Sterling Shepard

WR · NYG/TB/NYJ · 2016–2026

Born February 10, 1993 · College Oklahoma · Drafted 2016, round 2, pick 40 (NYG) · 5-10, 194 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2016	NYG	16	3	31	0	10.33	+0.060	50.0	+0.2	−0.02
2017	NYG	11	4	4	0	1.00	−0.623	50.0	−2.5	−0.09
2018	NYG	16	3	33	0	11.00	+0.528	66.7	+1.6	+0.06
2019	NYG	10	6	72	0	12.00	+0.579	66.7	+3.5	+0.06
2020	NYG	12	6	49	1	8.17	+0.718	66.7	+4.3	+0.13
2021	NYG	7	1	-9	0	-9.00	−1.440	0.0	−1.4	−0.05
2023	NYG	10	1	6	0	6.00	+0.485	100.0	+0.5	+0.00
2024	TB	13	8	69	0	8.62	+0.338	50.0	+2.7	+0.09
2025	TB	13	4	19	0	4.75	+0.046	75.0	+0.2	+0.00
Career	NYJ	113	36	274	1	7.61	+0.244	59.5	+9.0	+0.19

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2016	NYG	16	105	65	683	8	61.9	+0.203	+0.218+0.063 to +0.372	17.6	9.3	+21.3	+0.77
2016 playoffs	NYG	1	9	4	63	0	44.4	−0.424		20.5	13.0	−3.8	+0.04
2017	NYG	11	84	59	731	2	70.2	+0.355	+0.227+0.067 to +0.387	18.4	8.9	+29.8	+1.02
2018	NYG	16	107	66	872	4	61.7	+0.324	+0.302+0.148 to +0.456	18.6	10.1	+34.7	+0.85
2019	NYG	10	83	57	576	3	68.7	+0.078	+0.204+0.043 to +0.364	22.9	9.9	+6.5	+0.54
2020	NYG	12	90	66	656	3	73.3	+0.287	+0.304+0.145 to +0.462	23.3	8.3	+25.9	+0.76
2021	NYG	7	53	36	366	1	67.9	+0.034	+0.151−0.019 to +0.321	20.9	7.6	+1.8	+0.16
2022	NYG	3	24	13	154	1	54.2	−0.130	+0.053−0.128 to +0.234	28.2	9.4	−3.1	−0.14
2023	NYG	10	22	10	57	1	45.5	−0.506	+0.006−0.176 to +0.188	7.3	7.3	−11.1	−0.17
2024	TB	13	51	32	334	1	62.7	+0.286	+0.214+0.043 to +0.385	11.3	9.3	+14.6	+0.41
2025	TB	13	53	39	371	1	73.6	−0.035	+0.145−0.025 to +0.315	12.7	8.5	−1.9	+0.38
2026	NYJ	2	2	1	3	0	50.0	−0.828	+0.074−0.117 to +0.265	3.9	2.0	−1.7	−0.04
Career	NYJ	113	674	444	4,803	25	65.9	+0.173		17.1	9.0	+116.6	+4.55

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	NYG	16	2
2017	NYG	11	2
2018	NYG	16	2
2019	NYG	10	2
2020	NYG	12	2
2021	NYG	7	3
2023	NYG	10	1
Career	NYJ	113	14

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	NYG	16	992	95.1	–	–
2016 playoffs	NYG	1	62	98.4	–	–
2017	NYG	11	683	89.9	–	–
2018	NYG	16	927	91.3	–	–
2019	NYG	10	601	91.1	–	–
2020	NYG	12	557	73.5	–	–
2021	NYG	7	340	74.2	–	–
2022	NYG	3	164	81.2	–	–
2023	NYG	15	142	14.8	–	–
2024	TB	14	507	53.8	–	–
2024 playoffs	TB	1	27	57.4	–	–
2025	TB	13	488	57.3	–	–

