Sammy Watkins

WR · BUF/LA/KC/BAL/GB · 2014–2022

Born June 14, 1993 · College Clemson · Drafted 2014, round 1, pick 4 (BUF) · 6-1, 211 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)
2014	BUF	16	2	8	4.00	+0.040	50.0	+0.1	−0.01
2015	BUF	13	1	1	1.00	−0.329	0.0	−0.3	−0.01
2018	KC	10	5	52	10.40	+0.553	60.0	+2.8	+0.01
2018 playoffs	KC	2	1	-2	-2.00	−1.385	0.0	−1.4	−0.01
2019	KC	13	2	12	6.00	+0.109	50.0	+0.2	+0.01
2019 playoffs	KC	3	1	14	14.00	+0.605	100.0	+0.6	+0.00
2020	KC	10	1	3	3.00	−0.215	0.0	−0.2	−0.00
Career	GB	105	11	76	6.91	+0.229	45.5	+2.5	+0.00

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2014	BUF	16	128	65	982	6	50.8	+0.133	+0.201+0.052 to +0.350	22.4	13.3	+17.0	+1.00
2015	BUF	13	96	60	1,047	9	62.5	+0.665	+0.368+0.212 to +0.525	26.7	16.9	+63.9	+1.35
2016	BUF	8	52	28	430	2	53.8	+0.247	+0.168−0.002 to +0.338	23.1	14.3	+12.9	+0.24
2017	LA	15	70	39	593	8	55.7	+0.430	+0.225+0.061 to +0.390	14.7	14.4	+30.1	+0.24
2017 playoffs	LA	1	4	1	23	0	25.0	−0.369		8.9	26.5	−1.5	−0.03
2018	KC	10	55	40	519	3	72.7	+0.567	+0.292+0.123 to +0.462	15.7	8.4	+31.2	+0.37
2018 playoffs	KC	2	16	10	176	0	62.5	+0.331		22.9	11.4	+5.3	+0.38
2019	KC	13	90	52	673	3	57.8	+0.191	+0.243+0.084 to +0.402	19.7	9.5	+17.2	+0.38
2019 playoffs	KC	3	18	14	288	1	77.8	+1.132		17.0	13.1	+20.4	+0.45
2020	KC	10	55	37	421	2	67.3	+0.387	+0.285+0.116 to +0.454	13.9	8.1	+21.3	+0.40
2020 playoffs	KC	1	1	1	13	0	100.0	+0.956		2.2	12.0	+1.0	+0.00
2021	BAL	11	49	27	394	1	55.1	−0.041	+0.130−0.041 to +0.302	13.0	12.9	−2.0	+0.78
2022	GB	9	27	16	325	0	59.3	+0.378	+0.125−0.055 to +0.305	9.8	13.1	+10.2	−0.13
2022 playoffs	BAL	1	3	1	12	0	33.3	−0.013		10.7	4.3	−0.0	−0.05
Career	GB	105	622	364	5,384	34	58.5	+0.324		17.8	12.6	+201.8	+4.62

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	Forced fumbles
2014	BUF	16	3	0
2016	BUF	8	1	0
2018	KC	10	1	0
2018 playoffs	KC	2	1	0
2019	KC	13	1	0
2019 playoffs	KC	3	1	0
2020	KC	10	1	1
2022	GB	9	1	0
Career	GB	105	8	1

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
2016	BUF	8	378	75.8	–	–
2017	LA	15	773	81.4	–	–
2017 playoffs	LA	1	63	95.5	–	–
2018	KC	10	458	70.9	–	–
2018 playoffs	KC	2	122	91.7	–	–
2019	KC	14	738	80.3	–	–
2019 playoffs	KC	3	175	88.8	–	–
2020	KC	10	526	74.5	–	–
2020 playoffs	KC	1	22	30.1	–	–
2021	BAL	13	450	49.5	–	–
2022	GB/BAL	12	352	48.5	–	–
2022 playoffs	BAL	1	47	68.1	–	–

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	27	70.4	1	5.3	4	50.0

Game logs

2022 game log (10 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ MIN	L 7–23	3	3	18	+1.2	0
2	2022-09-18	vs CHI	W 27–10	4	3	93	+6.3	0
7	2022-10-23	@ WAS	L 21–23	4	2	36	−0.2	0
8	2022-10-30	@ BUF	L 17–27	1	1	3	+0.9	0
9	2022-11-06	@ DET	L 9–15	5	1	9	−4.2	1
10	2022-11-13	vs DAL	W 31–28 OT	3	3	47	+4.1	0
11	2022-11-17	vs TEN	L 17–27	2	0	0	−1.5	0
16	2022-12-24	vs ATL	W 17–9	1	1	40	+2.2	0
18	2023-01-08	@ CIN	L 16–27	4	2	79	+1.5	0
P19	2023-01-15	@ CIN	L 17–24	3	1	12	−0.0	0

