Russell Gage

WR · ATL/TB · 2018–2022

Born January 22, 1996 · College LSU · Drafted 2018, round 6, pick 194 (ATL) · 6-0, 184 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	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2019	ATL	14	4	12	3.00	−0.277	25.0	−1.1	−0.02
2020	ATL	16	2	9	4.50	−0.095	50.0	−0.2	+0.00
Career	TB	64	6	21	3.50	−0.217	33.3	−1.3	−0.01

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	ATL	8	10	6	63	0	60.0	+0.391	+0.039−0.148 to +0.226	3.5	10.5	+3.9	+0.04
2019	ATL	14	74	49	446	1	66.2	+0.092	+0.202+0.039 to +0.366	12.9	7.1	+6.8	+0.32
2020	ATL	16	109	72	786	4	66.1	+0.288	+0.317+0.164 to +0.470	18.0	8.5	+31.4	+0.99
2021	ATL	13	94	66	771	4	70.2	+0.101	+0.200+0.042 to +0.357	23.2	9.4	+9.5	+0.43
2022	TB	13	70	51	426	5	72.9	+0.291	+0.223+0.058 to +0.387	12.6	5.5	+20.4	+0.74
2022 playoffs	TB	1	8	2	10	0	25.0	−1.261		13.1	4.9	−10.1	−0.21
Career	TB	64	357	244	2,492	14	68.3	+0.202		14.7	7.9	+72.0	+2.51

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
2018	ATL	8	7
2019	ATL	14	2
2021	ATL	13	1
2022	TB	13	1
Career	TB	64	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	ATL	11	60	9.2	1	1.6
2019	ATL	16	507	44.5	1	1.3
2020	ATL	16	759	68.5	–	–
2021	ATL	14	606	73.8	–	–
2022	TB	13	525	58.1	–	–
2022 playoffs	TB	1	41	51.2	–	–
2025	SF	1	27	36.5	–	–

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	70	81.4	3	5.3	3	100.0

Game logs

2022 game log (14 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ DAL	W 19–3	2	2	13	0	+0.3	0
2	2022-09-18	@ NO	W 20–10	6	5	28	0	−0.6	0
3	2022-09-25	vs GB	L 12–14	13	12	87	1	−0.1	0
4	2022-10-02	vs KC	L 31–41	4	2	24	0	−1.8	0
5	2022-10-09	vs ATL	W 21–15	6	2	20	0	−2.1	0
6	2022-10-16	@ PIT	L 18–20	4	2	20	0	+0.6	0
7	2022-10-23	@ CAR	L 3–21	5	4	39	0	+4.1	0
13	2022-12-05	vs NO	W 17–16	1	1	11	0	+0.7	1
14	2022-12-11	@ SF	L 7–35	2	2	12	1	+3.5	0
15	2022-12-18	vs CIN	L 23–34	12	8	59	2	+6.1	0
16	2022-12-25	@ ARI	W 19–16 OT	6	5	65	0	+3.9	0
17	2023-01-01	vs CAR	W 30–24	3	3	33	0	+5.5	0
18	2023-01-08	@ ATL	L 17–30	6	3	15	1	+0.4	0
P19	2023-01-16	vs DAL	L 14–31	8	2	10	0	−10.1	0

