Mohamed Sanu

WR · CIN/ATL/NE/DET/SF · 2012–2021

Born August 22, 1989 · College Rutgers · Drafted 2012, round 3, pick 83 (CIN) · 6-2, 210 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	Dropbacks	EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2012	CIN	6	1	1	100.0	73	1	1	+6.471	+17.88	+0.18	+66.6	100.0	93.00	–
2013	CIN	16	1	1	100.0	25	0	1	+1.826	+6.96	+0.07	+62.8	100.0	25.00	–
2014	CIN	16	3	3	100.0	79	1	5	+0.678	+1.79	+0.09	+46.9	60.0	23.25	–
2017	ATL	15	1	1	100.0	51	1	1	+4.458	+6.34	+0.06	+75.8	100.0	71.00	–
2018	ATL	16	1	2	50.0	5	1	2	+0.469	+1.62	+0.03	−7.4	50.0	12.50	–
Career	SF	130	7	8	87.5	233	4	10	+1.708	+4.33	+0.43	+41.4	70.0	34.11	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2012	CIN	6	5	15	0	3.00	−0.094	60.0	−0.5	+0.03
2013	CIN	16	4	16	0	4.00	−0.167	25.0	−0.7	−0.01
2014	CIN	16	7	51	0	7.29	+0.213	57.1	+1.5	+0.04
2015	CIN	16	10	71	2	7.10	+0.529	70.0	+5.3	+0.06
2016	ATL	15	1	5	0	5.00	+0.004	100.0	+0.0	+0.01
2016 playoffs	ATL	3	1	7	0	7.00	+0.341	100.0	+0.3	+0.00
2017	ATL	15	4	10	0	2.50	+0.168	75.0	+0.7	+0.05
2018	ATL	16	7	44	0	6.29	+0.094	62.5	+0.8	+0.04
2019	NE	15	3	11	0	3.67	−0.242	50.0	−1.0	−0.00
2020	DET	7	1	3	0	3.00	+0.482	100.0	+0.5	+0.02
Career	SF	130	42	226	2	5.38	+0.150	61.4	+6.6	+0.24

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2012	CIN	6	25	16	154	4	64.0	+0.625	+0.122−0.059 to +0.302	13.7	6.7	+15.6	+0.25
2013	CIN	16	78	47	455	2	60.3	+0.077	+0.149−0.013 to +0.311	13.5	9.0	+6.0	+0.16
2013 playoffs	CIN	1	2	1	13	0	50.0	−2.828		4.3	5.5	−5.7	−0.13
2014	CIN	16	98	56	790	5	57.1	+0.271	+0.234+0.078 to +0.391	19.9	10.8	+26.6	+0.90
2014 playoffs	CIN	1	7	3	31	0	42.9	−0.162		20.6	8.4	−1.1	−0.00
2015	CIN	16	49	33	394	0	67.3	+0.132	+0.142−0.030 to +0.313	9.9	7.0	+6.5	+0.25
2015 playoffs	CIN	1	5	3	17	0	60.0	+0.288		12.8	2.2	+1.4	−0.01
2016	ATL	15	81	59	653	4	72.8	+0.433	+0.267+0.106 to +0.428	16.2	7.9	+35.1	+0.92
2016 playoffs	ATL	3	14	11	121	2	78.6	+0.828		14.4	9.4	+11.6	+0.24
2017	ATL	15	96	67	703	5	69.8	+0.185	+0.186+0.029 to +0.343	19.9	7.8	+17.8	+0.49
2017 playoffs	ATL	2	13	7	125	0	53.8	+0.453		20.0	8.8	+5.9	+0.10
2018	ATL	16	94	66	838	4	70.2	+0.488	+0.345+0.187 to +0.502	15.6	8.0	+45.9	+1.09
2019	NE	15	89	59	520	2	66.3	+0.072	+0.204+0.046 to +0.363	15.6	7.5	+6.4	+0.00
2019 playoffs	NE	1	5	1	11	0	20.0	−1.399		14.3	13.4	−7.0	−0.14
2020	DET	7	24	17	187	1	70.8	+0.674	+0.219+0.038 to +0.400	9.4	12.0	+16.2	+0.14
2021	SF	8	24	15	177	0	62.5	+0.502	+0.139−0.043 to +0.320	9.6	9.5	+12.1	+0.14
Career	SF	130	658	435	4,871	27	66.1	+0.286		14.9	8.5	+188.1	+4.34

