Nate Burleson

WR · MIN/SEA/DET · 2003–2013

Born August 19, 1981 · College Nevada · Drafted 2003, round 3, pick 71 (MIN) · 6-0, 198 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2004	MIN	16	6	49	8.17	+0.694	83.3	+4.2	+0.06
2005	MIN	12	2	-6	-3.00	−0.767	0.0	−1.5	−0.03
2007	SEA	16	2	4	2.00	−0.880	0.0	−1.8	−0.03
2009	SEA	13	2	4	2.00	−0.350	0.0	−0.7	−0.01
2010	DET	14	7	81	11.57	+0.538	71.4	+3.8	+0.11
2011	DET	16	11	85	7.73	+0.296	58.3	+3.6	+0.07
2011 playoffs	DET	1	1	2	2.00	+0.513	100.0	+0.5	+0.02
2012	DET	6	8	48	6.00	+0.153	50.0	+1.2	+0.02
2013	DET	9	2	-8	-4.00	−1.010	0.0	−2.0	−0.05
Career	DET	134	40	257	6.42	+0.163	51.2	+6.7	+0.15

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2003	MIN	16	57	29	455	2	50.9	+0.227	+0.140−0.028 to +0.309	11.3	–	+13.0	+0.32
2004	MIN	16	102	68	1,006	9	66.7	+0.547	+0.357+0.202 to +0.512	18.8	–	+55.8	+1.22
2004 playoffs	MIN	2	11	8	110	1	72.7	+0.467		14.7	–	+5.1	+0.13
2005	MIN	12	52	30	328	1	57.7	+0.038	+0.124−0.046 to +0.295	14.3	–	+2.0	+0.31
2006	SEA	15	37	18	192	2	48.6	+0.020	+0.065−0.111 to +0.241	7.7	12.6	+0.7	+0.07
2006 playoffs	SEA	2	4	1	16	1	25.0	−0.023		5.9	12.8	−0.1	+0.13
2007	SEA	16	95	50	694	9	52.6	+0.101	+0.161+0.004 to +0.318	16.3	12.8	+9.6	+0.09
2007 playoffs	SEA	2	14	10	97	0	71.4	+0.066		21.9	8.1	+0.9	+0.16
2008	SEA	1	9	5	60	1	55.6	+0.301	−0.048−0.235 to +0.140	29.0	11.7	+2.7	+0.03
2009	SEA	13	103	63	812	3	61.2	+0.195	+0.191+0.036 to +0.346	20.9	10.8	+20.1	+0.29
2010	DET	14	86	55	625	6	64.0	+0.154	+0.174+0.015 to +0.334	16.3	8.1	+13.2	+0.47
2011	DET	16	112	74	771	3	66.1	+0.173	+0.201+0.049 to +0.354	16.8	6.5	+19.4	−0.35
2011 playoffs	DET	1	5	4	50	0	80.0	−0.713		11.6	10.4	−3.6	+0.00
2012	DET	6	43	27	240	2	62.8	+0.276	+0.147−0.027 to +0.320	15.7	7.4	+11.9	+0.41
2013	DET	9	54	39	461	1	72.2	+0.241	+0.159−0.010 to +0.329	16.3	6.5	+13.0	+0.28
Career	DET	134	750	458	5,644	39	61.1	+0.215		15.6	9.3	+161.4	+3.16

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2003	MIN	16	1	–	–	–
2004	MIN	16	3	–	–	–
2005	MIN	12	3	–	–	–
2006	SEA	15	2	0	–	–
2007	SEA	16	3	0	–	–
2009	SEA	13	2	0	0	0
2010	DET	14	2	0	0	0
2011	DET	16	4	0	0	0
2011 playoffs	DET	1	1	0	0	0
2013	DET	9	2	0	0	0
Career	DET	134	22	0	0	0

Game logs

2013 game log (9 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	vs MIN	W 34–24	0	0	0.0	6	6	78	0	+5.9	1
2	2013-09-15	@ ARI	L 21–25	1	-8	−1.5	8	7	45	0	+0.2	0
3	2013-09-22	@ WAS	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	9	6	116	0	+5.0	0
12	2013-11-24	vs TB	L 21–24	1	0	−0.5	10	7	77	1	+1.3	1
13	2013-11-28	vs GB	W 40–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
14	2013-12-08	@ PHI	L 20–34	0	0	0.0	5	2	18	0	−1.2	0
15	2013-12-16	vs BAL	L 16–18	0	0	0.0	6	4	51	0	+0.0	0
16	2013-12-22	vs NYG	L 20–23 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	12	0	−1.0	0
17	2013-12-29	@ MIN	L 13–14	0	0	0.0	7	5	64	0	+3.5	0

