Pierre Strong

RB · NE/CLE/GB · 2022–2026

Born December 10, 1998 · College South Dakota State · Drafted 2022, round 4, pick 127 (NE) · 5-11, 207 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)
2022	NE	7	10	100	1	10.00	+0.574	−0.078−0.142 to −0.014	70.0	+5.7	+0.17
2023	CLE	15	63	291	1	4.62	−0.158	−0.119−0.181 to −0.058	41.3	−9.9	−0.13
2024	CLE	12	26	108	0	4.15	−0.058	−0.092−0.155 to −0.029	34.6	−1.5	+0.01
2026	GB	4	25	59	0	2.36	−0.195	−0.115−0.178 to −0.052	28.0	−4.9	+0.01
Career	GB	38	124	558	2	4.50	−0.085		39.5	−10.6	+0.05

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2022	NE	7	7	7	42	100.0	+0.143	3.3	0.6	+1.0	+0.05
2023	CLE	15	8	5	47	62.5	−0.279	1.5	-0.6	−2.2	−0.04
2024	CLE	12	22	14	104	63.6	−0.125	4.6	0.3	−2.7	+0.00
2026	GB	4	12	10	61	83.3	+0.144	8.8	-1.2	+1.7	+0.10
Career	GB	38	49	36	254	73.5	−0.046	3.6	-0.2	−2.3	+0.11

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
2022	NE	7	6	0
2023	CLE	15	9	1
2024	CLE	12	3	0
2026	GB	4	1	0
Career	GB	38	19	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
2022	NE	7	41	9.9	–	–
2023	CLE	15	160	15.0	–	–
2024	CLE	12	190	22.5	–	–

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	7	100.0	0	0.0	2	100.0
2023	8	62.5	0	0.0	0	–
2024	22	77.3	0	0.0	3	0.0
2026	12	91.7	1	9.1	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (4 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2026-10-11	vs CHI	W 31–7	5	7	−0.3	4	3	11	−1.4	0
6	2026-10-18	vs DAL	W 23–13	11	28	−2.0	6	5	39	+3.9	0
8	2026-10-29	vs CAR	W 27–19	1	2	−0.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2026-11-08	@ NE	W 45–27	8	22	−2.2	2	2	11	−0.8	0

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs DAL	L 17–33	2	10	+1.8	3	2	20	+0.6	2
2	2024-09-15	@ JAX	W 18–13	1	-5	−0.6	2	1	10	+0.6	0
5	2024-10-06	@ WAS	L 13–34	1	2	−1.1	1	0	0	−0.8	0
6	2024-10-13	@ PHI	L 16–20	8	43	+0.6	3	2	35	+2.6	0
7	2024-10-20	vs CIN	L 14–21	3	6	−1.0	3	1	9	−1.4	0
8	2024-10-27	vs BAL	W 29–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.2	0
9	2024-11-03	vs LAC	L 10–27	2	8	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ NO	L 14–35	2	5	−1.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2024-12-02	@ DEN	L 32–41	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2024-12-08	@ PIT	L 14–27	0	0	0.0	2	2	9	−0.1	0
16	2024-12-22	@ CIN	L 6–24	2	6	−0.8	2	2	3	−1.2	0
17	2024-12-29	vs MIA	L 3–20	5	33	+1.1	5	3	15	−2.9	0

2023 game log (15 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs CIN	W 24–3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2023-09-18	@ PIT	L 22–26	2	1	1	+0.6	1	0	0	−0.4	1
3	2023-09-24	vs TEN	W 27–3	6	27	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2023-10-01	vs BAL	L 3–28	5	49	0	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2023-10-15	vs SF	W 19–17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
7	2023-10-22	@ IND	W 39–38	8	25	0	−2.1	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2023-10-29	@ SEA	L 20–24	10	41	0	−0.7	1	1	41	+2.6	0
9	2023-11-05	vs ARI	W 27–0	3	9	0	−0.9	1	1	-7	−1.8	1
11	2023-11-19	vs PIT	W 13–10	1	1	0	−0.6	1	1	4	−0.1	0
13	2023-12-03	@ LA	L 19–36	2	20	0	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2023-12-10	vs JAX	W 31–27	1	0	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2023-12-17	vs CHI	W 20–17	2	2	0	−1.4	2	2	9	−1.3	0
16	2023-12-24	@ HOU	W 36–22	5	22	0	−0.1	1	0	0	−0.7	0
17	2023-12-28	vs NYJ	W 37–20	4	29	0	−3.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	2024-01-07	@ CIN	L 14–31	14	65	0	−1.5	1	0	0	−0.6	0

2022 game log (7 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2022-10-16	@ CLE	W 38–15	1	5	0	+0.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2022-10-30	@ NYJ	W 22–17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2022-11-06	vs IND	W 26–3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2022-11-20	vs NYJ	W 10–3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2022-12-12	@ ARI	W 27–13	5	70	1	+4.2	2	2	20	+1.7	1
15	2022-12-18	@ LV	L 24–30	4	25	0	+1.3	3	3	12	−0.4	0
16	2022-12-24	vs CIN	L 18–22	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	10	−0.3	1