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
2012	CIN	6	2
2013	CIN	16	2
2013 playoffs	CIN	1	1
2014	CIN	16	2
2015	CIN	16	1
2016	ATL	15	1
2017	ATL	15	1
2018	ATL	16	1
2019	NE	15	2
2020	DET	7	1
2021	SF	8	1
Career	SF	130	14

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	ATL	15	740	76.8	–	–
2016 playoffs	ATL	3	145	77.5	–	–
2017	ATL	15	751	78.6	–	–
2017 playoffs	ATL	2	103	78.0	–	–
2018	ATL	16	823	78.7	–	–
2019	ATL/NE	15	753	74.1	1	1.4
2019 playoffs	NE	1	45	73.8	–	–
2020	SF/DET	10	277	42.7	–	–
2021	SF	8	234	47.4	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (8 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ DET	W 41–33	1	1	7	+1.8	0
2	2021-09-19	@ PHI	W 17–11	1	0	0	−1.1	0
3	2021-09-26	vs GB	L 28–30	6	3	36	−1.1	0
4	2021-10-03	vs SEA	L 21–28	5	4	35	+3.8	0
5	2021-10-10	@ ARI	L 10–17	3	2	19	+3.4	0
7	2021-10-24	vs IND	L 18–30	1	1	16	+2.6	0
8	2021-10-31	@ CHI	W 33–22	4	3	59	+4.0	0
9	2021-11-07	vs ARI	L 17–31	3	1	5	−1.4	1

2020 game log (7 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2020-09-27	@ NYG	W 36–9	0	0	0.0	1	1	9	0	+2.1	0
12	2020-11-26	vs HOU	L 25–41	0	0	0.0	4	4	32	1	+6.1	0
13	2020-12-06	@ CHI	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	2	2	36	0	+3.2	0
14	2020-12-13	vs GB	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	2	2	37	0	+3.9	0
15	2020-12-20	@ TEN	L 25–46	0	0	0.0	5	4	38	0	+4.4	0
16	2020-12-26	vs TB	L 7–47	0	0	0.0	4	2	22	0	−1.5	1
17	2021-01-03	vs MIN	L 35–37	1	3	+0.5	6	2	13	0	−2.0	0