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
1	2012-09-09	vs LA	W 27–23	1	6	+0.3	8	6	69	0	+3.3
2	2012-09-16	@ SF	L 19–27	2	5	−0.9	3	1	11	0	−0.4
3	2012-09-23	@ TEN	L 41–44 OT	2	7	−0.2	12	10	69	1	+5.9
4	2012-09-30	vs MIN	L 13–20	1	8	+0.8	8	5	51	0	+4.0
6	2012-10-14	@ PHI	W 26–23 OT	2	22	+1.2	9	4	24	1	+0.0
7	2012-10-22	@ CHI	L 7–13	0	0	0.0	3	1	16	0	−0.9

2011 game log (17 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	@ TB	W 27–20	1	20	+1.5	5	5	60	0	+4.5	0
2	2011-09-18	vs KC	W 48–3	0	0	0.0	9	7	93	0	+4.4	0
3	2011-09-25	@ MIN	W 26–23 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	12	0	+0.3	0
4	2011-10-02	@ DAL	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	4	2	16	0	+0.9	0
5	2011-10-10	vs CHI	W 24–13	2	4	−1.1	4	1	6	0	−2.5	1
6	2011-10-16	vs SF	L 19–25	0	0	0.0	10	4	34	1	−5.0	0
7	2011-10-23	vs ATL	L 16–23	2	10	−0.4	3	1	1	0	−2.3	0
8	2011-10-30	@ DEN	W 45–10	1	9	+0.8	7	4	23	0	−3.1	0
10	2011-11-13	@ CHI	L 13–37	1	10	+1.3	9	8	83	0	+0.8	1
11	2011-11-20	vs CAR	W 49–35	0	0	0.0	7	7	63	1	+7.5	1
12	2011-11-24	vs GB	L 15–27	1	11	+1.0	7	5	39	0	+0.3	0
13	2011-12-04	@ NO	L 17–31	0	0	0.0	10	6	107	0	+5.9	0
14	2011-12-11	vs MIN	W 34–28	1	1	−0.5	6	3	25	0	−2.0	0
15	2011-12-18	@ LV	W 28–27	0	0	0.0	11	7	81	1	+5.7	0
16	2011-12-24	vs LAC	W 38–10	1	11	+1.1	7	6	83	0	+8.6	0
17	2012-01-01	@ GB	L 41–45	1	9	−0.2	11	6	45	0	−4.7	1
P18	2012-01-07	@ NO	L 28–45	1	2	+0.5	5	4	50	0	−3.6	1

2010 game log (14 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	@ CHI	L 14–19	0	0	0.0	4	1	19	0	−1.4	0
2	2010-09-19	vs PHI	L 32–35	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	+0.0	0
5	2010-10-10	vs LA	W 44–6	0	0	0.0	6	4	56	1	+3.0	0
6	2010-10-17	@ NYG	L 20–28	1	-7	−1.3	9	6	50	1	−1.1	1
8	2010-10-31	vs WAS	W 37–25	0	0	0.0	9	7	47	0	−5.9	0
9	2010-11-07	vs NYJ	L 20–23 OT	0	0	0.0	8	7	113	1	+8.8	0
10	2010-11-14	@ BUF	L 12–14	1	17	+1.2	8	4	47	0	+1.5	0
11	2010-11-21	@ DAL	L 19–35	1	15	+0.8	10	7	97	1	+8.1	0
12	2010-11-25	vs NE	L 24–45	0	0	0.0	8	3	35	0	−6.1	1
13	2010-12-05	vs CHI	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	5	3	27	0	−1.4	0
14	2010-12-12	vs GB	W 7–3	1	-1	−0.9	1	1	12	0	+0.9	0
15	2010-12-19	@ TB	W 23–20 OT	1	25	+1.8	6	4	28	1	+1.3	0
16	2010-12-26	@ MIA	W 34–27	1	12	+0.9	3	1	7	0	−0.7	0
17	2011-01-02	vs MIN	W 20–13	1	20	+1.2	8	6	83	1	+6.1	0

