PJ Walker

QB · CAR/CLE · 2020–2023

Born February 26, 1995 · College Temple · Undrafted · 5-11, 210 lb

EPA per dropback by season

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

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	INT	Dropbacks	EPA/db	Stabilised EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2020	CAR	4	32	56	57.1	368	1	5	61	−0.376	−0.105−0.233 to +0.023	−0.01	−0.01	−5.1	36.1	2.20	–
2021	CAR	5	36	66	54.5	362	1	3	77	−0.170	−0.127−0.253 to −0.001	−0.07	−0.06	−9.2	37.7	2.78	–
2022	CAR	6	63	106	59.4	731	3	3	120	−0.172	−0.134−0.255 to −0.013	+0.53	+0.63	−7.6	35.0	5.40	–
2023	CLE	5	54	111	48.6	674	1	5	134	−0.212	−0.157−0.276 to −0.038	−0.39	−0.52	−13.0	35.8	3.13	–
Career	CLE	20	185	339	54.6	2,135	6	16	392	−0.217		+0.01	+0.05	−9.2	36.0	3.61	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2020	CAR	4	2	2	1.00	−0.456	50.0	−0.9	−0.02
2021	CAR	5	4	-4	-1.00	−1.917	25.0	−7.7	−0.04
2022	CAR	6	3	14	4.67	+0.559	100.0	+1.7	+0.06
2023	CLE	5	5	17	3.40	−0.494	60.0	−2.5	−0.04
Career	CLE	20	14	29	2.07	−0.670	57.1	−9.4	−0.04

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2020	CAR	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.408		0.8	6.0	−0.4	−0.01

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
2021	CAR	5	1
2023	CLE	5	1
Career	CLE	20	2

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
2020	CAR	4	104	44.6	–	–
2021	CAR	5	123	37.3	–	–
2022	CAR	6	257	72.2	–	–
2023	CLE	6	237	53.5	–	–

Pressure and play action

Regular season. Pressure from 2016; play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws (per attempt) from 2022. The sources changed in 2023, so compare a season with its league, not across years. Pressure and time to throw: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on); play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws: FTN Data via nflverse (2022 on). Both CC BY-SA 4.0; aggregated by Red Zone Math, and this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Dropbacks	Pressured %	EPA/db pressured	EPA/db clean	Time to throw (s)	Play action %	EPA/db with play action	Blitzed %	EPA/db vs a blitz	Interception- worthy %
2020	61	26.8	−0.42	−0.29	2.57	–	–	–	–	–
2021	77	33.8	−0.71	+0.25	2.71	–	–	–	–	–
2022	120	18.9	−0.42	−0.02	2.43	24.2	−0.27	25.0	−0.68	7.5
2023	134	43.3	−0.33	−0.12	2.70	18.7	+0.10	29.1	−0.38	6.4

Game logs

2023 game log (5 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
6	2023-10-15	vs SF	W 19–17	18/34	192	0	2	−0.38	−35.8	1	1	+0.3	1
7	2023-10-22	@ IND	W 39–38	15/31	178	0	1	−0.04	+8.2	1	0	−3.5	0
8	2023-10-29	@ SEA	L 20–24	15/31	248	1	2	−0.00	−16.7	3	16	+0.8	0
10	2023-11-12	@ BAL	W 33–31	0/1	0	0	0	−0.28	+0.3	0	0	0.0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ DEN	L 12–29	6/13	56	0	0	−0.67	−7.7	0	0	0.0	0

2022 game log (6 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
5	2022-10-09	vs SF	L 15–37	5/6	60	0	0	−0.13	−0.0	0	0	0.0
6	2022-10-16	@ LA	L 10–24	10/16	60	0	0	−0.59	−14.8	0	0	0.0
7	2022-10-23	vs TB	W 21–3	16/22	177	2	0	+0.23	+14.8	0	0	0.0
8	2022-10-30	@ ATL	L 34–37 OT	19/36	317	1	1	+0.00	+61.6	0	0	0.0
9	2022-11-06	@ CIN	L 21–42	3/10	9	0	2	−1.07	−5.9	0	0	0.0
10	2022-11-10	vs ATL	W 25–15	10/16	108	0	0	−0.08	+7.5	3	14	+1.7

2021 game log (5 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
7	2021-10-24	@ NYG	L 3–25	3/14	33	0	0	−0.60	−8.4	0	0	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ ATL	W 19–13	0/1	0	0	0	−0.26	−1.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2021-11-14	@ ARI	W 34–10	22/28	167	0	1	+0.10	+6.9	2	1	−5.3	1
12	2021-11-28	@ MIA	L 10–33	5/10	87	0	1	−0.38	−1.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2021-12-12	vs ATL	L 21–29	6/12	75	1	1	+0.07	−2.1	2	-5	−2.3	0

2020 game log (4 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA
8	2020-10-29	vs ATL	L 17–25	1/4	3	0	0	−0.71	−10.1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0
10	2020-11-15	vs TB	L 23–46	2/4	12	0	0	−0.86	−0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0.0
11	2020-11-22	vs DET	W 20–0	24/34	258	1	2	−0.03	+14.5	2	2	−0.9	1	−0.4
17	2021-01-03	vs NO	L 7–33	5/14	95	0	3	−0.92	−4.6	0	0	0.0	0	0.0