Mike Tolbert

FB · LAC/CAR/BUF · 2008–2017

Born November 23, 1985 · College Coastal Carolina · Undrafted · 5-9, 250 lb

1st-team All-Pro ×2 (2013, 2015) · Pro Bowl ×3 (2013, 2015, 2016)

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)
2008	LAC	9	13	37	0	2.85	−0.344	−0.083−0.146 to −0.019	30.8	−4.5	−0.07
2009	LAC	15	25	148	1	5.92	+0.375	−0.077−0.140 to −0.014	60.0	+9.4	+0.01
2010	LAC	15	182	735	11	4.04	−0.075	−0.098−0.155 to −0.042	38.7	−14.0	−0.58
2011	LAC	15	121	490	8	4.05	−0.075	−0.095−0.154 to −0.036	39.8	−9.2	−0.25
2012	CAR	16	54	183	7	3.39	+0.155	−0.079−0.140 to −0.017	59.3	+8.3	+0.42
2013	CAR	16	101	361	5	3.57	−0.025	−0.092−0.152 to −0.033	40.2	−2.6	+0.25
2013 playoffs	CAR	1	8	20	0	2.50	−0.411		50.0	−3.3	−0.08
2014	CAR	8	37	78	0	2.11	−0.468	−0.142−0.204 to −0.079	23.7	−17.8	−0.24
2014 playoffs	CAR	2	4	17	0	4.25	−0.066		50.0	−0.3	+0.01
2015	CAR	16	62	256	1	4.13	−0.020	−0.126−0.187 to −0.064	50.0	−1.3	+0.17
2015 playoffs	CAR	3	15	39	0	2.60	−0.625		6.7	−9.4	−0.21
2016	CAR	16	35	114	0	3.26	−0.194	−0.119−0.182 to −0.056	20.0	−6.8	−0.06
2017	BUF	12	66	247	1	3.74	−0.214	−0.140−0.201 to −0.079	31.9	−14.8	−0.24
2017 playoffs	BUF	1	4	15	0	3.75	−0.329		25.0	−1.3	−0.03
Career	BUF	138	696	2,649	34	3.81	−0.075		39.9	−53.2	−0.61

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	LAC	9	15	13	171	1	86.7	+0.832	5.7	1.9	+12.5	+0.29
2009	LAC	15	22	17	192	3	77.3	+0.519	4.6	0.6	+11.4	+0.33
2009 playoffs	LAC	1	1	1	6	0	100.0	+0.089	2.6	4.0	+0.1	−0.01
2010	LAC	15	29	25	216	0	86.2	+0.407	5.9	0.8	+11.8	+0.27
2011	LAC	15	79	54	433	2	68.4	+0.018	15.0	0.8	+1.5	−0.02
2012	CAR	16	39	27	268	0	69.2	+0.230	8.0	0.7	+9.0	+0.10
2013	CAR	16	32	27	184	2	84.4	+0.244	6.9	-0.1	+7.8	+0.01
2014	CAR	8	17	12	93	0	70.6	−0.254	6.5	0.0	−4.3	−0.09
2014 playoffs	CAR	2	4	2	15	1	50.0	+0.126	5.9	-2.2	+0.5	+0.01
2015	CAR	16	23	18	154	3	78.3	+0.316	4.7	1.1	+7.3	+0.24
2015 playoffs	CAR	3	3	1	14	0	33.3	+0.177	3.3	1.7	+0.5	−0.02
2016	CAR	16	15	10	72	1	66.7	−0.607	2.7	-0.3	−9.1	−0.10
2017	BUF	12	17	14	78	0	82.4	−0.272	5.0	2.4	−4.6	−0.09
2017 playoffs	BUF	1	1	1	10	0	100.0	+1.836	2.9	3.0	+1.8	+0.03
Career	BUF	138	288	217	1,861	12	75.3	+0.150	6.6	0.8	+43.2	+0.93

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2008	LAC	9	1	–	–	0
2009	LAC	15	22	0	0	1
2010	LAC	15	9	0	0	0
2011	LAC	15	15	0	0	0
2013	CAR	16	3	0	0	0
2014	CAR	8	1	0	0	0
2015	CAR	16	2	0	0	0
2015 playoffs	CAR	3	1	0	0	1
2016	CAR	16	2	0	0	1
2017	BUF	12	3	0	0	0
Career	BUF	138	58	0	0	2

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
2013	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2015	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2016	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
2016	CAR	16	312	28.5	–	–
2017	BUF	12	190	24.6	–	–
2017 playoffs	BUF	1	21	27.3	–	–