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	24	66.7	2	12.5	2	100.0
2023	22	63.6	2	14.3	3	0.0
2024	51	68.6	2	5.7	11	54.5
2025	53	77.4	1	2.4	5	40.0
2026	2	50.0	0	0.0	1	0.0

Game logs

2026 game log (2 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2026-09-27	@ DET	L 24–31	1	1	3	0	−0.2
4	2026-10-04	@ CHI	L 12–23	1	0	0	0	−1.4

2025 game log (13 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2025-09-07	@ ATL	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	6	3	39	0	+0.8
2	2025-09-15	@ HOU	W 20–19	0	0	0.0	4	4	34	0	+2.5
3	2025-09-21	vs NYJ	W 29–27	0	0	0.0	5	4	80	0	+6.2
4	2025-09-28	vs PHI	L 25–31	1	6	+0.1	4	2	14	0	−5.1
5	2025-10-05	@ SEA	W 38–35	1	-5	−1.1	5	4	24	1	+0.1
6	2025-10-12	vs SF	W 30–19	0	0	0.0	3	2	51	0	+3.0
7	2025-10-20	@ DET	L 9–24	0	0	0.0	7	7	25	0	−6.0
8	2025-10-26	@ NO	W 23–3	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	+0.4
10	2025-11-09	vs NE	L 23–28	1	11	+0.8	4	3	20	0	−0.8
11	2025-11-16	@ BUF	L 32–44	1	7	+0.4	5	4	54	0	+2.2
12	2025-11-23	@ LA	L 7–34	0	0	0.0	5	3	12	0	−5.6
13	2025-11-30	vs ARI	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	+0.5
14	2025-12-07	vs NO	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	+0.0

2024 game log (13 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
4	2024-09-29	vs PHI	W 33–16	0	0	0.0	5	3	51	0	+3.0
5	2024-10-03	@ ATL	L 30–36 OT	0	0	0.0	2	1	4	1	+1.9
6	2024-10-13	@ NO	W 51–27	4	31	+0.8	4	3	23	0	+1.2
7	2024-10-21	vs BAL	L 31–41	0	0	0.0	1	1	15	0	+1.2
8	2024-10-27	vs ATL	L 26–31	0	0	0.0	5	3	18	0	−0.2
9	2024-11-04	@ KC	L 24–30 OT	2	21	+1.4	5	4	48	0	+3.9
10	2024-11-10	vs SF	L 20–23	1	3	−0.4	3	1	7	0	−2.3
12	2024-11-24	@ NYG	W 30–7	0	0	0.0	7	5	16	0	−2.4
13	2024-12-01	@ CAR	W 26–23 OT	0	0	0.0	7	4	42	0	+2.3
14	2024-12-08	vs LV	W 28–13	0	0	0.0	6	4	63	0	+5.8
15	2024-12-15	@ LAC	W 40–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	16	0	+1.1
16	2024-12-22	@ DAL	L 24–26	1	14	+0.9	3	1	20	0	−2.6
18	2025-01-05	vs NO	W 27–19	0	0	0.0	2	1	11	0	+1.5

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs DAL	L 0–40	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8	1
2	2023-09-17	@ ARI	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	+0.1	0
4	2023-10-02	vs SEA	L 3–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	−0.4	0
5	2023-10-08	@ MIA	L 16–31	0	0	0.0	2	1	13	0	+1.2	0
7	2023-10-22	vs WAS	W 14–7	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−0.4	0
10	2023-11-12	@ DAL	L 17–49	0	0	0.0	4	1	2	1	+0.6	0
11	2023-11-19	@ WAS	W 31–19	0	0	0.0	3	1	5	0	−2.9	0
12	2023-11-26	vs NE	W 10–7	0	0	0.0	3	1	6	0	−1.9	0
17	2023-12-31	vs LA	L 25–26	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
18	2024-01-07	vs PHI	W 27–10	1	6	+0.5	5	3	18	0	−5.7	0

