Nick Novak

K · WAS/LAC/HOU/ARI/KC · 2005–2017

Born August 21, 1981 · College Maryland · Undrafted · 6-0, 200 lb

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
2005	WAS	2	2	–	–	–
2006	WAS	1	1	0	–	–
2012	LAC	1	1	0	0	0
2013	LAC	3	5	0	0	0
2013 playoffs	LAC	2	2	0	0	0
2015	HOU	1	1	0	0	0
2016	HOU	1	1	0	0	0
Career	HOU	9	11	0	0	0

Kicking

Over expected: against the season’s average kicker from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen FG model).

Season	Team	G	FG	FG %	Expected FG %	FG points over expected	Stabilised per attempt	Long	XP	XP points over expected
2005	WAS/ARI	6	8/10	80.0	86.0	−1.8	−0.00−0.12 to +0.11	40	15/15	+0.2
2006	WAS	6	5/10	50.0	75.8	−7.7	−0.04−0.15 to +0.07	47	10/10	+0.1
2008	KC	4	6/10	60.0	85.8	−7.7	−0.03−0.14 to +0.09	43	7/7	+0.0
2011	LAC	15	27/34	79.4	81.0	−1.6	−0.01−0.11 to +0.10	53	41/42	−0.8
2012	LAC	13	18/20	90.0	84.5	+3.3	+0.01−0.10 to +0.12	51	33/33	+0.2
2013	LAC	16	34/37	91.9	89.6	+2.6	+0.01−0.10 to +0.12	50	42/42	+0.2
2013 playoffs	LAC	2	3/4	75.0	90.0	−1.8		30	5/5	+0.0
2014	LAC	15	22/26	84.6	84.9	−0.3	−0.00−0.11 to +0.10	52	40/40	+0.2
2015	HOU	13	18/21	85.7	86.1	−0.2	−0.01−0.12 to +0.10	51	29/31	−0.2
2016	HOU	15	35/41	85.4	87.7	−2.9	−0.02−0.13 to +0.08	53	22/25	−1.5
2016 playoffs	HOU	2	5/5	100.0	85.4	+2.2		50	4/4	+0.2
2017	LAC	7	9/13	69.2	87.3	−7.0	−0.03−0.14 to +0.08	50	17/18	+0.0
Career		110	182/222	82.0	85.5	−23.5		53	256/263	−1.6

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
2014	LAC	1	6	−3.60	−0.15−2.08 to +1.79	−6.76	16.7	0.0
2015	HOU	1	1	−8.16	−0.01−2.00 to +1.98	–	0.0	100.0

Game logs

2017 game log (7 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
5	2017-10-08	@ NYG	W 27–22	2/2	31	+0.2	3/3
6	2017-10-15	@ LV	W 17–16	1/2	32	−2.0	2/2
7	2017-10-22	vs DEN	W 21–0	–	–	0.0	3/3
8	2017-10-29	@ NE	L 13–21	0/1	–	−2.0	1/1
10	2017-11-12	@ JAX	L 17–20 OT	1/1	50	+0.9	2/2
11	2017-11-19	vs BUF	W 54–24	4/5	39	−1.4	6/6
12	2017-11-23	@ DAL	W 28–6	1/2	22	−2.7	0/1

2016 game log (17 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2016-09-11	vs CHI	W 23–14	–	–	–	–	3/3	38	+0.5	2/2
2	2016-09-18	vs KC	W 19–12	1	0.0	0	0	4/5	43	−0.8	1/1
4	2016-10-02	vs TEN	W 27–20	–	–	–	–	2/3	53	−0.9	3/3
5	2016-10-09	@ MIN	L 13–31	–	–	–	–	2/3	38	−1.7	1/1
6	2016-10-16	vs IND	W 26–23 OT	–	–	–	–	2/2	33	+0.3	2/3
7	2016-10-24	@ DEN	L 9–27	–	–	–	–	3/3	43	+0.9	–
8	2016-10-30	vs DET	W 20–13	–	–	–	–	2/2	36	+0.4	2/2
10	2016-11-13	@ JAX	W 24–21	–	–	–	–	1/3	51	−3.2	3/3
11	2016-11-21	@ LV	L 20–27	–	–	–	–	2/2	32	+0.2	2/2
12	2016-11-27	vs LAC	L 13–21	–	–	–	–	2/2	45	+0.6	1/1
13	2016-12-04	@ GB	L 13–21	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	1/2
14	2016-12-11	@ IND	W 22–17	–	–	–	–	5/5	52	+1.6	1/1
15	2016-12-18	vs JAX	W 21–20	–	–	–	–	4/4	45	+1.4	1/1
16	2016-12-24	vs CIN	W 12–10	–	–	–	–	2/2	25	+0.1	0/1
17	2017-01-01	@ TEN	L 17–24	–	–	–	–	1/2	26	−2.3	2/2
P18	2017-01-07	vs LV	W 27–14	–	–	–	–	2/2	50	+1.1	3/3
P19	2017-01-14	@ NE	L 16–34	–	–	–	–	3/3	46	+1.1	1/1