2019 game log (16 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	@ MIN	L 12–28	0	0	0.0	6	5	57	0	+0.6	0
2	2019-09-15	vs PHI	W 24–20	0	0	0.0	7	4	16	0	−3.8	1
3	2019-09-22	@ IND	L 24–27	1	2	+0.4	6	6	75	0	+8.0	0
4	2019-09-29	vs TEN	L 10–24	0	0	−1.0	12	9	91	0	+7.2	0
5	2019-10-06	@ HOU	L 32–53	1	1	−0.8	5	5	42	1	+6.1	0
6	2019-10-13	@ ARI	L 33–34	0	0	0.0	4	3	29	0	+0.8	0
7	2019-10-20	vs LA	L 10–37	0	0	0.0	2	1	3	0	−5.6	0
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	0	0	0.0	5	2	23	0	+0.2	0
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	0	0	0.0	14	10	81	1	+4.4	0
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	1	8	+0.5	4	2	4	0	−1.6	0
13	2019-12-01	@ HOU	L 22–28	0	0	0.0	5	3	14	0	−3.5	0
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	0	+1.5	0
15	2019-12-15	@ CIN	W 34–13	0	0	0.0	8	2	13	0	−7.0	0
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	5	3	24	0	−1.7	1
17	2019-12-29	vs MIA	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	5	3	35	0	+1.0	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs TEN	L 13–20	0	0	0.0	5	1	11	0	−7.0	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-06	@ PHI	L 12–18	0	0	0.0	6	4	18	0	+1.1	0
2	2018-09-16	vs CAR	W 31–24	1	-4	−2.5	2	2	19	0	−0.2	0
3	2018-09-23	vs NO	L 37–43 OT	0	0	0.0	7	4	36	1	+1.6	0
4	2018-09-30	vs CIN	L 36–37	0	0	0.0	9	6	111	0	+7.7	0
5	2018-10-07	@ PIT	L 17–41	0	0	−1.2	7	4	73	1	+3.3	0
6	2018-10-14	vs TB	W 34–29	0	0	0.0	2	2	46	1	+4.6	0
7	2018-10-22	vs NYG	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	2	2	21	0	+2.9	0
9	2018-11-04	@ WAS	W 38–14	0	0	0.0	5	4	45	0	+4.4	0
10	2018-11-11	@ CLE	L 16–28	0	0	0.0	8	6	47	0	−3.5	0
11	2018-11-18	vs DAL	L 19–22	1	3	+0.5	6	4	56	0	+3.7	0
12	2018-11-22	@ NO	L 17–31	1	3	+0.7	4	4	74	0	+5.9	1
13	2018-12-02	vs BAL	L 16–26	0	0	0.0	4	3	37	0	+2.4	0
14	2018-12-09	@ GB	L 20–34	0	0	0.0	8	6	54	0	+5.8	0
15	2018-12-16	vs ARI	W 40–14	1	11	+0.8	6	3	30	0	−0.5	0
16	2018-12-23	@ CAR	W 24–10	2	29	+2.1	8	5	81	1	+2.4	0
17	2018-12-30	@ TB	W 34–32	1	2	+0.4	10	7	90	0	+4.3	0

2017 game log (17 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ CHI	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	9	6	47	0	+0.3	0
2	2017-09-17	vs GB	W 34–23	0	0	0.0	6	5	85	0	+5.6	0
3	2017-09-24	@ DET	W 30–26	0	0	0.0	6	4	28	1	−3.7	0
4	2017-10-01	vs BUF	L 17–23	1	4	+1.3	3	1	3	0	−3.3	0
7	2017-10-22	@ NE	L 7–23	0	0	0.0	10	6	65	0	−1.7	0
8	2017-10-29	@ NYJ	W 25–20	0	0	0.0	7	6	74	1	+7.8	0
9	2017-11-05	@ CAR	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	3	3	23	1	+3.1	0
10	2017-11-12	vs DAL	W 27–7	0	0	0.0	5	3	29	0	−1.8	1
11	2017-11-20	@ SEA	W 34–31	1	3	+0.7	3	3	34	1	+5.3	0
12	2017-11-26	vs TB	W 34–20	0	0	0.0	9	8	64	0	+2.7	0
13	2017-12-03	vs MIN	L 9–14	0	0	0.0	5	3	43	0	−0.5	0
14	2017-12-07	vs NO	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	8	6	83	1	+4.1	0
15	2017-12-18	@ TB	W 24–21	1	3	+0.5	5	2	23	0	−0.4	0
16	2017-12-24	@ NO	L 13–23	0	0	0.0	6	4	31	0	+0.1	0
17	2017-12-31	vs CAR	W 22–10	1	0	−1.8	11	7	71	0	+0.3	0
P18	2018-01-06	@ LA	W 26–13	0	0	0.0	8	4	75	0	+3.3	0
P19	2018-01-13	@ PHI	L 10–15	0	0	0.0	5	3	50	0	+2.6	0