2022 game log (3 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	@ TEN	W 21–20	4	2	71	1	+4.2
2	2022-09-18	vs CAR	W 19–16	10	6	34	0	−3.1
3	2022-09-26	vs DAL	L 16–23	10	5	49	0	−4.3

2021 game log (7 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs DEN	L 13–27	0	0	0.0	9	7	113	1	+8.2	0
2	2021-09-16	@ WAS	L 29–30	1	-9	−1.4	10	9	94	0	+5.7	0
3	2021-09-26	vs ATL	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	16	0	−0.9	0
6	2021-10-17	vs LA	L 11–38	0	0	0.0	14	10	76	0	+2.8	2
8	2021-11-01	@ KC	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	7	4	25	0	−3.7	0
14	2021-12-12	@ LAC	L 21–37	0	0	0.0	4	2	27	0	−2.2	0
15	2021-12-19	vs DAL	L 6–21	0	0	0.0	6	2	15	0	−8.0	1

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-14	vs PIT	L 16–26	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	47	0	+4.6	0
2	2020-09-20	@ CHI	L 13–17	1	6	0	+0.1	4	2	29	0	−1.3	0
7	2020-10-22	@ PHI	L 21–22	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	59	1	+7.1	0
8	2020-11-02	vs TB	L 23–25	0	0	0	0.0	10	8	74	0	−0.6	1
9	2020-11-08	@ WAS	W 23–20	1	18	0	+1.3	8	6	39	0	+0.7	0
10	2020-11-15	vs PHI	W 27–17	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	47	0	+1.6	0
12	2020-11-29	@ CIN	W 19–17	1	4	0	−0.0	8	7	64	0	+4.0	0
13	2020-12-06	@ SEA	W 17–12	0	0	0	0.0	6	1	22	0	−4.1	0
14	2020-12-13	vs ARI	L 7–26	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	35	0	+0.8	0
15	2020-12-20	vs CLE	L 6–20	1	-3	0	−1.1	7	4	51	0	+3.7	0
16	2020-12-27	@ BAL	L 13–27	0	0	0	0.0	12	9	77	1	+4.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs DAL	W 23–19	2	24	1	+4.1	10	8	112	1	+5.4	1

2019 game log (10 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	@ DAL	L 17–35	0	0	0.0	7	6	42	0	+0.8	0
3	2019-09-22	@ TB	W 32–31	2	21	+1.1	9	7	100	1	+9.1	0
4	2019-09-29	vs WAS	W 24–3	1	23	+1.4	9	7	76	0	−0.7	1
5	2019-10-06	vs MIN	L 10–28	1	-2	−1.0	9	5	49	0	−0.5	0
12	2019-11-24	@ CHI	L 14–19	1	22	+1.5	9	5	15	0	−5.5	0
13	2019-12-01	vs GB	L 13–31	0	0	0.0	6	3	40	1	−3.0	0
14	2019-12-09	@ PHI	L 17–23 OT	1	8	+0.5	7	4	28	0	−2.8	0
15	2019-12-15	vs MIA	W 36–20	0	0	0.0	11	9	111	0	+3.3	1
16	2019-12-22	@ WAS	W 41–35 OT	0	0	0.0	6	6	76	1	+9.7	0
17	2019-12-29	vs PHI	L 17–34	0	0	0.0	10	5	39	0	−4.0	0

