Tajae Sharpe

WR · TEN/MIN/ATL · 2016–2021

Born December 23, 1994 · College UMass Amherst · Drafted 2016, round 5, pick 140 (TEN) · 6-4, 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	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2016	TEN	16	1	1	1.00	−0.440	0.0	−0.4	−0.01
2018	TEN	14	1	16	16.00	+1.155	100.0	+1.2	+0.03
Career	ATL	60	2	17	8.50	+0.357	50.0	+0.7	+0.02

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2016	TEN	16	83	41	522	2	49.4	+0.070	+0.161+0.000 to +0.321	16.9	13.1	+5.8	+0.13
2018	TEN	14	47	26	316	2	55.3	+0.103	+0.178+0.006 to +0.350	12.4	10.7	+4.8	+0.33
2019	TEN	13	35	25	329	4	71.4	+0.821	+0.262+0.085 to +0.439	9.5	14.2	+28.7	+0.64
2019 playoffs	TEN	3	6	1	6	0	16.7	−0.679		9.7	13.7	−4.1	−0.09
2020	MIN	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	−1.622	+0.037−0.154 to +0.227	2.9	37.3	−4.9	−0.05
2021	ATL	14	37	25	230	0	67.6	+0.129	+0.140−0.036 to +0.316	7.7	9.4	+4.8	+0.19
Career	ATL	60	205	117	1,397	8	57.1	+0.192		11.3	12.4	+39.3	+1.23

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	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2021	ATL	14	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

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	TEN	16	778	74.5	–	–
2018	TEN	16	587	60.2	–	–
2019	TEN	15	426	46.7	–	–
2019 playoffs	TEN	3	55	32.0	–	–
2020	MIN	4	28	11.2	–	–
2021	ATL	15	506	54.1	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2021-09-19	@ TB	L 25–48	2	1	8	−2.1	0
3	2021-09-26	@ NYG	W 17–14	1	1	6	+1.1	0
4	2021-10-03	vs WAS	L 30–34	2	2	15	+0.8	0
5	2021-10-10	vs NYJ	W 27–20	5	4	53	+4.0	0
7	2021-10-24	@ MIA	W 30–28	2	2	18	+1.0	0
8	2021-10-31	vs CAR	L 13–19	6	5	58	+5.1	0
9	2021-11-07	@ NO	W 27–25	1	1	12	+0.8	0
10	2021-11-14	@ DAL	L 3–43	1	1	0	−0.6	0
11	2021-11-18	vs NE	L 0–25	4	2	21	−1.0	0
12	2021-11-28	@ JAX	W 21–14	3	2	22	+1.4	0
13	2021-12-05	vs TB	L 17–30	5	3	10	−1.7	1
14	2021-12-12	@ CAR	W 29–21	2	1	7	−1.0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ SF	L 13–31	1	0	0	−1.5	0
18	2022-01-09	vs NO	L 20–30	2	0	0	−1.5	0

2020 game log (3 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	vs GB	L 34–43	1	−2.9
12	2020-11-29	vs CAR	W 28–27	1	−0.7
14	2020-12-13	@ TB	L 14–26	1	−1.2

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-08	@ CLE	W 43–13	2	0	0	0	−1.5
2	2019-09-15	vs IND	L 17–19	2	2	24	0	+0.6
3	2019-09-19	@ JAX	L 7–20	3	2	70	0	+5.9
5	2019-10-06	vs BUF	L 7–14	1	1	12	0	+1.9
6	2019-10-13	@ DEN	L 0–16	2	0	0	0	−3.0
7	2019-10-20	vs LAC	W 23–20	3	2	19	1	+3.7
8	2019-10-27	vs TB	W 27–23	3	3	18	1	+4.1
9	2019-11-03	@ CAR	L 20–30	4	2	31	0	+1.3
10	2019-11-10	vs KC	W 35–32	1	1	20	0	+2.4
14	2019-12-08	@ LV	W 42–21	4	4	25	0	+3.4
15	2019-12-15	vs HOU	L 21–24	2	2	28	0	+1.9
16	2019-12-22	vs NO	L 28–38	6	5	69	2	+7.1
17	2019-12-29	@ HOU	W 35–14	2	1	13	0	+0.8
P18	2020-01-04	@ NE	W 20–13	3	1	6	0	−1.4
P19	2020-01-11	@ BAL	W 28–12	2	0	0	0	−1.6
P20	2020-01-19	@ KC	L 24–35	1	0	0	0	−1.1

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2018-09-09	@ MIA	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	3	1	17	0	−5.0
2	2018-09-16	vs HOU	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	14	0	+0.3
3	2018-09-23	@ JAX	W 9–6	1	16	+1.2	1	0	0	0	−1.2
4	2018-09-30	vs PHI	W 26–23 OT	0	0	0.0	3	2	27	1	+4.4
5	2018-10-07	@ BUF	L 12–13	0	0	0.0	4	3	30	0	+5.1
6	2018-10-14	vs BAL	L 0–21	0	0	0.0	2	2	33	0	+2.6
7	2018-10-21	@ LAC	L 19–20	0	0	0.0	9	7	101	0	+12.0
9	2018-11-05	@ DAL	W 28–14	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	−1.0
10	2018-11-11	vs NE	W 34–10	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	−2.7
11	2018-11-18	@ IND	L 10–38	0	0	0.0	7	5	37	1	−4.0
13	2018-12-02	vs NYJ	W 26–22	0	0	0.0	6	3	51	0	+1.1
14	2018-12-06	vs JAX	W 30–9	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−6.3
15	2018-12-16	@ NYG	W 17–0	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.4
17	2018-12-30	vs IND	L 17–33	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-11	vs MIN	L 16–25	0	0	0.0	11	7	76	0	+4.1
2	2016-09-18	@ DET	W 16–15	0	0	0.0	7	4	33	0	−0.3
3	2016-09-25	vs LV	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	7	3	48	0	−1.9
4	2016-10-02	@ HOU	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	7	2	15	0	−2.7
5	2016-10-09	@ MIA	W 30–17	0	0	0.0	4	2	17	0	+0.4
6	2016-10-16	vs CLE	W 28–26	1	1	−0.4	3	0	0	0	−2.7
7	2016-10-23	vs IND	L 26–34	0	0	0.0	6	4	59	0	+3.2
8	2016-10-27	vs JAX	W 36–22	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	0	+0.5
9	2016-11-06	@ LAC	L 35–43	0	0	0.0	8	4	58	0	+3.7
10	2016-11-13	vs GB	W 47–25	0	0	0.0	4	3	68	1	+7.0
11	2016-11-20	@ IND	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	7	4	68	1	+4.8
12	2016-11-27	@ CHI	W 27–21	0	0	0.0	3	2	11	0	−1.4
14	2016-12-11	vs DEN	W 13–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.7
15	2016-12-18	@ KC	W 19–17	0	0	0.0	4	2	10	0	−1.2
16	2016-12-24	@ JAX	L 17–38	0	0	0.0	8	3	48	0	+0.9
17	2017-01-01	vs HOU	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−7.0