Nyheim Hines

RB · IND/BUF/LAC · 2018–2025

Born November 12, 1996 · College N.C. State · Drafted 2018, round 4, pick 104 (IND) · 5-9, 196 lb

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)
2018	IND	16	85	314	2	3.69	−0.186	−0.122−0.182 to −0.062	34.1	−16.9	−0.18
2018 playoffs	IND	1	3	24	0	8.00	+0.231		66.7	+0.7	−0.00
2019	IND	16	52	199	2	3.83	−0.020	−0.116−0.178 to −0.054	40.7	−1.1	−0.04
2020	IND	16	89	380	3	4.27	−0.112	−0.081−0.141 to −0.021	42.2	−10.1	−0.08
2020 playoffs	IND	1	6	75	0	12.50	+0.636		33.3	+3.8	+0.01
2021	IND	17	56	276	2	4.93	+0.056	−0.082−0.143 to −0.020	36.8	+3.2	−0.07
2022	IND	15	24	33	1	1.38	−0.554	−0.106−0.169 to −0.043	12.5	−13.3	−0.29
2025	LAC	1	2	-2	0	-1.00	−0.757	−0.085−0.150 to −0.021	0.0	−1.5	−0.00
Career	LAC	81	308	1,200	10	3.90	−0.125		36.2	−39.7	−0.64

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	IND	16	81	63	425	2	77.8	+0.009	12.8	2.1	+0.7	+0.02
2019	IND	16	58	44	320	0	75.9	−0.054	11.9	1.3	−3.1	+0.12
2020	IND	16	76	63	482	4	82.9	+0.116	14.2	0.7	+8.8	+0.23
2020 playoffs	IND	1	3	1	8	0	33.3	+0.272	7.0	1.0	+0.8	−0.00
2021	IND	17	57	40	300	1	70.2	+0.076	11.4	2.0	+4.3	−0.14
2022	IND	15	37	30	241	1	81.1	+0.334	7.3	3.1	+12.4	+0.09
2022 playoffs	BUF	2	3	2	11	0	66.7	−0.020	3.9	4.7	−0.1	+0.02
Career	LAC	81	309	240	1,768	8	77.7	+0.075	11.5	1.7	+23.1	+0.32

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
2018	IND	16	3
2019	IND	16	4
2020	IND	16	1
2022	IND	15	2
Career	LAC	81	10

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
2018	IND	16	496	44.9	–	–
2018 playoffs	IND	2	32	26.2	–	–
2019	IND	16	334	31.7	1	1.4
2020	IND	16	385	36.3	–	–
2020 playoffs	IND	1	31	41.3	–	–
2021	IND	17	348	31.8	1	1.7
2022	IND/BUF	16	206	19.2	1	1.7
2022 playoffs	BUF	2	14	10.3	–	–
2025	LAC/NO	4	7	2.5	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	37	89.2	3	9.1	2	100.0

Game logs

2025 game log (1 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
8	2025-10-23	vs MIN	W 37–10	2	-2	0	−1.5

