Vance McDonald

TE · SF/PIT · 2013–2020

Born June 13, 1990 · College Rice · Drafted 2013, round 2, pick 55 (SF) · 6-4, 267 lb

EPA per target 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)
2019	PIT	14	1	2	0	2.00	−0.796		0.0	−0.8	−0.01

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2013	SF	10	19	8	119	0	42.1	+0.107	+0.123−0.058 to +0.303	7.3	11.2	+2.0	−0.02
2013 playoffs	SF	1	1	1	13	0	100.0	+1.408		4.2	1.0	+1.4	+0.04
2014	SF	4	8	2	30	0	25.0	−1.432	+0.006−0.181 to +0.193	6.4	9.6	−11.5	−0.24
2015	SF	14	46	30	326	3	65.2	−0.009	+0.113−0.054 to +0.280	9.6	8.4	−0.4	+0.18
2016	SF	10	45	24	391	4	53.3	+0.366	+0.229+0.062 to +0.397	14.3	9.8	+16.5	+0.13
2017	PIT	10	24	14	188	1	58.3	+0.139	+0.074−0.103 to +0.252	6.7	8.3	+3.3	+0.22
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	16	10	112	0	62.5	+0.133		28.1	3.1	+2.1	−0.09
2018	PIT	15	72	50	610	4	69.4	+0.383	+0.293+0.137 to +0.450	11.3	5.3	+27.6	+0.59
2019	PIT	14	54	37	252	3	68.5	−0.211	+0.100−0.063 to +0.264	12.9	5.0	−11.4	−0.01
2020	PIT	9	20	15	99	0	75.0	−0.145	+0.096−0.084 to +0.276	5.5	1.9	−2.9	−0.03
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	−2.561		2.9	2.0	−5.1	−0.02
Career	PIT	86	288	180	2,015	15	62.5	+0.081		9.7	6.9	+23.3	+0.82

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	Forced fumbles
2013	SF	10	1	0
2014	SF	4	1	0
2015	SF	14	5	0
2016	SF	10	1	0
2017	PIT	10	1	1
2018	PIT	15	2	0
2019	PIT	14	1	0
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	1	0
Career	PIT	86	12	1

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	SF	11	441	62.3	–	–
2017	PIT	10	260	39.0	–	–
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	68	87.2	–	–
2018	PIT	15	552	54.6	–	–
2019	PIT	14	677	78.1	–	–
2020	PIT	14	464	50.0	–	–
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	39	45.3	–	–

Game logs

2020 game log (10 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-14	@ NYG	W 26–16	2	1	3	−1.9	0
2	2020-09-20	vs DEN	W 26–21	2	1	3	−0.7	0
3	2020-09-27	vs HOU	W 28–21	3	3	35	+2.6	0
5	2020-10-11	vs PHI	W 38–29	1	1	4	−0.1	0
7	2020-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	2	2	14	+0.3	0
9	2020-11-08	@ DAL	W 24–19	1	1	2	−0.5	0
14	2020-12-13	@ BUF	L 15–26	2	0	0	−2.2	0
16	2020-12-27	vs IND	W 28–24	1	1	5	−0.1	0
17	2021-01-03	@ CLE	L 22–24	6	5	33	−0.3	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CLE	L 37–48	2	0	0	−5.1	1

2019 game log (14 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ NE	L 3–33	0	0	0.0	3	1	19	0	+1.3	0
2	2019-09-15	vs SEA	L 26–28	0	0	0.0	7	7	38	2	+2.7	0
3	2019-09-22	@ SF	L 20–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	10	0	−0.2	0
5	2019-10-06	vs BAL	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0.0	3	3	34	0	+2.2	0
6	2019-10-13	@ LAC	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	−0.6	0
8	2019-10-28	vs MIA	W 27–14	0	0	0.0	4	3	19	0	−1.5	0
9	2019-11-03	vs IND	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	7	5	30	1	+2.2	1
10	2019-11-10	vs LA	W 17–12	1	2	−0.8	7	3	11	0	−3.5	0
11	2019-11-14	@ CLE	L 7–21	0	0	0.0	7	3	33	0	−7.0	0
12	2019-11-24	@ CIN	W 16–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	−0.6	0
13	2019-12-01	vs CLE	W 20–13	0	0	0.0	3	3	21	0	−0.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ ARI	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−1.6	0
16	2019-12-22	@ NYJ	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	6	3	9	0	−7.0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ BAL	L 10–28	0	0	0.0	2	2	19	0	+2.1	0

