Steve Heiden

TE · LAC/CLE · 1999–2009

Born September 21, 1976 · College South Dakota State · Drafted 1999, round 3, pick 69 (LAC) · 6-5, 270 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2000	LAC	9	12	6	32	1	50.0	−0.291	−0.014−0.199 to +0.170	3.8	–	−3.5	+0.02
2001	LAC	9	13	8	55	1	61.5	+0.207	+0.037−0.147 to +0.221	4.4	–	+2.7	+0.08
2002	CLE	13	19	17	105	1	89.5	+0.433	+0.071−0.110 to +0.251	4.7	–	+8.2	+0.21
2003	CLE	9	31	18	134	0	58.1	−0.314	−0.014−0.188 to +0.160	10.6	–	−9.7	−0.10
2004	CLE	12	42	28	287	5	66.7	+0.136	+0.126−0.043 to +0.295	13.2	–	+5.7	+0.43
2005	CLE	15	60	43	401	3	71.7	+0.290	+0.188+0.027 to +0.349	13.3	–	+17.4	+0.50
2006	CLE	16	46	36	249	2	78.3	+0.109	+0.071−0.096 to +0.238	9.2	3.7	+5.0	+0.12
2007	CLE	12	21	12	104	0	57.1	−0.551	−0.003−0.183 to +0.176	5.2	5.4	−11.6	−0.12
2008	CLE	13	43	23	249	0	53.5	−0.086	+0.069−0.099 to +0.238	10.4	6.4	−3.7	−0.09
2009	CLE	6	17	10	73	1	58.8	−0.593	−0.005−0.187 to +0.176	9.6	4.4	−10.1	+0.04
Career	CLE	115	304	201	1,689	14	66.1	+0.002		8.4	5.0	+0.5	+1.09

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
1999	LAC	1	2	–	–	–	0
2000	LAC	9	8	–	–	–	0
2001	LAC	9	2	–	–	–	0
2002	CLE	13	4	–	–	–	1
2003	CLE	9	3	–	–	–	0
2004	CLE	12	2	–	–	–	0
2005	CLE	15	1	–	–	–	0
Career	CLE	115	22	0	0	0	1

2009 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2009-09-13	vs MIN	L 20–34	2	2	14	0	+0.7
2	2009-09-20	@ DEN	L 6–27	1	0	0	0	−0.5
4	2009-10-04	vs CIN	L 20–23 OT	8	5	33	1	−3.7
5	2009-10-11	@ BUF	W 6–3	1	1	7	0	+0.5
8	2009-11-01	@ CHI	L 6–30	4	1	10	0	−8.3
10	2009-11-16	vs BAL	L 0–16	1	1	9	0	+1.3

2008 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-07	vs DAL	L 10–28	2	1	9	+0.2
3	2008-09-21	@ BAL	L 10–28	1	0	0	−6.2
4	2008-09-28	@ CIN	W 20–12	1	0	0	−2.2
6	2008-10-13	vs NYG	W 35–14	7	5	59	+5.2
7	2008-10-19	@ WAS	L 11–14	2	1	10	+0.3
8	2008-10-26	@ JAX	W 23–17	6	3	73	+7.2
9	2008-11-02	vs BAL	L 27–37	3	2	25	+0.1
10	2008-11-06	vs DEN	L 30–34	4	3	24	−0.3
11	2008-11-17	@ BUF	W 29–27	2	0	0	−2.4
12	2008-11-23	vs HOU	L 6–16	1	1	5	+0.1
13	2008-11-30	vs IND	L 6–10	6	3	15	−2.4
14	2008-12-07	@ TEN	L 9–28	7	4	29	−2.3
15	2008-12-15	@ PHI	L 10–30	1	0	0	−1.0