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ HOU	T 20–20 OT	3	4	0	−4.3	6	6	50	0	+3.5	0
2	2022-09-18	@ JAX	L 0–24	1	0	0	−0.5	5	4	37	0	+0.3	1
3	2022-09-25	vs KC	W 20–17	3	7	0	−1.0	6	5	23	0	+0.8	0
4	2022-10-02	vs TEN	L 17–24	1	0	0	−0.6	2	2	3	0	−1.3	0
5	2022-10-06	@ DEN	W 12–9 OT	1	3	0	−0.4	2	1	5	0	−1.6	0
7	2022-10-23	@ TEN	L 10–19	4	2	0	−2.0	5	5	41	0	+3.6	0
8	2022-10-30	vs WAS	L 16–17	5	20	1	+0.3	2	2	29	0	+1.8	0
9	2022-11-06	@ NYJ	L 17–20	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.2	0
10	2022-11-13	vs MIN	L 30–33 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	9	0	+0.8	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CLE	W 31–23	1	-8	0	−2.4	1	0	0	0	−0.4	1
12	2022-11-24	@ DET	W 28–25	1	3	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2022-12-01	@ NE	W 24–10	2	-3	0	−1.6	2	1	21	0	+2.9	0
14	2022-12-11	vs NYJ	W 20–12	1	3	0	−0.1	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0
15	2022-12-17	vs MIA	W 32–29	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	10	1	+2.5	0
16	2022-12-24	@ CHI	W 35–13	1	2	0	−0.3	2	1	9	0	+0.9	0
P19	2023-01-15	vs MIA	W 34–31	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	7	0	+0.1	0
P20	2023-01-22	vs CIN	L 10–27	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2021-09-12	vs SEA	L 16–28	9	34	0	−2.1	8	6	48	0	+0.8
2	2021-09-19	vs LA	L 24–27	1	5	0	+0.6	2	1	7	0	−1.5
3	2021-09-26	@ TEN	L 16–25	6	25	1	+0.6	6	5	54	0	+2.6
4	2021-10-03	@ MIA	W 27–17	2	6	0	−0.0	2	2	5	0	−0.8
5	2021-10-11	@ BAL	L 25–31 OT	4	18	0	+0.8	1	0	0	0	−0.3
6	2021-10-17	vs HOU	W 31–3	4	13	0	+1.0	2	1	9	0	−1.5
7	2021-10-24	@ SF	W 30–18	8	14	0	−3.2	3	1	-2	0	−2.9
8	2021-10-31	vs TEN	L 31–34 OT	1	2	0	−0.3	5	4	22	0	+2.6
9	2021-11-04	vs NYJ	W 45–30	6	74	1	+3.6	6	4	34	0	+0.8
10	2021-11-14	vs JAX	W 23–17	2	12	0	+0.4	4	2	17	0	+0.5
11	2021-11-21	@ BUF	W 41–15	4	31	0	+1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
12	2021-11-28	vs TB	L 31–38	1	3	0	−0.2	4	3	26	0	+1.4
13	2021-12-05	@ HOU	W 31–0	3	24	0	+2.9	4	3	32	0	+1.2
15	2021-12-18	vs NE	W 27–17	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	1	+0.9
16	2021-12-25	@ ARI	W 22–16	3	11	0	−0.3	1	1	7	0	+0.1
17	2022-01-02	vs LV	L 20–23	2	4	0	−1.1	4	4	14	0	−0.7
18	2022-01-09	@ JAX	L 11–26	0	0	0	−0.8	3	2	19	0	+1.1

