Rod Smith

WR · DEN · 1999–2006

Born May 15, 1970 · College Missouri Southern · Undrafted · 6-0, 200 lb

2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2000, 2001) · Pro Bowl ×3 (2000, 2001, 2005)

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	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2000	DEN	16	6	99	1	16.50	+1.204	83.3	+7.2	+0.34
2000 playoffs	DEN	1	2	3	0	1.50	−0.588	0.0	−1.2	−0.02
2001	DEN	15	3	27	0	9.00	+0.714	66.7	+2.1	+0.04
2002	DEN	16	6	9	0	1.50	−0.427	16.7	−2.6	−0.06
2003	DEN	15	10	98	0	9.80	+0.468	70.0	+4.7	+0.11
2004	DEN	16	5	33	0	6.60	+0.163	80.0	+0.8	−0.01
2005	DEN	16	1	7	0	7.00	+0.296	100.0	+0.3	+0.01
2006	DEN	16	1	-5	0	-5.00	−1.296	0.0	−1.3	−0.02
Career	DEN	125	32	268	1	8.38	+0.353	62.5	+11.3	+0.40

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	DEN	15	137	79	1,020	4	57.7	+0.181	+0.220+0.073 to +0.367	27.2	–	+24.8	+0.52
2000	DEN	16	173	100	1,602	8	57.8	+0.347	+0.303+0.164 to +0.443	31.5	–	+60.0	+1.02
2000 playoffs	DEN	1	8	3	58	0	37.5	+0.186		21.1	–	+1.5	+0.07
2001	DEN	15	172	113	1,343	11	65.7	+0.350	+0.305+0.166 to +0.445	37.1	–	+60.2	+1.21
2002	DEN	16	147	89	1,027	5	60.5	+0.088	+0.186+0.041 to +0.330	27.2	–	+13.0	−0.78
2003	DEN	15	114	74	846	3	64.9	+0.144	+0.175+0.022 to +0.327	26.3	–	+16.4	+0.50
2003 playoffs	DEN	1	7	5	66	1	71.4	+0.265		23.3	–	+1.9	−0.03
2004	DEN	16	136	79	1,144	7	58.1	+0.120	+0.219+0.072 to +0.366	27.1	–	+16.3	−0.24
2004 playoffs	DEN	1	10	7	99	1	70.0	+0.701		29.4	–	+7.0	+0.00
2005	DEN	16	126	85	1,105	6	67.5	+0.428	+0.319+0.170 to +0.468	27.8	–	+53.9	+0.63
2005 playoffs	DEN	2	15	10	157	1	66.7	+0.279		27.3	–	+4.2	+0.11
2006	DEN	16	94	52	512	3	55.3	−0.104	+0.086−0.071 to +0.244	20.9	10.2	−9.8	−0.27
Career	DEN	125	1,099	671	8,599	47	61.1	+0.214		28.2	10.2	+234.8	+2.58

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	Forced fumbles
1999	DEN	15	3	–	–	–	0
2000	DEN	16	1	–	–	–	0
2001	DEN	15	5	–	–	–	1
2002	DEN	16	6	–	–	–	0
2003	DEN	15	4	–	–	–	1
2004	DEN	16	3	–	–	–	0
2005	DEN	16	3	–	–	–	0
2006	DEN	16	3	0	–	–	0
Career	DEN	125	28	0	0	0	2

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2000	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2001	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2005	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2006 game log (16 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	@ LA	L 10–18	0	0	0.0	7	3	34	0	−2.8	0
2	2006-09-17	vs KC	W 9–6 OT	1	-5	−1.3	6	2	16	0	−4.6	1
3	2006-09-24	@ NE	W 17–7	0	0	0.0	8	6	44	0	+1.7	0
5	2006-10-09	vs BAL	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	6	4	30	1	+3.5	0
6	2006-10-15	vs LV	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	0	+0.5	0
7	2006-10-22	@ CLE	W 17–7	0	0	0.0	13	6	69	0	−2.4	1
8	2006-10-29	vs IND	L 31–34	0	0	0.0	4	2	28	0	+2.1	0
9	2006-11-05	@ PIT	W 31–20	0	0	0.0	7	4	46	1	+2.5	0
10	2006-11-12	@ LV	W 17–13	0	0	0.0	5	4	39	0	−0.7	1
11	2006-11-19	vs LAC	L 27–35	0	0	0.0	5	2	25	0	−1.4	0
12	2006-11-23	@ KC	L 10–19	0	0	0.0	6	4	39	0	+2.5	0
13	2006-12-03	vs SEA	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	0	−10.6	0
14	2006-12-10	@ LAC	L 20–48	0	0	0.0	4	3	20	0	−0.7	0
15	2006-12-17	@ ARI	W 37–20	0	0	0.0	8	4	40	1	−1.4	0
16	2006-12-24	vs CIN	W 24–23	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	−0.6	0
17	2006-12-31	vs SF	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0.0	9	5	59	0	+2.5	0

