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Troy Niklas
TE · ARI · 2014–2017
Born September 18, 1992 · College Notre Dame · Drafted 2014, round 2, pick 52 (ARI) · 6-6, 270 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ARI | 4 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 100.0 | +0.930 | +0.103−0.087 to +0.293 | 2.2 | 6.7 | +2.8 | +0.07 |
| 2015 | ARI | 5 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 100.0 | +1.208 | +0.121−0.069 to +0.310 | 2.0 | 8.0 | +4.8 | +0.08 |
| 2016 | ARI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | −0.687 | +0.116−0.075 to +0.307 | 1.7 | 0.0 | −1.4 | −0.02 |
| 2017 | ARI | 11 | 23 | 11 | 132 | 1 | 47.8 | +0.081 | +0.066−0.112 to +0.244 | 5.8 | 7.9 | +1.9 | −0.03 |
| Career | ARI | 23 | 32 | 19 | 203 | 3 | 59.4 | +0.254 | 3.8 | 7.3 | +8.1 | +0.09 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ARI | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | ARI | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | ARI | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | ARI | 23 | 7 | 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 | ARI | 3 | 63 | 30.1 | – | – |
| 2017 | ARI | 15 | 398 | 38.4 | – | – |
Game logs
2017 game log (11 games)
2017 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017-09-10 | @ DET | L 23–35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 |
| 2 | 2017-09-17 | @ IND | W 16–13 OT | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | +1.2 |
| 3 | 2017-09-25 | vs DAL | L 17–28 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | +0.9 |
| 6 | 2017-10-15 | vs TB | W 38–33 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | +1.9 |
| 7 | 2017-10-22 | @ LA | L 0–33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 |
| 9 | 2017-11-05 | @ SF | W 20–10 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | −1.1 |
| 10 | 2017-11-09 | vs SEA | L 16–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.4 |
| 12 | 2017-11-26 | vs JAX | W 27–24 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | +1.6 |
| 14 | 2017-12-10 | vs TEN | W 12–7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | −0.0 |
| 15 | 2017-12-17 | @ WAS | L 15–20 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 0 | +1.7 |
| 17 | 2017-12-31 | @ SEA | W 26–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 |