Sammy Morris

RB · BUF/MIA/NE/DAL · 2000–2011

Born March 23, 1977 · College Texas Tech · Drafted 2000, round 5, pick 156 (BUF) · 6-0, 220 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)
2000	BUF	11	88	324	4	3.68	−0.077	−0.116−0.176 to −0.056	37.0	−7.1	−0.03
2001	BUF	13	20	72	0	3.60	−0.281	−0.122−0.185 to −0.058	30.0	−5.6	−0.12
2002	BUF	14	2	5	0	2.50	−0.290	−0.109−0.174 to −0.045	50.0	−0.6	−0.02
2003	BUF	9	19	70	1	3.68	−0.061	−0.095−0.159 to −0.032	40.0	−1.2	+0.05
2004	MIA	13	132	523	6	3.96	+0.023	−0.074−0.132 to −0.015	38.8	+3.1	+0.25
2005	MIA	13	16	58	1	3.62	−0.055	−0.102−0.165 to −0.038	35.3	−0.9	+0.03
2006	MIA	12	92	400	1	4.35	−0.190	−0.114−0.174 to −0.054	31.6	−18.1	−0.47
2007	NE	6	85	384	3	4.52	+0.036	−0.083−0.143 to −0.023	46.0	+3.1	−0.02
2008	NE	13	156	727	7	4.66	+0.052	−0.048−0.105 to +0.010	41.5	+8.2	+0.17
2009	NE	12	73	319	2	4.37	−0.142	−0.101−0.161 to −0.040	41.1	−10.4	+0.00
2009 playoffs	NE	1	1	9	0	9.00	+0.675		100.0	+0.7	+0.00
2010	NE	16	20	56	0	2.80	−0.048	−0.116−0.179 to −0.052	40.0	−1.0	+0.01
2011	DAL	3	28	98	0	3.50	−0.164	−0.102−0.165 to −0.039	35.7	−4.6	−0.12
Career	DAL	135	731	3,036	25	4.15	−0.047		39.0	−35.1	−0.27

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2000	BUF	11	41	35	262	1	85.4	+0.095	11.3	–	+3.9	+0.18
2001	BUF	13	9	7	36	0	77.8	+0.138	2.0	–	+1.2	+0.02
2002	BUF	14	4	3	48	0	75.0	+0.914	0.8	–	+3.7	+0.00
2003	BUF	9	17	14	100	0	82.4	−0.006	6.2	–	−0.1	−0.06
2004	MIA	13	28	22	124	0	78.6	−0.271	6.0	–	−7.6	−0.25
2005	MIA	13	12	8	54	0	66.7	−0.299	2.9	–	−3.6	−0.09
2006	MIA	12	35	21	162	0	60.0	−0.181	7.8	0.4	−6.3	−0.15
2007	NE	6	8	6	35	0	75.0	−0.112	3.9	3.1	−0.9	−0.00
2008	NE	13	24	17	161	0	70.8	+0.271	5.7	0.9	+6.5	+0.11
2009	NE	12	27	19	180	0	70.4	−0.070	6.2	1.2	−1.9	−0.05
2009 playoffs	NE	1	6	3	15	0	50.0	−0.263	14.3	2.5	−1.6	−0.00
2010	NE	16	12	7	77	0	58.3	+0.157	2.4	2.6	+1.9	+0.10
2011	DAL	3	7	5	13	0	71.4	−0.600	6.5	1.0	−4.2	−0.05
Career	DAL	135	224	164	1,252	1	73.2	−0.033	4.9	1.2	−7.4	−0.25

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
2000	BUF	11	12	–	–	–	0
2001	BUF	13	9	–	–	–	0
2002	BUF	14	16	–	–	–	0
2003	BUF	9	2	–	–	–	0
2004	MIA	13	3	–	–	–	1
2005	MIA	13	18	–	–	–	1
2006	MIA	12	9	0	–	–	1
2007	NE	6	1	0	–	–	0
2010	NE	16	8	0	0	0	0
Career	DAL	135	78	0	0	0	3

