
9	2023-11-06	vs LAC	L 6–27	0	0	0.0	6	6	24	0	+0.5	0
10	2023-11-12	@ LV	L 12–16	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
12	2023-11-26	vs LA	L 14–37	4	19	+0.7	4	4	15	0	−1.8	0
13	2023-12-03	@ PIT	W 24–10	4	25	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2023-12-17	vs SF	L 29–45	3	27	+0.9	3	3	10	0	−0.1	0
16	2023-12-24	@ CHI	L 16–27	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
17	2023-12-31	@ PHI	W 35–31	7	61	+2.7	1	1	6	1	+2.0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs SEA	L 20–21	4	17	−2.4	2	1	2	0	−0.9	0

2022 game log (16 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs BAL	L 9–24	10	60	0	−2.6	9	7	40	−2.7	0
2	2022-09-18	@ CLE	W 31–30	7	23	0	−2.3	5	5	27	+1.1	0
3	2022-09-25	vs CIN	L 12–27	11	39	0	−0.1	2	1	7	−1.6	0
4	2022-10-02	@ PIT	W 24–20	9	15	0	−2.3	3	2	14	−1.3	0
5	2022-10-09	vs MIA	W 40–17	10	21	2	−1.0	2	2	12	+0.3	0
6	2022-10-16	@ GB	W 27–10	6	41	0	+1.3	1	1	6	+0.7	0
7	2022-10-23	@ DEN	W 16–9	13	29	0	−3.1	2	2	45	+2.7	0
8	2022-10-30	vs NE	L 17–22	7	26	0	−1.5	7	4	35	−0.3	0
9	2022-11-06	vs BUF	W 20–17	12	76	1	+0.7	1	1	10	+1.0	0
11	2022-11-20	@ NE	L 3–10	8	19	0	−3.4	2	1	-2	−1.0	0
12	2022-11-27	vs CHI	W 31–10	6	21	0	−1.9	2	2	15	+0.4	0
14	2022-12-11	@ BUF	L 12–20	5	5	0	−8.5	6	3	15	−3.1	0
15	2022-12-18	vs DET	L 17–20	4	15	0	+0.5	1	1	16	+2.6	0
16	2022-12-22	vs JAX	L 3–19	2	6	0	−0.4	5	5	44	+0.5	0
17	2023-01-01	@ SEA	L 6–23	1	2	0	+0.1	3	2	3	−0.9	1
18	2023-01-08	@ MIA	L 6–11	3	4	0	−1.2	3	2	1	−2.9	0

2021 game log (14 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	@ CAR	L 14–19	4	6	0	−0.7	2	1	14	+0.1	0
2	2021-09-19	vs NE	L 6–25	11	59	0	+1.1	3	2	29	+1.6	0
3	2021-09-26	@ DEN	L 0–26	9	24	0	−3.0	3	2	5	−2.0	0
4	2021-10-03	vs TEN	W 27–24 OT	13	38	1	−2.6	3	1	-4	−2.1	0
5	2021-10-10	@ ATL	L 20–27	10	38	1	−0.1	3	3	20	+0.6	1
7	2021-10-24	@ NE	L 13–54	11	37	0	−1.8	9	8	67	+0.7	0
8	2021-10-31	vs CIN	W 34–31	15	77	1	+3.2	14	9	95	−2.4	0
9	2021-11-04	@ IND	L 30–45	13	49	0	−2.1	2	1	19	+1.1	0
10	2021-11-14	vs BUF	L 17–45	16	39	1	−5.3	6	4	43	+0.6	0
11	2021-11-21	vs MIA	L 17–24	9	63	0	+1.9	1	1	2	−0.3	0
15	2021-12-19	@ MIA	L 24–31	8	18	0	−2.4	2	1	2	−1.0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs JAX	W 26–21	16	118	0	+4.5	3	2	6	−0.8	0
17	2022-01-02	vs TB	L 24–28	3	54	0	+2.6	1	1	9	+0.7	0
18	2022-01-09	@ BUF	L 10–27	9	19	0	−3.1	3	0	0	−2.0	0