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2018-09-16	vs KC	L 37–42	5	3	26	0	−0.7	0
3	2018-09-24	@ TB	W 30–27	4	4	112	1	+12.2	0
4	2018-09-30	vs BAL	L 14–26	5	5	62	0	−0.8	1
5	2018-10-07	vs ATL	W 41–17	2	1	6	0	−0.6	0
6	2018-10-14	@ CIN	W 28–21	8	7	68	0	+4.0	1
8	2018-10-28	vs CLE	W 33–18	3	3	47	0	+4.1	0
9	2018-11-04	@ BAL	W 23–16	6	3	25	0	+0.8	0
10	2018-11-08	vs CAR	W 52–21	4	4	44	1	+7.5	0
11	2018-11-18	@ JAX	W 20–16	6	3	27	1	−1.4	0
12	2018-11-25	@ DEN	L 17–24	5	3	27	0	+0.3	0
13	2018-12-02	vs LAC	L 30–33	7	4	28	0	−6.6	0
14	2018-12-09	@ LV	L 21–24	4	4	37	0	+1.5	0
15	2018-12-16	vs NE	W 17–10	3	2	13	1	+3.1	0
16	2018-12-23	@ NO	L 28–31	4	1	49	0	+0.9	0
17	2018-12-30	vs CIN	W 16–13	6	3	39	0	+3.2	0

2017 game log (11 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ CLE	W 21–18	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0
3	2017-09-24	@ CHI	L 17–23 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2017-10-01	@ BAL	W 26–9	1	0	0	0	−0.3	0
5	2017-10-08	vs JAX	L 9–30	2	0	0	0	−5.3	0
6	2017-10-15	@ KC	W 19–13	2	1	26	0	+1.8	0
7	2017-10-22	vs CIN	W 29–14	3	2	37	0	+1.5	0
10	2017-11-12	@ IND	W 20–17	2	2	16	1	+3.3	0
14	2017-12-10	vs BAL	W 39–38	6	4	52	0	+2.4	0
16	2017-12-25	@ HOU	W 34–6	5	4	52	0	+2.8	0
17	2017-12-31	vs CLE	W 28–24	2	1	5	0	−1.6	0
P19	2018-01-14	vs JAX	L 42–45	16	10	112	0	+2.1	0

2016 game log (10 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-12	vs LA	W 28–0	3	2	14	1	+2.7	0
2	2016-09-18	@ CAR	L 27–46	2	1	75	1	+5.8	1
3	2016-09-25	@ SEA	L 18–37	2	2	4	0	−0.8	0
6	2016-10-16	@ BUF	L 16–45	2	2	25	0	+3.0	0
7	2016-10-23	vs TB	L 17–34	6	1	24	0	−3.8	0
9	2016-11-06	vs NO	L 23–41	6	3	84	1	+5.7	0
10	2016-11-13	@ ARI	L 20–23	6	4	50	0	+4.6	0
11	2016-11-20	vs NE	L 17–30	6	3	46	1	+0.3	0
12	2016-11-27	@ MIA	L 24–31	8	4	60	0	+2.7	0
13	2016-12-04	@ CHI	L 6–26	4	2	9	0	−3.7	0

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-14	vs MIN	W 20–3	1	1	5	0	−0.1	1
2	2015-09-20	@ PIT	L 18–43	1	0	0	0	−0.3	0
4	2015-10-04	vs GB	L 3–17	2	1	7	0	−0.9	0
5	2015-10-11	@ NYG	L 27–30	3	2	9	0	−0.6	1
6	2015-10-18	vs BAL	W 25–20	1	1	10	0	+1.0	0
7	2015-10-22	vs SEA	L 3–20	1	1	1	0	−0.6	0
8	2015-11-01	@ LA	L 6–27	2	1	13	0	+0.4	1
9	2015-11-08	vs ATL	W 17–16	5	2	19	0	−5.0	2
11	2015-11-22	@ SEA	L 13–29	4	4	65	1	+6.5	0
12	2015-11-29	vs ARI	L 13–19	7	6	71	1	+4.8	0
13	2015-12-06	@ CHI	W 26–20 OT	3	2	18	0	+1.1	0
15	2015-12-20	vs CIN	L 14–24	4	1	10	0	−8.7	0
16	2015-12-27	@ DET	L 17–32	7	5	61	1	+0.1	0
17	2016-01-03	vs LA	W 19–16 OT	5	3	37	0	+1.6	0

2014 game log (4 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2014-09-14	vs CHI	L 20–28	2	1	9	+0.2	1
5	2014-10-05	vs KC	W 22–17	2	0	0	−2.5	0
6	2014-10-13	@ LA	W 31–17	2	1	21	−5.3	0
11	2014-11-16	@ NYG	W 16–10	2	0	0	−3.9	0

2013 game log (11 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	vs GB	W 34–28	2	1	25	+0.8	0
2	2013-09-15	@ SEA	L 3–29	2	1	19	+0.5	1
3	2013-09-22	vs IND	L 7–27	3	1	6	−0.7	0
4	2013-09-26	@ LA	W 35–11	2	1	9	+0.3	0
6	2013-10-13	vs ARI	W 32–20	1	1	7	+0.2	0
7	2013-10-20	@ TEN	W 31–17	2	1	20	+2.0	0
10	2013-11-10	vs CAR	L 9–10	2	0	0	−1.5	0
11	2013-11-17	@ NO	L 20–23	2	1	10	−0.7	0
12	2013-11-25	@ WAS	W 27–6	1	1	23	+2.0	0
16	2013-12-23	vs ATL	W 34–24	2	0	0	−0.8	0
P20	2014-01-19	@ SEA	L 17–23	1	1	13	+1.4	0