2021 game log (11 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2021-09-13	@ LV	L 27–33 OT	8	4	96	0	+4.0
2	2021-09-19	vs KC	W 36–35	7	4	44	0	−6.6
3	2021-09-26	@ DET	W 19–17	7	4	68	0	+1.1
4	2021-10-03	@ DEN	W 23–7	7	4	49	0	+1.3
5	2021-10-11	vs IND	W 31–25 OT	3	2	35	0	+0.6
10	2021-11-11	@ MIA	L 10–22	3	1	7	0	−9.6
11	2021-11-21	@ CHI	W 16–13	4	3	48	0	+5.2
12	2021-11-28	vs CLE	W 16–10	1	1	8	0	+0.5
13	2021-12-05	@ PIT	L 19–20	6	4	39	1	+3.8
14	2021-12-12	@ CLE	L 22–24	2	0	0	0	−1.6
18	2022-01-09	vs PIT	L 13–16 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.7

2020 game log (11 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-10	vs HOU	W 34–20	1	3	−0.2	9	7	82	1	+7.2	0
2	2020-09-20	@ LAC	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0.0	3	1	11	0	+0.4	0
3	2020-09-28	@ BAL	W 34–20	0	0	0.0	8	7	62	0	+4.5	0
4	2020-10-05	vs NE	W 26–10	0	0	0.0	7	4	43	0	−4.4	0
5	2020-10-11	vs LV	L 32–40	0	0	0.0	2	2	24	1	+4.0	0
12	2020-11-29	@ TB	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	7	4	38	0	+0.8	0
13	2020-12-06	vs DEN	W 22–16	0	0	0.0	6	4	35	0	+2.0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ MIA	W 33–27	0	0	0.0	3	2	52	0	+3.3	1
15	2020-12-20	@ NO	W 32–29	0	0	0.0	6	4	60	0	+4.7	0
16	2020-12-27	vs ATL	W 17–14	0	0	0.0	4	2	14	0	−1.2	0
P21	2021-02-07	@ TB	L 9–31	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	0	+1.0	0

2019 game log (16 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	@ JAX	W 40–26	0	0	0.0	11	9	198	3	+17.2	0
2	2019-09-15	@ LV	W 28–10	0	0	0.0	13	6	49	0	−0.1	0
3	2019-09-22	vs BAL	W 33–28	0	0	0.0	8	5	64	0	−0.9	0
4	2019-09-29	@ DET	W 34–30	0	0	0.0	6	3	54	0	−5.1	0
8	2019-10-27	vs GB	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	8	5	45	0	+0.4	0
9	2019-11-03	vs MIN	W 26–23	0	0	0.0	10	7	63	0	+0.6	0
10	2019-11-10	@ TEN	L 32–35	2	12	+0.2	9	5	39	0	−0.5	0
11	2019-11-18	@ LAC	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	26	0	+3.0	1
13	2019-12-01	vs LV	W 40–9	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−1.6	0
14	2019-12-08	@ NE	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	8	4	50	0	+1.2	0
15	2019-12-15	vs DEN	W 23–3	0	0	0.0	4	3	49	0	+3.5	0
16	2019-12-22	@ CHI	W 26–3	0	0	0.0	5	2	28	0	+0.7	0
17	2019-12-29	vs LAC	W 31–21	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	−1.1	0
P19	2020-01-12	vs HOU	W 51–31	1	14	+0.6	2	2	76	0	+5.5	0
P20	2020-01-19	vs TEN	W 35–24	0	0	0.0	10	7	114	1	+8.3	0
P21	2020-02-02	vs SF	W 31–20	0	0	0.0	6	5	98	0	+6.6	1

2018 game log (12 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ LAC	W 38–28	0	0	0.0	5	3	21	0	+0.4	0
2	2018-09-16	@ PIT	W 42–37	1	31	+2.3	7	6	100	0	+7.3	0
3	2018-09-23	vs SF	W 38–27	2	20	+1.6	8	5	55	1	+3.2	0
4	2018-10-01	@ DEN	W 27–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs JAX	W 30–14	0	0	0.0	8	6	78	0	+6.1	0
6	2018-10-14	@ NE	L 40–43	1	-1	−0.6	4	2	18	0	−0.6	0
7	2018-10-21	vs CIN	W 45–10	0	0	0.0	7	4	74	0	+2.5	1
8	2018-10-28	vs DEN	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	9	8	107	2	+9.4	0
9	2018-11-04	@ CLE	W 37–21	1	2	−0.5	5	5	62	0	+4.2	0
11	2018-11-19	@ LA	L 51–54	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0
P19	2019-01-12	vs IND	W 31–13	1	-2	−1.4	8	6	62	0	−3.0	1
P20	2019-01-20	vs NE	L 31–37 OT	0	0	0.0	8	4	114	0	+8.3	0