Game logs

2011 game log (3 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
15	2011-12-17	@ TB	W 31–15	12	53	+0.3	2	0	0	−1.9
16	2011-12-24	vs PHI	L 7–20	13	29	−5.0	4	4	10	−2.0
17	2012-01-01	@ NYG	L 14–31	3	16	+0.1	1	1	3	−0.3

2010 game log (16 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	vs CIN	W 38–24	1	2	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2010-09-19	@ NYJ	L 14–28	0	0	0.0	2	1	19	+0.7	0
3	2010-09-26	vs BUF	W 38–30	6	19	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2010-10-04	@ MIA	W 41–14	2	3	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2010-10-17	vs BAL	W 23–20 OT	1	3	+0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2010-10-24	@ LAC	W 23–20	1	2	−0.4	1	0	0	−0.6	0
8	2010-10-31	vs MIN	W 28–18	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2010-11-07	@ CLE	L 14–34	0	0	0.0	1	1	22	+3.3	0
10	2010-11-14	@ PIT	W 39–26	1	2	−0.4	2	1	6	+0.2	2
11	2010-11-21	vs IND	W 31–28	2	5	+0.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2010-11-25	@ DET	W 45–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	15	+1.1	0
13	2010-12-06	vs NYJ	W 45–3	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	+0.2	0
14	2010-12-12	@ CHI	W 36–7	1	2	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2010-12-19	vs GB	W 31–27	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
16	2010-12-26	@ BUF	W 34–3	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.5	3
17	2011-01-02	vs MIA	W 38–7	5	18	−0.5	3	1	8	−2.5	0

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2009-09-14	vs BUF	W 25–24	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−8.4
2	2009-09-20	@ NYJ	L 9–16	2	4	0	−0.9	3	1	14	−0.6
3	2009-09-27	vs ATL	W 26–10	5	16	0	+1.3	3	3	46	+3.3
4	2009-10-04	vs BAL	W 27–21	6	21	1	+3.4	5	5	35	+5.3
5	2009-10-11	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	17	68	0	−2.8	3	2	39	+1.8
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.4
12	2009-11-30	@ NO	L 17–38	5	18	0	+1.9	1	0	0	−0.9
13	2009-12-06	@ MIA	L 21–22	9	40	0	−2.1	2	2	25	+1.1
14	2009-12-13	vs CAR	W 20–10	6	35	0	−6.8	3	0	0	−3.1
15	2009-12-20	@ BUF	W 17–10	4	13	0	+0.3	1	1	2	−0.3
16	2009-12-27	vs JAX	W 35–7	12	95	1	+1.0	1	1	3	−0.1
17	2010-01-03	@ HOU	L 27–34	7	9	0	−5.5	3	3	13	+0.2
P18	2010-01-10	vs BAL	L 14–33	1	9	0	+0.7	6	3	15	−1.6

2008 game log (13 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-07	vs KC	W 17–10	10	53	1	−0.8	5	5	34	+0.9
2	2008-09-14	@ NYJ	W 19–10	8	0	1	−3.4	2	2	7	+2.8
3	2008-09-21	vs MIA	L 13–38	9	27	0	−1.1	2	1	0	−1.4
5	2008-10-05	@ SF	W 30–21	16	63	0	−1.9	1	0	0	−0.4
6	2008-10-12	@ LAC	L 10–30	10	26	1	−0.0	6	4	49	+2.2
7	2008-10-20	vs DEN	W 41–7	16	138	1	+8.6	0	0	0	0.0
11	2008-11-13	vs NYJ	L 31–34 OT	5	14	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0
12	2008-11-23	@ MIA	W 48–28	8	35	0	−3.4	3	2	14	+0.2
13	2008-11-30	vs PIT	L 10–33	10	45	1	+4.0	1	1	12	+0.7
14	2008-12-07	@ SEA	W 24–21	11	36	1	+2.9	0	0	0	0.0
15	2008-12-14	@ LV	W 49–26	14	117	1	+4.4	1	0	0	−0.4
16	2008-12-21	vs ARI	W 47–7	15	88	0	+2.7	3	2	45	+2.1
17	2008-12-28	@ BUF	W 13–0	24	85	0	−2.9	0	0	0	0.0