2005 game log (18 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	@ MIA	L 10–34	0	0	0.0	10	7	90	0	+6.2	0
2	2005-09-18	vs LAC	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	11	8	83	0	+2.5	0
3	2005-09-26	vs KC	W 30–10	0	0	0.0	8	7	80	1	+7.3	0
4	2005-10-02	@ JAX	W 20–7	0	0	0.0	5	4	33	0	+1.6	0
5	2005-10-09	vs WAS	W 21–19	0	0	0.0	6	2	23	0	+0.1	0
6	2005-10-16	vs NE	W 28–20	0	0	0.0	7	6	123	1	+10.0	0
7	2005-10-23	@ NYG	L 23–24	0	0	0.0	4	3	51	0	+2.5	0
8	2005-10-30	vs PHI	W 49–21	0	0	0.0	5	5	76	1	+7.0	0
10	2005-11-13	@ LV	W 31–17	0	0	0.0	10	5	50	1	−6.7	1
11	2005-11-20	vs NYJ	W 27–0	0	0	0.0	5	5	57	0	+3.8	0
12	2005-11-24	@ DAL	W 24–21 OT	0	0	0.0	8	5	57	1	+4.2	0
13	2005-12-04	@ KC	L 27–31	1	7	+0.3	9	6	79	0	+3.3	1
14	2005-12-11	vs BAL	W 12–10	0	0	0.0	8	5	64	0	+4.5	0
15	2005-12-17	@ BUF	W 28–17	0	0	0.0	18	11	137	1	+3.7	0
16	2005-12-24	vs LV	W 22–3	0	0	0.0	9	5	91	0	+4.9	1
17	2005-12-31	@ LAC	W 23–7	0	0	0.0	3	1	11	0	−1.1	0
P19	2006-01-14	vs NE	W 27–13	0	0	0.0	8	6	96	1	+6.5	0
P20	2006-01-22	vs PIT	L 17–34	0	0	0.0	7	4	61	0	−2.3	0

2004 game log (17 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs KC	W 34–24	1	-3	−1.8	9	7	76	0	+6.1	0
2	2004-09-19	@ JAX	L 6–7	0	0	0.0	11	6	83	0	+3.5	0
3	2004-09-26	vs LAC	W 23–13	0	0	0.0	8	5	75	1	+5.9	0
4	2004-10-03	@ TB	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	7	4	32	0	−1.6	0
5	2004-10-10	vs CAR	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	6	4	60	0	−7.0	1
6	2004-10-17	@ LV	W 31–3	2	22	+1.9	5	1	24	0	+1.0	0
7	2004-10-25	@ CIN	L 10–23	0	0	0.0	11	5	50	1	−1.3	0
8	2004-10-31	vs ATL	L 28–41	1	6	+0.1	17	9	208	1	−2.9	0
9	2004-11-07	vs HOU	W 31–13	0	0	0.0	5	3	29	1	+3.1	1
11	2004-11-21	@ NO	W 34–13	0	0	0.0	3	3	26	0	+0.1	0
12	2004-11-28	vs LV	L 24–25	0	0	0.0	5	2	99	1	+0.1	0
13	2004-12-05	@ LAC	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	11	4	76	0	−4.6	0
14	2004-12-12	vs MIA	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	13	8	97	0	−0.1	1
15	2004-12-19	@ KC	L 17–45	0	0	0.0	8	6	75	1	+5.7	0
16	2004-12-25	@ TEN	W 37–16	1	8	+0.7	7	6	58	1	+5.3	0
17	2005-01-02	vs IND	W 33–14	0	0	0.0	10	6	76	0	+3.0	0
P18	2005-01-09	@ IND	L 24–49	0	0	0.0	10	7	99	1	+7.0	0

