Sony Michel

RB · NE/LA/LAC · 2018–2022

Born February 17, 1995 · College Georgia · Drafted 2018, round 1, pick 31 (NE) · 5-11, 215 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)
2018	NE	13	209	931	6	4.45	−0.059	−0.081−0.136 to −0.026	40.8	−13.1	−0.31
2018 playoffs	NE	3	71	336	6	4.73	+0.104		37.5	+7.5	+0.51
2019	NE	16	247	912	7	3.69	−0.103	−0.097−0.151 to −0.042	39.4	−25.5	−0.14
2019 playoffs	NE	1	14	61	0	4.36	−0.261		28.6	−3.6	−0.08
2020	NE	8	79	449	1	5.68	+0.066	−0.060−0.121 to +0.000	44.3	+5.2	+0.33
2021	LA	17	208	845	4	4.06	−0.106	−0.083−0.138 to −0.027	39.2	−22.1	−0.11
2021 playoffs	LA	4	26	80	0	3.08	−0.252		23.1	−6.6	−0.06
2022	LAC	10	36	106	0	2.94	−0.078	−0.088−0.151 to −0.025	36.1	−2.8	+0.08
Career	LAC	64	779	3,243	18	4.16	−0.073		40.1	−58.3	−0.15

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	NE	13	11	7	50	0	63.6	−0.101	2.5	1.0	−1.1	−0.03
2018 playoffs	NE	3	3	1	9	0	33.3	−0.278	2.4	-2.0	−0.8	−0.05
2019	NE	16	20	12	94	0	60.0	+0.013	3.4	-0.8	+0.3	−0.03
2019 playoffs	NE	1	2	2	9	0	100.0	+0.180	5.7	0.5	+0.4	−0.00
2020	NE	8	9	7	114	1	77.8	+0.972	4.3	-0.2	+8.8	+0.12
2021	LA	17	33	21	128	1	63.6	−0.262	5.5	-0.4	−8.6	−0.23
2021 playoffs	LA	4	4	3	-8	0	75.0	−1.163	2.9	-3.2	−4.7	−0.13
2022	LAC	10	13	9	53	0	69.2	−0.508	3.2	1.7	−6.6	−0.17
Career	LAC	64	86	56	439	2	65.1	−0.085	3.8	0.0	−7.4	−0.34

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	NE	13	2
2018 playoffs	NE	3	1
2019	NE	16	1
2021	LA	17	1
Career	LAC	64	4

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	NE	13	318	36.0	–	–
2018 playoffs	NE	3	94	38.2	–	–
2019	NE	16	410	36.3	–	–
2019 playoffs	NE	1	23	37.7	–	–
2020	NE	9	174	31.9	–	–
2021	LA	17	529	49.3	–	–
2021 playoffs	LA	4	88	32.2	–	–
2022	LAC	10	121	17.5	–	–

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	13	84.6	2	18.2	0	–

Game logs

2022 game log (10 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	vs LV	W 24–19	7	12	−1.9	0	0	0	0.0
2	2022-09-15	@ KC	L 24–27	4	13	−0.6	1	1	6	+0.3
3	2022-09-25	vs JAX	L 10–38	5	22	−0.0	2	1	9	−5.5
4	2022-10-02	@ HOU	W 34–24	6	11	−1.6	3	3	16	+1.7
5	2022-10-09	@ CLE	W 30–28	1	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0
6	2022-10-17	vs DEN	W 19–16 OT	8	28	+1.8	3	3	14	−1.3
7	2022-10-23	vs SEA	L 23–37	2	5	−0.7	3	1	8	−1.0
9	2022-11-06	@ ATL	W 20–17	1	12	+0.8	1	0	0	−0.7
10	2022-11-13	@ SF	L 16–22	1	2	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0
11	2022-11-20	vs KC	L 27–30	1	1	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0

