Stephen Anderson

TE · HOU/LAC/ARI · 2016–2023

Born January 30, 1993 · College California · Undrafted · 6-3, 230 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)
2016	HOU	9	16	11	93	1	68.8	+0.458	+0.160−0.022 to +0.342	4.8	4.7	+7.3	+0.16
2016 playoffs	HOU	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	−1.329		3.1	11.0	−2.7	−0.01
2017	HOU	14	52	25	342	1	48.1	−0.194	+0.049−0.115 to +0.214	11.4	8.8	−10.1	+0.14
2020	LAC	7	11	8	106	0	72.7	+0.488	+0.155−0.030 to +0.340	3.9	4.0	+5.4	+0.07
2021	LAC	13	19	16	165	1	84.2	+0.379	+0.130−0.051 to +0.310	3.9	3.5	+7.2	+0.05
2022	ARI	9	7	3	9	0	42.9	−0.471	+0.065−0.122 to +0.253	2.0	5.1	−3.3	−0.12
Career	LAC	53	105	63	715	3	60.0	+0.062		5.4	6.5	+6.5	+0.29

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
2016	HOU	9	3
2016 playoffs	HOU	2	2
2017	HOU	14	2
2020	LAC	7	5
2021	LAC	13	6
2022	ARI	9	8
2023	LAC	1	1
Career	LAC	53	25

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	HOU	13	129	14.2	–	–
2016 playoffs	HOU	2	8	5.7	–	–
2017	HOU	15	428	42.0	–	–
2020	LAC	14	132	12.9	–	–
2021	LAC	17	332	28.4	1	1.5
2022	ARI	16	127	12.2	1	1.4
2023	LAC	1	2	2.9	–	–

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	7	71.4	2	40.0	1	100.0

Game logs

2023 game log (1 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
15	2023-12-14	@ LV	L 21–63	1	0.0	0	0

2022 game log (9 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs KC	L 21–44	0	0	0	0.0	2
2	2022-09-18	@ LV	W 29–23 OT	1	1	2	−0.5	0
3	2022-09-25	vs LA	L 12–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2022-10-02	@ CAR	W 26–16	0	0	0	0.0	2
7	2022-10-20	vs NO	W 42–34	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2022-11-13	@ LA	W 27–17	1	0	0	−0.7	2
11	2022-11-21	vs SF	L 10–38	1	0	0	−0.6	0
14	2022-12-12	vs NE	L 13–27	2	2	7	−0.2	0
16	2022-12-25	vs TB	L 16–19 OT	2	0	0	−1.3	0

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ WAS	W 20–16	2	1	1	0	−4.9	2
2	2021-09-19	vs DAL	L 17–20	2	2	9	0	+0.0	0
4	2021-10-04	vs LV	W 28–14	1	1	34	0	+2.0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs CLE	W 47–42	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
6	2021-10-17	@ BAL	L 6–34	2	1	-1	0	−1.5	1
8	2021-10-31	vs NE	L 24–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2021-11-07	@ PHI	W 27–24	4	4	39	1	+4.3	0
10	2021-11-14	vs MIN	L 20–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2021-11-28	@ DEN	L 13–28	2	2	18	0	+1.1	0
14	2021-12-12	vs NYG	W 37–21	1	1	11	0	+1.4	0
15	2021-12-16	vs KC	L 28–34 OT	1	1	12	0	+2.0	0
16	2021-12-26	@ HOU	L 29–41	2	2	34	0	+2.8	1
17	2022-01-02	vs DEN	W 34–13	1	1	8	0	+0.6	0

2020 game log (7 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2020-09-20	vs KC	L 20–23 OT	0	0	0	0.0	2
7	2020-10-25	vs JAX	W 39–29	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2020-11-08	vs LV	L 26–31	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2020-11-29	@ BUF	L 17–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2020-12-06	vs NE	L 0–45	2	1	6	−0.3	0
16	2020-12-27	vs DEN	W 19–16	6	4	48	+0.6	0
17	2021-01-03	@ KC	W 38–21	3	3	52	+5.0	0

2017 game log (14 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	vs JAX	L 7–29	5	2	14	0	−7.3	0
3	2017-09-24	@ NE	L 33–36	3	1	14	0	−1.0	0
4	2017-10-01	vs TEN	W 57–14	2	2	28	0	+2.1	0
5	2017-10-08	vs KC	L 34–42	2	2	63	0	+3.8	1
6	2017-10-15	vs CLE	W 33–17	2	2	17	0	+1.1	0
8	2017-10-29	@ SEA	L 38–41	2	1	11	0	−4.8	0
9	2017-11-05	vs IND	L 14–20	6	4	44	0	−0.9	0
10	2017-11-12	@ LA	L 7–33	3	2	30	0	+2.3	0
11	2017-11-19	vs ARI	W 31–21	3	1	22	0	−4.1	0
13	2017-12-03	@ TEN	L 13–24	12	5	79	1	+5.8	0
14	2017-12-10	vs SF	L 16–26	6	2	16	0	−1.9	1
15	2017-12-17	@ JAX	L 7–45	3	0	0	0	−2.5	0
16	2017-12-25	vs PIT	L 6–34	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
17	2017-12-31	@ IND	L 13–22	2	1	4	0	−1.9	0

2016 game log (11 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs CHI	W 23–14	3	3	25	0	+2.3	0
2	2016-09-18	vs KC	W 19–12	3	2	15	0	+2.0	0
3	2016-09-22	@ NE	L 0–27	1	0	0	0	−0.9	1
8	2016-10-30	vs DET	W 20–13	2	2	17	0	+1.5	1
10	2016-11-13	@ JAX	W 24–21	1	1	7	1	+1.6	1
11	2016-11-21	@ LV	L 20–27	1	1	14	0	+1.7	0
12	2016-11-27	vs LAC	L 13–21	1	1	8	0	+1.6	0
15	2016-12-18	vs JAX	W 21–20	3	1	7	0	−2.1	0
17	2017-01-01	@ TEN	L 17–24	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
P18	2017-01-07	vs LV	W 27–14	1	0	0	0	−1.5	1
P19	2017-01-14	@ NE	L 16–34	1	0	0	0	−1.1	1