Sam Aiken

WR · BUF/NE/CLE · 2003–2010

Born December 14, 1980 · College North Carolina · Drafted 2003, round 4, pick 127 (BUF) · 6-2, 220 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2003	BUF	5	8	3	35	0	37.5	−0.572	−0.102−0.290 to +0.086	5.0	–	−4.6	−0.03
2004	BUF	11	18	11	148	0	61.1	+0.070	+0.061−0.123 to +0.244	5.8	–	+1.3	+0.07
2005	BUF	15	13	4	57	0	30.8	−0.336	−0.030−0.216 to +0.156	3.1	–	−4.4	−0.11
2007	BUF	6	2	1	10	0	50.0	+0.716	−0.056−0.247 to +0.135	1.2	7.0	+1.4	+0.02
2008	NE	9	11	8	101	0	72.7	+0.607	−0.017−0.204 to +0.169	3.3	4.9	+6.7	+0.10
2009	NE	12	41	20	326	2	48.8	+0.288	+0.120−0.054 to +0.295	9.3	14.7	+11.8	−0.06
2009 playoffs	NE	1	6	1	5	0	16.7	−2.417		14.3	10.7	−14.5	−0.20
2010	CLE	1	1	1	7	0	100.0	+0.000	−0.060−0.252 to +0.131	3.3	7.0	+0.0	−0.00
Career	CLE	64	94	48	684	2	51.1	+0.130		4.8	12.3	+12.2	−0.01

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
2003	BUF	5	2	–	–	–	0
2004	BUF	11	5	–	–	–	0
2005	BUF	15	18	–	–	–	1
2006	BUF	5	6	0	–	–	0
2007	BUF	6	4	0	–	–	0
2008	NE	9	7	0	–	–	0
2009	NE	12	9	0	0	0	1
2010	CLE	1	1	0	0	0	0
Career	CLE	64	52	0	0	0	2

2010 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
4	2010-10-03	vs CIN	W 23–20	1	1	7	0	+0.0	1	0.0	0	0

2009 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-14	vs BUF	W 25–24	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2009-09-20	@ NYJ	L 9–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
3	2009-09-27	vs ATL	W 26–10	2	0	0	0	−1.0	2
4	2009-10-04	vs BAL	W 27–21	5	1	26	0	−0.7	0
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	7	4	30	0	+0.5	1
7	2009-10-25	@ TB	W 35–7	3	2	66	1	+6.7	0
9	2009-11-08	vs MIA	W 27–17	3	2	17	0	+0.5	0
12	2009-11-30	@ NO	L 17–38	10	7	90	0	+6.1	0
13	2009-12-06	@ MIA	L 21–22	3	1	81	1	+6.5	0
15	2009-12-20	@ BUF	W 17–10	2	0	0	0	−1.5	2
16	2009-12-27	vs JAX	W 35–7	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0
17	2010-01-03	@ HOU	L 27–34	5	2	9	0	−5.6	0
P18	2010-01-10	vs BAL	L 14–33	6	1	5	0	−14.5	0

2008 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2008-09-21	vs MIA	L 13–38	1	1	9	+1.1	0
7	2008-10-20	vs DEN	W 41–7	1	1	7	+1.6	0
10	2008-11-09	vs BUF	W 20–10	2	2	22	+2.2	2
11	2008-11-13	vs NYJ	L 31–34 OT	2	1	43	+2.3	1
12	2008-11-23	@ MIA	W 48–28	0	0	0	0.0	2
13	2008-11-30	vs PIT	L 10–33	2	0	0	−0.8	0
14	2008-12-07	@ SEA	W 24–21	1	1	6	+0.1	0
15	2008-12-14	@ LV	W 49–26	1	1	16	+1.1	1
16	2008-12-21	vs ARI	W 47–7	1	1	-2	−0.8	1

2007 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2007-09-16	@ PIT	L 3–26	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2007-09-30	vs NYJ	W 17–14	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2007-10-08	vs DAL	L 24–25	1	0	0	−0.5	0
13	2007-12-02	@ WAS	W 17–16	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2007-12-09	vs MIA	W 38–17	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2007-12-30	@ PHI	L 9–17	1	1	10	+1.9	0

2006 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2006-09-17	@ MIA	W 16–6	1
6	2006-10-15	@ DET	L 17–20	2
14	2006-12-10	@ NYJ	W 31–13	1
15	2006-12-17	vs MIA	W 21–0	1
16	2006-12-24	vs TEN	L 29–30	1

2005 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs HOU	W 22–7	1	0	0	−1.3	3
2	2005-09-18	@ TB	L 3–19	1	0	0	−0.4	1
3	2005-09-25	vs ATL	L 16–24	1	1	12	+1.7	1
4	2005-10-02	@ NO	L 7–19	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2005-10-09	vs MIA	W 20–14	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2005-10-23	@ LV	L 17–38	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2005-10-30	@ NE	L 16–21	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2005-11-13	vs KC	W 14–3	0	0	0	0.0	2
11	2005-11-20	@ LAC	L 10–48	1	1	15	+1.1	1
12	2005-11-27	vs CAR	L 9–13	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2005-12-04	@ MIA	L 23–24	2	1	22	+2.1	1
14	2005-12-11	vs NE	L 7–35	7	1	8	−7.6	1
15	2005-12-17	vs DEN	L 17–28	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2005-12-24	@ CIN	W 37–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2006-01-01	@ NYJ	L 26–30	0	0	0	0.0	1

2004 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2004-10-03	vs NE	L 17–31	2	2	12	+1.1	0
6	2004-10-17	vs MIA	W 20–13	1	0	0	−1.8	0
7	2004-10-24	@ BAL	L 6–20	1	1	6	−0.6	1
8	2004-10-31	vs ARI	W 38–14	1	0	0	−1.3	0
9	2004-11-07	vs NYJ	W 22–17	1	1	6	−0.6	0
10	2004-11-14	@ NE	L 6–29	1	0	0	−1.2	0
11	2004-11-21	vs LA	W 37–17	2	2	61	+3.7	0
12	2004-11-28	@ SEA	W 38–9	1	1	11	+2.2	0
15	2004-12-19	@ CIN	W 33–17	1	0	0	−1.6	1
16	2004-12-26	@ SF	W 41–7	1	0	0	−1.8	1
17	2005-01-02	vs PIT	L 24–29	6	4	52	+3.1	2

2003 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2003-10-12	@ NYJ	L 3–30	1	1	18	+2.2	0
7	2003-10-19	vs WAS	W 24–7	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2003-10-26	@ KC	L 5–38	1	0	0	−1.4	1
10	2003-11-09	@ DAL	L 6–10	1	1	-2	−1.2	0
11	2003-11-16	vs HOU	L 10–12	5	1	19	−4.2	0