Will Heller

TE · TB/MIA/SEA/DET · 2003–2012

Born February 28, 1981 · College Georgia Tech · Undrafted · 6-6, 275 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2003	TB	3	4	2	15	1	50.0	−1.946	−0.024−0.213 to +0.165	3.4	–	−7.8	−0.28
2004	TB	9	16	12	98	1	75.0	+0.262	+0.090−0.092 to +0.272	5.8	–	+4.2	+0.09
2005	MIA	2	2	1	1	1	50.0	+0.150	+0.059−0.132 to +0.249	2.8	–	+0.3	+0.01
2006	SEA	7	5	4	32	1	80.0	+0.690	+0.021−0.168 to +0.210	2.2	6.4	+3.4	−0.02
2006 playoffs	SEA	2	4	3	20	0	75.0	−0.299		5.9	3.5	−1.2	−0.07
2007	SEA	12	26	13	82	3	50.0	−0.067	+0.058−0.119 to +0.235	5.8	5.5	−1.7	−0.11
2008	SEA	6	6	4	29	0	66.7	−0.548	+0.037−0.151 to +0.225	3.9	4.3	−3.3	−0.06
2009	DET	16	50	29	296	3	58.0	−0.100	+0.074−0.092 to +0.239	8.7	7.3	−5.0	+0.04
2010	DET	5	5	4	37	1	80.0	+0.919	+0.104−0.085 to +0.293	3.0	2.0	+4.6	+0.14
2011	DET	9	13	6	42	0	46.2	−0.740	+0.027−0.157 to +0.211	3.6	3.2	−9.6	−0.27
2011 playoffs	DET	1	1	1	10	1	100.0	+1.980		2.3	6.0	+2.0	+0.05
2012	DET	11	23	17	150	1	73.9	+0.061	+0.062−0.117 to +0.240	4.7	4.1	+1.4	+0.17
Career	DET	80	150	92	782	12	61.3	−0.090		5.2	5.5	−13.5	−0.28

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2006	SEA	7	5	–	–
2008	SEA	6	2	–	–
2010	DET	5	1	0	0
2012	DET	11	3	0	0
Career	DET	80	11	0	0

2012 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs LA	W 27–23	2	2	19	0	+1.9	1
2	2012-09-16	@ SF	L 19–27	1	1	7	0	+0.4	0
3	2012-09-23	@ TEN	L 41–44 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
8	2012-10-28	vs SEA	W 28–24	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2012-11-04	@ JAX	W 31–14	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
11	2012-11-18	vs GB	L 20–24	1	1	17	0	+1.4	0
13	2012-12-02	vs IND	L 33–35	1	1	5	0	−0.6	0
14	2012-12-09	@ GB	L 20–27	4	4	21	0	+0.5	1
15	2012-12-16	@ ARI	L 10–38	3	2	18	0	−0.6	0
16	2012-12-22	vs ATL	L 18–31	7	4	34	0	−4.5	0
17	2012-12-30	vs CHI	L 24–26	2	2	29	1	+4.0	0

2011 game log (10 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-11	@ TB	W 27–20	1	0	0	0	−6.8
2	2011-09-18	vs KC	W 48–3	1	1	2	0	−0.5
5	2011-10-10	vs CHI	W 24–13	1	1	1	0	−0.7
6	2011-10-16	vs SF	L 19–25	1	1	9	0	+0.5
7	2011-10-23	vs ATL	L 16–23	2	1	8	0	−1.0
8	2011-10-30	@ DEN	W 45–10	1	0	0	0	−0.7
10	2011-11-13	@ CHI	L 13–37	2	0	0	0	−1.0
11	2011-11-20	vs CAR	W 49–35	3	1	12	0	−0.4
13	2011-12-04	@ NO	L 17–31	1	1	10	0	+1.0
P18	2012-01-07	@ NO	L 28–45	1	1	10	1	+2.0

2010 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
12	2010-11-25	vs NE	L 24–45	2	1	13	0	+1.9	0
13	2010-12-05	vs CHI	L 20–24	1	1	5	0	+0.1	0
14	2010-12-12	vs GB	W 7–3	1	1	13	1	+2.4	0
15	2010-12-19	@ TB	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2011-01-02	vs MIN	W 20–13	1	1	6	0	+0.2	0