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	@ CIN	W 30–10	3	23	+1.3	7	5	43	0	+1.7	0
2	2003-09-14	@ LAC	W 37–13	0	0	0.0	9	5	71	0	+1.9	0
3	2003-09-22	vs LV	W 31–10	1	-5	−1.6	2	1	7	0	+0.9	0
4	2003-09-28	vs DET	W 20–16	0	0	0.0	5	5	61	0	+4.0	0
5	2003-10-05	@ KC	L 23–24	0	0	0.0	11	8	131	0	+9.2	0
6	2003-10-12	vs PIT	W 17–14	1	26	+1.5	8	4	70	1	−1.3	1
7	2003-10-19	@ MIN	L 20–28	0	0	0.0	9	3	24	0	−11.7	2
8	2003-10-26	@ BAL	L 6–26	2	9	+0.2	7	4	23	0	−6.0	1
9	2003-11-03	vs NE	L 26–30	0	0	0.0	8	4	58	0	−0.0	0
11	2003-11-16	vs LAC	W 37–8	0	0	0.0	11	10	84	0	+4.0	0
12	2003-11-23	vs CHI	L 10–19	0	0	0.0	12	9	86	1	+1.6	0
13	2003-11-30	@ LV	W 22–8	0	0	0.0	2	1	20	0	+2.1	0
14	2003-12-07	vs KC	W 45–27	2	32	+2.1	9	7	85	0	+5.3	0
15	2003-12-14	vs CLE	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0.0	8	4	41	0	+1.1	0
16	2003-12-21	@ IND	W 31–17	1	13	+1.1	6	4	42	1	+3.6	0
P18	2004-01-04	@ IND	L 10–41	0	0	0.0	7	5	66	1	+1.9	0

2002 game log (16 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	vs LA	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	9	5	47	1	−2.2	1
2	2002-09-15	@ SF	W 24–14	3	-3	−2.8	6	3	22	0	−0.6	0
3	2002-09-22	vs BUF	W 28–23	0	0	0.0	9	7	94	1	+9.3	0
4	2002-09-30	@ BAL	L 23–34	0	0	0.0	9	5	61	0	+3.0	0
5	2002-10-06	vs LAC	W 26–9	0	0	0.0	8	6	83	0	+3.7	0
6	2002-10-13	vs MIA	L 22–24	0	0	0.0	16	9	88	0	−3.1	0
7	2002-10-20	@ KC	W 37–34 OT	0	0	0.0	14	7	92	0	+2.7	0
8	2002-10-27	@ NE	W 24–16	1	1	−0.3	10	7	54	0	−4.0	1
10	2002-11-11	vs LV	L 10–34	0	0	0.0	11	8	72	0	+1.1	0
11	2002-11-17	@ SEA	W 31–9	2	11	+0.5	10	5	58	1	+2.8	1
12	2002-11-24	vs IND	L 20–23 OT	0	0	0.0	8	6	73	1	−3.9	0
13	2002-12-01	@ LAC	L 27–30 OT	0	0	0.0	9	2	36	0	−6.5	2
14	2002-12-08	@ NYJ	L 13–19	0	0	0.0	8	6	38	0	−3.0	1
15	2002-12-15	vs KC	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	4	3	83	0	+6.0	0
16	2002-12-22	@ LV	L 16–28	0	0	0.0	10	5	64	0	+0.8	0
17	2002-12-29	vs ARI	W 37–7	0	0	0.0	6	5	62	1	+6.8	0