2007 game log (6 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	@ NYJ	W 38–14	11	54	0	+1.0	2	2	11	+0.3	1
2	2007-09-16	vs LAC	W 38–14	10	51	1	+2.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2007-09-23	vs BUF	W 38–7	12	46	1	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2007-10-01	@ CIN	W 34–13	21	117	1	+5.3	3	2	15	−0.0	0
5	2007-10-07	vs CLE	W 34–17	21	102	0	+1.2	3	2	9	−1.1	0
6	2007-10-14	@ DAL	W 48–27	10	14	0	−5.4	0	0	0	0.0	0

2006 game log (12 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2006-10-08	@ NE	L 10–20	2	5	0	−0.7	1	0	0	−0.7	0
6	2006-10-15	@ NYJ	L 17–20	5	2	0	−7.3	1	1	7	+0.5	1
7	2006-10-22	vs GB	L 24–34	1	5	0	+0.2	3	1	44	+1.8	0
9	2006-11-05	@ CHI	W 31–13	1	3	0	−0.3	4	1	-2	−7.2	3
10	2006-11-12	vs KC	W 13–10	6	20	0	−2.5	3	2	17	+1.5	0
11	2006-11-19	vs MIN	W 24–20	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	2	−2.4	4
12	2006-11-23	@ DET	W 27–10	12	91	0	−3.1	1	0	0	−0.2	1
13	2006-12-03	vs JAX	L 10–24	12	47	0	−1.4	5	3	20	−0.6	0
14	2006-12-10	vs NE	W 21–0	25	123	1	+1.9	2	2	39	+3.0	0
15	2006-12-17	@ BUF	L 0–21	20	71	0	−4.0	7	5	12	−1.2	0
16	2006-12-25	vs NYJ	L 10–13	6	14	0	−1.9	4	4	23	+0.5	0
17	2006-12-31	@ IND	L 22–27	2	19	0	+1.1	1	0	0	−1.2	0

2005 game log (13 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs DEN	W 34–10	2	14	1	+3.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2005-09-18	@ NYJ	L 7–17	4	23	0	−1.0	2	0	0	−2.2	0
3	2005-09-25	vs CAR	W 27–24	5	10	0	−1.9	2	1	18	+1.9	0
5	2005-10-09	@ BUF	L 14–20	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	−0.6	0
6	2005-10-16	@ TB	L 13–27	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	18	−0.0	0
7	2005-10-21	vs KC	L 20–30	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
9	2005-11-06	vs ATL	L 10–17	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	10	+0.2	2
10	2005-11-13	vs NE	L 16–23	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
11	2005-11-20	@ CLE	L 0–22	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	-5	−2.4	1
14	2005-12-11	@ LAC	W 23–21	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	4
15	2005-12-18	vs NYJ	W 24–20	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3
16	2005-12-24	vs TEN	W 24–10	5	11	0	−1.4	1	1	5	−0.4	1
17	2006-01-01	@ NE	W 28–26	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3

2004 game log (13 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-11	vs TEN	L 7–17	1	2	0	+0.3	1	1	6	+0.5	0
2	2004-09-19	@ CIN	L 13–16	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2004-10-03	vs NYJ	L 9–17	1	-1	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2004-10-10	@ NE	L 10–24	3	7	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2004-10-17	@ BUF	L 13–20	18	91	0	−0.2	2	2	28	+2.6	0
7	2004-10-24	vs LA	W 31–14	28	83	1	−0.8	3	3	8	−0.8	0
8	2004-11-01	@ NYJ	L 14–41	11	48	0	−0.6	3	3	12	−1.3	0
9	2004-11-07	vs ARI	L 23–24	16	56	1	−1.1	6	3	6	−4.5	0
11	2004-11-21	@ SEA	L 17–24	7	16	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2004-12-12	@ DEN	L 17–20	9	36	1	+0.9	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2004-12-20	vs NE	W 29–28	9	27	2	+1.0	6	6	46	−0.5	0
16	2004-12-26	vs CLE	W 10–7	17	69	0	+0.7	6	3	5	−4.7	0
17	2005-01-02	@ BAL	L 23–30	12	89	1	+5.9	1	1	13	+1.0	0

