T.J. Yeldon

RB · JAX/BUF · 2015–2020

Born October 2, 1993 · College Alabama · Drafted 2015, round 2, pick 36 (JAX) · 6-1, 223 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)
2015	JAX	12	182	740	2	4.07	−0.128	−0.125−0.182 to −0.069	34.1	−23.6	−0.32
2016	JAX	15	130	465	1	3.58	−0.197	−0.129−0.188 to −0.071	31.3	−26.3	−0.70
2017	JAX	10	49	253	2	5.16	−0.088	−0.128−0.190 to −0.066	34.0	−4.4	−0.32
2017 playoffs	JAX	2	10	45	1	4.50	+0.101		40.0	+1.0	+0.07
2018	JAX	14	104	414	1	3.98	−0.181	−0.123−0.182 to −0.063	36.8	−19.2	−0.12
2019	BUF	4	17	63	0	3.71	−0.303	−0.129−0.193 to −0.066	41.2	−5.1	−0.01
2020	BUF	3	10	70	0	7.00	+0.430	−0.068−0.132 to −0.004	60.0	+4.3	+0.06
2020 playoffs	BUF	2	5	19	0	3.80	+0.049		60.0	+0.2	+0.02
Career	BUF	58	492	2,005	6	4.08	−0.148		34.7	−74.4	−1.41

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	JAX	12	46	36	279	1	78.3	+0.074	10.4	0.2	+3.4	−0.01
2016	JAX	15	68	50	312	1	73.5	−0.147	11.6	0.2	−10.0	−0.41
2017	JAX	10	41	30	224	0	73.2	−0.017	11.8	1.4	−0.7	−0.17
2017 playoffs	JAX	2	6	5	63	0	83.3	+0.915	9.8	1.8	+5.5	+0.21
2018	JAX	14	78	55	477	4	70.5	−0.046	16.5	0.7	−3.6	−0.00
2019	BUF	4	15	13	124	0	86.7	−0.273	10.6	0.8	−4.1	−0.06
2020	BUF	3	4	1	22	1	25.0	+0.471	3.7	3.5	+1.9	+0.04
2020 playoffs	BUF	2	5	4	41	0	80.0	+0.088	6.3	3.0	+0.4	+0.02
Career	BUF	58	252	185	1,438	7	73.4	−0.052	12.0	0.6	−13.1	−0.61

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
2015	JAX	12	3
2016	JAX	15	1
2017	JAX	10	1
2018	JAX	14	2
2019	BUF	4	2
Career	BUF	58	9

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	JAX	15	571	55.3	–	–
2017	JAX	10	225	31.8	–	–
2017 playoffs	JAX	2	41	31.3	–	–
2018	JAX	14	504	54.7	–	–
2019	BUF	6	145	35.5	–	–
2020	BUF	3	42	22.0	–	–
2020 playoffs	BUF	2	40	32.5	–	–

Game logs

2020 game log (5 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2020-09-27	vs LA	W 35–32	3	18	+0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	2020-10-04	@ LV	W 30–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4
5	2020-10-13	@ TEN	L 16–42	7	52	+3.4	3	1	22	1	+2.3
P19	2021-01-16	vs BAL	W 17–3	2	4	−1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
P20	2021-01-24	@ KC	L 24–38	3	15	+1.4	5	4	41	0	+0.4

2019 game log (4 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2019-09-22	vs CIN	W 21–17	8	30	−5.2	3	2	19	−0.7	0
4	2019-09-29	vs NE	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	4	4	68	+4.7	0
5	2019-10-06	@ TEN	W 14–7	2	15	+1.2	4	4	13	−2.7	1
17	2019-12-29	vs NYJ	L 6–13	7	18	−1.2	4	3	24	−5.4	1

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ NYG	W 20–15	14	51	0	−1.9	7	3	18	1	−0.9	0
2	2018-09-16	vs NE	W 31–20	10	58	0	−0.3	5	2	13	0	−2.0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs TEN	L 6–9	7	44	0	+1.0	7	6	36	0	+0.4	0
4	2018-09-30	vs NYJ	W 31–12	18	52	1	−8.3	3	3	48	1	+3.8	0
5	2018-10-07	@ KC	L 14–30	10	53	0	+0.4	11	8	69	1	−7.6	0
6	2018-10-14	@ DAL	L 7–40	8	41	0	−0.9	5	3	29	0	−1.3	0
7	2018-10-21	vs HOU	L 7–20	12	28	0	−4.1	7	5	40	1	+0.6	2
8	2018-10-28	vs PHI	L 18–24	2	7	0	+0.0	9	7	83	0	+2.6	0
10	2018-11-11	@ IND	L 26–29	3	12	0	−0.3	6	5	51	0	+2.3	0
11	2018-11-18	vs PIT	L 16–20	5	23	0	−0.5	3	2	9	0	−3.1	0
12	2018-11-25	@ BUF	L 21–24	3	16	0	+0.1	4	2	17	0	+0.2	0
13	2018-12-02	vs IND	W 6–0	8	16	0	−3.2	8	7	49	0	+2.2	0
14	2018-12-06	@ TEN	L 9–30	1	7	0	+0.4	1	1	10	0	−0.2	0
15	2018-12-16	vs WAS	L 13–16	3	6	0	−1.8	2	1	5	0	−0.4	0