2016 game log (18 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs TB	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	8	5	80	1	+2.3	0
2	2016-09-18	@ LV	W 35–28	0	0	0.0	5	3	19	0	−1.6	0
3	2016-09-26	@ NO	W 45–32	0	0	0.0	4	3	31	0	+4.3	0
4	2016-10-02	vs CAR	W 48–33	0	0	0.0	3	2	22	0	+1.6	0
5	2016-10-09	@ DEN	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	6	3	43	0	−1.0	0
6	2016-10-16	@ SEA	L 24–26	0	0	0.0	10	5	47	1	+1.5	0
7	2016-10-23	vs LAC	L 30–33 OT	0	0	0.0	4	2	16	0	−1.5	0
8	2016-10-30	vs GB	W 33–32	0	0	0.0	10	9	84	1	+5.9	0
9	2016-11-03	@ TB	W 43–28	0	0	0.0	7	5	74	0	+4.6	0
10	2016-11-13	@ PHI	L 15–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	14	0	−1.0	0
12	2016-11-27	vs ARI	W 38–19	1	5	+0.0	8	8	65	0	+7.8	1
13	2016-12-04	vs KC	L 28–29	0	0	0.0	3	2	26	0	+0.8	0
15	2016-12-18	vs SF	W 41–13	0	0	0.0	3	3	44	0	+3.6	0
16	2016-12-24	@ CAR	W 33–16	0	0	0.0	4	3	56	0	+4.5	0
17	2017-01-01	vs NO	W 38–32	0	0	0.0	4	4	32	1	+3.2	0
P19	2017-01-14	vs SEA	W 36–20	0	0	0.0	5	4	44	1	+4.5	0
P20	2017-01-22	vs GB	W 44–21	1	7	+0.3	7	5	52	1	+5.8	0
P21	2017-02-05	vs NE	L 28–34 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	25	0	+1.3	0

2015 game log (17 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ LV	W 33–13	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	34	+1.8	0
2	2015-09-20	vs LAC	W 24–19	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	15	−1.8	0
3	2015-09-27	@ BAL	W 28–24	1	6	0	+0.2	4	2	28	+0.4	0
4	2015-10-04	vs KC	W 36–21	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	84	+6.0	0
5	2015-10-11	vs SEA	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	69	+6.8	0
6	2015-10-18	@ BUF	W 34–21	1	8	0	+0.5	4	2	30	+1.3	0
8	2015-11-01	@ PIT	W 16–10	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	10	−1.1	0
9	2015-11-05	vs CLE	W 31–10	1	25	1	+2.7	3	3	25	+2.0	0
10	2015-11-16	vs HOU	L 6–10	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	−0.6	0
11	2015-11-22	@ ARI	L 31–34	1	2	0	−1.1	3	2	19	+2.9	0
12	2015-11-29	vs LA	W 31–7	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	+0.4	0
13	2015-12-06	@ CLE	W 37–3	1	7	0	+0.4	1	0	0	−1.9	0
14	2015-12-13	vs PIT	L 20–33	0	0	0	0.0	5	2	24	−12.5	1
15	2015-12-20	@ SF	W 24–14	1	2	0	−0.3	2	2	8	+0.1	0
16	2015-12-28	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	2	10	1	+2.1	3	3	29	+3.0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs BAL	W 24–16	2	11	0	+0.7	2	1	6	−0.2	0
P18	2016-01-09	vs PIT	L 16–18	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	17	+1.4	0

