O.J. Howard

TE · TB/HOU · 2017–2022

Born November 18, 1994 · College Alabama · Drafted 2017, round 1, pick 19 (TB) · 6-6, 251 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	TB	13	39	26	432	6	66.7	+0.436	+0.178+0.008 to +0.348	8.0	11.7	+17.0	+0.37
2018	TB	10	48	34	565	5	70.8	+0.533	+0.289+0.123 to +0.455	11.7	11.8	+25.6	+0.50
2019	TB	12	53	34	459	1	64.2	+0.177	+0.205+0.041 to +0.369	11.2	10.0	+9.4	+0.09
2020	TB	4	19	11	146	2	57.9	+0.207	+0.138−0.042 to +0.319	12.7	11.9	+3.9	+0.13
2021	TB	9	21	14	135	1	66.7	+0.182	+0.108−0.072 to +0.287	5.4	6.5	+3.8	+0.06
2021 playoffs	TB	2	2	2	10	0	100.0	+0.244		2.2	3.5	+0.5	−0.00
2022	HOU	11	23	10	145	2	43.5	−0.089	+0.067−0.112 to +0.245	6.3	11.0	−2.0	+0.04
Career	HOU	59	203	129	1,882	17	63.5	+0.284		8.9	10.7	+57.7	+1.19

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
2017	TB	13	1
2018	TB	10	2
2019	TB	12	5
Career	HOU	59	8

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
2017	TB	14	598	64.5	–	–
2018	TB	10	425	60.1	–	–
2019	TB	14	757	79.0	–	–
2020	TB	4	128	47.8	–	–
2021	TB	17	345	29.8	–	–
2021 playoffs	TB	2	31	21.5	–	–
2022	HOU	13	307	38.7	–	–

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	23	60.9	0	0.0	8	37.5

Game logs

2022 game log (11 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	vs IND	T 20–20 OT	2	2	38	2	+4.7
2	2022-09-18	@ DEN	L 9–16	1	1	7	0	+0.3
3	2022-09-25	@ CHI	L 20–23	1	0	0	0	−0.6
4	2022-10-02	vs LAC	L 24–34	5	2	27	0	−2.4
5	2022-10-09	@ JAX	W 13–6	1	0	0	0	−0.6
8	2022-10-30	vs TEN	L 10–17	3	2	24	0	+0.1
9	2022-11-03	vs PHI	L 17–29	2	1	14	0	+0.4
10	2022-11-13	@ NYG	L 16–24	1	0	0	0	−0.5
11	2022-11-20	vs WAS	L 10–23	3	1	9	0	−1.8
12	2022-11-27	@ MIA	L 15–30	2	0	0	0	−2.9
17	2023-01-01	vs JAX	L 3–31	2	1	26	0	+1.1

2021 game log (11 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2021-09-19	vs ATL	W 48–25	1	1	21	0	+1.8
3	2021-09-26	@ LA	L 24–34	1	1	11	0	+0.7
4	2021-10-03	@ NE	W 19–17	1	0	0	0	−1.7
5	2021-10-10	vs MIA	W 45–17	3	2	19	0	+1.8
6	2021-10-14	@ PHI	W 28–22	7	6	49	1	+1.4
7	2021-10-24	vs CHI	W 38–3	3	1	9	0	−0.8
8	2021-10-31	@ NO	L 27–36	3	2	16	0	+0.6
11	2021-11-22	vs NYG	W 30–10	1	1	10	0	+0.7
15	2021-12-19	vs NO	L 0–9	1	0	0	0	−0.5
P19	2022-01-16	vs PHI	W 31–15	1	1	3	0	−0.3
P20	2022-01-23	vs LA	L 27–30	1	1	7	0	+0.8

2020 game log (4 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	@ NO	L 23–34	6	4	36	1	+0.2
2	2020-09-20	vs CAR	W 31–17	3	1	11	0	−1.1
3	2020-09-27	@ DEN	W 28–10	4	3	49	0	+2.2
4	2020-10-04	vs LAC	W 38–31	6	3	50	1	+2.7

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs SF	L 17–31	5	4	32	0	−6.6	2
3	2019-09-22	vs NYG	L 31–32	4	3	66	0	+4.9	0
4	2019-09-29	@ LA	W 55–40	3	3	33	0	+3.4	0
5	2019-10-06	@ NO	L 24–31	2	1	10	0	+0.1	0
6	2019-10-13	vs CAR	L 26–37	4	2	35	0	+1.6	1
10	2019-11-10	vs ARI	W 30–27	7	4	47	1	+3.2	0
11	2019-11-17	vs NO	L 17–34	1	0	0	0	−4.8	1
12	2019-11-24	@ ATL	W 35–22	2	1	10	0	+0.6	0
13	2019-12-01	@ JAX	W 28–11	6	5	61	0	+0.7	0
14	2019-12-08	vs IND	W 38–35	5	4	73	0	+3.4	0
15	2019-12-15	@ DET	W 38–17	7	4	46	0	+2.2	0
16	2019-12-21	vs HOU	L 20–23	7	3	46	0	+0.6	1

2018 game log (10 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ NO	W 48–40	2	2	54	0	+4.7	0
2	2018-09-16	vs PHI	W 27–21	4	3	96	1	+2.3	0
3	2018-09-24	vs PIT	L 27–30	8	6	72	0	+4.3	0
4	2018-09-30	@ CHI	L 10–48	3	0	0	0	−3.0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ ATL	L 29–34	4	4	62	1	+6.0	0
7	2018-10-21	vs CLE	W 26–23 OT	9	5	67	0	−1.1	0
8	2018-10-28	@ CIN	L 34–37	4	4	68	1	+7.4	0
9	2018-11-04	@ CAR	L 28–42	6	4	53	2	+9.0	0
10	2018-11-11	vs WAS	L 3–16	2	1	15	0	−5.7	0
11	2018-11-18	@ NYG	L 35–38	6	5	78	0	+1.7	2

2017 game log (13 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2017-09-17	vs CHI	W 29–7	3	1	17	0	+0.5	0
3	2017-09-24	@ MIN	L 17–34	1	1	12	0	+0.8	0
4	2017-10-01	vs NYG	W 25–23	4	2	63	1	+3.2	0
5	2017-10-05	vs NE	L 14–19	1	0	0	0	−2.1	0
6	2017-10-15	@ ARI	L 33–38	3	1	15	0	−0.1	0
7	2017-10-22	@ BUF	L 27–30	6	6	98	2	+11.4	0
8	2017-10-29	vs CAR	L 3–17	2	2	16	0	+0.6	0
9	2017-11-05	@ NO	L 10–30	2	1	6	0	−4.9	0
11	2017-11-19	@ MIA	W 30–20	4	3	52	1	+4.7	0
12	2017-11-26	@ ATL	L 20–34	4	3	52	0	+4.1	0
13	2017-12-03	@ GB	L 20–26 OT	2	1	17	0	+0.7	0
14	2017-12-10	vs DET	L 21–24	6	4	54	1	−5.3	1
15	2017-12-18	vs ATL	L 21–24	1	1	30	1	+3.5	0