Game logs

2017 game log (13 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	vs NYJ	W 21–12	12	42	1	−2.2	1	1	12	+1.2	0
2	2017-09-17	@ CAR	L 3–9	3	5	0	−0.7	1	1	2	−2.1	0
3	2017-09-24	vs DEN	W 26–16	11	41	0	−1.9	1	0	0	−0.8	0
4	2017-10-01	@ ATL	W 23–17	8	31	0	−0.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2017-10-08	@ CIN	L 16–20	3	16	0	+0.5	3	3	18	−0.4	0
7	2017-10-22	vs TB	W 30–27	3	29	0	+1.3	1	1	1	−0.7	0
8	2017-10-29	vs LV	W 34–14	4	14	0	−0.2	1	1	-2	−0.8	0
9	2017-11-02	@ NYJ	L 21–34	4	3	0	−2.6	3	3	13	−0.1	2
10	2017-11-12	vs NO	L 10–47	2	-2	0	−1.3	2	2	17	−0.4	1
14	2017-12-10	vs IND	W 13–7 OT	6	32	0	−5.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2017-12-24	@ NE	L 16–37	3	-3	0	−2.3	2	1	11	+0.1	0
17	2017-12-31	@ MIA	W 22–16	7	39	0	+1.1	2	1	6	−0.6	0
P18	2018-01-07	@ JAX	L 3–10	4	15	0	−1.3	1	1	10	+1.8	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-08	@ DEN	L 20–21	2	6	−0.5	1	1	1	0	−1.3	0
2	2016-09-18	vs SF	W 46–27	9	25	−1.9	1	0	0	0	−0.3	0
3	2016-09-25	vs MIN	L 10–22	2	5	−0.4	3	2	14	0	−4.3	1
4	2016-10-02	@ ATL	L 33–48	1	1	−0.2	1	1	-2	0	−1.0	0
5	2016-10-10	vs TB	L 14–17	1	2	+0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2016-10-16	@ NO	L 38–41	3	12	−0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2016-10-30	vs ARI	W 30–20	2	2	−0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2016-11-06	@ LA	W 13–10	2	1	−1.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs KC	L 17–20	1	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2016-11-17	vs NO	W 23–20	2	-1	−1.1	2	1	17	0	+0.3	0
12	2016-11-27	@ LV	L 32–35	0	0	0.0	2	2	14	0	+0.1	0
13	2016-12-04	@ SEA	L 7–40	4	21	−1.3	1	0	0	0	−5.3	0
14	2016-12-11	vs LAC	W 28–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2016-12-19	@ WAS	W 26–15	2	13	+0.4	3	3	28	1	+3.1	0
16	2016-12-24	vs ATL	L 16–33	1	3	−0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2017-01-01	@ TB	L 16–17	3	24	+0.9	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0

2015 game log (19 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ JAX	W 20–9	1	12	0	+1.3	2	1	6	0	−1.8	0
2	2015-09-20	vs HOU	W 24–17	5	31	0	+0.1	3	2	4	0	−0.7	0
3	2015-09-27	vs NO	W 27–22	5	16	0	−0.4	3	3	28	0	+0.9	0
4	2015-10-04	@ TB	W 37–23	3	7	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ SEA	W 27–23	3	10	0	+0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs PHI	W 27–16	3	16	1	+1.6	1	1	2	1	+1.1	0
8	2015-11-02	vs IND	W 29–26 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	40	0	+3.8	1
9	2015-11-08	vs GB	W 37–29	3	7	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ TEN	W 27–10	3	5	0	−2.6	1	1	16	0	+1.5	0
11	2015-11-22	vs WAS	W 44–16	7	5	0	−3.5	2	2	5	1	−0.3	0
12	2015-11-26	@ DAL	W 33–14	4	16	0	+2.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
13	2015-12-06	@ NO	W 41–38	2	33	0	+2.4	3	2	18	1	+3.1	0
14	2015-12-13	vs ATL	W 38–0	6	17	0	−3.0	2	2	13	0	+0.4	0
15	2015-12-20	@ NYG	W 38–35	5	10	0	−1.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ ATL	L 13–20	2	12	0	+0.6	3	2	17	0	−0.3	0
17	2016-01-03	vs TB	W 38–10	10	59	0	+2.7	1	1	5	0	−0.0	1
P19	2016-01-17	vs SEA	W 31–24	7	17	0	−2.3	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
P20	2016-01-24	vs ARI	W 49–15	3	4	0	−1.2	1	1	14	0	+1.4	0
P21	2016-02-07	@ DEN	L 10–24	5	18	0	−5.9	1	0	0	0	−0.4	1