2003 game log (9 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs NE	W 31–0	2	14	0	+0.9	3	2	25	+1.4	0
2	2003-09-14	@ JAX	W 38–17	1	-2	0	−2.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2003-10-26	@ KC	L 5–38	3	9	0	−1.8	1	1	7	+0.2	0
10	2003-11-09	@ DAL	L 6–10	3	12	0	−1.0	3	2	14	−1.5	0
11	2003-11-16	vs HOU	L 10–12	2	10	0	+1.4	2	1	4	−1.0	1
12	2003-11-23	vs IND	L 14–17	1	7	1	+2.9	3	3	23	−0.3	0
15	2003-12-14	@ TEN	L 26–28	1	1	0	−0.5	3	3	13	−0.1	0
16	2003-12-21	vs MIA	L 3–20	2	2	0	−1.6	1	1	6	−0.1	0
17	2003-12-27	@ NE	L 0–31	4	17	0	+0.9	1	1	8	+1.3	1

2002 game log (14 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	vs NYJ	L 31–37 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2002-09-15	@ MIN	W 45–39 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2002-09-22	@ DEN	L 23–28	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2002-09-29	vs CHI	W 33–27 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2002-10-13	@ HOU	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2002-10-20	@ MIA	W 23–10	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2002-10-27	vs DET	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	16	+0.8	1
9	2002-11-03	vs NE	L 7–38	0	0	0.0	2	2	32	+3.0	0
11	2002-11-17	@ KC	L 16–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
12	2002-11-24	@ NYJ	L 13–31	1	5	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2002-12-01	vs MIA	W 38–21	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3
14	2002-12-08	@ NE	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2002-12-22	@ GB	L 0–10	1	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2002-12-29	vs CIN	W 27–9	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.2	2

2001 game log (13 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-09	vs NO	L 6–24	1	2	−0.2	4	3	1	−1.1	0
2	2001-09-23	@ IND	L 26–42	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+1.7	3
4	2001-10-07	vs NYJ	L 36–42	2	4	−4.7	0	0	0	0.0	2
7	2001-10-28	@ LAC	L 24–27	1	4	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2001-11-04	vs IND	L 14–30	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2001-11-18	vs SEA	L 20–23	2	13	+2.3	1	1	11	+0.6	1
11	2001-11-25	vs MIA	L 27–34	1	0	−0.5	1	1	5	−0.1	0
12	2001-12-02	@ SF	L 0–35	2	6	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2001-12-09	vs CAR	W 25–24	2	4	−0.7	1	0	0	−0.6	0
14	2001-12-16	vs NE	L 9–12 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	+0.9	0
15	2001-12-23	@ ATL	L 30–33	2	2	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2001-12-30	@ NYJ	W 14–9	5	28	−0.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2002-01-06	@ MIA	L 7–34	2	9	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0	1

2000 game log (11 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	2000-09-03	vs TEN	W 16–13	2	11	0	+0.2	1	1	14	0	+1.0	3
2	2000-09-10	vs GB	W 27–18	2	6	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2000-09-17	@ NYJ	L 14–27	3	9	0	+0.3	4	3	11	0	−2.5	0
5	2000-10-01	vs IND	L 16–18	4	28	0	+2.6	4	4	44	0	+2.7	1
7	2000-10-15	vs LAC	W 27–24 OT	8	60	1	−3.2	3	3	4	0	−3.0	4
8	2000-10-22	@ MIN	L 27–31	14	31	1	−4.6	5	4	39	1	+3.9	1
9	2000-10-29	vs NYJ	W 23–20	19	54	1	+1.2	6	5	39	0	+1.1	0
10	2000-11-05	@ NE	W 16–13 OT	10	45	0	−0.8	5	4	41	0	+2.1	1
11	2000-11-12	vs CHI	W 20–3	10	30	0	−1.8	4	4	32	0	+0.0	1
15	2000-12-11	@ IND	L 20–44	5	7	1	+0.5	6	4	27	0	−0.3	0
16	2000-12-17	vs NE	L 10–13 OT	11	43	0	−1.1	3	3	11	0	−1.0	0