Robert Royal

TE · WAS/BUF/CLE · 2003–2010

Born May 15, 1979 · College LSU · Drafted 2002, round 5, pick 160 (WAS) · 6-4, 257 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2006	BUF	16	1	-9	0	-9.00	−1.977		0.0	−2.0	−0.07

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2003	WAS	4	11	5	48	0	45.5	+0.171	+0.039−0.146 to +0.225	7.2	–	+1.9	+0.02
2004	WAS	9	15	8	70	4	53.3	+0.393	+0.102−0.081 to +0.284	5.2	–	+5.9	+0.15
2005	WAS	14	35	18	131	1	51.4	−0.110	+0.052−0.120 to +0.224	8.4	–	−3.8	−0.01
2005 playoffs	WAS	1	3	3	3	0	100.0	−0.489		8.3	–	−1.5	−0.03
2006	BUF	16	39	23	233	3	59.0	+0.099	+0.054−0.116 to +0.225	9.2	7.8	+3.8	+0.09
2007	BUF	14	38	25	248	3	65.8	−0.046	+0.084−0.087 to +0.255	9.9	4.9	−1.8	+0.12
2008	BUF	15	57	33	351	1	57.9	−0.252	+0.031−0.131 to +0.194	13.1	7.0	−14.4	−0.37
2009	CLE	10	26	11	130	1	42.3	−0.417	−0.006−0.183 to +0.171	9.1	9.0	−10.9	−0.05
2010	CLE	7	12	5	56	1	41.7	−0.201	+0.055−0.130 to +0.239	5.5	9.9	−2.4	+0.02
Career	CLE	89	233	128	1,267	14	54.9	−0.093		9.0	7.2	−21.6	−0.03

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2006	BUF	16	2	–	–	1
2007	BUF	14	3	–	–	0
2008	BUF	15	1	–	–	0
2009	CLE	10	1	0	0	0
Career	CLE	89	7	0	1	1

2010 game log (7 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2010-09-12	@ TB	L 14–17	1	0	0	0	−0.5
5	2010-10-10	vs ATL	L 10–20	2	2	13	0	+0.0
10	2010-11-14	vs NYJ	L 20–26 OT	1	1	14	0	+0.8
11	2010-11-21	@ JAX	L 20–24	1	0	0	0	−0.5
14	2010-12-12	@ BUF	L 6–13	1	0	0	0	−1.5
15	2010-12-19	@ CIN	L 17–19	2	2	29	1	+3.1
17	2011-01-02	vs PIT	L 9–41	4	0	0	0	−3.9

2009 game log (10 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs MIN	L 20–34	9	4	60	1	+1.3	0
2	2009-09-20	@ DEN	L 6–27	3	1	13	0	+0.3	1
3	2009-09-27	@ BAL	L 3–34	1	1	7	0	+0.2	0
4	2009-10-04	vs CIN	L 20–23 OT	4	2	13	0	+0.9	0
5	2009-10-11	@ BUF	W 6–3	2	0	0	0	−2.3	0
6	2009-10-18	@ PIT	L 14–27	1	0	0	0	−1.6	0
10	2009-11-16	vs BAL	L 0–16	2	1	3	0	−9.8	0
13	2009-12-06	vs LAC	L 23–30	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
14	2009-12-10	vs PIT	W 13–6	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
17	2010-01-03	vs JAX	W 23–17	2	2	34	0	+1.6	0

2008 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs SEA	W 34–10	6	6	52	1	+2.2	0
2	2008-09-14	@ JAX	W 20–16	2	0	0	0	−2.1	0
3	2008-09-21	vs LV	W 24–23	5	4	34	0	+1.2	0
4	2008-09-28	@ LA	W 31–14	3	1	8	0	−1.4	0
5	2008-10-05	@ ARI	L 17–41	3	2	8	0	−6.2	0
7	2008-10-19	vs LAC	W 23–14	6	4	53	0	+1.7	0
8	2008-10-26	@ MIA	L 16–25	4	2	26	0	−2.1	0
9	2008-11-02	vs NYJ	L 17–26	6	5	70	0	+4.3	0
10	2008-11-09	@ NE	L 10–20	4	1	6	0	−4.2	1
11	2008-11-17	vs CLE	L 27–29	3	1	22	0	−4.2	0
12	2008-11-23	@ KC	W 54–31	4	3	29	0	−0.2	0
14	2008-12-07	vs MIA	L 3–16	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
15	2008-12-14	@ NYJ	L 27–31	3	1	5	0	−3.8	0
16	2008-12-21	@ DEN	W 30–23	2	1	8	0	+0.0	0
17	2008-12-28	vs NE	L 0–13	5	2	30	0	+0.8	0