2014 game log (10 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ TB	W 20–14	7	11	−5.5	4	2	6	0	−2.5	0
2	2014-09-14	vs DET	W 24–7	4	-5	−3.6	4	3	33	0	−0.9	0
3	2014-09-21	vs PIT	L 19–37	3	4	−2.5	3	3	20	0	−0.4	0
13	2014-11-30	@ MIN	L 13–31	2	5	−0.5	2	2	0	0	−1.6	0
14	2014-12-07	@ NO	W 41–10	5	28	+0.1	3	2	34	0	+1.5	1
15	2014-12-14	vs TB	W 19–17	2	4	−0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	vs CLE	W 17–13	7	19	−1.9	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
17	2014-12-28	@ ATL	W 34–3	7	12	−3.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2015-01-03	vs ARI	W 27–16	2	7	−0.4	2	1	1	1	−0.3	0
P19	2015-01-10	@ SEA	L 17–31	2	10	+0.2	2	1	14	0	+0.8	0

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	vs SEA	L 7–12	4	10	0	−0.8	1	1	-6	0	+1.7	0
2	2013-09-15	@ BUF	L 23–24	6	25	0	+0.6	2	2	18	0	+0.9	1
3	2013-09-22	vs NYG	W 38–0	9	18	1	+0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2013-10-06	@ ARI	L 6–22	4	31	0	+0.1	1	1	9	0	+0.7	0
6	2013-10-13	@ MIN	W 35–10	8	27	1	+1.4	3	2	20	1	+3.4	0
7	2013-10-20	vs LA	W 30–15	13	36	1	−3.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2013-10-24	@ TB	W 31–13	7	35	0	+2.1	4	4	29	1	+2.1	0
9	2013-11-03	vs ATL	W 34–10	6	24	1	+2.3	4	3	13	0	−0.3	0
10	2013-11-10	@ SF	W 10–9	2	7	0	+0.4	3	2	16	0	−0.4	0
11	2013-11-18	vs NE	W 24–20	6	17	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2013-11-24	@ MIA	W 20–16	4	23	0	−0.1	1	1	5	0	−0.5	1
13	2013-12-01	vs TB	W 27–6	9	48	0	−0.6	4	3	41	0	+2.9	1
14	2013-12-08	@ NO	L 13–31	3	12	0	+0.5	2	2	17	0	−0.2	0
15	2013-12-15	vs NYJ	W 30–20	12	18	1	−4.8	2	1	7	0	−0.1	0
16	2013-12-22	vs NO	W 17–13	1	1	0	−0.4	2	2	5	0	−0.7	0
17	2013-12-29	@ ATL	W 21–20	7	29	0	+0.1	3	3	10	0	−1.6	0
P19	2014-01-12	vs SF	L 10–23	8	20	0	−3.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2012-09-09	@ TB	L 10–16	1	2	0	−0.5	3	3	8	−0.9
2	2012-09-16	vs NO	W 35–27	2	3	1	+0.8	2	2	23	+2.1
3	2012-09-20	vs NYG	L 7–36	3	4	0	−0.4	5	4	47	+2.5
4	2012-09-30	@ ATL	L 28–30	4	14	0	−0.5	3	1	8	−1.9
5	2012-10-07	vs SEA	L 12–16	1	3	0	−0.1	1	0	0	−0.4
7	2012-10-21	vs DAL	L 14–19	3	9	1	+1.3	1	0	0	−0.5
8	2012-10-28	@ CHI	L 22–23	3	7	0	−0.9	1	1	15	+2.5
9	2012-11-04	@ WAS	W 21–13	3	4	0	−2.0	1	1	7	+0.5
10	2012-11-11	vs DEN	L 14–36	2	6	0	+0.0	2	2	34	+1.9
11	2012-11-18	vs TB	L 21–27 OT	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	14	−0.4
12	2012-11-26	@ PHI	W 30–22	1	3	0	−0.0	2	2	24	+3.2
13	2012-12-02	@ KC	L 21–27	2	15	0	+1.2	4	3	24	+1.3
14	2012-12-09	vs ATL	W 30–20	5	20	0	+1.3	3	3	18	+0.1
15	2012-12-16	@ LAC	W 31–7	9	40	2	+3.5	4	2	24	−0.1
16	2012-12-23	vs LV	W 17–6	5	28	0	+0.7	2	0	0	−1.0
17	2012-12-30	@ NO	W 44–38	10	25	3	+3.9	3	1	22	+0.2

