Royce Freeman

RB · DEN/HOU/LA · 2018–2023

Born February 24, 1996 · College Oregon · Drafted 2018, round 3, pick 71 (DEN) · 6-0, 238 lb

EPA per carry 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)
2018	DEN	14	130	521	5	4.01	−0.150	−0.119−0.178 to −0.061	35.1	−20.1	−0.26
2019	DEN	16	132	496	3	3.76	−0.150	−0.129−0.187 to −0.071	31.1	−20.2	−0.33
2020	DEN	11	35	170	0	4.86	−0.008	−0.073−0.135 to −0.010	34.3	−0.3	−0.00
2021	HOU	12	56	169	0	3.02	−0.188	−0.103−0.164 to −0.041	35.6	−11.1	−0.16
2022	HOU	4	41	117	0	2.85	−0.343	−0.105−0.167 to −0.042	35.7	−14.4	−0.20
2023	LA	11	77	319	2	4.14	−0.079	−0.111−0.172 to −0.050	44.9	−6.1	−0.07
Career	LA	68	471	1,792	10	3.80	−0.149		35.6	−72.2	−1.02

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	DEN	14	20	14	72	0	70.0	−0.086	4.1	0.8	−1.7	−0.00
2019	DEN	16	50	43	256	1	86.0	−0.050	10.4	0.2	−2.5	−0.08
2020	DEN	11	13	12	81	0	92.3	+0.208	3.6	1.7	+2.7	−0.01
2021	HOU	12	16	10	77	0	62.5	−0.110	4.0	-0.4	−1.8	−0.06
2022	HOU	4	8	6	33	0	75.0	−0.183	5.9	-0.8	−1.5	+0.00
2023	LA	11	2	1	13	0	50.0	−0.126	0.6	0.0	−0.3	−0.00
Career	LA	68	109	86	532	1	78.9	−0.046	4.9	0.3	−5.0	−0.15

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
2019	DEN	16	1
2020	DEN	11	3
2021	HOU	12	2
2023	LA	11	5
Career	LA	68	11

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
2018	DEN	14	306	33.2	–	–
2019	DEN	16	498	49.8	–	–
2020	DEN	15	190	19.1	–	–
2021	CAR/HOU	12	216	26.3	–	–
2022	HOU	4	103	39.6	–	–
2023	LA	9	204	34.3	–	–
2023 playoffs	LA	1	2	3.4	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	8	75.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
2023	2	50.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2023 game log (11 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2023-09-25	@ CIN	L 16–19	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
4	2023-10-01	@ IND	W 29–23 OT	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2023-10-22	vs PIT	L 17–24	12	66	0	+0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2023-10-29	@ DAL	L 20–43	9	44	1	+4.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2023-11-05	@ GB	L 3–20	12	32	0	−6.0	1	0	0	−1.2	2
11	2023-11-19	vs SEA	W 17–16	17	73	0	−2.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ ARI	W 37–14	13	77	1	+2.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs CLE	W 36–19	1	0	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2023-12-10	@ BAL	L 31–37 OT	3	9	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2023-12-17	vs WAS	W 28–20	6	16	0	−1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	2024-01-07	@ SF	W 21–20	4	2	0	−2.2	1	1	13	+1.0	0

2022 game log (4 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
15	2022-12-18	vs KC	L 24–30 OT	11	51	+1.5	1	1	5	−0.1
16	2022-12-24	@ TEN	W 19–14	16	32	−5.0	1	1	6	+0.3
17	2023-01-01	vs JAX	L 3–31	7	19	−2.2	5	3	20	−1.2
18	2023-01-08	@ IND	W 32–31	7	15	−8.8	1	1	2	−0.5

2021 game log (12 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2021-09-23	@ HOU	W 24–9	5	17	−0.7	1	1	8	+0.2	0
4	2021-10-03	@ DAL	L 28–36	3	12	+2.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs PHI	L 18–21	3	2	−2.7	2	1	6	−0.6	0
6	2021-10-17	vs MIN	L 28–34 OT	1	3	−0.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2021-10-24	@ NYG	L 3–25	3	18	+1.2	2	1	1	−1.6	0
8	2021-10-31	@ ATL	W 19–13	6	25	+0.8	1	0	0	−0.6	0
13	2021-12-05	vs IND	L 0–31	3	10	−0.8	1	1	11	+0.9	0
14	2021-12-12	vs SEA	L 13–33	11	15	−4.9	8	6	51	+0.4	0
15	2021-12-19	@ JAX	W 30–16	3	8	−1.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs LAC	W 41–29	12	34	−6.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ SF	L 7–23	6	25	+1.5	1	0	0	−0.5	0
18	2022-01-09	vs TEN	L 25–28	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2