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs LA	W 28–0	0	0	0.0	11	7	74	1	−3.1	0
2	2009-09-20	@ SF	L 10–23	0	0	0.0	10	4	46	0	−5.0	1
3	2009-09-27	vs CHI	L 19–25	1	2	−0.4	12	9	109	0	+5.2	0
4	2009-10-04	@ IND	L 17–34	0	0	0.0	8	4	31	0	−0.6	0
5	2009-10-11	vs JAX	W 41–0	0	0	0.0	8	6	98	2	+11.3	0
6	2009-10-18	vs ARI	L 3–27	0	0	0.0	5	2	40	0	+0.3	1
8	2009-11-01	@ DAL	L 17–38	0	0	0.0	12	6	89	0	−2.9	0
9	2009-11-08	vs DET	W 32–20	0	0	0.0	9	7	75	0	+4.3	0
10	2009-11-15	@ ARI	L 20–31	0	0	0.0	5	0	0	0	−5.6	0
11	2009-11-22	@ MIN	L 9–35	0	0	0.0	8	6	100	0	+5.9	0
12	2009-11-29	@ LA	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	5	4	46	0	+5.3	0
13	2009-12-06	vs SF	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	7	5	54	0	+1.8	0
14	2009-12-13	@ HOU	L 7–34	1	2	−0.3	3	3	50	0	+3.2	0

2008 game log (1 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-07	@ BUF	L 10–34	9	5	60	1	+2.7

2007 game log (18 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	vs TB	W 20–6	1	3	−0.2	3	2	41	0	−3.6	0
2	2007-09-16	@ ARI	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	6	2	39	1	+1.8	0
3	2007-09-23	vs CIN	W 24–21	0	0	0.0	12	6	76	1	−0.9	0
4	2007-09-30	@ SF	W 23–3	0	0	0.0	3	2	10	0	−1.1	0
5	2007-10-07	@ PIT	L 0–21	0	0	0.0	4	1	7	0	−2.8	0
6	2007-10-14	vs NO	L 17–28	0	0	0.0	13	6	63	1	−3.1	1
7	2007-10-21	vs LA	W 33–6	0	0	0.0	6	1	12	0	−3.3	1
9	2007-11-04	@ CLE	L 30–33 OT	0	0	0.0	6	4	59	0	+4.6	1
10	2007-11-12	vs SF	W 24–0	0	0	0.0	6	4	51	0	+2.7	0
11	2007-11-18	vs CHI	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	1	+2.5	0
12	2007-11-25	@ LA	W 24–19	0	0	0.0	4	1	20	0	−3.7	0
13	2007-12-02	@ PHI	W 28–24	0	0	0.0	8	4	71	1	+3.1	0
14	2007-12-09	vs ARI	W 42–21	0	0	0.0	5	5	50	1	+3.4	0
15	2007-12-16	@ CAR	L 10–13	1	1	−1.5	3	1	20	0	−0.6	0
16	2007-12-23	vs BAL	W 27–6	0	0	0.0	5	3	52	1	−1.0	0
17	2007-12-30	@ ATL	L 41–44	0	0	0.0	10	7	119	2	+11.6	0
P18	2008-01-05	vs WAS	W 35–14	0	0	0.0	7	6	64	0	+3.2	0
P19	2008-01-12	@ GB	L 20–42	0	0	0.0	7	4	33	0	−2.3	0

2006 game log (17 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	@ DET	W 9–6	2	1	36	0	+2.4	0
2	2006-09-17	vs ARI	W 21–10	3	1	7	0	−1.8	0
3	2006-09-24	vs NYG	W 42–30	6	4	42	1	+2.2	0
4	2006-10-01	@ CHI	L 6–37	4	1	19	0	+1.0	0
6	2006-10-15	@ LA	W 30–28	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2006-10-22	vs MIN	L 13–31	2	0	0	0	−2.3	0
8	2006-10-29	@ KC	L 28–35	1	1	21	0	+1.1	0
9	2006-11-06	vs LV	W 16–0	1	0	0	0	−1.2	0
11	2006-11-19	@ SF	L 14–20	2	1	5	0	−1.2	0
12	2006-11-27	vs GB	W 34–24	4	3	17	0	+0.6	0
13	2006-12-03	@ DEN	W 23–20	2	2	23	0	+1.6	0
14	2006-12-10	@ ARI	L 21–27	1	1	5	1	+1.6	0
15	2006-12-14	vs SF	L 14–24	5	2	12	0	−2.4	2
16	2006-12-24	vs LAC	L 17–20	1	0	0	0	−0.1	0
17	2006-12-31	@ TB	W 23–7	2	1	5	0	−0.5	0
P18	2007-01-06	vs DAL	W 21–20	2	0	0	0	−3.2	0
P19	2007-01-14	@ CHI	L 24–27 OT	2	1	16	1	+3.1	0

