Michael Clayton

WR · TB/NYG · 2004–2011

Born October 13, 1982 · College LSU · Drafted 2004, round 1, pick 15 (TB) · 6-3, 202 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2004	TB	16	5	30	6.00	+0.512	80.0	+2.6	+0.12
2005	TB	13	1	2	2.00	−0.477	0.0	−0.5	−0.00
2006	TB	12	5	41	8.20	+0.272	60.0	+1.4	+0.06
2007	TB	11	5	22	4.40	+0.033	40.0	+0.2	+0.00
2008	TB	14	2	5	2.50	−0.321	50.0	−0.6	−0.01
Career	NYG	82	18	100	5.56	+0.165	55.6	+3.0	+0.17

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2004	TB	16	122	80	1,193	7	65.6	+0.311	+0.290+0.140 to +0.440	24.4	–	+37.9	+0.65
2005	TB	13	55	32	372	0	58.2	+0.054	+0.132−0.038 to +0.301	13.7	–	+3.0	−0.03
2006	TB	12	65	33	356	1	50.8	−0.172	+0.060−0.107 to +0.226	16.6	9.9	−11.2	+0.19
2007	TB	11	40	22	301	0	55.0	+0.245	+0.119−0.056 to +0.294	11.6	8.6	+9.8	+0.18
2007 playoffs	TB	1	5	3	39	0	60.0	+0.168		12.8	20.8	+0.8	+0.01
2008	TB	14	61	38	484	1	62.3	+0.011	+0.110−0.058 to +0.277	12.4	7.7	+0.7	+0.42
2009	TB	12	48	16	230	1	33.3	−0.572	−0.032−0.204 to +0.140	12.4	12.6	−27.4	−0.09
2010	NYG	2	4	2	19	0	50.0	−0.464	−0.069−0.259 to +0.121	7.7	11.2	−1.9	+0.02
2011	NYG	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.439	−0.058−0.249 to +0.134	1.4	2.0	−0.4	−0.01
Career	NYG	82	396	223	2,955	10	56.3	+0.026		15.0	9.6	+10.5	+1.33

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2004	TB	16	3	–	–	–	0
2005	TB	13	2	–	–	–	0
2006	TB	12	2	0	–	–	0
2008	TB	14	2	0	–	–	0
2009	TB	12	2	0	0	0	1
2011	NYG	2	1	0	0	0	0
Career	NYG	82	12	0	0	0	1

2011 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
9	2011-11-06	@ NE	W 24–20	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0	0.0	0	0
11	2011-11-20	vs PHI	L 10–17	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0

2010 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
12	2010-11-28	vs JAX	W 24–20	1	0	0	0	−1.3
17	2011-01-02	@ WAS	W 17–14	3	2	19	0	−0.6

2009 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs DAL	L 21–34	8	5	93	0	+4.3	0
2	2009-09-20	@ BUF	L 20–33	4	2	27	0	−0.5	0
3	2009-09-27	vs NYG	L 0–24	4	0	0	0	−3.9	0
4	2009-10-04	@ WAS	L 13–16	2	0	0	0	−1.7	0
5	2009-10-11	@ PHI	L 14–33	12	3	25	0	−8.2	1
6	2009-10-18	vs CAR	L 21–28	3	1	9	0	−6.0	0
7	2009-10-25	vs NE	L 7–35	3	0	0	0	−6.7	0
9	2009-11-08	vs GB	W 38–28	4	1	29	0	−0.1	0
10	2009-11-15	@ MIA	L 23–25	4	1	3	0	−4.6	1
11	2009-11-22	vs NO	L 7–38	2	1	18	1	−0.3	0
16	2009-12-27	@ NO	W 20–17 OT	1	1	10	0	+0.4	0
17	2010-01-03	vs ATL	L 10–20	1	1	16	0	+0.0	0

2008 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2008-09-14	vs ATL	W 24–9	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	−0.5	0
3	2008-09-21	@ CHI	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0.0	8	5	54	0	+2.1	0
4	2008-09-28	vs GB	W 30–21	1	4	+0.0	6	3	28	0	−6.2	0
5	2008-10-05	@ DEN	L 13–16	0	0	0.0	3	3	26	0	+1.6	0
6	2008-10-12	vs CAR	W 27–3	0	0	0.0	2	2	29	0	+1.4	1
7	2008-10-19	vs SEA	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	3	3	30	0	+2.9	0
8	2008-10-26	@ DAL	L 9–13	0	0	0.0	6	3	23	0	−3.2	0
9	2008-11-02	@ KC	W 30–27 OT	1	1	−0.7	5	4	57	0	+4.5	0
11	2008-11-16	vs MIN	W 19–13	0	0	0.0	5	3	36	0	+0.8	0
13	2008-11-30	vs NO	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	4	3	29	0	−4.4	0
14	2008-12-08	@ CAR	L 23–38	0	0	0.0	3	1	15	0	+0.2	0
15	2008-12-14	@ ATL	L 10–13 OT	0	0	0.0	6	3	41	0	−2.6	1
16	2008-12-21	vs LAC	L 24–41	0	0	0.0	4	2	23	0	+0.4	0
17	2008-12-28	vs LV	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	5	2	87	1	+3.8	0

