Plaxico Burress

WR · PIT/NYG/NYJ · 2000–2012

Born August 12, 1977 · College Michigan State · Drafted 2000, round 1, pick 8 (PIT) · 6-5, 232 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)
2003	PIT	16	1	-7	0	-7.00	−1.566		0.0	−1.6	−0.03

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2000	PIT	11	64	21	254	0	32.8	−0.219	+0.059−0.108 to +0.225	21.8	–	−14.0	−0.28
2001	PIT	16	120	66	1,008	6	55.0	+0.387	+0.287+0.136 to +0.437	26.9	–	+46.4	+0.89
2001 playoffs	PIT	2	20	10	151	1	50.0	+0.243		31.2	–	+4.9	−0.15
2002	PIT	16	144	78	1,325	7	54.2	+0.197	+0.232+0.086 to +0.377	26.4	–	+28.3	−0.51
2002 playoffs	PIT	2	17	8	162	1	47.1	+0.189		19.3	–	+3.2	+0.24
2003	PIT	16	124	60	860	4	48.4	+0.118	+0.169+0.019 to +0.319	23.7	–	+14.6	−0.00
2004	PIT	11	60	35	698	5	58.3	+0.731	+0.323+0.156 to +0.491	24.9	–	+43.9	+0.82
2004 playoffs	PIT	2	13	5	65	1	38.5	+0.003		24.1	–	+0.0	−0.39
2005	NYG	16	166	76	1,214	7	45.8	+0.040	+0.168+0.028 to +0.309	30.3	–	+6.7	+0.26
2005 playoffs	NYG	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	−1.342		11.1	–	−2.7	−0.03
2006	NYG	15	121	63	988	10	52.1	+0.121	+0.174+0.024 to +0.325	25.0	13.8	+14.6	+0.70
2006 playoffs	NYG	1	7	5	89	2	71.4	+0.980		25.9	19.1	+6.9	+0.28
2007	NYG	16	140	70	1,025	12	50.0	+0.215	+0.226+0.080 to +0.372	26.2	14.5	+30.0	+0.91
2007 playoffs	NYG	4	30	18	224	1	60.0	+0.469		25.9	14.9	+14.1	+0.63
2008	NYG	10	66	35	454	4	53.0	+0.101	+0.138−0.028 to +0.303	21.6	13.6	+6.7	+0.14
2011	NYJ	16	96	45	612	8	46.9	+0.154	+0.185+0.028 to +0.342	17.8	13.0	+14.8	+0.53
2012	PIT	3	7	3	42	1	42.9	+0.318	−0.035−0.223 to +0.154	7.1	13.6	+2.2	−0.01
Career	PIT	146	1,108	552	8,480	64	49.8	+0.175		24.3	13.8	+194.2	+3.45

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2001	PIT	16	4	–	–	–
2001 playoffs	PIT	2	1	–	–	–
2002	PIT	16	1	–	–	–
2002 playoffs	PIT	2	1	–	–	–
2003	PIT	16	1	–	–	–
2005	NYG	16	3	–	–	–
2005 playoffs	NYG	1	1	–	–	–
2006	NYG	15	3	0	–	–
2007	NYG	16	1	0	–	–
Career	PIT	146	13	0	0	0

Game logs

2012 game log (3 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
12	2012-11-25	@ CLE	L 14–20	2	0	0	0	−3.2
14	2012-12-09	vs LAC	L 24–34	2	1	18	0	+2.2
17	2012-12-30	vs CLE	W 24–10	3	2	24	1	+3.2

2011 game log (16 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-11	vs DAL	W 27–24	9	4	72	1	+2.2
2	2011-09-18	vs JAX	W 32–3	2	0	0	0	−1.9
3	2011-09-25	@ LV	L 24–34	6	3	55	1	+0.7
4	2011-10-02	@ BAL	L 17–34	8	3	33	0	−0.6
5	2011-10-09	@ NE	L 21–30	8	3	42	0	+0.2
6	2011-10-17	vs MIA	W 24–6	4	1	16	0	−0.9
7	2011-10-23	vs LAC	W 27–21	8	4	25	3	+1.9
9	2011-11-06	@ BUF	W 27–11	5	5	79	0	+7.0
10	2011-11-13	vs NE	L 16–37	8	3	39	1	−0.4
11	2011-11-17	@ DEN	L 13–17	9	4	64	0	−3.7
12	2011-11-27	vs BUF	W 28–24	7	4	54	1	+6.4
13	2011-12-04	@ WAS	W 34–19	6	3	33	0	+2.9
14	2011-12-11	vs KC	W 37–10	2	0	0	0	−2.1
15	2011-12-18	@ PHI	L 19–45	3	1	9	1	−0.2
16	2011-12-24	vs NYG	L 14–29	6	3	34	0	+0.5
17	2012-01-01	@ MIA	L 17–19	5	4	57	0	+2.9

