T.J. Yates

QB · HOU/ATL · 2011–2017

Born May 28, 1987 · College North Carolina · Drafted 2011, round 5, pick 152 (HOU) · 6-4, 217 lb

EPA per dropback by season

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

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	INT	Dropbacks	EPA/db	Stabilised EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2011	HOU	6	82	134	61.2	949	3	3	159	+0.006	−0.079−0.195 to +0.038	+0.59	+0.94	−1.7	45.3	5.48	–
2011 playoffs	HOU	2	28	55	50.9	343	1	3	57	−0.025		−0.20	−0.12	−8.6	38.6	3.88	10
2012	HOU	3	4	10	40.0	38	0	1	11	−0.473	−0.133−0.268 to +0.002	−0.04	−0.00	−17.9	27.3	-0.64	–
2013	HOU	2	15	22	68.2	113	0	2	27	−0.291	−0.128−0.261 to +0.005	−0.08	−0.02	+2.6	44.4	0.67	–
2014	ATL	1	3	4	75.0	64	0	1	4	+0.054	−0.112−0.248 to +0.025	+0.01	+0.00	+14.6	75.0	4.75	–
2015	HOU	4	28	57	49.1	370	3	1	69	−0.019	−0.097−0.224 to +0.030	+0.35	+0.24	−10.8	40.6	5.68	–
2017	HOU	4	47	97	48.5	523	4	3	122	−0.171	−0.147−0.267 to −0.026	−0.05	−0.06	−10.4	37.7	3.57	–
Career	HOU	20	179	324	55.2	2,057	10	11	392	−0.087		+0.28	+1.09	−5.9	41.8	4.41	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2011	HOU	6	3	17	0	5.67	+0.532	66.7	+1.6	+0.03
2012	HOU	3	1	1	1	1.00	+1.601	100.0	+1.6	−0.00
Career	HOU	20	4	18	1	4.50	+0.799	75.0	+3.2	+0.03

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
2011	HOU	6	1
2017	HOU	4	1
Career	HOU	20	2

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 playoffs	MIA	1	1	1.5	–	–
2017	HOU	4	199	85.4	–	–

Pressure and play action

Regular season. Pressure from 2016; play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws (per attempt) from 2022. The sources changed in 2023, so compare a season with its league, not across years. Pressure and time to throw: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on); play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws: FTN Data via nflverse (2022 on). Both CC BY-SA 4.0; aggregated by Red Zone Math, and this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Dropbacks	Pressured %	EPA/db pressured	EPA/db clean	Time to throw (s)	Play action %	EPA/db with play action	Blitzed %	EPA/db vs a blitz	Interception- worthy %
2017	122	27.8	−0.12	−0.06	2.81	–	–	–	–	–

Game logs

2017 game log (4 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Tackles
14	2017-12-10	vs SF	L 16–26	14/26	175	2	0	+0.24	+15.7	0
15	2017-12-17	@ JAX	L 7–45	12/31	128	1	1	−0.42	−9.5	0
16	2017-12-25	vs PIT	L 6–34	7/16	83	1	1	−0.63	−15.0	1
17	2017-12-31	@ IND	L 13–22	14/24	137	0	1	+0.09	+2.8	0

2015 game log (4 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
10	2015-11-16	@ CIN	W 10–6	5/11	69	1	0	+0.24	+14.1
11	2015-11-22	vs NYJ	W 24–17	16/34	229	2	0	+0.05	+14.9
14	2015-12-13	vs NE	L 6–27	1/2	4	0	0	−0.51	−0.0
15	2015-12-20	@ IND	W 16–10	6/10	68	0	1	−0.26	−4.9

2014 game log (1 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
3	2014-09-18	vs TB	W 56–14

2013 game log (2 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
5	2013-10-06	@ SF	L 3–34	3/5	15	0	0	+0.09	−0.0
6	2013-10-13	vs LA	L 13–38	12/17	98	0	2	−0.40	−2.1

2012 game log (3 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
6	2012-10-14	vs GB	L 24–42	2/5	23	1	−0.37	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0
14	2012-12-10	@ NE	L 14–42	2/4	15	0	+0.24	+0.0	1	1	1	+1.6
16	2012-12-23	vs MIN	L 6–23	0/1	0	0	−2.15	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0

2011 game log (8 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
12	2011-11-27	@ JAX	W 20–13	8/14	70	0	0	−0.34	−3.6	0	0	0.0	0
13	2011-12-04	vs ATL	W 17–10	12/25	188	1	0	+0.10	+22.2	0	0	0.0	0
14	2011-12-11	@ CIN	W 20–19	26/42	300	2	1	+0.22	+82.7	2	17	+1.8	0
15	2011-12-18	vs CAR	L 13–28	19/30	212	0	2	−0.18	−18.4	1	0	−0.2	1
16	2011-12-22	@ IND	L 16–19	13/16	132	0	0	−0.26	+0.8	0	0	0.0	0
17	2012-01-01	vs TEN	L 22–23	4/4	47	0	0	+0.74	+10.2	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2012-01-07	vs CIN	W 31–10	11/20	159	1	0	+0.24	+15.1	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2012-01-15	@ BAL	L 13–20	17/35	184	0	3	−0.19	−26.7	0	0	0.0	0