2020 game log (11 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-14	vs TEN	L 14–16	1	0	−0.3	1	1	12	+1.8	0
2	2020-09-20	@ PIT	L 21–26	3	20	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs TB	L 10–28	2	4	−1.3	2	2	31	+2.8	0
4	2020-10-01	@ NYJ	W 37–28	3	6	−1.2	2	2	6	+0.4	0
6	2020-10-18	@ NE	W 18–12	8	26	+0.7	1	1	4	−0.1	1
7	2020-10-25	vs KC	L 16–43	3	12	−0.2	2	1	5	−1.0	0
10	2020-11-15	@ LV	L 12–37	2	11	+0.4	2	2	15	+0.1	1
12	2020-11-29	vs NO	L 3–31	8	50	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2020-12-19	vs BUF	L 19–48	1	4	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ LAC	L 16–19	2	16	+0.9	2	2	7	−1.1	1
17	2021-01-03	vs LV	L 31–32	2	21	+0.6	1	1	1	−0.1	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-09	@ LV	L 16–24	10	56	0	+1.6	1	1	5	0	+0.0	0
2	2019-09-15	vs CHI	L 14–16	11	54	0	−1.4	7	5	48	0	−0.3	0
3	2019-09-22	@ GB	L 16–27	15	63	0	−1.4	5	4	10	0	−1.8	0
4	2019-09-29	vs JAX	L 24–26	6	16	0	−1.9	6	4	34	0	+1.9	0
5	2019-10-06	@ LAC	W 20–13	13	61	0	−0.3	2	2	6	0	−1.1	0
6	2019-10-13	vs TEN	W 16–0	11	34	0	−3.1	5	5	42	0	+1.3	1
7	2019-10-17	vs KC	L 6–30	10	35	1	−1.3	5	4	32	0	−1.0	0
8	2019-10-27	@ IND	L 13–15	12	40	1	−2.1	2	1	5	0	−2.5	0
9	2019-11-03	vs CLE	W 24–19	5	15	0	−0.8	1	1	-1	0	−0.9	0
11	2019-11-17	@ MIN	L 23–27	8	31	0	−1.1	1	1	14	0	+2.5	0
12	2019-11-24	@ BUF	L 3–20	2	20	0	+0.6	2	2	9	0	+2.1	0
13	2019-12-01	vs LAC	W 23–20	5	11	0	−2.6	4	4	13	0	−1.9	0
14	2019-12-08	@ HOU	W 38–24	8	24	0	−2.5	2	2	8	1	+1.3	0
15	2019-12-15	@ KC	L 3–23	5	12	0	−1.4	4	4	14	0	−1.5	0
16	2019-12-22	vs DET	W 27–17	9	28	1	−0.6	2	2	9	0	−1.0	0
17	2019-12-29	vs LV	W 16–15	2	-4	0	−2.1	1	1	8	0	+0.3	0

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2018-09-09	vs SEA	W 27–24	15	71	0	−2.4	0	0	0	0.0
2	2018-09-16	vs LV	W 20–19	8	28	1	−0.5	1	0	0	−0.6
3	2018-09-23	@ BAL	L 14–27	13	53	1	−0.7	1	1	5	+0.4
4	2018-10-01	vs KC	L 23–27	8	67	1	+4.7	0	0	0	0.0
5	2018-10-07	@ NYJ	L 16–34	5	31	0	+0.5	4	3	16	−0.5
6	2018-10-14	vs LA	L 20–23	9	22	0	−3.6	0	0	0	0.0
7	2018-10-18	@ ARI	W 45–10	13	37	1	−1.4	0	0	0	0.0
11	2018-11-18	@ LAC	W 23–22	7	23	1	+0.6	1	1	7	+0.5
12	2018-11-25	vs PIT	W 24–17	6	17	0	−2.4	0	0	0	0.0
13	2018-12-02	@ CIN	W 24–10	12	48	0	−6.3	0	0	0	0.0
14	2018-12-09	@ SF	L 14–20	6	36	0	−0.7	1	0	0	−0.6
15	2018-12-15	vs CLE	L 16–17	4	7	0	−1.4	1	1	1	−0.2
16	2018-12-24	@ LV	L 14–27	7	21	0	−1.9	1	0	0	−0.5
17	2018-12-30	vs LAC	L 9–23	17	60	0	−4.3	10	8	43	−0.1