2008 game log (10 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-04	vs WAS	W 16–7	13	10	133	0	+8.6
2	2008-09-14	@ LA	W 41–13	6	5	81	1	+8.1
3	2008-09-21	vs CIN	W 26–23 OT	9	3	45	0	−0.6
6	2008-10-13	@ CLE	L 14–35	8	4	58	1	−2.5
7	2008-10-19	vs SF	W 29–17	9	3	24	1	−3.2
8	2008-10-26	@ PIT	W 21–14	5	3	15	0	−2.0
9	2008-11-02	vs DAL	W 35–14	6	3	34	0	−6.4
10	2008-11-09	@ PHI	W 36–31	4	1	17	1	+1.5
11	2008-11-16	vs BAL	W 30–10	5	3	47	0	+3.9
12	2008-11-23	@ ARI	W 37–29	1	0	0	0	−0.8

2007 game log (20 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	@ DAL	L 35–45	12	8	144	3	+11.3	0
2	2007-09-16	vs GB	L 13–35	2	2	32	1	+3.4	0
3	2007-09-23	@ WAS	W 24–17	12	5	86	1	+5.3	1
4	2007-09-30	vs PHI	W 16–3	8	4	24	1	−2.3	0
5	2007-10-07	vs NYJ	W 35–24	7	5	124	1	+8.6	0
6	2007-10-15	@ ATL	W 31–10	10	6	97	1	+5.2	0
7	2007-10-21	vs SF	W 33–15	6	5	43	0	+3.3	0
8	2007-10-28	@ MIA	W 13–10	8	2	14	0	−2.8	0
10	2007-11-11	vs DAL	L 20–31	7	4	24	0	−2.0	0
11	2007-11-18	@ DET	W 16–10	11	4	47	0	−0.9	0
12	2007-11-25	vs MIN	L 17–41	13	7	93	1	+1.6	0
13	2007-12-02	@ CHI	W 21–16	7	3	36	0	−4.4	0
14	2007-12-09	@ PHI	W 16–13	11	7	136	1	+7.4	0
15	2007-12-16	vs WAS	L 10–22	12	3	35	0	−3.7	0
16	2007-12-23	@ BUF	W 38–21	6	1	6	0	−6.1	0
17	2007-12-29	vs NE	L 35–38	8	4	84	2	+6.0	0
P18	2008-01-06	@ TB	W 24–14	5	4	38	0	+2.2	0
P19	2008-01-13	@ DAL	W 21–17	3	1	5	0	−0.8	0
P20	2008-01-20	@ GB	W 23–20 OT	13	11	154	0	+13.3	0
P21	2008-02-03	@ NE	W 17–14	9	2	27	1	−0.6	0

2006 game log (16 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs IND	L 21–26	8	4	80	1	+4.7	0
2	2006-09-17	@ PHI	W 30–24 OT	9	6	114	1	+12.1	0
3	2006-09-24	@ SEA	L 30–42	4	1	23	0	−12.8	1
5	2006-10-08	vs WAS	W 19–3	8	7	69	1	+3.9	0
6	2006-10-15	@ ATL	W 27–14	8	4	44	0	−1.3	1
7	2006-10-23	@ DAL	W 36–22	8	2	94	1	+0.1	0
8	2006-10-29	vs TB	W 17–3	11	7	86	1	+7.0	0
10	2006-11-12	vs CHI	L 20–38	11	4	48	0	−5.2	0
11	2006-11-20	@ JAX	L 10–26	15	5	65	1	−8.7	1
12	2006-11-26	@ TEN	L 21–24	6	4	44	1	+1.4	0
13	2006-12-03	vs DAL	L 20–23	8	6	43	1	+1.6	0
14	2006-12-10	@ CAR	W 27–13	6	4	77	1	+4.5	0
15	2006-12-17	vs PHI	L 22–36	9	6	120	0	+4.0	0
16	2006-12-24	vs NO	L 7–30	3	1	55	1	+1.1	0
17	2006-12-30	@ WAS	W 34–28	7	2	26	0	+2.1	0
P18	2007-01-07	@ PHI	L 20–23	7	5	89	2	+6.9	0

