Rishard Matthews

WR · MIA/TEN · 2012–2018

Born October 12, 1989 · College Nevada; Bakersfield College · Drafted 2012, round 7, pick 227 (MIA) · 6-0, 217 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2014	MIA	11	1	3	3.00	−0.202	−0.2	+0.00
2015	MIA	11	1	4	4.00	−0.164	−0.2	−0.01
2017	TEN	14	1	-3	-3.00	−0.991	−1.0	−0.02
Career	TEN	77	3	4	1.33	−0.452	−1.4	−0.03

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2012	MIA	6	20	11	151	0	55.0	−0.150	+0.014−0.169 to +0.197	11.2	12.1	−3.0	−0.04
2013	MIA	14	67	41	448	2	61.2	+0.214	+0.175+0.009 to +0.340	13.1	8.6	+14.4	+0.40
2014	MIA	11	22	12	135	2	54.5	−0.027	+0.039−0.143 to +0.221	5.4	11.8	−0.6	+0.05
2015	MIA	11	61	43	662	4	70.5	+0.616	+0.276+0.109 to +0.444	14.7	11.4	+37.5	+0.70
2016	TEN	16	108	65	945	9	60.2	+0.299	+0.254+0.101 to +0.408	22.0	13.2	+32.2	+0.55
2017	TEN	14	87	53	795	4	60.9	+0.193	+0.181+0.022 to +0.340	19.8	11.8	+16.8	+0.85
2017 playoffs	TEN	2	10	4	42	0	40.0	+0.072		14.7	14.3	+0.7	+0.02
2018	TEN	5	9	5	24	0	55.6	−0.367	+0.004−0.184 to +0.191	6.7	5.0	−3.3	−0.08
Career	TEN	77	374	230	3,160	21	61.5	+0.252		14.5	11.4	+94.1	+2.42

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
2012	MIA	6	2
2013	MIA	14	5
2014	MIA	11	4
2015	MIA	11	1
2017	TEN	14	2
2017 playoffs	TEN	2	1
Career	TEN	77	14

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	TEN	16	763	73.1	–	–
2017	TEN	14	740	82.3	–	–
2017 playoffs	TEN	2	104	81.2	–	–
2018	TEN/NYJ	7	153	35.9	1	1.7

Game logs

2018 game log (5 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2018-09-16	vs HOU	W 20–17	4	2	8	−3.1
3	2018-09-23	@ JAX	W 9–6	2	1	3	−1.5
10	2018-11-11	vs BUF	L 10–41	1	0	0	−0.6
14	2018-12-09	@ BUF	W 27–23	1	1	6	+0.1
15	2018-12-15	vs HOU	L 22–29	1	1	7	+1.7

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	vs LV	L 16–26	0	0	0.0	9	5	71	0	+3.4	0
2	2017-09-17	@ JAX	W 37–16	0	0	0.0	5	3	43	0	+0.3	0
3	2017-09-24	vs SEA	W 33–27	0	0	0.0	10	6	87	1	+1.8	0
4	2017-10-01	@ HOU	L 14–57	0	0	0.0	8	3	49	0	−7.8	1
5	2017-10-08	@ MIA	L 10–16	1	-3	−1.0	6	3	34	0	+1.4	0
6	2017-10-16	vs IND	W 36–22	0	0	0.0	4	4	69	0	+5.8	0
7	2017-10-22	@ CLE	W 12–9 OT	0	0	0.0	6	3	40	0	+1.5	0
9	2017-11-05	vs BAL	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	7	4	70	1	−1.5	0
10	2017-11-12	vs CIN	W 24–20	0	0	0.0	7	5	50	0	+1.3	0
11	2017-11-16	@ PIT	L 17–40	0	0	0.0	6	5	113	1	+6.4	0
14	2017-12-10	@ ARI	L 7–12	0	0	0.0	5	3	19	0	−5.4	0
15	2017-12-17	@ SF	L 23–25	0	0	0.0	8	6	95	1	+9.8	0
16	2017-12-24	vs LA	L 23–27	0	0	0.0	4	2	48	0	+0.6	1
17	2017-12-31	vs JAX	W 15–10	0	0	0.0	2	1	7	0	−0.9	0
P18	2018-01-06	@ KC	W 22–21	0	0	0.0	2	1	15	0	+0.7	1
P19	2018-01-13	@ NE	L 14–35	0	0	0.0	8	3	27	0	+0.0	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-11	vs MIN	L 16–25	4	3	26	0	+1.0
2	2016-09-18	@ DET	W 16–15	6	4	40	0	−2.5
3	2016-09-25	vs LV	L 10–17	8	3	32	0	−5.7
4	2016-10-02	@ HOU	L 20–27	2	2	82	0	+7.5
5	2016-10-09	@ MIA	W 30–17	4	4	32	1	+4.0
6	2016-10-16	vs CLE	W 28–26	3	3	70	1	+6.6
7	2016-10-23	vs IND	L 26–34	7	4	37	0	+0.9
8	2016-10-27	vs JAX	W 36–22	4	4	38	1	+4.9
9	2016-11-06	@ LAC	L 35–43	10	6	63	2	+6.5
10	2016-11-13	vs GB	W 47–25	5	3	63	1	+4.6
11	2016-11-20	@ IND	L 17–24	13	9	122	0	+5.4
12	2016-11-27	@ CHI	W 27–21	7	3	64	1	+5.4
14	2016-12-11	vs DEN	W 13–10	3	1	26	0	+0.1
15	2016-12-18	@ KC	W 19–17	10	4	105	0	−5.9
16	2016-12-24	@ JAX	L 17–38	9	3	31	1	−8.2
17	2017-01-01	vs HOU	W 24–17	13	9	114	1	+7.9

