Rhett Ellison

TE · MIN/NYG · 2012–2019

Born October 3, 1988 · College USC · Drafted 2012, round 4, pick 128 (MIN) · 6-5, 255 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)
2016	MIN	9	1	1	1	1.00	+1.973		100.0	+2.0	+0.28

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2012	MIN	11	9	7	65	0	77.8	+0.160	+0.068−0.119 to +0.254	2.7	0.8	+1.4	−0.01
2012 playoffs	MIN	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−1.880		3.7	-7.0	−1.9	−0.03
2013	MIN	6	10	5	61	1	50.0	−0.481	+0.086−0.100 to +0.271	4.6	3.2	−4.8	−0.41
2014	MIN	14	26	19	208	1	73.1	+0.427	+0.141−0.035 to +0.318	5.6	2.6	+11.1	+0.30
2015	MIN	12	19	11	124	1	57.9	+0.089	+0.090−0.090 to +0.271	6.0	1.5	+1.7	+0.05
2016	MIN	9	14	9	57	0	64.3	−0.251	+0.094−0.090 to +0.277	4.1	3.0	−3.5	−0.06
2017	NYG	14	32	24	235	2	75.0	+0.388	+0.143−0.031 to +0.317	6.4	5.1	+12.4	+0.53
2018	NYG	13	34	25	272	1	73.5	+0.367	+0.210+0.038 to +0.383	7.3	6.3	+12.5	+0.45
2019	NYG	10	28	18	167	1	64.3	−0.262	+0.084−0.092 to +0.260	7.5	5.2	−7.3	+0.01
Career	NYG	89	172	118	1,189	7	68.6	+0.136		5.7	4.1	+23.5	+0.87

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
2012	MIN	11	9	0
2013	MIN	6	1	0
2014	MIN	14	3	0
2015	MIN	12	2	0
2017	NYG	14	5	0
2018	NYG	13	2	1
2019	NYG	10	2	0
Career	NYG	89	24	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
2016	MIN	15	250	26.0	–	–
2017	NYG	16	533	49.7	–	–
2018	NYG	14	551	62.5	–	–
2019	NYG	10	318	47.5	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (10 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ DAL	L 17–35	2	1	8	0	−0.7	0
2	2019-09-15	vs BUF	L 14–28	1	1	8	0	−0.2	0
3	2019-09-22	@ TB	W 32–31	1	1	3	0	−0.2	0
4	2019-09-29	vs WAS	W 24–3	4	3	24	0	−0.2	0
5	2019-10-06	vs MIN	L 10–28	1	1	3	0	−0.2	1
6	2019-10-10	@ NE	L 14–35	7	3	30	0	−5.9	1
7	2019-10-20	vs ARI	L 21–27	2	2	33	1	+3.0	0
8	2019-10-27	@ DET	L 26–31	2	1	-1	0	−1.3	0
9	2019-11-04	vs DAL	L 18–37	5	2	17	0	−3.0	0
10	2019-11-10	@ NYJ	L 27–34	3	3	42	0	+1.4	0

2018 game log (13 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs JAX	L 15–20	1	1	16	0	+0.4	0
2	2018-09-16	@ DAL	L 13–20	2	2	5	0	−0.8	0
3	2018-09-23	@ HOU	W 27–22	3	3	39	1	+4.2	0
4	2018-09-30	vs NO	L 18–33	5	3	29	0	+0.4	0
5	2018-10-07	@ CAR	L 31–33	3	2	17	0	−0.8	1
7	2018-10-22	@ ATL	L 20–23	2	2	11	0	+1.6	0
8	2018-10-28	vs WAS	L 13–20	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
10	2018-11-12	@ SF	W 27–23	1	1	6	0	+0.2	0
11	2018-11-18	vs TB	W 38–35	1	1	12	0	+1.1	0
12	2018-11-25	@ PHI	L 22–25	6	4	77	0	+4.8	0
13	2018-12-02	vs CHI	W 30–27 OT	6	4	42	0	+1.8	1
15	2018-12-16	vs TEN	L 0–17	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
16	2018-12-23	@ IND	L 27–28	2	2	18	0	+0.8	0

2017 game log (14 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ DAL	L 3–19	1	1	9	0	+0.8	0
2	2017-09-18	vs DET	L 10–24	2	2	21	0	+1.9	0
4	2017-10-01	@ TB	L 23–25	2	2	11	1	+2.7	1
5	2017-10-08	vs LAC	L 22–27	2	1	9	0	−0.1	0
6	2017-10-15	@ DEN	W 23–10	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2017-10-22	vs SEA	L 7–24	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1
9	2017-11-05	vs LA	L 17–51	2	2	21	0	+1.5	0
10	2017-11-12	@ SF	L 21–31	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2017-11-19	vs KC	W 12–9 OT	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0
12	2017-11-23	@ WAS	L 10–20	1	1	9	0	+0.7	0
13	2017-12-03	@ LV	L 17–24	2	1	5	0	−0.6	0
14	2017-12-10	vs DAL	L 10–30	5	4	20	1	+0.6	1
16	2017-12-24	@ ARI	L 0–23	7	4	60	0	+1.4	0
17	2017-12-31	vs WAS	W 18–10	6	5	63	0	+3.7	0