2005 game log (17 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs ARI	W 42–19	11	5	76	1	−1.1	0
2	2005-09-19	@ NO	W 27–10	10	5	64	0	+3.3	0
3	2005-09-25	@ LAC	L 23–45	11	5	52	1	+6.0	0
4	2005-10-02	vs LA	W 44–24	17	10	204	2	+10.3	0
6	2005-10-16	@ DAL	L 13–16 OT	11	5	55	0	−9.2	0
7	2005-10-23	vs DEN	W 24–23	13	6	84	1	+3.3	1
8	2005-10-30	vs WAS	W 36–0	9	4	42	0	−3.6	0
9	2005-11-06	@ SF	W 24–6	9	5	79	0	+2.6	0
10	2005-11-13	vs MIN	L 21–24	12	3	50	0	−13.5	0
11	2005-11-20	vs PHI	W 27–17	10	6	113	1	+6.2	0
12	2005-11-27	@ SEA	L 21–24 OT	14	6	109	0	+5.5	0
13	2005-12-04	vs DAL	W 17–10	9	4	47	0	−8.5	1
14	2005-12-11	@ PHI	W 26–23 OT	3	2	37	0	+3.5	0
15	2005-12-17	vs KC	W 27–17	7	2	34	0	−0.7	1
16	2005-12-24	@ WAS	L 20–35	8	3	40	0	−4.5	0
17	2005-12-31	@ LV	W 30–21	12	5	128	1	+6.9	0
P18	2006-01-08	vs CAR	L 0–23	2	0	0	0	−2.7	1

2004 game log (13 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2004-09-12	vs LV	W 24–21	3	1	13	0	−0.1
2	2004-09-19	@ BAL	L 13–30	7	2	30	0	−1.3
3	2004-09-26	@ MIA	W 13–3	5	2	60	0	+3.4
4	2004-10-03	vs CIN	W 28–17	9	4	69	0	+1.4
5	2004-10-10	vs CLE	W 34–23	8	6	136	1	+10.0
6	2004-10-17	@ DAL	W 24–20	4	3	48	1	+5.9
8	2004-10-31	vs NE	W 34–20	5	3	63	2	+6.1
9	2004-11-07	vs PHI	W 27–3	7	3	70	0	+1.7
10	2004-11-14	@ CLE	W 24–10	6	5	66	0	+6.5
11	2004-11-21	@ CIN	W 19–14	3	3	46	0	+2.5
16	2004-12-26	vs BAL	W 20–7	3	3	97	1	+7.9
P19	2005-01-15	vs NYJ	W 20–17 OT	7	2	28	0	−2.9
P20	2005-01-23	vs NE	L 27–41	6	3	37	1	+2.9

2003 game log (16 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs BAL	W 34–15	0	0	0.0	7	6	116	0	+9.5	0
2	2003-09-14	@ KC	L 20–41	0	0	0.0	13	7	115	1	+1.8	1
3	2003-09-21	@ CIN	W 17–10	1	-7	−1.6	9	5	56	0	−0.7	0
4	2003-09-28	vs TEN	L 13–30	0	0	0.0	10	4	64	0	−3.9	0
5	2003-10-05	vs CLE	L 13–33	0	0	0.0	7	1	19	0	−3.4	0
6	2003-10-12	@ DEN	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	7	5	60	0	+1.9	0
8	2003-10-26	vs LA	L 21–33	0	0	0.0	5	1	6	0	−3.5	0
9	2003-11-02	@ SEA	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	10	5	75	0	+1.5	0
10	2003-11-09	vs ARI	W 28–15	0	0	0.0	5	1	6	0	−4.0	0
11	2003-11-17	@ SF	L 14–30	0	0	0.0	14	6	92	0	+2.6	0
12	2003-11-23	@ CLE	W 13–6	0	0	0.0	5	2	16	0	−0.0	0
13	2003-11-30	vs CIN	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	10	8	112	0	+8.3	0
14	2003-12-07	vs LV	W 27–7	0	0	0.0	6	3	38	1	+2.7	0
15	2003-12-14	@ NYJ	L 0–6	0	0	0.0	6	2	22	0	−0.8	0
16	2003-12-21	vs LAC	W 40–24	0	0	0.0	6	3	50	2	+4.7	0
17	2003-12-28	@ BAL	L 10–13 OT	0	0	0.0	4	1	13	0	−2.3	0

