Tyjae Spears

RB · TEN · 2023–2026

Born June 15, 2001 · College Tulane · Drafted 2023, round 3, pick 81 (TEN) · 5-11, 200 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)
2023	TEN	17	99	431	2	4.35	−0.035	−0.104−0.164 to −0.044	39.0	−3.5	+0.27
2024	TEN	12	85	319	4	3.75	−0.062	−0.089−0.150 to −0.029	38.9	−5.6	−0.19
2025	TEN	13	72	283	2	3.93	−0.092	−0.084−0.145 to −0.023	32.9	−7.0	−0.20
2026	TEN	6	18	66	0	3.67	−0.349	−0.118−0.182 to −0.055	33.3	−6.3	+0.02
Career	TEN	48	274	1,099	8	4.01	−0.079		37.0	−22.3	−0.10

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2023	TEN	17	70	52	385	1	74.3	−0.019	14.6	-0.2	−1.4	−0.39
2024	TEN	12	35	30	224	1	85.7	−0.043	9.9	-0.9	−1.5	−0.22
2025	TEN	13	50	45	264	0	90.0	−0.033	12.0	-2.3	−1.6	+0.14
2026	TEN	6	17	15	75	0	88.2	−0.181	10.3	-2.7	−3.1	−0.01
Career	TEN	48	172	142	948	2	82.6	−0.044	12.2	-1.2	−7.6	−0.48

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
2023	TEN	17	2
2024	TEN	12	2
2025	TEN	13	1
Career	TEN	48	5

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
2023	TEN	17	545	52.8	–	–
2024	TEN	12	316	43.1	–	–
2025	TEN	13	371	46.1	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2023	70	80.0	2	3.6	6	50.0
2024	35	85.7	1	3.3	1	100.0
2025	50	94.0	2	4.3	3	33.3
2026	17	100.0	1	5.9	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (6 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs NYJ	L 10–23	3	12	−0.5	4	2	12	−2.0
2	2026-09-20	vs PHI	L 20–24	7	41	+1.2	2	2	29	+1.5
3	2026-09-27	@ NYG	L 7–12	3	5	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0
4	2026-10-04	@ BAL	L 18–24	2	7	−0.2	1	1	-1	−1.3
5	2026-10-11	vs HOU	L 3–26	2	0	−5.2	9	9	28	−2.9
6	2026-10-18	@ IND	W 26–20	1	1	−0.5	1	1	7	+1.6

2025 game log (13 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2025-10-05	@ ARI	W 22–21	4	14	0	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2025-10-12	@ LV	L 10–20	5	31	0	+0.3	4	4	19	−0.3	1
7	2025-10-19	vs NE	L 13–31	5	22	0	−1.1	4	3	18	−2.0	0
8	2025-10-26	@ IND	L 14–38	9	59	1	+6.6	3	3	23	+0.7	0
9	2025-11-02	vs LAC	L 20–27	7	26	0	−2.4	3	3	36	+1.2	0
11	2025-11-16	vs HOU	L 13–16	4	3	0	−3.0	5	5	31	+1.2	0
12	2025-11-23	vs SEA	L 24–30	3	4	0	−2.5	5	4	21	+0.5	0
13	2025-11-30	vs JAX	L 3–25	2	-1	0	−1.7	6	6	25	+0.7	0
14	2025-12-07	@ CLE	W 31–29	8	19	0	−1.3	4	2	28	+1.3	0
15	2025-12-14	@ SF	L 24–37	3	34	0	+2.3	2	2	2	−1.6	0
16	2025-12-21	vs KC	W 26–9	13	52	1	−0.1	5	5	53	+3.4	0
17	2025-12-28	vs NO	L 26–34	6	2	0	−4.9	2	1	-1	−1.5	0
18	2026-01-04	@ JAX	L 7–41	3	18	0	+0.8	7	7	9	−5.3	0

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ CHI	L 17–24	4	21	0	−0.9	4	4	11	0	−1.8	0
2	2024-09-15	vs NYJ	L 17–24	6	20	0	−0.4	2	2	11	0	−0.3	1
3	2024-09-22	vs GB	L 14–30	2	7	0	−0.2	4	4	54	0	+1.6	0
4	2024-09-30	@ MIA	W 31–12	15	39	1	−0.0	2	2	0	0	−1.9	0
6	2024-10-13	vs IND	L 17–20	6	27	0	+0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ LAC	L 17–27	7	47	0	+0.2	3	3	4	0	−0.5	0
11	2024-11-17	vs MIN	L 13–23	3	0	0	−2.3	3	2	8	0	−1.4	0
13	2024-12-01	@ WAS	L 19–42	1	3	0	−0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2024-12-08	vs JAX	L 6–10	6	21	0	−1.8	2	1	2	0	−1.4	0
15	2024-12-15	vs CIN	L 27–37	4	5	1	+0.0	7	6	87	1	+4.5	0
16	2024-12-22	@ IND	L 30–38	10	27	2	+1.6	4	3	39	0	+2.3	1
17	2024-12-29	@ JAX	L 13–20	21	102	0	−1.5	4	3	8	0	−2.6	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ NO	L 15–16	3	27	0	+1.2	4	1	1	0	−2.4	0
2	2023-09-17	vs LAC	W 27–24 OT	8	49	0	+1.5	2	2	6	0	−0.6	0
3	2023-09-24	@ CLE	L 3–27	4	6	0	−0.8	4	4	3	0	−3.1	0
4	2023-10-01	vs CIN	W 27–3	4	18	0	−0.3	4	3	18	0	+4.1	0
5	2023-10-08	@ IND	L 16–23	7	34	1	+1.2	5	4	35	0	+1.1	1
6	2023-10-15	vs BAL	L 16–24	4	15	0	−0.7	1	1	48	0	+4.0	1
8	2023-10-29	vs ATL	W 28–23	3	27	0	+0.7	4	3	9	0	−1.7	0
9	2023-11-02	@ PIT	L 16–20	5	18	0	−0.5	6	4	4	0	−4.8	0
10	2023-11-12	@ TB	L 6–20	5	18	0	−1.3	5	4	42	0	+2.5	0
11	2023-11-19	@ JAX	L 14–34	4	14	0	−0.7	2	2	12	0	−0.2	0
12	2023-11-26	vs CAR	W 17–10	2	6	0	−0.5	3	1	1	0	−3.6	0
13	2023-12-03	vs IND	L 28–31 OT	16	75	0	+0.1	6	4	13	0	−1.0	0
14	2023-12-11	@ MIA	W 28–27	7	29	0	+0.0	8	6	89	0	+3.7	0
15	2023-12-17	vs HOU	L 16–19 OT	9	30	0	−1.3	1	1	7	0	−0.7	0
16	2023-12-24	vs SEA	L 17–20	9	40	0	+1.8	6	5	27	0	+0.1	0
17	2023-12-31	@ HOU	L 3–26	6	0	0	−6.6	6	4	29	0	−2.4	0
18	2024-01-07	vs JAX	W 28–20	3	25	1	+2.9	3	3	41	1	+3.8	0