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Shane Zylstra
TE · DET · 2021–2025
Born November 16, 1996 · College Minnesota State · Undrafted · 6-4, 240 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DET | 2 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 42.9 | −0.775 | +0.057−0.131 to +0.244 | 10.9 | 5.4 | −5.4 | −0.00 |
| 2022 | DET | 8 | 15 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 73.3 | +0.229 | +0.105−0.078 to +0.287 | 5.7 | 5.2 | +3.4 | +0.04 |
| 2024 | DET | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 100.0 | +1.244 | +0.144−0.047 to +0.336 | 2.0 | 9.0 | +1.2 | +0.01 |
| 2025 | DET | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 60.0 | −0.367 | +0.142−0.047 to +0.331 | 9.6 | 7.4 | −1.8 | −0.07 |
| Career | DET | 13 | 28 | 18 | 136 | 4 | 64.3 | −0.092 | 6.5 | 5.8 | −2.6 | −0.02 |
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 | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DET | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | DET | 13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DET | 3 | 82 | 41.8 | – | – |
| 2022 | DET | 13 | 213 | 24.6 | – | – |
| 2024 | DET | 11 | 99 | 13.5 | – | – |
| 2024 playoffs | DET | 1 | 3 | 4.5 | – | – |
| 2025 | DET | 5 | 162 | 47.6 | – | – |
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 | 15 | 73.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Game logs
2025 game log (1 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2025-12-21 | vs PIT | L 24–29 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 0 | −1.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 game log (2 games)
2022 game log (8 games)
2022 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2022-11-06 | vs GB | W 15–9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1.8 |
| 10 | 2022-11-13 | @ CHI | W 31–30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.4 |
| 13 | 2022-12-04 | vs JAX | W 40–14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | −0.2 |
| 14 | 2022-12-11 | vs MIN | W 34–23 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | +1.1 |
| 15 | 2022-12-18 | @ NYJ | W 20–17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | −0.3 |
| 16 | 2022-12-24 | @ CAR | L 23–37 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 3 | +6.4 |
| 17 | 2023-01-01 | vs CHI | W 41–10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | −2.5 |
| 18 | 2023-01-08 | @ GB | W 20–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.4 |