2011 game log (15 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	vs MIN	W 24–17	12	35	1	−0.1	9	9	58	2	+6.4	1
2	2011-09-18	@ NE	L 21–35	9	10	0	−11.7	9	8	73	0	+4.8	2
3	2011-09-25	vs KC	W 20–17	4	19	0	+0.6	5	3	24	0	−0.1	0
4	2011-10-02	vs MIA	W 26–16	6	17	1	−0.7	8	5	51	0	−2.0	1
5	2011-10-09	@ DEN	W 29–24	5	24	0	−0.3	3	3	25	0	+0.9	0
7	2011-10-23	@ NYJ	L 21–27	11	58	1	+3.5	1	0	0	0	−0.4	1
9	2011-11-06	vs GB	L 38–45	19	83	1	+1.6	9	4	59	0	+1.3	0
10	2011-11-10	vs LV	L 17–24	7	36	0	−0.6	9	5	37	0	−0.6	0
11	2011-11-20	@ CHI	L 20–31	3	14	0	−1.7	7	5	24	0	−1.3	1
12	2011-11-27	vs DEN	L 13–16 OT	11	44	0	−1.9	4	3	19	0	−2.4	0
13	2011-12-05	@ JAX	W 38–14	6	24	1	+0.6	1	0	0	0	−0.4	6
14	2011-12-11	vs BUF	W 37–10	6	21	1	+1.5	1	0	0	0	−0.2	3
15	2011-12-18	vs BAL	W 34–14	8	40	1	+0.2	2	2	18	0	+1.6	0
16	2011-12-24	@ DET	L 10–38	5	7	0	−2.2	10	6	32	0	−7.0	0
17	2012-01-01	@ LV	W 38–26	9	58	1	+2.0	1	1	13	0	+0.8	0

2010 game log (15 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-13	@ KC	L 14–21	2	26	0	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2010-09-19	vs JAX	W 38–13	16	82	2	+2.6	1	1	13	+1.3	0
3	2010-09-26	@ SEA	L 20–27	17	73	0	−7.3	4	3	17	−0.2	2
4	2010-10-03	vs ARI	W 41–10	16	100	1	+4.4	2	2	3	−0.5	2
5	2010-10-10	@ LV	L 27–35	12	11	1	−10.9	3	2	24	+0.8	0
6	2010-10-17	@ LA	L 17–20	3	3	1	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2010-10-24	vs NE	L 20–23	2	5	1	+2.4	2	1	13	+0.4	1
8	2010-10-31	vs TEN	W 33–25	11	63	1	+0.8	4	4	27	+1.3	1
9	2010-11-07	@ HOU	W 29–23	8	32	0	−0.5	1	1	2	−0.3	0
11	2010-11-22	vs DEN	W 35–14	25	111	1	+0.2	2	2	42	+5.2	0
12	2010-11-28	@ IND	W 36–14	26	103	1	+1.4	2	2	15	+1.3	0
13	2010-12-05	vs LV	L 13–28	7	16	0	−3.6	6	6	47	+1.4	0
14	2010-12-12	vs KC	W 31–0	16	66	1	−0.7	1	1	13	+1.5	1
15	2010-12-16	vs SF	W 34–7	17	46	1	+2.1	1	0	0	−0.4	0
16	2010-12-26	@ CIN	L 20–34	4	-2	0	−6.9	0	0	0	0.0	0

2009 game log (16 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2009-09-20	vs BAL	L 26–31	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
3	2009-09-27	vs MIA	W 23–13	1	5	0	+0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8	1
4	2009-10-04	@ PIT	L 28–38	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
6	2009-10-19	vs DEN	L 23–34	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	40	0	+3.0	1
7	2009-10-25	@ KC	W 37–7	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	2	0	−0.7	1
8	2009-11-01	vs LV	W 24–16	2	6	0	+0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
9	2009-11-08	@ NYG	W 21–20	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	2009-11-15	vs PHI	W 31–23	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	25	1	+2.7	0
11	2009-11-22	@ DEN	W 32–3	7	58	1	+6.1	1	1	1	0	−0.8	1
12	2009-11-29	vs KC	W 43–14	4	19	0	+0.1	2	2	17	0	+0.8	2
13	2009-12-06	@ CLE	W 30–23	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	66	1	+6.0	1
14	2009-12-13	@ DAL	W 20–17	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	19	0	+0.7	1
15	2009-12-20	vs CIN	W 27–24	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	0	−0.4	2
16	2009-12-25	@ TEN	W 42–17	11	60	0	+2.6	2	1	11	0	+0.3	2
17	2010-01-03	vs WAS	W 23–20	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	9	1	+0.6	1
P19	2010-01-17	vs NYJ	L 14–17	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.1	0

2008 game log (9 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs CAR	L 24–26	3	6	−1.7	3	3	35	0	+2.5	0
2	2008-09-14	@ DEN	L 38–39	1	1	−0.4	3	2	68	0	+3.8	1
3	2008-09-22	vs NYJ	W 48–29	0	0	0.0	4	4	17	1	+2.1	0
4	2008-09-28	@ LV	W 28–18	1	11	+1.2	1	1	14	0	+1.3	0
6	2008-10-12	vs NE	W 30–10	5	15	−2.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2008-10-26	@ NO	L 32–37	1	0	−1.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2008-11-09	vs KC	W 20–19	0	0	0.0	3	3	37	0	+3.4	0
11	2008-11-16	@ PIT	L 10–11	2	4	+0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2008-11-23	vs IND	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0