2015 game log (13 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
4	2015-10-04	@ ATL	L 21–48	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−2.1	3/3	–	–	–
5	2015-10-08	vs IND	L 20–27	–	–	–	–	2/2	49	+0.9	2/2	–	–	–
6	2015-10-18	@ JAX	W 31–20	–	–	–	–	1/1	41	+0.7	4/4	1	−8.2	0
7	2015-10-25	@ MIA	L 26–44	1	0.0	0	0	–	–	0.0	2/3	–	–	–
8	2015-11-01	vs TEN	W 20–6	–	–	–	–	2/2	38	+0.4	2/2	–	–	–
10	2015-11-16	@ CIN	W 10–6	–	–	–	–	1/1	22	+0.1	1/1	–	–	–
11	2015-11-22	vs NYJ	W 24–17	–	–	–	–	1/1	20	+0.0	3/3	–	–	–
12	2015-11-29	vs NO	W 24–6	–	–	–	–	1/1	34	+0.2	3/3	–	–	–
13	2015-12-06	@ BUF	L 21–30	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	1/2	–	–	–
14	2015-12-13	vs NE	L 6–27	–	–	–	–	2/2	45	+0.8	–	–	–	–
15	2015-12-20	@ IND	W 16–10	–	–	–	–	3/4	46	−1.1	1/1	–	–	–
16	2015-12-27	@ TEN	W 34–6	–	–	–	–	2/2	36	+0.4	4/4	–	–	–
17	2016-01-03	vs JAX	W 30–6	–	–	–	–	3/4	51	−0.5	3/3	–	–	–

2014 game log (15 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2014-09-08	@ ARI	L 17–18	1/1	36	+0.3	2/2	–	–	–
2	2014-09-14	vs SEA	W 30–21	3/3	50	+1.6	3/3	–	–	–
3	2014-09-21	@ BUF	W 22–10	2/2	37	+0.5	2/2	–	–	–
4	2014-09-28	vs JAX	W 33–14	4/4	37	+1.0	3/3	–	–	–
5	2014-10-05	vs NYJ	W 31–0	1/1	34	+0.3	4/4	–	–	–
6	2014-10-12	@ LV	W 31–28	1/1	30	+0.2	4/4	–	–	–
7	2014-10-19	vs KC	L 20–23	2/2	48	+0.8	2/2	–	–	–
8	2014-10-23	@ DEN	L 21–35	–	–	0.0	3/3	–	–	–
11	2014-11-16	vs LV	W 13–6	2/3	52	−1.0	1/1	–	–	–
12	2014-11-23	vs LA	W 27–24	2/2	48	+0.8	3/3	–	–	–
13	2014-11-30	@ BAL	W 34–33	2/2	52	+1.2	4/4	–	–	–
14	2014-12-07	vs NE	L 14–23	–	–	0.0	2/2	6	−21.6	1
15	2014-12-14	vs DEN	L 10–22	1/3	30	−4.8	1/1	–	–	–
16	2014-12-20	@ SF	W 38–35 OT	1/1	40	+0.5	5/5	–	–	–
17	2014-12-28	@ KC	L 7–19	0/1	–	−1.7	1/1	–	–	–

2013 game log (18 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2013-09-09	vs HOU	L 28–31	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	4/4
2	2013-09-15	@ PHI	W 33–30	–	–	–	–	4/4	49	+2.1	3/3
3	2013-09-22	@ TEN	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	1/2	44	−2.1	2/2
4	2013-09-29	vs DAL	W 30–21	–	–	–	–	3/3	42	+0.9	3/3
5	2013-10-06	@ LV	L 17–27	–	–	–	–	1/2	35	−2.5	2/2
6	2013-10-14	vs IND	W 19–9	–	–	–	–	4/4	50	+1.5	1/1
7	2013-10-20	@ JAX	W 24–6	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	20	+0.0	3/3
9	2013-11-03	@ WAS	L 24–30 OT	–	–	–	–	1/1	19	+0.0	3/3
10	2013-11-10	vs DEN	L 20–28	–	–	–	–	2/3	40	−2.2	2/2
11	2013-11-17	@ MIA	L 16–20	–	–	–	–	3/3	50	+1.1	1/1
12	2013-11-24	@ KC	W 41–38	3	0.0	0	0	2/2	30	+0.4	5/5
13	2013-12-01	vs CIN	L 10–17	–	–	–	–	1/1	48	+0.6	1/1
14	2013-12-08	vs NYG	W 37–14	–	–	–	–	3/3	43	+0.9	4/4
15	2013-12-12	@ DEN	W 27–20	–	–	–	–	2/2	38	+0.5	3/3
16	2013-12-22	vs LV	W 26–13	–	–	–	–	4/4	48	+1.0	2/2
17	2013-12-29	vs KC	W 27–24 OT	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	36	+0.3	3/3
P18	2014-01-05	@ CIN	W 27–10	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	25	+0.1	3/3
P19	2014-01-12	@ DEN	L 17–24	1	0.0	0	0	1/2	30	−1.9	2/2