2007 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2007-09-09	vs PIT	L 7–34	3	1	3	−1.1
2	2007-09-16	vs CIN	W 51–45	2	1	27	+0.8
3	2007-09-23	@ LV	L 24–26	4	0	0	−6.9
4	2007-09-30	vs BAL	W 27–13	1	1	1	−0.7
5	2007-10-07	@ NE	L 17–34	3	2	10	−6.3
8	2007-10-28	@ LA	W 27–20	1	1	8	+0.5
9	2007-11-04	vs SEA	W 33–30 OT	1	1	6	+0.5
11	2007-11-18	@ BAL	W 33–30 OT	1	1	2	−0.4
12	2007-11-25	vs HOU	W 27–17	1	0	0	−1.1
13	2007-12-02	@ ARI	L 21–27	1	1	12	+0.8
14	2007-12-09	@ NYJ	W 24–18	2	2	20	+1.1
17	2007-12-30	vs SF	W 20–7	1	1	15	+1.1

2006 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2006-09-10	vs NO	L 14–19	2	1	7	0	+0.5
2	2006-09-17	@ CIN	L 17–34	4	2	13	0	−2.1
3	2006-09-24	vs BAL	L 14–15	3	2	18	0	+0.8
4	2006-10-01	@ LV	W 24–21	1	1	6	0	+0.1
5	2006-10-08	@ CAR	L 12–20	2	2	21	0	+1.0
7	2006-10-22	vs DEN	L 7–17	2	2	10	0	−0.9
8	2006-10-29	vs NYJ	W 20–13	4	3	23	0	+1.7
9	2006-11-05	@ LAC	L 25–32	2	2	14	0	+1.0
10	2006-11-12	@ ATL	W 17–13	4	4	24	0	+1.3
11	2006-11-19	vs PIT	L 20–24	2	2	14	0	+0.1
12	2006-11-26	vs CIN	L 0–30	2	2	14	0	−0.5
13	2006-12-03	vs KC	W 31–28 OT	5	5	27	2	+4.2
14	2006-12-07	@ PIT	L 7–27	3	2	21	0	+0.3
15	2006-12-17	@ BAL	L 17–27	3	3	20	0	+1.0
16	2006-12-24	vs TB	L 7–22	3	0	0	0	−2.5
17	2006-12-31	@ HOU	L 6–14	4	3	17	0	−1.0

2005 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs CIN	L 13–27	5	3	32	0	+2.3	0
2	2005-09-18	@ GB	W 26–24	8	6	104	2	+6.8	0
3	2005-09-25	@ IND	L 6–13	2	2	12	0	+1.3	0
5	2005-10-09	vs CHI	W 20–10	3	2	11	0	+1.7	0
6	2005-10-16	@ BAL	L 3–16	5	4	38	0	+2.7	0
7	2005-10-23	vs DET	L 10–13	2	2	8	0	−0.3	0
8	2005-10-30	@ HOU	L 16–19	5	4	43	0	+1.2	0
9	2005-11-06	vs TEN	W 20–14	4	2	15	0	−2.6	0
10	2005-11-13	@ PIT	L 21–34	1	1	0	0	−0.6	0
11	2005-11-20	vs MIA	W 22–0	5	4	31	0	+2.4	1
12	2005-11-27	@ MIN	L 12–24	8	5	55	0	+1.5	0
13	2005-12-04	vs JAX	L 14–20	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0
14	2005-12-11	@ CIN	L 20–23	4	3	27	1	+4.5	0
15	2005-12-18	@ LV	W 9–7	2	2	8	0	−0.2	0
16	2005-12-24	vs PIT	L 0–41	5	2	13	0	−3.1	0

