Rod Gardner

WR · WAS/CAR/KC · 2001–2006

Born October 26, 1977 · College Clemson · Drafted 2001, round 1, pick 15 (WAS) · 6-2, 215 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2001	WAS	16	1	16	16.00	+1.125	100.0	+1.1	+0.04
2002	WAS	16	1	1	1.00	−0.376	0.0	−0.4	−0.00
2004	WAS	16	3	7	2.33	−0.214	66.7	−0.6	−0.02
Career	KC	82	5	24	4.80	+0.022	60.0	+0.1	+0.02

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2001	WAS	16	101	46	741	4	45.5	−0.022	+0.127−0.029 to +0.282	24.1	–	−2.2	+0.23
2002	WAS	16	141	71	1,006	8	50.4	+0.175	+0.222+0.076 to +0.367	25.8	–	+24.7	+0.71
2003	WAS	16	115	59	600	5	51.3	+0.036	+0.135−0.017 to +0.287	22.4	–	+4.2	−0.03
2004	WAS	16	106	51	650	5	48.1	−0.032	+0.157+0.003 to +0.311	20.9	–	−3.4	−0.32
2005	CAR	10	26	13	151	1	50.0	+0.141	+0.078−0.103 to +0.258	8.3	–	+3.7	+0.09
2006	KC	8	9	2	17	0	22.2	−1.387	−0.133−0.321 to +0.055	3.8	11.1	−12.5	−0.04
Career	KC	82	498	242	3,165	23	48.6	+0.029		19.6	11.1	+14.5	+0.64

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	Forced fumbles
2002	WAS	16	4	–	–	–	0
2003	WAS	16	1	–	–	–	0
2004	WAS	16	1	–	–	–	0
2005	CAR	10	2	–	–	–	0
2006	KC	8	4	0	–	–	1
Career	KC	82	12	0	0	0	1

2006 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2006-10-01	vs SF	W 41–0	1	0	0	−0.5	0
5	2006-10-08	@ ARI	W 23–20	3	2	17	+0.5	0
6	2006-10-15	@ PIT	L 7–45	4	0	0	−11.9	0
8	2006-10-29	vs SEA	W 35–28	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2006-11-12	@ MIA	L 10–13	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2006-11-23	vs DEN	W 19–10	1	0	0	−0.6	0
14	2006-12-10	vs BAL	L 10–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2006-12-23	@ LV	W 20–9	0	0	0	0.0	1

2005 game log (10 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2005-09-18	vs NE	W 27–17	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
5	2005-10-09	@ ARI	W 24–20	3	3	33	0	+1.1	0
6	2005-10-16	@ DET	W 21–20	5	4	32	1	+2.7	0
8	2005-10-30	vs MIN	W 38–13	2	1	7	0	+0.0	0
9	2005-11-06	@ TB	W 34–14	1	0	0	0	−1.2	0
11	2005-11-20	@ CHI	L 3–13	2	1	12	0	+1.8	0
13	2005-12-04	vs ATL	W 24–6	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
14	2005-12-11	vs TB	L 10–20	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
16	2005-12-25	vs CHI	L 17–24	4	2	23	0	+1.5	1
17	2006-01-01	vs SEA	W 23–17	6	2	44	0	−0.8	1

2004 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs TB	W 16–10	0	0	0.0	7	4	61	0	+2.6	0
2	2004-09-19	@ NYG	L 14–20	0	0	0.0	10	3	66	0	−1.1	1
3	2004-09-27	vs DAL	L 18–21	0	0	0.0	15	10	167	2	+6.7	0
4	2004-10-03	@ CLE	L 13–17	0	0	0.0	5	3	19	0	−1.0	0
5	2004-10-10	vs BAL	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	5	1	9	0	−0.9	0
6	2004-10-17	@ CHI	W 13–10	0	0	0.0	7	2	20	1	−10.8	0
8	2004-10-31	vs GB	L 14–28	1	6	+0.7	9	3	41	2	−1.3	0
9	2004-11-07	@ DET	W 17–10	1	-10	−2.1	2	0	0	0	−1.0	0
10	2004-11-14	vs CIN	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	9	2	18	0	−8.3	0
11	2004-11-21	@ PHI	L 6–28	0	0	0.0	6	4	35	0	+0.7	0
12	2004-11-28	@ PIT	L 7–16	0	0	0.0	4	1	11	0	−0.7	0
13	2004-12-05	vs NYG	W 31–7	0	0	0.0	3	2	27	0	+2.1	0
14	2004-12-12	vs PHI	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	7	4	25	0	−1.5	0
15	2004-12-18	@ SF	W 26–16	1	11	+0.8	7	6	111	0	+9.9	0
16	2004-12-26	@ DAL	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	6	5	31	0	+1.6	0
17	2005-01-02	vs MIN	W 21–18	0	0	0.0	4	1	9	0	−0.5	0