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs PHI	L 6–32	2	0	0	0	−2.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ TB	L 25–48	7	5	28	0	−10.4	0
7	2021-10-24	@ MIA	W 30–28	6	4	67	1	+4.6	0
9	2021-11-07	@ NO	W 27–25	8	7	64	0	+0.1	0
10	2021-11-14	@ DAL	L 3–43	3	0	0	0	−5.4	0
11	2021-11-18	vs NE	L 0–25	8	5	49	0	−7.9	1
12	2021-11-28	@ JAX	W 21–14	7	6	62	1	+6.0	0
13	2021-12-05	vs TB	L 17–30	12	11	131	0	+7.0	0
14	2021-12-12	@ CAR	W 29–21	6	4	64	0	+4.5	0
15	2021-12-19	@ SF	L 13–31	12	8	91	1	+5.4	0
16	2021-12-26	vs DET	W 20–16	5	4	39	0	−1.2	0
17	2022-01-02	@ BUF	L 15–29	5	3	50	0	+1.9	0
18	2022-01-09	vs NO	L 20–30	13	9	126	1	+7.0	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	vs SEA	L 25–38	0	0	0.0	12	9	114	0	+8.1
2	2020-09-20	@ DAL	L 39–40	0	0	0.0	9	6	46	1	+2.5
3	2020-09-27	vs CHI	L 26–30	0	0	0.0	3	2	26	0	+0.5
4	2020-10-05	@ GB	L 16–30	1	-2	−0.9	3	2	22	0	+0.5
5	2020-10-11	vs CAR	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	5	2	16	0	−6.2
6	2020-10-18	@ MIN	W 40–23	0	0	0.0	4	4	65	0	+5.7
7	2020-10-25	vs DET	L 22–23	0	0	0.0	7	6	54	0	+1.3
8	2020-10-29	@ CAR	W 25–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	25	0	−0.8
9	2020-11-08	vs DEN	W 34–27	0	0	0.0	6	2	11	0	−2.3
11	2020-11-22	@ NO	L 9–24	0	0	0.0	12	7	58	0	+0.1
12	2020-11-29	vs LV	W 43–6	0	0	0.0	5	3	34	0	+0.2
13	2020-12-06	vs NO	L 16–21	0	0	0.0	8	4	51	1	+0.3
14	2020-12-13	@ LAC	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	7	5	82	0	+4.1
15	2020-12-20	vs TB	L 27–31	0	0	0.0	10	5	68	1	+4.3
16	2020-12-27	@ KC	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	5	4	23	0	+1.9
17	2021-01-03	@ TB	L 27–44	1	11	+0.7	10	9	91	1	+11.3

2019 game log (14 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ MIN	L 12–28	1	-1	−0.9	2	1	13	0	−1.6	0
2	2019-09-15	vs PHI	W 24–20	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
5	2019-10-06	@ HOU	L 32–53	0	0	0.0	2	1	12	0	−0.2	0
6	2019-10-13	@ ARI	L 33–34	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.2	1
7	2019-10-20	vs LA	L 10–37	0	0	0.0	2	1	13	0	−0.1	1
8	2019-10-27	vs SEA	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	9	7	58	0	+1.2	0
10	2019-11-10	@ NO	W 26–9	0	0	0.0	5	4	23	0	−1.1	0
11	2019-11-17	@ CAR	W 29–3	0	0	0.0	4	2	32	0	+2.1	0
12	2019-11-24	vs TB	L 22–35	0	0	0.0	10	8	76	0	+6.4	0
13	2019-11-28	vs NO	L 18–26	0	0	0.0	9	5	52	1	−3.8	0
14	2019-12-08	vs CAR	W 40–20	0	0	0.0	4	2	17	0	−2.4	0
15	2019-12-15	@ SF	W 29–22	1	6	+0.3	6	5	27	0	−0.4	0
16	2019-12-22	vs JAX	W 24–12	2	7	−0.5	6	5	49	0	+1.5	0
17	2019-12-29	@ TB	W 28–22 OT	0	0	0.0	13	7	68	0	+5.6	0

2018 game log (8 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2018-10-14	vs TB	W 34–29	1	1	9	+0.7	1
7	2018-10-22	vs NYG	W 23–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2018-11-04	@ WAS	W 38–14	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2018-12-02	vs BAL	L 16–26	1	1	7	+0.4	1
14	2018-12-09	@ GB	L 20–34	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2018-12-16	vs ARI	W 40–14	4	2	33	+1.3	1
16	2018-12-23	@ CAR	W 24–10	2	0	0	−0.8	0
17	2018-12-30	@ TB	W 34–32	2	2	14	+2.4	1