2002 game log (18 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-09	@ NE	L 14–30	6	1	11	0	−2.0	0
2	2002-09-15	vs LV	L 17–30	7	1	10	0	−10.1	0
4	2002-09-29	vs CLE	W 16–13 OT	12	7	84	1	+3.9	0
5	2002-10-06	@ NO	L 29–32	7	4	59	1	+4.2	0
6	2002-10-13	@ CIN	W 34–7	11	8	149	0	+8.7	0
7	2002-10-21	vs IND	W 28–10	10	6	79	0	+3.3	0
8	2002-10-27	@ BAL	W 31–18	7	5	55	2	+7.8	0
9	2002-11-03	@ CLE	W 23–20	6	4	69	0	+7.0	0
10	2002-11-10	vs ATL	T 34–34 OT	13	9	253	2	+10.3	0
11	2002-11-17	@ TEN	L 23–31	11	4	41	0	−8.7	0
12	2002-11-24	vs CIN	W 29–21	6	4	38	0	+2.5	0
13	2002-12-01	@ JAX	W 25–23	9	5	95	0	−1.8	0
14	2002-12-08	vs HOU	L 6–24	18	6	83	0	−9.0	0
15	2002-12-15	vs CAR	W 30–14	9	6	120	1	+5.0	1
16	2002-12-23	@ TB	W 17–7	5	5	127	0	+12.4	0
17	2002-12-29	vs BAL	W 34–31	7	3	52	0	−5.1	0
P18	2003-01-05	vs CLE	W 36–33	11	6	100	1	+5.5	0
P19	2003-01-11	@ TEN	L 31–34 OT	6	2	62	0	−2.3	1

2001 game log (18 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-09	@ JAX	L 3–21	5	2	24	0	+0.7	0
3	2001-09-30	@ BUF	W 20–3	6	2	19	0	−2.1	0
4	2001-10-07	vs CIN	W 16–7	8	3	37	0	−2.1	0
5	2001-10-14	@ KC	W 20–17	6	3	39	0	+1.5	0
6	2001-10-21	@ TB	W 17–10	7	3	26	0	−4.1	2
7	2001-10-29	vs TEN	W 34–7	8	6	151	0	+12.5	0
8	2001-11-04	vs BAL	L 10–13	7	4	56	1	+4.6	0
9	2001-11-11	@ CLE	W 15–12 OT	10	4	44	0	+1.1	0
10	2001-11-18	vs JAX	W 20–7	1	1	13	0	+0.8	0
11	2001-11-25	@ TEN	W 34–24	12	8	114	1	+9.9	0
12	2001-12-02	vs MIN	W 21–16	8	6	86	0	+6.3	0
13	2001-12-09	vs NYJ	W 18–7	8	3	29	0	−1.0	0
14	2001-12-16	@ BAL	W 26–21	12	8	164	1	+14.5	0
15	2001-12-23	vs DET	W 47–14	7	4	56	1	+2.5	0
16	2001-12-30	@ CIN	L 23–26 OT	10	6	102	2	+5.0	0
17	2002-01-06	vs CLE	W 28–7	5	3	48	0	−3.8	2
P19	2002-01-20	vs BAL	W 27–10	8	5	84	1	+7.3	0
P20	2002-01-27	vs NE	L 17–24	12	5	67	0	−2.5	1

2000 game log (11 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2000-09-03	vs BAL	L 0–16	9	4	77	+2.3
3	2000-09-17	@ CLE	L 20–23	4	1	10	−2.1
4	2000-09-24	vs TEN	L 20–23	6	1	17	−1.1
5	2000-10-01	@ JAX	W 24–13	6	2	21	−4.5
6	2000-10-08	@ NYJ	W 20–3	7	3	26	+0.2
7	2000-10-15	vs CIN	W 15–0	10	4	33	−2.0
8	2000-10-22	vs CLE	W 22–0	7	2	25	−2.7
9	2000-10-29	@ BAL	W 9–6	5	2	16	−0.3
10	2000-11-05	@ TEN	L 7–9	4	1	25	−0.5
11	2000-11-12	vs PHI	L 23–26 OT	5	1	4	−2.7
12	2000-11-19	vs JAX	L 24–34	1	0	0	−0.5