2001 game log (15 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-10	vs NYG	W 31–20	2	24	+2.6	11	9	115	1	+7.4	0
2	2001-09-23	@ ARI	W 38–17	0	0	0.0	16	14	162	2	+14.2	0
3	2001-09-30	vs BAL	L 13–20	0	0	0.0	9	5	83	0	+4.4	0
4	2001-10-07	vs KC	W 20–6	0	0	0.0	12	8	110	1	+4.1	0
5	2001-10-14	@ SEA	L 21–34	0	0	0.0	10	6	43	1	−0.6	2
6	2001-10-21	@ LAC	L 10–27	1	3	−0.5	15	9	86	0	+0.8	1
7	2001-10-28	vs NE	W 31–20	0	0	0.0	6	6	159	1	+11.4	1
8	2001-11-05	@ LV	L 28–38	0	0	0.0	16	10	91	2	+4.9	1
9	2001-11-11	vs LAC	W 26–16	0	0	0.0	7	5	74	0	+4.0	0
10	2001-11-18	vs WAS	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	6	3	25	1	+0.7	0
11	2001-11-22	@ DAL	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	13	7	81	0	−1.8	0
13	2001-12-09	vs SEA	W 20–7	0	0	0.0	14	8	66	0	−2.2	0
14	2001-12-16	@ KC	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0.0	15	8	100	1	+6.5	0
16	2001-12-30	vs LV	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	12	8	56	1	+1.6	0
17	2002-01-06	@ IND	L 10–29	0	0	0.0	10	7	92	0	+4.8	0

2000 game log (17 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-04	@ LA	L 36–41	1	8	0	+0.4	9	3	88	1	+3.2	0
2	2000-09-10	vs ATL	W 42–14	0	0	0	0.0	11	7	117	2	+10.3	0
3	2000-09-17	@ LV	W 33–24	0	0	0	0.0	9	7	63	0	+1.6	0
4	2000-09-24	vs KC	L 22–23	0	0	0	0.0	12	8	134	0	+3.9	0
5	2000-10-01	vs NE	L 19–28	0	0	0	0.0	19	13	160	0	+3.1	1
6	2000-10-08	@ LAC	W 21–7	0	0	0	0.0	6	3	52	0	+2.3	0
7	2000-10-15	vs CLE	W 44–10	1	8	0	+0.1	10	5	111	3	+10.0	0
8	2000-10-22	@ CIN	L 21–31	0	0	0	0.0	12	7	110	1	+4.7	0
10	2000-11-05	@ NYJ	W 30–23	0	0	0	0.0	8	5	134	0	+9.5	0
11	2000-11-13	vs LV	W 27–24	0	0	0	0.0	9	6	76	0	+2.1	0
12	2000-11-19	vs LAC	W 38–37	0	0	0	0.0	19	11	187	1	+2.0	0
13	2000-11-26	@ SEA	W 38–31	3	78	1	+6.0	11	4	82	0	−2.4	0
14	2000-12-03	@ NO	W 38–23	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	25	0	+1.8	0
15	2000-12-10	vs SEA	W 31–24	1	5	0	+0.7	8	5	82	0	+4.3	0
16	2000-12-17	@ KC	L 7–20	0	0	0	0.0	13	6	101	0	−1.9	0
17	2000-12-23	vs SF	W 38–9	0	0	0	0.0	14	8	80	0	+5.6	0
P18	2000-12-31	@ BAL	L 3–21	2	3	0	−1.2	8	3	58	0	+1.5	0

1999 game log (15 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	1999-09-13	vs MIA	L 21–38	2	0	0	0	−1.2	0
3	1999-09-26	@ TB	L 10–13	7	2	24	0	−3.4	0
4	1999-10-03	vs NYJ	L 13–21	8	3	90	0	+4.4	2
5	1999-10-10	@ LV	W 16–13	10	7	79	1	−0.5	0
6	1999-10-17	vs GB	W 31–10	7	4	57	0	+1.4	0
7	1999-10-24	@ NE	L 23–24	8	3	44	1	+0.9	0
8	1999-10-31	vs MIN	L 20–23	11	7	117	0	+3.6	0
9	1999-11-07	@ LAC	W 33–17	7	5	70	0	+3.9	0
10	1999-11-14	@ SEA	L 17–20	9	7	63	0	+3.2	0
11	1999-11-22	vs LV	W 27–21 OT	14	7	66	0	+1.1	0
13	1999-12-05	vs KC	L 10–16	15	8	106	0	−8.1	1
14	1999-12-13	@ JAX	L 24–27	10	6	92	1	+5.6	0
15	1999-12-19	vs SEA	W 36–30 OT	11	7	82	1	+9.7	0
16	1999-12-25	@ DET	W 17–7	4	4	24	0	+0.3	0
17	2000-01-02	vs LAC	L 6–12	14	9	106	0	+3.8	0