2007 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	vs DEN	L 14–15	1	1	12	0	+0.9	1
2	2007-09-16	@ PIT	L 3–26	1	1	5	0	+0.0	0
3	2007-09-23	@ NE	L 7–38	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
4	2007-09-30	vs NYJ	W 17–14	3	3	31	0	−2.1	0
5	2007-10-08	vs DAL	L 24–25	4	4	34	0	+1.4	0
7	2007-10-21	vs BAL	W 19–14	2	0	0	0	−2.3	0
8	2007-10-28	@ NYJ	W 13–3	4	2	19	0	−1.2	1
9	2007-11-04	vs CIN	W 33–21	4	2	35	1	+3.4	0
12	2007-11-25	@ JAX	L 14–36	1	1	5	0	+0.2	0
13	2007-12-02	@ WAS	W 17–16	5	4	21	0	−4.9	1
14	2007-12-09	vs MIA	W 38–17	4	3	46	2	+4.1	0
15	2007-12-16	@ CLE	L 0–8	2	1	9	0	−0.2	0
16	2007-12-23	vs NYG	L 21–38	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
17	2007-12-30	@ PHI	L 9–17	5	3	31	0	+0.9	0

2006 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	@ NE	L 17–19	0	0	0.0	2	1	14	0	−0.3	0
2	2006-09-17	@ MIA	W 16–6	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	+0.1	0
3	2006-09-24	vs NYJ	L 20–28	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	0	+2.1	0
4	2006-10-01	vs MIN	W 17–12	0	0	0.0	3	1	13	0	−0.0	0
5	2006-10-08	@ CHI	L 7–40	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2006-10-15	@ DET	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	−0.7	0
7	2006-10-22	vs NE	L 6–28	0	0	0.0	4	4	36	0	+2.9	0
9	2006-11-05	vs GB	W 24–10	0	0	0.0	4	1	9	0	−0.1	0
10	2006-11-12	@ IND	L 16–17	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.0	0
11	2006-11-19	@ HOU	W 24–21	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	−0.2	0
12	2006-11-26	vs JAX	W 27–24	1	-9	−2.0	4	3	14	0	−0.7	1
13	2006-12-03	vs LAC	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	3	1	5	1	−0.0	0
14	2006-12-10	@ NYJ	W 31–13	0	0	0.0	2	2	13	1	+2.0	0
15	2006-12-17	vs MIA	W 21–0	0	0	0.0	5	3	62	1	+2.0	0
16	2006-12-24	vs TEN	L 29–30	0	0	0.0	4	2	30	0	+0.4	0
17	2006-12-31	@ BAL	L 7–19	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	−2.4	0

2005 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2005-09-11	vs CHI	W 9–7	2	1	11	0	+0.7
2	2005-09-19	@ DAL	W 14–13	4	3	19	0	+0.5
4	2005-10-02	vs SEA	W 20–17 OT	3	2	11	1	+2.4
5	2005-10-09	@ DEN	L 19–21	2	1	4	0	−0.5
6	2005-10-16	@ KC	L 21–28	2	0	0	0	−2.5
8	2005-10-30	@ NYG	L 0–36	4	0	0	0	−4.2
10	2005-11-13	@ TB	L 35–36	2	2	2	0	−0.7
11	2005-11-20	vs LV	L 13–16	1	0	0	0	−1.4
12	2005-11-27	vs LAC	L 17–23 OT	4	1	2	0	−2.5
13	2005-12-04	@ LA	W 24–9	4	4	40	0	+2.2
14	2005-12-11	@ ARI	W 17–13	3	2	23	0	+0.9
15	2005-12-18	vs DAL	W 35–7	2	1	6	0	+0.1
16	2005-12-24	vs NYG	W 35–20	1	1	13	0	+1.6
17	2006-01-01	@ PHI	W 31–20	1	0	0	0	−0.5
P19	2006-01-14	@ SEA	L 10–20	3	3	3	0	−1.5

2004 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	PD
3	2004-09-27	vs DAL	L 18–21	1	1	10	0	+0.2	0
8	2004-10-31	vs GB	L 14–28	3	1	23	0	+3.2	0
9	2004-11-07	@ DET	W 17–10	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0
12	2004-11-28	@ PIT	L 7–16	2	1	6	0	−2.9	0
13	2004-12-05	vs NYG	W 31–7	2	1	9	1	+1.7	1
14	2004-12-12	vs PHI	L 14–17	2	1	1	0	−1.3	0
15	2004-12-18	@ SF	W 26–16	1	1	12	1	+2.5	0
16	2004-12-26	@ DAL	L 10–13	1	1	5	1	+1.9	0
17	2005-01-02	vs MIN	W 21–18	2	1	4	1	+2.0	0

2003 game log (4 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2003-09-04	vs NYJ	W 16–13	2	2	24	+2.1
2	2003-09-14	@ ATL	W 33–31	3	1	7	+0.6
3	2003-09-21	vs NYG	L 21–24 OT	2	0	0	−1.2
5	2003-10-05	@ PHI	L 25–27	4	2	17	+0.3