2007 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2007-09-09	@ SEA	L 6–20	1	0	−0.5	3	1	11	+0.1
3	2007-09-23	vs LA	W 24–3	2	2	−0.1	2	1	12	+0.9
4	2007-09-30	@ CAR	W 20–7	0	0	0.0	2	1	13	+1.4
6	2007-10-14	vs TEN	W 13–10	0	0	0.0	3	2	53	+4.3
7	2007-10-21	@ DET	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	+1.2
12	2007-11-25	vs WAS	W 19–13	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.2
13	2007-12-02	@ NO	W 27–23	1	20	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0
14	2007-12-09	@ HOU	L 14–28	0	0	0.0	6	4	39	+1.9
15	2007-12-16	vs ATL	W 37–3	1	0	−0.6	3	2	22	+2.6
16	2007-12-23	@ SF	L 19–21	0	0	0.0	11	5	71	−1.4
17	2007-12-30	vs CAR	L 23–31	0	0	0.0	8	5	60	+0.1
P18	2008-01-06	vs NYG	L 14–24	0	0	0.0	5	3	39	+0.8

2006 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs BAL	L 0–27	0	0	0.0	7	3	34	0	−6.4	1
2	2006-09-17	@ ATL	L 3–14	0	0	0.0	9	5	62	0	−4.8	0
3	2006-09-24	vs CAR	L 24–26	0	0	0.0	3	1	14	0	−0.4	0
5	2006-10-08	@ NO	L 21–24	1	27	+1.7	3	1	7	0	+0.5	0
6	2006-10-15	vs CIN	W 14–13	0	0	0.0	11	6	55	1	+3.9	0
7	2006-10-22	vs PHI	W 23–21	1	4	−0.0	5	3	30	0	+0.3	0
8	2006-10-29	@ NYG	L 3–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	4	0	−2.5	0
9	2006-11-05	vs NO	L 14–31	1	2	−1.0	7	4	38	0	−3.0	0
10	2006-11-13	@ CAR	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	7	2	22	0	−2.7	1
11	2006-11-19	vs WAS	W 20–17	1	5	+0.1	4	1	14	0	−2.6	0
12	2006-11-23	@ DAL	L 10–38	0	0	0.0	2	2	19	0	+1.2	0
13	2006-12-03	@ PIT	L 3–20	1	3	+0.6	5	4	57	0	+5.3	0

2005 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	@ MIN	W 24–13	0	0	0.0	7	4	57	+2.3	0
2	2005-09-18	vs BUF	W 19–3	0	0	0.0	8	6	84	+6.2	0
3	2005-09-25	@ GB	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	7	5	44	+1.9	0
4	2005-10-02	vs DET	W 17–13	0	0	0.0	4	2	11	−0.0	0
5	2005-10-09	@ NYJ	L 12–14	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.3	0
6	2005-10-16	vs MIA	W 27–13	1	2	−0.5	3	2	27	+2.1	0
8	2005-10-30	@ SF	L 10–15	0	0	0.0	7	4	30	−3.7	0
9	2005-11-06	vs CAR	L 14–34	0	0	0.0	8	2	22	−10.3	0
11	2005-11-20	@ ATL	W 30–27	0	0	0.0	3	3	48	+3.5	0
12	2005-11-27	vs CHI	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4	0
14	2005-12-11	@ CAR	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	+0.4	0
15	2005-12-17	@ NE	L 0–28	0	0	0.0	3	2	26	+0.7	1
16	2005-12-24	vs ATL	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+0.7	1

2004 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	@ WAS	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	11	7	53	0	−2.3	0
2	2004-09-19	vs SEA	L 6–10	0	0	0.0	9	6	61	0	−2.7	1
3	2004-09-26	@ LV	L 20–30	0	0	0.0	6	2	35	0	−2.5	0
4	2004-10-03	vs DEN	L 13–16	1	7	+1.5	6	4	91	1	+6.1	0
5	2004-10-10	@ NO	W 20–17	2	24	+2.9	5	4	61	0	+4.9	0
6	2004-10-18	@ LA	L 21–28	0	0	0.0	13	8	142	0	+5.7	0
7	2004-10-24	vs CHI	W 19–7	1	-4	−2.0	7	6	62	1	+3.9	0
9	2004-11-07	vs KC	W 34–31	0	0	0.0	8	5	90	0	−0.1	0
10	2004-11-14	@ ATL	L 14–24	1	3	+0.1	6	6	90	1	+7.9	0
11	2004-11-21	vs SF	W 35–3	0	0	0.0	5	4	66	0	+5.9	0
12	2004-11-28	@ CAR	L 14–21	0	0	0.0	11	8	77	0	+5.8	0
13	2004-12-05	vs ATL	W 27–0	0	0	0.0	2	1	15	0	+1.0	0
14	2004-12-12	@ LAC	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	12	9	145	1	+2.5	0
15	2004-12-19	vs NO	L 17–21	0	0	0.0	5	4	53	0	+0.9	0
16	2004-12-26	vs CAR	L 20–37	0	0	0.0	6	4	66	2	+3.8	1
17	2005-01-02	@ ARI	L 7–12	0	0	0.0	10	2	86	1	−2.9	1