2012 game log (13 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
4	2012-09-30	@ KC	W 37–20	–	–	–	–	3/3	47	+1.3	4/4
5	2012-10-07	@ NO	L 24–31	–	–	–	–	1/2	20	−1.8	3/3
6	2012-10-15	vs DEN	L 24–35	–	–	–	–	1/1	32	+0.2	3/3
8	2012-10-28	@ CLE	L 6–7	–	–	–	–	2/2	43	+1.0	–
9	2012-11-01	vs KC	W 31–13	–	–	–	–	1/1	25	+0.1	4/4
10	2012-11-11	@ TB	L 24–34	–	–	–	–	1/1	34	+0.3	3/3
11	2012-11-18	@ DEN	L 23–30	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
12	2012-11-25	vs BAL	L 13–16 OT	–	–	–	–	2/2	47	+0.8	1/1
13	2012-12-02	vs CIN	L 13–20	–	–	–	–	2/3	20	−1.6	1/1
14	2012-12-09	@ PIT	W 34–24	–	–	–	–	2/2	51	+1.6	4/4
15	2012-12-16	vs CAR	L 7–31	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	1/1
16	2012-12-23	@ NYJ	W 27–17	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	51	+1.3	3/3
17	2012-12-30	vs LV	W 24–21	–	–	–	–	1/1	30	+0.2	3/3

2011 game log (15 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
2	2011-09-18	@ NE	L 21–35	–	–	0.0	3/3
3	2011-09-25	vs KC	W 20–17	2/2	41	+1.0	2/2
4	2011-10-02	vs MIA	W 26–16	4/4	48	+1.6	2/2
5	2011-10-09	@ DEN	W 29–24	5/5	51	+1.6	2/2
7	2011-10-23	@ NYJ	L 21–27	–	–	0.0	3/3
8	2011-10-31	@ KC	L 20–23 OT	4/5	44	−0.0	–
9	2011-11-06	vs GB	L 38–45	1/1	52	+1.3	5/5
10	2011-11-10	vs LV	L 17–24	1/2	20	−2.2	2/2
11	2011-11-20	@ CHI	L 20–31	2/3	48	−0.2	2/2
12	2011-11-27	vs DEN	L 13–16 OT	2/4	53	−2.8	1/1
13	2011-12-05	@ JAX	W 38–14	1/1	29	+0.2	5/5
14	2011-12-11	vs BUF	W 37–10	1/1	47	+0.8	4/5
15	2011-12-18	vs BAL	W 34–14	2/3	45	−1.7	4/4
16	2011-12-24	@ DET	L 10–38	1/1	22	+0.1	1/1
17	2012-01-01	@ LV	W 38–26	1/2	51	−1.2	5/5

2008 game log (4 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2008-09-07	@ NE	L 10–17	1/1	40	+0.6	1/1
3	2008-09-21	@ ATL	L 14–38	0/1	–	−2.8	2/2
4	2008-09-28	vs DEN	W 33–19	4/5	43	−1.2	3/3
7	2008-10-19	vs TEN	L 10–34	1/3	26	−4.3	1/1

2006 game log (6 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
6	2006-10-15	vs TEN	L 22–25	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	2/2
7	2006-10-22	@ IND	L 22–36	–	–	–	–	0/2	–	−4.7	2/2
9	2006-11-05	vs DAL	W 22–19	–	–	–	–	2/3	47	−0.8	2/2
10	2006-11-12	@ PHI	L 3–27	1	0.0	0	0	1/2	32	−1.4	–
11	2006-11-19	@ TB	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	1/1	45	+1.0	2/2
12	2006-11-26	vs CAR	W 17–13	–	–	–	–	1/2	42	−1.8	2/2

2005 game log (7 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
2	2005-09-19	@ DAL	W 14–13	1	0.0	0	0	–	–	0.0	2/2
4	2005-10-02	vs SEA	W 20–17 OT	–	–	–	–	2/3	40	−1.1	2/2
5	2005-10-09	@ DEN	L 19–21	–	–	–	–	2/3	36	−1.6	1/1
6	2005-10-16	@ KC	L 21–28	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
7	2005-10-23	vs SF	W 52–17	–	–	–	–	1/1	27	+0.2	7/7
13	2005-12-04	@ SF	W 17–10	–	–	–	–	3/3	35	+0.7	–
16	2005-12-24	vs PHI	W 27–21	1	0.0	0	0	–	–	–	–