2017 game log (12 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
7	2017-10-22	@ IND	W 27–0	9	122	1	+8.6	2	2	15	+1.8	0
9	2017-11-05	vs CIN	W 23–7	11	41	0	−6.9	4	2	11	−1.8	0
10	2017-11-12	vs LAC	W 20–17 OT	3	11	0	−0.8	8	6	39	+0.0	0
11	2017-11-19	@ CLE	W 19–7	5	15	0	−2.9	2	1	5	−1.8	0
12	2017-11-26	@ ARI	L 24–27	3	10	0	−0.2	6	5	42	+2.3	1
13	2017-12-03	vs IND	W 30–10	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	25	+1.7	0
14	2017-12-10	vs SEA	W 30–24	2	9	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs HOU	W 45–7	7	27	0	−1.2	5	4	25	−1.0	0
16	2017-12-24	@ SF	L 33–44	5	13	1	+1.1	10	7	64	+0.6	0
17	2017-12-31	@ TEN	L 10–15	4	5	0	−1.7	2	1	-2	−2.6	0
P19	2018-01-14	@ PIT	W 45–42	5	20	1	+1.3	3	3	57	+5.3	0
P20	2018-01-21	@ NE	L 20–24	5	25	0	−0.3	3	2	6	+0.2	0

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs GB	L 23–27	21	39	1	−4.9	6	4	30	0	−1.6	0
2	2016-09-18	@ LAC	L 14–38	7	28	0	−1.4	9	8	10	0	−6.1	0
3	2016-09-25	vs BAL	L 17–19	6	17	0	−1.7	3	2	11	0	−4.7	1
4	2016-10-02	vs IND	W 30–27	14	71	0	+0.8	5	4	46	0	+4.8	0
6	2016-10-16	@ CHI	W 17–16	6	21	0	−2.4	2	1	5	0	−0.4	0
7	2016-10-23	vs LV	L 16–33	6	24	0	−3.0	2	1	4	0	−0.8	0
8	2016-10-27	@ TEN	L 22–36	3	20	0	−0.3	4	4	36	0	+1.5	0
9	2016-11-06	@ KC	L 14–19	7	33	0	−4.6	6	5	32	1	+3.1	0
10	2016-11-13	vs HOU	L 21–24	9	32	0	−1.7	3	3	27	0	+2.3	0
11	2016-11-20	@ DET	L 19–26	4	16	0	−0.8	3	2	16	0	−0.3	0
12	2016-11-27	@ BUF	L 21–28	6	17	0	+0.3	2	1	3	0	−1.0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs DEN	L 10–20	14	55	0	−0.7	7	3	27	0	−1.5	0
14	2016-12-11	vs MIN	L 16–25	17	59	0	−4.3	9	7	31	0	−2.4	0
15	2016-12-18	@ HOU	L 20–21	8	28	0	−1.4	7	5	34	0	−2.9	0
16	2016-12-24	vs TEN	W 38–17	2	5	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs CAR	L 9–20	12	51	0	−1.1	4	3	16	0	−8.2	1
2	2015-09-20	vs MIA	W 23–20	25	70	0	−4.7	4	3	13	0	−1.0	0
3	2015-09-27	@ NE	L 17–51	11	33	0	−4.1	3	2	9	0	+0.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ IND	L 13–16 OT	22	105	0	−3.0	3	2	4	0	−0.6	0
5	2015-10-11	@ TB	L 31–38	11	32	0	−1.9	6	5	31	1	+2.2	0
7	2015-10-25	vs BUF	W 34–31	20	115	1	+3.8	3	1	9	0	+0.2	0
9	2015-11-08	@ NYJ	L 23–28	14	64	0	−4.1	3	3	37	0	+4.6	0
10	2015-11-15	@ BAL	W 22–20	18	61	0	−4.8	6	5	6	0	−1.7	0
11	2015-11-19	vs TEN	W 19–13	14	54	0	−2.4	4	3	28	0	+0.9	1
12	2015-11-29	vs LAC	L 25–31	9	36	0	−2.6	5	4	46	0	+3.0	0
13	2015-12-06	@ TEN	L 39–42	15	57	1	+1.4	4	4	79	0	+5.2	0
14	2015-12-13	vs IND	W 51–16	11	62	0	+0.0	1	1	1	0	−1.0	1