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ JAX	L 20–27	7	28	1	−2.8	8	8	45	1	+2.3	0
2	2020-09-20	vs MIN	W 28–11	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0
3	2020-09-27	vs NYJ	W 36–7	7	21	0	−1.5	5	4	40	0	+0.6	0
4	2020-10-04	@ CHI	W 19–11	9	24	0	−4.4	3	3	8	0	−1.1	0
5	2020-10-11	@ CLE	L 23–32	3	8	0	−1.1	4	2	22	0	−2.2	0
6	2020-10-18	vs CIN	W 31–27	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	27	0	−1.1	0
8	2020-11-01	@ DET	W 41–21	5	8	0	−1.8	5	3	54	2	+5.3	0
9	2020-11-08	vs BAL	L 10–24	2	18	0	+0.4	3	2	20	0	−1.1	0
10	2020-11-12	@ TEN	W 34–17	12	70	1	+3.4	6	5	45	1	+3.3	0
11	2020-11-22	vs GB	W 34–31 OT	6	2	0	−3.5	4	3	31	0	+4.2	1
12	2020-11-29	vs TEN	L 26–45	10	29	0	−1.1	10	8	66	0	+2.2	0
13	2020-12-06	@ HOU	W 26–20	6	10	1	−3.1	3	3	22	0	−0.2	0
14	2020-12-13	@ LV	W 44–27	7	58	0	+1.6	4	4	17	0	−1.0	0
15	2020-12-20	vs HOU	W 27–20	5	43	0	+1.4	3	2	11	0	−1.1	0
16	2020-12-27	@ PIT	L 24–28	8	44	0	+1.8	4	4	20	0	−0.2	0
17	2021-01-03	vs JAX	W 28–14	2	17	0	+0.7	7	6	50	0	−0.8	0
P18	2021-01-09	@ BUF	L 24–27	6	75	0	+3.8	3	1	8	0	+0.8	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ LAC	L 24–30 OT	4	13	0	+0.1	4	4	4	−1.4	0
2	2019-09-15	@ TEN	W 19–17	2	9	0	−0.5	2	1	5	−1.2	1
3	2019-09-22	vs ATL	W 27–24	2	3	0	−0.9	4	3	26	+2.1	0
4	2019-09-29	vs LV	L 24–31	3	6	0	+0.4	6	6	39	+1.2	0
5	2019-10-06	@ KC	W 19–13	2	-1	0	−1.4	5	4	46	+1.2	0
7	2019-10-20	vs HOU	W 30–23	1	3	0	−0.1	2	1	13	+0.7	0
8	2019-10-27	vs DEN	W 15–13	4	12	0	−1.2	3	3	34	+2.2	0
9	2019-11-03	@ PIT	L 24–26	1	7	0	+0.8	3	1	21	−0.6	0
10	2019-11-10	vs MIA	L 12–16	3	14	0	+0.2	7	4	30	−0.3	0
11	2019-11-17	vs JAX	W 33–13	3	11	1	+0.8	4	3	24	+1.0	0
12	2019-11-21	@ HOU	L 17–20	9	51	0	+2.7	3	2	10	+0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs TEN	L 17–31	4	22	1	+0.7	2	2	18	+1.0	1
14	2019-12-08	@ TB	L 35–38	4	1	0	−2.9	5	4	24	−5.4	1
15	2019-12-16	@ NO	L 7–34	2	10	0	−0.4	2	2	2	−1.9	0
16	2019-12-22	vs CAR	W 38–6	1	4	0	−0.0	1	1	2	−0.7	0
17	2019-12-29	@ JAX	L 20–38	7	34	0	+0.6	5	3	22	−1.2	1

2018 game log (17 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs CIN	L 23–34	5	19	0	+0.2	9	7	33	0	+0.6	1
2	2018-09-16	@ WAS	W 21–9	4	7	1	+0.0	1	1	-2	0	−0.9	0
3	2018-09-23	@ PHI	L 16–20	5	18	0	−1.0	5	5	25	0	−0.7	0
4	2018-09-30	vs HOU	L 34–37 OT	4	10	0	−4.0	11	9	63	2	+4.4	0
5	2018-10-04	@ NE	L 24–38	15	45	0	−3.2	9	7	45	0	−1.0	1
6	2018-10-14	@ NYJ	L 34–42	3	14	0	−0.1	3	2	21	0	+0.1	0
7	2018-10-21	vs BUF	W 37–5	5	47	0	+1.0	2	1	-5	0	−3.1	0
8	2018-10-28	@ LV	W 42–28	11	78	0	+1.4	2	2	7	0	−0.2	0
10	2018-11-11	vs JAX	W 29–26	3	3	0	−1.6	4	3	19	0	−1.4	0
11	2018-11-18	vs TEN	W 38–10	5	14	0	−1.0	3	1	20	0	+0.3	0
12	2018-11-25	vs MIA	W 27–24	9	28	0	−3.1	2	2	22	0	+0.9	0
13	2018-12-02	@ JAX	L 0–6	4	5	0	−2.2	9	9	50	0	+0.5	0
14	2018-12-09	@ HOU	W 24–21	3	1	0	−1.8	5	3	16	0	−0.4	0
15	2018-12-16	vs DAL	W 23–0	6	19	0	−1.3	6	4	45	0	+2.0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs NYG	W 28–27	2	2	1	−0.1	5	4	41	0	+3.2	0
17	2018-12-30	@ TEN	W 33–17	1	4	0	+0.0	5	3	25	0	−3.4	1
P19	2019-01-12	@ KC	L 13–31	3	24	0	+0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0