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ BAL	W 23–16	–	0	0	–	0.0	1	4	+0.1	5	4	36	0	+0.1	0
2	2014-09-14	vs ATL	W 24–10	1/1	50	0	+3.12	+8.0	0	0	0.0	4	3	84	1	+7.0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs TEN	W 33–7	1/1	18	1	+2.18	+3.2	0	0	0.0	8	5	44	0	−1.1	0
5	2014-10-05	@ NE	L 17–43	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0.0	9	5	70	1	+3.7	0
6	2014-10-12	vs CAR	T 37–37 OT	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0.0	14	10	120	1	+8.8	0
7	2014-10-19	@ IND	L 0–27	–	0	0	−1.37	−1.3	0	0	0.0	9	3	54	0	−2.1	0
8	2014-10-26	vs BAL	W 27–24	–	0	0	–	0.0	2	27	+1.2	9	5	125	0	+2.2	0
9	2014-11-02	vs JAX	W 33–23	–	0	0	–	0.0	1	9	+0.9	8	4	95	1	+3.8	1
10	2014-11-06	vs CLE	L 3–24	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0.0	7	2	20	0	−2.3	1
11	2014-11-16	@ NO	W 27–10	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0.0	6	3	23	0	−0.9	0
12	2014-11-23	@ HOU	W 22–13	–	0	0	–	0.0	1	1	−0.3	7	5	48	1	+4.9	0
13	2014-11-30	@ TB	W 14–13	1/1	11	0	+0.48	+1.7	1	10	+0.7	3	2	19	0	+1.0	0
14	2014-12-07	vs PIT	L 21–42	–	0	0	–	0.0	1	0	−1.0	3	2	16	0	−0.0	0
15	2014-12-14	@ CLE	W 30–0	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0.0	3	1	4	0	−1.5	0
16	2014-12-22	vs DEN	W 37–28	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	1	16	0	+0.6	0
17	2014-12-28	@ PIT	L 17–27	–	0	0	−1.03	−2.8	0	0	0.0	1	1	16	0	+2.4	0
P18	2015-01-04	@ IND	L 10–26	–	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0.0	7	3	31	0	−1.1	0

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	@ CHI	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	5	4	19	0	−5.4	0
2	2013-09-16	vs PIT	W 20–10	1	4	−0.1	8	5	40	0	+0.2	0
3	2013-09-22	vs GB	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	5	4	68	0	+3.1	0
4	2013-09-29	@ CLE	L 6–17	0	0	0.0	6	3	19	0	−0.5	0
5	2013-10-06	vs NE	W 13–6	0	0	0.0	2	2	28	0	+1.1	0
6	2013-10-13	@ BUF	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0.0	6	5	44	0	+4.0	0
7	2013-10-20	@ DET	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	0	+1.8	0
8	2013-10-27	vs NYJ	W 49–9	0	0	0.0	3	1	24	0	+0.4	0
9	2013-10-31	@ MIA	L 20–22 OT	0	0	0.0	9	6	62	0	−0.3	0
10	2013-11-10	@ BAL	L 17–20 OT	0	0	0.0	9	3	26	0	−2.6	1
11	2013-11-17	vs CLE	W 41–20	0	0	0.0	5	2	11	1	+0.1	0
13	2013-12-01	@ LAC	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	2	1	9	0	+0.1	0
14	2013-12-08	vs IND	W 42–28	0	0	0.0	4	2	26	0	+0.2	0
15	2013-12-15	@ PIT	L 20–30	0	0	0.0	4	3	20	0	−0.4	0
16	2013-12-22	vs MIN	W 42–14	3	12	−0.6	6	4	35	1	+2.5	1
17	2013-12-29	vs BAL	W 34–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	0	+1.6	0
P18	2014-01-05	vs LAC	L 10–27	0	0	0.0	2	1	13	0	−5.7	1

2012 game log (6 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2012-09-23	@ WAS	W 38–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2012-10-21	vs PIT	L 17–24	1	7	+0.2	3	3	27	0	+1.7	0
9	2012-11-04	vs DEN	L 23–31	0	0	0.0	3	2	29	0	+2.1	0
10	2012-11-11	vs NYG	W 31–13	1	3	+0.9	6	4	47	1	+7.3	2
11	2012-11-18	@ KC	W 28–6	2	0	−2.7	4	2	22	1	+2.6	0
12	2012-11-25	vs LV	W 34–10	1	5	+1.2	9	5	29	2	+1.9	0