2009 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2009-09-13	@ NO	L 27–45	2	0	0	0	−1.2
2	2009-09-20	vs MIN	L 13–27	3	2	10	0	−1.4
3	2009-09-27	vs WAS	W 19–14	2	2	30	0	+2.0
4	2009-10-04	@ CHI	L 24–48	5	3	53	1	+4.9
5	2009-10-11	vs PIT	L 20–28	1	1	16	0	+2.3
6	2009-10-18	@ GB	L 0–26	3	1	22	0	+0.9
8	2009-11-01	vs LA	L 10–17	2	1	10	0	−1.2
9	2009-11-08	@ SEA	L 20–32	1	0	0	0	−0.6
10	2009-11-15	@ MIN	L 10–27	4	4	33	1	+3.7
11	2009-11-22	vs CLE	W 38–37	2	2	12	1	+1.3
12	2009-11-26	vs GB	L 12–34	5	3	23	0	−0.8
13	2009-12-06	@ CIN	L 13–23	4	1	11	0	−5.4
14	2009-12-13	@ BAL	L 3–48	5	2	16	0	−2.0
15	2009-12-20	vs ARI	L 24–31	3	2	8	0	−1.6
16	2009-12-27	@ SF	L 6–20	5	3	22	0	−2.6
17	2010-01-03	vs CHI	L 23–37	3	2	30	0	−3.2

2008 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ BUF	L 10–34	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2008-09-21	vs LA	W 37–13	1	1	6	+0.6	0
6	2008-10-12	vs GB	L 17–27	1	0	0	−0.5	1
11	2008-11-16	vs ARI	L 20–26	1	0	0	−0.4	0
14	2008-12-07	vs NE	L 21–24	1	1	5	−0.6	0
16	2008-12-21	vs NYJ	W 13–3	2	2	18	−2.4	0

2007 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2007-09-23	vs CIN	W 24–21	2	2	12	0	+0.3
4	2007-09-30	@ SF	W 23–3	1	0	0	0	−1.0
5	2007-10-07	@ PIT	L 0–21	1	0	0	0	−1.1
7	2007-10-21	vs LA	W 33–6	5	3	18	2	+2.2
9	2007-11-04	@ CLE	L 30–33 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.4
10	2007-11-12	vs SF	W 24–0	3	3	5	1	+3.1
11	2007-11-18	vs CHI	W 30–23	1	1	7	0	+0.3
12	2007-11-25	@ LA	W 24–19	4	1	3	0	−1.8
14	2007-12-09	vs ARI	W 42–21	1	0	0	0	−1.4
15	2007-12-16	@ CAR	L 10–13	2	1	25	0	+0.9
16	2007-12-23	vs BAL	W 27–6	2	1	3	0	−2.2
17	2007-12-30	@ ATL	L 41–44	3	1	9	0	−0.7

2006 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2006-09-17	vs ARI	W 21–10	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2006-09-24	vs NYG	W 42–30	3	3	28	1	+4.6	0
4	2006-10-01	@ CHI	L 6–37	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2006-10-22	vs MIN	L 13–31	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2006-12-03	@ DEN	W 23–20	1	1	4	0	−0.5	1
16	2006-12-24	vs LAC	L 17–20	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2006-12-31	@ TB	W 23–7	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
P18	2007-01-06	vs DAL	W 21–20	1	0	0	0	−2.2	0
P19	2007-01-14	@ CHI	L 24–27 OT	3	3	20	0	+1.0	0

2005 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
5	2005-10-09	@ BUF	L 14–20	1	1	1	1	+0.7
6	2005-10-16	@ TB	L 13–27	1	0	0	0	−0.4

2004 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
4	2004-10-03	vs DEN	L 13–16	2	1	5	0	−0.6
5	2004-10-10	@ NO	W 20–17	2	1	11	0	+0.2
6	2004-10-18	@ LA	L 21–28	3	3	21	1	+3.3
7	2004-10-24	vs CHI	W 19–7	1	1	3	0	−0.4
9	2004-11-07	vs KC	W 34–31	2	1	22	0	+0.9
11	2004-11-21	vs SF	W 35–3	1	1	13	0	+0.8
12	2004-11-28	@ CAR	L 14–21	1	1	4	0	−0.1
13	2004-12-05	vs ATL	W 27–0	1	0	0	0	−0.7
14	2004-12-12	@ LAC	L 24–31	3	3	19	0	+0.9

2003 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
6	2003-10-12	@ WAS	W 35–13	1	1	4	1	+1.8
7	2003-10-19	@ SF	L 7–24	2	1	11	0	+0.8
9	2003-11-02	vs NO	L 14–17	1	0	0	0	−10.3