Niles Paul

TE · WAS/JAX · 2011–2018

Born August 9, 1989 · College Nebraska · Drafted 2011, round 5, pick 155 (WAS) · 6-1, 242 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)
2011	WAS	8	1	7	7.00	+1.431	100.0	+1.4	+0.04
2012	WAS	13	1	-1	-1.00	−1.360	0.0	−1.4	−0.05
2017	WAS	11	2	4	2.00	+0.650	50.0	+1.3	+0.03
2018	JAX	6	1	-3	-3.00	−1.361	0.0	−1.4	−0.03
Career	JAX	67	5	7	1.40	+0.002	40.0	+0.0	−0.01

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2011	WAS	8	5	2	25	0	40.0	+0.273	−0.047−0.237 to +0.142	1.7	9.8	+1.4	−0.03
2012	WAS	13	15	8	152	1	53.3	+0.384	+0.092−0.091 to +0.275	4.1	9.7	+5.8	+0.01
2013	WAS	9	8	4	51	0	50.0	−0.027	+0.117−0.070 to +0.304	2.3	6.4	−0.2	−0.06
2014	WAS	16	52	39	507	1	75.0	+0.346	+0.209+0.044 to +0.373	9.6	7.8	+18.0	+0.34
2016	WAS	4	2	2	27	0	100.0	+1.119	+0.141−0.050 to +0.332	1.4	0.5	+2.2	+0.09
2017	WAS	11	19	13	94	0	68.4	+0.063	+0.064−0.117 to +0.244	5.4	5.9	+1.2	+0.00
2018	JAX	6	13	10	98	0	76.9	+0.146	+0.143−0.041 to +0.327	5.5	8.2	+1.9	−0.01
Career	JAX	67	114	78	954	2	68.4	+0.265		5.0	7.6	+30.2	+0.33

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
2011	WAS	8	4
2012	WAS	13	9
2012 playoffs	WAS	1	1
2013	WAS	9	12
2014	WAS	16	6
2016	WAS	4	2
2017	WAS	11	4
2018	JAX	6	2
Career	JAX	67	39

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	WAS	8	107	19.3	–	–
2017	WAS	14	293	33.8	–	–
2018	JAX	6	104	26.3	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (6 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ NYG	W 20–15	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5	1
2	2018-09-16	vs NE	W 31–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	22	+1.8	0
3	2018-09-23	vs TEN	L 6–9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2018-09-30	vs NYJ	W 31–12	0	0	0.0	2	2	11	−0.8	0
5	2018-10-07	@ KC	L 14–30	0	0	0.0	9	7	65	+1.3	0
6	2018-10-14	@ DAL	L 7–40	1	-3	−1.4	0	0	0	0.0	0

2017 game log (11 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2017-09-24	vs LV	W 27–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	-3	−1.2	1
4	2017-10-02	@ KC	L 20–29	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.5	0
6	2017-10-15	vs SF	W 26–24	1	-1	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2017-10-23	@ PHI	L 24–34	0	0	0.0	1	1	32	+2.6	1
11	2017-11-19	@ NO	L 31–34 OT	1	5	+2.5	2	2	11	+0.2	0
12	2017-11-23	vs NYG	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	5	3	16	−1.8	0
13	2017-11-30	@ DAL	L 14–38	0	0	0.0	3	3	12	−0.2	0
14	2017-12-10	@ LAC	L 13–30	0	0	0.0	1	1	15	+3.5	0
15	2017-12-17	vs ARI	W 20–15	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+1.1	0
16	2017-12-24	vs DEN	W 27–11	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−1.4	2
17	2017-12-31	@ NYG	L 10–18	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	−1.1	0

2016 game log (4 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-18	vs DAL	L 23–27	1	1	16	+1.4	0
3	2016-09-25	@ NYG	W 29–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2016-10-02	vs CLE	W 31–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2016-10-23	@ DET	L 17–20	1	1	11	+0.8	0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ HOU	L 6–17	4	4	86	0	+1.4	0
2	2014-09-14	vs JAX	W 41–10	11	8	99	1	+7.0	0
3	2014-09-21	@ PHI	L 34–37	9	6	68	0	−0.8	0
4	2014-09-25	vs NYG	L 14–45	4	3	60	0	+3.9	0
5	2014-10-06	vs SEA	L 17–27	2	1	6	0	+0.0	0
6	2014-10-12	@ ARI	L 20–30	2	1	7	0	+2.1	0
7	2014-10-19	vs TEN	W 19–17	2	2	58	0	+4.5	1
8	2014-10-27	@ DAL	W 20–17 OT	3	3	27	0	+1.2	0
9	2014-11-02	@ MIN	L 26–29	2	2	18	0	+1.4	0
11	2014-11-16	vs TB	L 7–27	5	3	17	0	−4.9	0
12	2014-11-23	@ SF	L 13–17	2	1	11	0	+0.8	1
13	2014-11-30	@ IND	L 27–49	1	1	7	0	+0.4	1
14	2014-12-07	vs LA	L 0–24	1	1	7	0	+0.2	1
15	2014-12-14	@ NYG	L 13–24	1	1	17	0	+1.2	1
16	2014-12-20	vs PHI	W 27–24	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2014-12-28	vs DAL	L 17–44	3	2	19	0	−0.2	0

2013 game log (9 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2013-09-22	vs DET	L 20–27	1	0	0	−1.5	0
4	2013-09-29	@ LV	W 24–14	3	2	20	+0.7	2
7	2013-10-20	vs CHI	W 45–41	0	0	0	0.0	4
9	2013-11-03	vs LAC	W 30–24 OT	2	1	6	−0.7	0
11	2013-11-17	@ PHI	L 16–24	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2013-12-08	vs KC	L 10–45	1	1	25	+2.0	1
15	2013-12-15	@ ATL	L 26–27	0	0	0	0.0	2
16	2013-12-22	vs DAL	L 23–24	0	0	0	0.0	2
17	2013-12-29	@ NYG	L 6–20	1	0	0	−0.7	0

2012 game log (14 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2012-09-16	@ LA	L 28–31	0	0	0.0	3	3	13	0	−1.4	1
3	2012-09-23	vs CIN	L 31–38	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2012-09-30	@ TB	W 24–22	0	0	0.0	2	1	30	0	+2.6	0
6	2012-10-14	vs MIN	W 38–26	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2012-10-21	@ NYG	L 23–27	1	-1	−1.4	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
8	2012-10-28	@ PIT	L 12–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	37	0	+2.7	1
9	2012-11-04	vs CAR	L 13–21	0	0	0.0	2	1	22	0	+1.1	1
12	2012-11-22	@ DAL	W 38–31	0	0	0.0	1	1	29	1	+3.5	0
13	2012-12-03	vs NYG	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1
14	2012-12-09	vs BAL	W 31–28 OT	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	1
15	2012-12-16	@ CLE	W 38–21	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
16	2012-12-23	@ PHI	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	2	1	21	0	−0.0	0
17	2012-12-30	vs DAL	W 28–18	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
P18	2013-01-06	vs SEA	L 14–24	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2011 game log (8 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2011-09-18	vs ARI	W 22–21	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2011-10-02	@ LA	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2011-10-23	@ CAR	L 20–33	0	0	0.0	2	2	25	+2.9	0
9	2011-11-06	vs SF	L 11–19	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.7	0
13	2011-12-04	vs NYJ	L 19–34	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4	1
14	2011-12-11	vs NE	L 27–34	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2011-12-18	@ NYG	W 23–10	1	7	+1.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2012-01-01	@ PHI	L 10–34	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4	0