Pat Freiermuth

TE · PIT · 2021–2026

Born October 25, 1998 · College Penn State · Drafted 2021, round 2, pick 55 (PIT) · 6-5, 258 lb

EPA per target 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)
2026	PIT	8	4	5	1	1.25	+2.012		100.0	+8.0	+0.12

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2021	PIT	16	79	60	497	7	75.9	+0.313	+0.248+0.094 to +0.402	12.9	5.5	+24.7	+0.45
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	5	4	25	0	80.0	+0.167		11.4	2.8	+0.8	−0.01
2022	PIT	15	98	63	732	2	64.3	+0.091	+0.173+0.025 to +0.321	19.6	8.4	+8.9	+0.88
2023	PIT	11	47	32	308	2	68.1	+0.181	+0.171+0.004 to +0.337	15.0	6.6	+8.5	+0.25
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	8	5	76	0	62.5	+0.354		21.1	8.0	+2.8	+0.00
2024	PIT	17	78	65	655	7	83.3	+0.460	+0.324+0.170 to +0.479	17.0	6.1	+35.9	+1.00
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	4	3	15	0	75.0	−0.777		15.4	3.5	−3.1	−0.03
2025	PIT	15	54	41	486	4	75.9	+0.432	+0.290+0.126 to +0.454	11.3	6.0	+23.3	+0.97
2025 playoffs	PIT	1	3	1	18	0	33.3	−1.601		9.7	21.7	−4.8	+0.02
2026	PIT	8	35	25	235	4	71.4	+0.228	+0.200+0.028 to +0.372	13.1	8.5	+8.0	+0.15
Career	PIT	82	391	286	2,913	26	73.1	+0.279		14.9	6.8	+109.3	+3.71

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	Forced fumbles
2021	PIT	16	1	0
2022	PIT	15	1	0
2023	PIT	11	3	1
Career	PIT	82	5	1

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
2021	PIT	16	665	61.7	–	–
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	31	46.3	–	–
2022	PIT	16	732	67.5	–	–
2023	PIT	12	465	63.4	–	–
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	43	66.2	–	–
2024	PIT	17	765	69.0	–	–
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	27	60.0	–	–
2025	PIT	17	515	50.8	–	–
2025 playoffs	PIT	1	39	68.4	–	–

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	98	77.6	2	2.6	14	64.3
2023	47	72.3	0	0.0	10	30.0
2024	78	87.2	3	4.4	10	90.0
2025	54	77.8	0	0.0	7	42.9
2026	35	80.0	1	3.6	4	25.0

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs ATL	W 20–13	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	46	1	+3.7
2	2026-09-20	@ NE	L 3–20	1	2	0	+2.1	5	4	32	0	−0.3
3	2026-09-27	vs CIN	W 30–27	1	1	0	+0.4	4	2	30	0	−0.6
4	2026-10-01	@ CLE	L 24–27	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	17	1	+0.4
5	2026-10-11	vs IND	W 34–22	1	1	0	+2.2	7	5	44	2	+3.6
6	2026-10-18	@ TB	W 26–19 OT	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	11	0	−1.8
7	2026-10-25	@ NO	W 16–10	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	20	0	+0.8
8	2026-11-01	vs CLE	W 27–6	1	1	1	+3.4	2	2	35	0	+2.1

2025 game log (16 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2025-09-07	@ NYJ	W 34–32	3	3	28	0	+2.1
2	2025-09-14	vs SEA	L 17–31	4	3	31	0	−3.4
3	2025-09-21	@ NE	W 21–14	3	1	6	0	−3.0
6	2025-10-12	vs CLE	W 23–9	1	1	11	0	+0.7
7	2025-10-16	@ CIN	L 31–33	6	5	111	2	+9.4
8	2025-10-26	vs GB	L 25–35	4	3	13	0	−1.8
9	2025-11-02	vs IND	W 27–20	4	3	27	1	+3.4
10	2025-11-09	@ LAC	L 10–25	3	3	33	0	+2.5
11	2025-11-16	vs CIN	W 34–12	1	1	19	0	+1.8
12	2025-11-23	@ CHI	L 28–31	3	3	19	1	+2.2
14	2025-12-07	@ BAL	W 27–22	3	2	9	0	−1.4
15	2025-12-15	vs MIA	W 28–15	5	3	45	0	+5.2
16	2025-12-21	@ DET	W 29–24	4	4	20	0	−0.2
17	2025-12-28	@ CLE	L 6–13	5	3	63	0	+2.3
18	2026-01-04	vs BAL	W 26–24	5	3	51	0	+3.6
P19	2026-01-12	vs HOU	L 6–30	3	1	18	0	−4.8