2016 game log (9 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2016-09-25	@ CAR	W 22–10	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	18	+1.3
4	2016-10-03	vs NYG	W 24–10	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	−0.4
9	2016-11-06	vs DET	L 16–22 OT	1	1	1	+2.0	1	1	4	−0.1
10	2016-11-13	@ WAS	L 20–26	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	8	−0.4
11	2016-11-20	vs ARI	W 30–24	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	-2	−2.0
12	2016-11-24	@ DET	L 13–16	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	21	+0.6
13	2016-12-01	vs DAL	L 15–17	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	−0.6
14	2016-12-11	@ JAX	W 25–16	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	−1.2
16	2016-12-24	@ GB	L 25–38	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.7

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-14	@ SF	L 3–20	2	1	3	0	−1.5	0
2	2015-09-20	vs DET	W 26–16	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
3	2015-09-27	vs LAC	W 31–14	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2015-10-18	vs KC	W 16–10	2	1	11	0	+0.3	0
9	2015-11-08	vs LA	W 21–18 OT	3	2	11	0	−0.4	1
10	2015-11-15	@ LV	W 30–14	2	2	18	1	+2.9	0
11	2015-11-22	vs GB	L 13–30	3	2	19	0	−0.9	0
12	2015-11-29	@ ATL	W 20–10	2	1	23	0	+1.4	0
13	2015-12-06	vs SEA	L 7–38	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
14	2015-12-10	@ ARI	L 20–23	1	1	41	0	+3.1	0
16	2015-12-27	vs NYG	W 49–17	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
17	2016-01-03	@ GB	W 20–13	1	1	-2	0	−1.1	0

2014 game log (14 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ LA	W 34–6	1	1	22	0	+1.6	1
2	2014-09-14	vs NE	L 7–30	1	1	24	0	+1.3	0
3	2014-09-21	@ NO	L 9–20	2	0	0	0	−1.0	0
4	2014-09-28	vs ATL	W 41–28	1	1	19	0	+1.2	0
5	2014-10-02	@ GB	L 10–42	2	1	12	0	+1.3	0
6	2014-10-12	vs DET	L 3–17	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0
7	2014-10-19	@ BUF	L 16–17	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
8	2014-10-26	@ TB	W 19–13 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1
9	2014-11-02	vs WAS	W 29–26	4	4	30	0	+1.1	1
11	2014-11-16	@ CHI	L 13–21	1	1	7	1	+1.6	0
12	2014-11-23	vs GB	L 21–24	4	2	11	0	−1.1	0
15	2014-12-14	@ DET	L 14–16	2	2	9	0	+0.9	0
16	2014-12-21	@ MIA	L 35–37	2	2	47	0	+3.4	0
17	2014-12-28	vs CHI	W 13–9	3	3	23	0	+1.9	0

2013 game log (6 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
7	2013-10-21	@ NYG	L 7–23	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2013-11-24	@ GB	T 26–26 OT	2	2	26	1	+3.4	0
13	2013-12-01	vs CHI	W 23–20 OT	1	0	0	0	−7.5	0
14	2013-12-08	@ BAL	L 26–29	3	0	0	0	−1.8	0
16	2013-12-22	@ CIN	L 14–42	3	2	22	0	−0.2	0
17	2013-12-29	vs DET	W 14–13	1	1	13	0	+1.3	0

2012 game log (12 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs JAX	W 26–23 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2012-09-23	vs SF	W 24–13	0	0	0	0.0	2
5	2012-10-07	vs TEN	W 30–7	2	2	35	+2.6	0
6	2012-10-14	@ WAS	L 26–38	2	1	16	+0.4	0
7	2012-10-21	vs ARI	W 21–14	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2012-10-25	vs TB	L 17–36	1	1	5	+0.2	0
9	2012-11-04	@ SEA	L 20–30	1	1	4	−0.1	0
12	2012-11-25	@ CHI	L 10–28	1	0	0	−0.4	0
14	2012-12-09	vs CHI	W 21–14	1	1	-2	−1.2	2
16	2012-12-23	@ HOU	W 23–6	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2012-12-30	vs GB	W 37–34	1	1	7	+0.1	2
P18	2013-01-05	@ GB	L 10–24	1	0	0	−1.9	0