2018 game log (16 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	vs JAX	L 15–20	0	0	0.0	7	5	48	0	+0.6	0
2	2018-09-16	@ DAL	L 13–20	0	0	0.0	5	3	24	0	+0.4	0
3	2018-09-23	@ HOU	W 27–22	0	0	0.0	7	6	80	1	+9.5	0
4	2018-09-30	vs NO	L 18–33	0	0	0.0	10	10	77	1	+7.8	0
5	2018-10-07	@ CAR	L 31–33	0	0	0.0	7	4	75	0	−1.1	1
6	2018-10-11	vs PHI	L 13–34	0	0	0.0	7	3	37	0	−4.2	0
7	2018-10-22	@ ATL	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	8	5	167	0	+10.0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs WAS	L 13–20	0	0	0.0	8	4	34	0	−0.3	0
10	2018-11-12	@ SF	W 27–23	1	27	+1.6	3	2	9	1	+1.8	0
11	2018-11-18	vs TB	W 38–35	0	0	0.0	2	2	22	0	+2.6	0
12	2018-11-25	@ PHI	L 22–25	0	0	0.0	6	4	37	0	+0.6	1
13	2018-12-02	vs CHI	W 30–27 OT	0	0	0.0	6	4	28	0	+0.9	0
14	2018-12-09	@ WAS	W 40–16	0	0	0.0	6	2	17	1	+0.5	0
15	2018-12-16	vs TEN	L 0–17	0	0	0.0	9	2	37	0	−2.8	0
16	2018-12-23	@ IND	L 27–28	1	-3	−0.8	7	6	113	0	+11.0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs DAL	L 35–36	1	9	+0.8	9	4	67	0	−2.7	0

2017 game log (11 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ DAL	L 3–19	1	6	+0.2	8	7	44	0	+2.0	0
2	2017-09-18	vs DET	L 10–24	2	7	−0.6	4	2	23	0	+1.7	0
3	2017-09-24	@ PHI	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	10	7	133	1	+2.0	1
4	2017-10-01	@ TB	L 23–25	0	0	0.0	5	5	54	0	+3.4	0
5	2017-10-08	vs LAC	L 22–27	0	0	0.0	2	1	9	0	+0.4	0
9	2017-11-05	vs LA	L 17–51	0	0	0.0	9	5	70	0	+3.3	0
10	2017-11-12	@ SF	L 21–31	0	0	0.0	13	11	142	0	+7.9	0
13	2017-12-03	@ LV	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	6	3	56	0	+2.5	0
14	2017-12-10	vs DAL	L 10–30	1	-9	−2.1	3	2	16	0	−0.3	0
15	2017-12-17	vs PHI	L 29–34	0	0	0.0	16	11	139	1	+7.9	1
16	2017-12-24	@ ARI	L 0–23	0	0	0.0	8	5	45	0	−1.0	0

2016 game log (17 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	@ DAL	W 20–19	0	0	0.0	4	3	43	1	+2.4	1
2	2016-09-18	vs NO	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	8	8	117	0	+7.9	0
3	2016-09-25	vs WAS	L 27–29	0	0	0.0	7	5	73	1	+6.4	0
4	2016-10-03	@ MIN	L 10–24	0	0	−1.2	7	4	30	0	−6.4	0
5	2016-10-09	@ GB	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	7	2	14	0	−4.3	0
6	2016-10-16	vs BAL	W 27–23	0	0	0.0	8	4	25	0	−4.3	1
7	2016-10-23	@ LA	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	7	5	32	0	−1.4	0
9	2016-11-06	vs PHI	W 28–23	0	0	0.0	6	3	50	1	+2.4	0
10	2016-11-14	vs CIN	W 21–20	0	0	0.0	7	5	42	1	+4.0	0
11	2016-11-20	vs CHI	W 22–16	0	0	0.0	11	5	50	1	+4.6	0
12	2016-11-27	@ CLE	W 27–13	1	22	+1.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2016-12-04	@ PIT	L 14–24	0	0	0.0	8	4	21	1	−1.6	0
14	2016-12-11	vs DAL	W 10–7	0	0	0.0	4	3	39	0	+4.6	0
15	2016-12-18	vs DET	W 17–6	0	0	0.0	5	4	56	1	+3.8	0
16	2016-12-22	@ PHI	L 19–24	1	2	−0.4	11	7	61	1	+0.6	0
17	2017-01-01	@ WAS	W 19–10	1	7	+0.3	5	3	30	0	+2.4	0
P18	2017-01-08	@ GB	L 13–38	0	0	0.0	9	4	63	0	−3.8	0