2005 game log (12 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs TB	L 13–24	0	0	0.0	7	3	45	0	−4.4	1
2	2005-09-18	@ CIN	L 8–37	0	0	0.0	6	3	48	0	−2.8	1
7	2005-10-23	vs GB	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	3	3	37	0	+3.9	0
8	2005-10-30	@ CAR	L 13–38	1	-2	−0.6	3	1	6	0	−1.2	0
9	2005-11-06	vs DET	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	3	2	16	1	+1.9	0
10	2005-11-13	@ NYG	W 24–21	1	-4	−0.9	6	2	14	0	−2.0	1
12	2005-11-27	vs CLE	W 24–12	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−2.6	0
13	2005-12-04	@ DET	W 21–16	0	0	0.0	2	2	26	0	+3.3	0
14	2005-12-11	vs LA	W 27–13	0	0	0.0	4	2	20	0	+0.1	0
15	2005-12-18	vs PIT	L 3–18	0	0	0.0	3	2	24	0	+1.6	0
16	2005-12-25	@ BAL	L 23–30	0	0	0.0	5	4	26	0	+2.7	0
17	2006-01-01	vs CHI	W 34–10	0	0	0.0	8	6	66	0	+1.6	0

2004 game log (18 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs DAL	W 35–17	0	0	0.0	4	3	34	0	+0.7	0
2	2004-09-20	@ PHI	L 16–27	1	9	+1.3	9	5	67	0	+2.9	2
3	2004-09-26	vs CHI	W 27–22	0	0	0.0	5	2	71	0	+0.6	0
5	2004-10-10	@ HOU	W 34–28 OT	0	0	0.0	4	3	16	1	+5.1	0
6	2004-10-17	@ NO	W 38–31	0	0	0.0	9	6	134	0	+10.4	1
7	2004-10-24	vs TEN	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	9	6	53	0	+3.2	0
8	2004-10-31	vs NYG	L 13–34	1	8	+0.9	10	6	43	1	−0.8	0
9	2004-11-08	@ IND	L 28–31	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	1	+3.1	0
10	2004-11-14	@ GB	L 31–34	1	11	+1.0	18	11	141	1	+7.9	0
11	2004-11-21	vs DET	W 22–19	0	0	0.0	5	5	52	1	+6.9	0
12	2004-11-28	vs JAX	W 27–16	0	0	0.0	3	2	21	0	−3.5	0
13	2004-12-05	@ CHI	L 14–24	1	10	+0.9	5	3	31	1	−3.2	0
14	2004-12-12	vs SEA	L 23–27	0	0	0.0	4	4	42	0	+2.2	0
15	2004-12-19	@ DET	W 28–27	0	0	0.0	5	5	134	2	+11.6	0
16	2004-12-24	vs GB	L 31–34	2	11	−0.0	2	2	110	1	+8.8	0
17	2005-01-02	@ WAS	L 18–21	0	0	0.0	9	4	49	0	+0.2	0
P18	2005-01-09	@ GB	W 31–17	0	0	0.0	5	4	60	1	+5.7	0
P19	2005-01-16	@ PHI	L 14–27	0	0	0.0	6	4	50	0	−0.6	0

2003 game log (16 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	@ GB	W 30–25	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
2	2003-09-14	vs CHI	W 24–13	1	1	6	0	+0.3	0
3	2003-09-21	@ DET	W 23–13	5	1	29	0	−0.1	0
4	2003-09-28	vs SF	W 35–7	5	3	54	1	+3.9	0
5	2003-10-05	@ ATL	W 39–26	4	3	71	0	+4.2	0
7	2003-10-19	vs DEN	W 28–20	2	0	0	0	−0.9	0
8	2003-10-26	vs NYG	L 17–29	5	3	52	0	+2.9	0
9	2003-11-02	vs GB	L 27–30	5	3	51	0	+3.9	0
10	2003-11-09	@ LAC	L 28–42	1	1	19	1	+3.5	0
11	2003-11-16	@ LV	L 18–28	8	3	32	0	−4.3	0
12	2003-11-23	vs DET	W 24–14	3	3	32	0	+1.5	0
13	2003-11-30	@ LA	L 17–48	5	2	28	0	+1.1	0
14	2003-12-07	vs SEA	W 34–7	2	0	0	0	−2.0	0
15	2003-12-14	@ CHI	L 10–13	3	2	16	0	+0.7	0
16	2003-12-20	vs KC	W 45–20	5	3	57	0	−1.1	0
17	2003-12-28	@ ARI	L 17–18	2	1	8	0	+0.1	1