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	vs IND	W 46–9	5	5	58	0	+4.5
2	2017-09-17	vs WAS	L 20–27	2	2	30	0	+2.2
3	2017-09-21	@ SF	W 41–39	7	6	106	2	+11.2
4	2017-10-01	@ DAL	W 35–30	2	1	17	0	+0.4
5	2017-10-08	vs SEA	L 10–16	4	0	0	0	−2.3
6	2017-10-15	@ JAX	W 27–17	4	1	11	0	−3.3
7	2017-10-22	vs ARI	W 33–0	5	3	42	0	+3.8
9	2017-11-05	@ NYG	W 51–17	2	1	67	1	+4.8
10	2017-11-12	vs HOU	W 33–7	3	2	41	1	+4.0
11	2017-11-19	@ MIN	L 7–24	4	3	36	0	+2.3
12	2017-11-26	vs NO	W 26–20	9	4	82	1	+0.3
13	2017-12-03	@ ARI	W 32–16	4	3	38	1	+3.0
14	2017-12-10	vs PHI	L 35–43	7	3	21	1	−1.7
15	2017-12-17	@ SEA	W 42–7	5	2	14	0	+0.2
16	2017-12-24	@ TEN	W 27–23	7	3	30	1	+0.9
P18	2018-01-06	vs ATL	L 13–26	4	1	23	0	−1.5

2016 game log (8 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	@ BAL	L 7–13	6	4	43	0	+3.4	0
2	2016-09-15	vs NYJ	L 31–37	5	2	20	0	−2.7	1
12	2016-11-27	vs JAX	W 28–21	3	3	80	0	+4.5	0
13	2016-12-04	@ LV	L 24–38	9	3	38	0	−1.1	0
14	2016-12-11	vs PIT	L 20–27	6	4	54	1	+5.6	0
15	2016-12-18	vs CLE	W 33–13	4	1	10	0	−1.8	0
16	2016-12-24	vs MIA	L 31–34 OT	10	7	154	1	+10.5	0
17	2017-01-01	@ NYJ	L 10–30	9	4	31	0	−5.5	0

2015 game log (13 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2015-09-13	vs IND	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−2.9
2	2015-09-20	vs NE	L 32–40	0	0	0.0	8	6	60	1	+1.1
3	2015-09-27	@ MIA	W 41–14	0	0	0.0	2	1	39	0	+2.2
6	2015-10-18	vs CIN	L 21–34	0	0	0.0	5	4	48	1	+4.1
9	2015-11-08	vs MIA	W 33–17	0	0	0.0	8	8	168	1	+16.3
10	2015-11-12	@ NYJ	W 22–17	0	0	0.0	7	3	14	0	−0.9
11	2015-11-23	@ NE	L 13–20	0	0	0.0	6	3	39	0	+0.7
12	2015-11-29	@ KC	L 22–30	0	0	0.0	10	6	158	2	+14.4
13	2015-12-06	vs HOU	W 30–21	0	0	0.0	4	3	109	1	+9.4
14	2015-12-13	@ PHI	L 20–23	1	1	−0.3	12	5	81	1	+0.5
15	2015-12-20	@ WAS	L 25–35	0	0	0.0	10	5	111	2	+5.3
16	2015-12-27	vs DAL	W 16–6	0	0	0.0	6	5	84	0	+4.3
17	2016-01-03	vs NYJ	W 22–17	0	0	0.0	15	11	136	0	+9.4

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ CHI	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0.0	4	3	31	0	+2.5	0
2	2014-09-14	vs MIA	W 29–10	0	0	0.0	11	8	117	1	+8.7	0
3	2014-09-21	vs LAC	L 10–22	0	0	0.0	8	2	19	0	−3.2	0
4	2014-09-28	@ HOU	L 17–23	0	0	0.0	9	4	30	1	−0.5	0
5	2014-10-05	@ DET	W 17–14	0	0	0.0	12	7	87	0	−4.8	0
6	2014-10-12	vs NE	L 22–37	0	0	0.0	3	2	27	0	+1.7	0
7	2014-10-19	vs MIN	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	14	9	122	2	+9.5	0
8	2014-10-26	@ NYJ	W 43–23	0	0	0.0	6	3	157	1	+9.0	0
10	2014-11-09	vs KC	L 13–17	0	0	0.0	10	4	27	0	−4.0	0
11	2014-11-13	@ MIA	L 9–22	1	3	−0.2	7	3	32	0	−0.4	0
12	2014-11-24	vs NYJ	W 38–3	0	0	0.0	5	3	35	0	+1.3	0
13	2014-11-30	vs CLE	W 26–10	0	0	0.0	9	3	11	0	−12.5	1
14	2014-12-07	@ DEN	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	12	7	127	0	+6.3	1
15	2014-12-14	vs GB	W 21–13	0	0	0.0	6	1	28	0	−2.2	1
16	2014-12-21	@ LV	L 24–26	0	0	0.0	7	3	75	1	+3.9	0
17	2014-12-28	@ NE	W 17–9	1	5	+0.3	5	3	57	0	+1.8	0