2024 game log (18 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2024-09-08	@ ATL	W 18–10	4	4	27	0	+0.6
2	2024-09-15	@ DEN	W 13–6	4	4	39	0	+1.6
3	2024-09-22	vs LAC	W 20–10	5	4	33	0	+3.7
4	2024-09-29	@ IND	L 24–27	7	5	57	1	+0.2
5	2024-10-06	vs DAL	L 17–20	3	3	24	1	+2.7
6	2024-10-13	@ LV	W 32–13	3	2	16	0	−0.3
7	2024-10-20	vs NYJ	W 37–15	3	2	51	0	+3.1
8	2024-10-28	vs NYG	W 26–18	2	2	19	0	+1.7
10	2024-11-10	@ WAS	W 28–27	3	3	17	1	+4.8
11	2024-11-17	vs BAL	W 18–16	2	2	14	0	+0.3
12	2024-11-21	@ CLE	L 19–24	4	4	59	0	+5.7
13	2024-12-01	@ CIN	W 44–38	7	6	68	1	+3.9
14	2024-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–14	3	3	48	1	+5.7
15	2024-12-15	@ PHI	L 13–27	6	3	22	1	+2.3
16	2024-12-21	@ BAL	L 17–34	3	3	16	0	−0.2
17	2024-12-25	vs KC	L 10–29	8	7	60	0	−3.7
18	2025-01-04	vs CIN	L 17–19	11	8	85	1	+3.9
P19	2025-01-11	@ BAL	L 14–28	4	3	15	0	−3.1

2023 game log (12 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs SF	L 7–30	4	1	3	1	−2.1	1
2	2023-09-18	vs CLE	W 26–22	1	1	2	0	−0.6	1
3	2023-09-24	@ LV	W 23–18	4	3	41	1	+2.7	0
4	2023-10-01	@ HOU	L 6–30	4	3	7	0	−2.7	0
11	2023-11-19	@ CLE	L 10–13	1	1	7	0	+0.4	0
12	2023-11-26	@ CIN	W 16–10	11	9	120	0	+10.8	0
13	2023-12-03	vs ARI	L 10–24	5	3	29	0	+1.4	0
14	2023-12-07	vs NE	L 18–21	7	3	18	0	−6.1	0
15	2023-12-16	@ IND	L 13–30	4	3	16	0	+0.2	1
17	2023-12-31	@ SEA	W 30–23	4	3	44	0	+2.8	0
18	2024-01-06	@ BAL	W 17–10	2	2	21	0	+1.7	0
P19	2024-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–31	8	5	76	0	+2.8	0

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ CIN	W 23–20 OT	10	5	75	0	−0.8	0
2	2022-09-18	vs NE	L 14–17	7	4	22	1	−1.3	0
3	2022-09-22	@ CLE	L 17–29	4	2	41	0	+0.1	0
4	2022-10-02	vs NYJ	L 20–24	9	7	85	0	+3.1	1
5	2022-10-09	@ BUF	L 3–38	2	2	12	0	−0.4	0
7	2022-10-23	@ MIA	L 10–16	9	8	75	0	+4.1	0
8	2022-10-30	@ PHI	L 13–35	7	4	57	0	−0.2	0
10	2022-11-13	vs NO	W 20–10	7	4	36	0	−2.5	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CIN	L 30–37	12	8	79	0	−0.9	0
12	2022-11-28	@ IND	W 24–17	4	3	39	0	+4.1	0
13	2022-12-04	@ ATL	W 19–16	5	3	76	0	+6.9	0
14	2022-12-11	vs BAL	L 14–16	6	3	33	1	−4.0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs LV	W 13–10	8	7	66	0	+1.6	0
17	2023-01-01	@ BAL	W 16–13	6	3	36	0	+0.8	0
18	2023-01-08	vs CLE	W 28–14	2	0	0	0	−1.6	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ BUF	W 23–16	1	1	24	0	+2.1	0
2	2021-09-19	vs LV	L 17–26	4	4	36	0	+4.6	0
3	2021-09-26	vs CIN	L 10–24	5	3	22	1	+2.3	0
4	2021-10-03	@ GB	L 17–27	1	1	11	0	+1.5	0
5	2021-10-10	vs DEN	W 27–19	2	2	7	0	+1.9	0
6	2021-10-17	vs SEA	W 23–20 OT	7	7	58	0	+2.3	0
8	2021-10-31	@ CLE	W 15–10	7	4	44	1	+4.4	0
9	2021-11-08	vs CHI	W 29–27	6	5	43	2	+6.5	0
10	2021-11-14	vs DET	T 16–16 OT	9	5	31	0	−3.4	0
11	2021-11-21	@ LAC	L 37–41	7	4	11	1	−3.5	0
12	2021-11-28	@ CIN	L 10–41	4	4	40	1	+3.8	0
13	2021-12-05	vs BAL	W 20–19	4	3	26	0	−0.7	0
14	2021-12-09	@ MIN	L 28–36	3	2	32	1	−0.4	0
15	2021-12-19	vs TEN	W 19–13	4	4	37	0	+2.6	0
17	2022-01-03	vs CLE	W 26–14	6	5	22	0	−3.2	1
18	2022-01-09	@ BAL	W 16–13 OT	9	6	53	0	+3.7	0
P19	2022-01-16	@ KC	L 21–42	5	4	25	0	+0.8	0