2021 game log (21 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs CHI	W 34–14	1	2	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ IND	W 27–24	10	46	0	+0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	vs TB	W 34–24	20	67	0	−3.6	4	3	12	0	−1.3	0
4	2021-10-03	vs ARI	L 20–37	3	11	0	−5.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2021-10-07	@ SEA	W 26–17	11	37	1	+0.3	1	1	8	0	+0.4	0
6	2021-10-17	@ NYG	W 38–11	9	42	0	−1.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2021-10-24	vs DET	W 28–19	2	4	0	−1.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ HOU	W 38–22	9	42	0	+0.5	2	2	14	0	+1.0	0
9	2021-11-07	vs TEN	L 16–28	7	20	0	+1.9	3	2	6	1	+0.0	0
10	2021-11-15	@ SF	L 10–31	4	20	0	−0.5	2	2	11	0	+1.0	0
12	2021-11-28	@ GB	L 28–36	3	14	0	−0.0	1	1	11	0	+0.5	0
13	2021-12-05	vs JAX	W 37–7	24	121	1	+2.3	4	3	8	0	−1.8	0
14	2021-12-13	@ ARI	W 30–23	20	79	0	−3.6	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0
15	2021-12-21	vs SEA	W 20–10	18	92	0	−2.2	2	2	23	0	+0.3	0
16	2021-12-26	@ MIN	W 30–23	27	131	1	+3.3	4	1	4	0	−5.7	1
17	2022-01-02	@ BAL	W 20–19	19	74	1	−2.0	5	3	25	0	+0.1	0
18	2022-01-09	vs SF	L 24–27 OT	21	43	0	−9.5	4	1	6	0	−1.8	0
P19	2022-01-17	vs ARI	W 34–11	13	58	0	−2.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P20	2022-01-23	@ TB	W 30–27	1	4	0	−0.3	2	2	-4	0	−2.2	0
P21	2022-01-30	vs SF	W 20–17	10	16	0	−2.9	2	1	-4	0	−2.4	0
P22	2022-02-13	@ CIN	W 23–20	2	2	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2020 game log (8 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	vs MIA	W 21–11	10	37	1	+1.7	0	0	0	0	0.0
2	2020-09-20	@ SEA	L 30–35	7	19	0	−1.9	1	0	0	0	−0.7
3	2020-09-27	vs LV	W 36–20	9	117	0	+5.2	2	2	23	0	+1.6
13	2020-12-06	@ LAC	W 45–0	10	35	0	−1.0	1	1	23	0	+2.0
14	2020-12-10	@ LA	L 3–24	7	22	0	−3.0	1	0	0	0	−0.7
15	2020-12-20	@ MIA	L 12–22	10	74	0	+2.7	1	1	8	0	+0.4
16	2020-12-28	vs BUF	L 9–38	10	69	0	+1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0
17	2021-01-03	vs NYJ	W 28–14	16	76	0	+0.5	3	3	60	1	+6.2

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs PIT	W 33–3	15	14	0	−5.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2019-09-15	@ MIA	W 43–0	21	83	1	−3.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	9	11	1	−4.4	1	0	0	−0.8	0
4	2019-09-29	@ BUF	W 16–10	17	63	0	−2.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2019-10-06	@ WAS	W 33–7	16	91	1	+2.4	3	3	32	+2.4	0
6	2019-10-10	vs NYG	W 35–14	22	86	0	−5.3	3	2	27	+2.0	1
7	2019-10-21	@ NYJ	W 33–0	19	42	3	+1.9	2	1	-8	−1.9	0
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	21	74	0	−4.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	4	18	0	−0.4	2	1	12	+0.2	0
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	10	33	0	−2.3	4	2	11	−1.0	0
12	2019-11-24	vs DAL	W 13–9	20	85	0	−2.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	@ HOU	L 22–28	10	45	0	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	5	8	0	−2.0	1	1	1	−0.4	0
15	2019-12-15	@ CIN	W 34–13	19	89	0	−0.5	2	1	14	+0.4	0
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	21	96	0	+1.9	2	1	5	−0.7	0
17	2019-12-29	vs MIA	L 24–27	18	74	1	+1.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs TEN	L 13–20	14	61	0	−3.6	2	2	9	+0.4	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2018-09-16	@ JAX	L 20–31	10	34	0	−3.9	2	1	7	−0.3	0
3	2018-09-23	@ DET	L 10–26	14	50	0	−3.3	3	1	-1	−2.6	1
4	2018-09-30	vs MIA	W 38–7	25	112	1	−1.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2018-10-04	vs IND	W 38–24	18	98	1	+2.2	1	1	12	+0.7	0
6	2018-10-14	vs KC	W 43–40	24	106	2	+3.8	1	0	0	−0.8	0
7	2018-10-21	@ CHI	W 38–31	4	22	0	−3.9	1	1	13	+0.9	1
10	2018-11-11	@ TEN	L 10–34	11	31	0	−2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ NYJ	W 27–13	21	133	1	+4.0	2	2	12	+0.7	0
13	2018-12-02	vs MIN	W 24–10	17	63	0	−2.2	1	1	7	+0.3	0
14	2018-12-09	@ MIA	L 33–34	20	57	0	−3.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ PIT	L 10–17	13	59	0	−2.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–12	18	116	1	+3.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs NYJ	W 38–3	14	50	0	−3.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2019-01-13	vs LAC	W 41–28	24	129	3	+3.0	1	1	9	+0.6	0
P20	2019-01-20	@ KC	W 37–31 OT	29	113	2	+2.4	0	0	0	0.0	1
P21	2019-02-03	@ LA	W 13–3	18	94	1	+2.1	2	0	0	−1.4	0