2004 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2004-10-03	vs WAS	W 17–13	2	2	19	0	+1.0	0
5	2004-10-10	@ PIT	L 23–34	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
7	2004-10-24	vs PHI	L 31–34 OT	4	3	42	1	+3.4	0
9	2004-11-07	@ BAL	L 13–27	6	4	31	0	+0.4	0
10	2004-11-14	vs PIT	L 10–24	2	1	3	0	−0.9	0
11	2004-11-21	vs NYJ	L 7–10	5	3	19	0	−1.0	0
12	2004-11-28	@ CIN	L 48–58	8	7	82	3	+7.4	0
13	2004-12-05	vs NE	L 15–42	4	2	20	0	−5.0	1
14	2004-12-12	@ BUF	L 7–37	3	2	19	0	+0.5	0
15	2004-12-19	vs LAC	L 0–21	1	1	5	0	−0.0	0
16	2004-12-26	@ MIA	L 7–10	3	1	27	0	+1.4	0
17	2005-01-02	@ HOU	W 22–14	3	2	20	1	−0.8	1

2003 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	vs IND	L 6–9	4	2	22	−3.5	0
2	2003-09-14	@ BAL	L 13–33	1	1	5	−0.1	1
3	2003-09-21	@ SF	W 13–12	5	3	25	−0.4	0
4	2003-09-28	vs CIN	L 14–21	3	1	3	−3.5	0
5	2003-10-05	@ PIT	W 33–13	3	2	30	+1.5	1
6	2003-10-12	vs LV	W 13–7	1	0	0	−0.8	0
7	2003-10-19	vs LAC	L 20–26	5	3	15	−0.7	1
8	2003-10-26	@ NE	L 3–9	8	6	34	−1.6	0
10	2003-11-09	@ KC	L 20–41	1	0	0	−0.5	0

2002 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2002-09-15	vs CIN	W 20–7	1	1	8	0	+0.4	0
3	2002-09-22	@ TEN	W 31–28 OT	1	1	11	0	+1.3	0
4	2002-09-29	@ PIT	L 13–16 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2002-10-13	@ TB	L 3–17	1	1	12	0	+0.2	0
7	2002-10-20	vs HOU	W 34–17	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2002-11-03	vs PIT	L 20–23	1	1	1	1	+2.7	0
11	2002-11-17	@ CIN	W 27–20	2	2	15	0	+1.2	2
12	2002-11-24	@ NO	W 24–15	1	1	8	0	+0.9	0
13	2002-12-01	vs CAR	L 6–13	3	2	18	0	−0.0	0
14	2002-12-08	@ JAX	W 21–20	5	5	21	0	+1.5	0
15	2002-12-15	vs IND	L 23–28	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
16	2002-12-22	@ BAL	W 14–13	1	1	2	0	−0.3	0
17	2002-12-29	vs ATL	W 24–16	2	2	9	0	+0.8	0

2001 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-09	vs WAS	W 30–3	2	0	0	0	−1.4	1
2	2001-09-23	@ DAL	W 32–21	1	1	5	0	+0.0	0
5	2001-10-14	@ NE	L 26–29 OT	1	1	3	1	+1.8	1
6	2001-10-21	vs DEN	W 27–10	1	1	6	0	+0.4	0
8	2001-11-04	vs KC	L 20–25	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
9	2001-11-11	@ DEN	L 16–26	1	1	7	0	+0.6	0
10	2001-11-18	@ LV	L 24–34	1	1	3	0	−0.2	0
11	2001-11-25	vs ARI	L 17–20	4	2	24	0	+1.3	0
14	2001-12-15	vs LV	L 6–13	1	1	7	0	+0.8	0

2000 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-03	@ LV	L 6–9	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2000-09-24	vs SEA	L 12–20	2	2	9	0	+0.1	2
6	2000-10-08	vs DEN	L 7–21	3	0	0	0	−3.1	1
9	2000-10-29	vs LV	L 13–15	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2000-11-05	@ SEA	L 15–17	1	0	0	0	−1.1	0
12	2000-11-19	@ DEN	L 37–38	1	1	10	0	+0.6	2
15	2000-12-10	@ BAL	L 3–24	3	1	6	0	−1.1	0
16	2000-12-17	@ CAR	L 22–30	1	1	4	1	+1.4	0
17	2000-12-24	vs PIT	L 21–34	1	1	3	0	−0.3	1

1999 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
11	1999-11-21	vs CHI	L 20–23 OT	2	0.0	0	0