2003 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-04	vs NYJ	W 16–13	7	5	32	0	−4.9	0
2	2003-09-14	@ ATL	W 33–31	14	9	118	1	+2.9	0
3	2003-09-21	vs NYG	L 21–24 OT	8	3	25	1	+0.9	0
4	2003-09-28	vs NE	W 20–17	6	2	19	0	−1.4	0
5	2003-10-05	@ PHI	L 25–27	11	3	25	0	−4.3	0
6	2003-10-12	vs TB	L 13–35	12	9	88	0	+4.0	1
7	2003-10-19	@ BUF	L 7–24	8	2	28	1	+1.0	0
9	2003-11-02	@ DAL	L 14–21	5	1	14	0	−2.1	0
10	2003-11-09	vs SEA	W 27–20	11	8	81	1	+7.0	0
11	2003-11-16	@ CAR	L 17–20	7	2	24	0	−2.2	0
12	2003-11-23	@ MIA	L 23–24	4	1	13	0	−1.4	0
13	2003-11-30	vs NO	L 20–24	5	3	32	0	+0.9	0
14	2003-12-07	@ NYG	W 20–7	5	4	44	1	+4.8	0
15	2003-12-14	vs DAL	L 0–27	5	3	24	0	+0.5	0
16	2003-12-21	@ CHI	L 24–27	5	2	29	0	−0.8	0
17	2003-12-27	vs PHI	L 7–31	2	2	4	0	−0.6	0

2002 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	vs ARI	W 31–23	0	0	0.0	8	7	131	1	+12.0	0
2	2002-09-16	vs PHI	L 7–37	0	0	0.0	9	4	63	0	−2.9	2
3	2002-09-22	@ SF	L 10–20	0	0	0.0	5	1	16	0	−2.9	1
5	2002-10-06	@ TEN	W 31–14	0	0	0.0	8	5	81	1	+8.8	0
6	2002-10-13	vs NO	L 27–43	0	0	0.0	12	4	40	0	−11.1	0
7	2002-10-20	@ GB	L 9–30	0	0	0.0	8	3	35	0	−0.8	0
8	2002-10-27	vs IND	W 26–21	0	0	0.0	7	4	48	0	+1.7	0
9	2002-11-03	@ SEA	W 14–3	0	0	0.0	8	4	47	1	+3.6	0
10	2002-11-10	@ JAX	L 7–26	0	0	0.0	13	7	100	1	+5.4	0
11	2002-11-17	@ NYG	L 17–19	0	0	0.0	10	5	47	1	−3.0	0
12	2002-11-24	vs LA	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	7	4	76	0	+3.2	0
13	2002-11-28	@ DAL	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	10	6	76	1	+2.1	0
14	2002-12-08	vs NYG	L 21–27	0	0	0.0	12	5	76	1	+7.4	0
15	2002-12-15	@ PHI	L 21–34	1	1	−0.4	7	3	58	1	+0.7	0
16	2002-12-22	vs HOU	W 26–10	0	0	0.0	8	4	53	0	+0.1	0
17	2002-12-29	vs DAL	W 20–14	0	0	0.0	9	5	59	0	+0.5	1

2001 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2001-09-09	@ LAC	L 3–30	0	0	0.0	8	5	37	0	−4.8
2	2001-09-24	@ GB	L 0–37	0	0	0.0	3	1	13	0	−3.8
3	2001-09-30	vs KC	L 13–45	0	0	0.0	11	5	55	1	−0.7
4	2001-10-07	@ NYG	L 9–23	0	0	0.0	7	2	68	0	−2.1
5	2001-10-15	@ DAL	L 7–9	0	0	0.0	8	3	36	0	−2.4
6	2001-10-21	vs CAR	W 17–14 OT	0	0	0.0	8	6	208	1	+11.4
7	2001-10-28	vs NYG	W 35–21	0	0	0.0	4	2	20	1	+1.1
8	2001-11-04	vs SEA	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	5	1	18	0	−4.8
10	2001-11-18	@ DEN	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	9	2	19	0	−4.7
11	2001-11-25	@ PHI	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	6	4	33	0	+2.2
12	2001-12-02	vs DAL	L 14–20	0	0	0.0	6	2	24	1	+1.2
13	2001-12-09	@ ARI	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	4	2	52	0	+2.7
14	2001-12-16	vs PHI	L 6–20	1	16	+1.1	5	3	70	0	+2.2
15	2001-12-23	vs CHI	L 15–20	0	0	0.0	10	6	63	0	+2.3
16	2001-12-30	@ NO	W 40–10	0	0	0.0	3	1	15	0	−1.0
17	2002-01-06	vs ARI	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	4	1	10	0	−1.1