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ WAS	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	6	4	34	1	+2.5	0
2	2015-09-20	@ JAX	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	7	6	115	0	+6.6	0
3	2015-09-27	vs BUF	L 14–41	0	0	0.0	10	6	113	2	+9.9	0
4	2015-10-04	vs NYJ	L 14–27	0	0	0.0	3	1	16	0	−0.6	0
6	2015-10-18	@ TEN	W 38–10	0	0	0.0	6	6	85	0	+8.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs HOU	W 44–26	0	0	0.0	3	3	75	1	+6.5	0
8	2015-10-29	@ NE	L 7–36	0	0	0.0	12	7	62	0	−1.6	1
9	2015-11-08	@ BUF	L 17–33	0	0	0.0	4	4	54	0	+3.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ PHI	W 20–19	1	4	−0.2	6	5	93	0	+7.1	0
11	2015-11-22	vs DAL	L 14–24	0	0	0.0	3	1	15	0	−1.9	0
12	2015-11-29	@ NYJ	L 20–38	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−2.0	0

2014 game log (11 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2014-09-14	@ BUF	L 10–29	0	0	0.0	5	1	4	0	−2.2	1
3	2014-09-21	vs KC	L 15–34	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	0	+1.0	0
4	2014-09-28	@ LV	W 38–14	0	0	0.0	2	2	27	0	+3.0	0
7	2014-10-19	@ CHI	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2014-10-26	@ JAX	W 27–13	0	0	0.0	2	1	3	1	−5.8	1
9	2014-11-02	vs LAC	W 37–0	0	0	0.0	1	1	21	1	+2.8	0
10	2014-11-09	@ DET	L 16–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	14	0	+1.2	1
11	2014-11-13	vs BUF	W 22–9	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
12	2014-11-23	@ DEN	L 36–39	0	0	0.0	3	2	24	0	+1.0	0
14	2014-12-07	vs BAL	L 13–28	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	0	−0.1	0
15	2014-12-14	@ NE	L 13–41	1	3	−0.2	5	2	16	0	−0.6	0

2013 game log (14 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	@ CLE	W 23–10	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
3	2013-09-22	vs ATL	W 27–23	4	4	42	0	+5.4	0
4	2013-09-30	@ NO	L 17–38	2	1	21	0	+0.3	0
7	2013-10-20	vs BUF	L 21–23	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
8	2013-10-27	@ NE	L 17–27	6	3	30	0	−1.5	0
9	2013-10-31	vs CIN	W 22–20 OT	4	2	24	0	+0.1	0
10	2013-11-11	@ TB	L 19–22	14	11	120	2	+12.8	0
11	2013-11-17	vs LAC	W 20–16	6	4	52	0	+0.3	0
12	2013-11-24	vs CAR	L 16–20	7	3	2	0	−7.6	1
13	2013-12-01	@ NYJ	W 23–3	3	2	21	0	+2.4	0
14	2013-12-08	@ PIT	W 34–28	2	1	5	0	−0.8	0
15	2013-12-15	vs NE	W 24–20	9	5	64	0	+1.0	0
16	2013-12-22	@ BUF	L 0–19	2	1	9	0	+0.3	0
17	2013-12-29	vs NYJ	L 7–20	7	4	58	0	+2.5	1

2012 game log (6 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
11	2012-11-15	@ BUF	L 14–19	2	1	19	+0.5	0
13	2012-12-02	vs NE	L 16–23	2	1	28	−0.7	1
14	2012-12-09	@ SF	L 13–27	2	1	8	−0.9	0
15	2012-12-16	vs JAX	W 24–3	5	3	23	−1.3	0
16	2012-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–10	3	2	37	+1.8	0
17	2012-12-30	@ NE	L 0–28	6	3	36	−2.3	1