Xavier Grimble

TE · PIT · 2016–2019

Born September 22, 1992 · College USC · Undrafted · 6-4, 261 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)
2016	PIT	8	21	11	118	2	52.4	−0.005	+0.110−0.069 to +0.290	6.7	6.9	−0.1	−0.02
2017	PIT	7	9	5	32	1	55.6	−0.311	+0.042−0.145 to +0.228	3.3	7.7	−2.8	−0.12
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.832		1.8	4.0	−0.8	−0.01
2018	PIT	7	8	6	86	0	75.0	+0.091	+0.140−0.047 to +0.327	2.6	7.0	+0.7	+0.05
2019	PIT	2	3	1	3	0	33.3	−0.594	+0.125−0.065 to +0.315	5.0	3.0	−1.8	−0.05
Career	PIT	24	41	23	239	3	56.1	−0.097		4.3	6.8	−4.0	−0.14

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
2017	PIT	7	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	PIT	11	186	25.8	–	–
2016 playoffs	PIT	3	6	3.2	–	–
2017	PIT	14	155	16.6	–	–
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	9	11.5	–	–
2018	PIT	15	161	15.9	–	–
2019	PIT	3	60	34.5	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (2 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2019-09-15	vs SEA	L 26–28	1	0	0	0	−0.6
3	2019-09-22	@ SF	L 20–24	2	1	3	0	−1.2

2018 game log (7 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2018-09-24	@ TB	W 30–27	1	0	0	−0.4
5	2018-10-07	vs ATL	W 41–17	1	1	9	+0.8
6	2018-10-14	@ CIN	W 28–21	2	2	35	+3.4
11	2018-11-18	@ JAX	W 20–16	1	1	3	−0.3
12	2018-11-25	@ DEN	L 17–24	1	1	23	−4.9
16	2018-12-23	@ NO	L 28–31	1	0	0	−0.6
17	2018-12-30	vs CIN	W 16–13	1	1	16	+2.7

2017 game log (8 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2017-09-24	@ CHI	L 17–23 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2017-10-22	vs CIN	W 29–14	1	1	12	0	+0.5	0
12	2017-11-26	vs GB	W 31–28	1	1	1	1	+2.4	0
13	2017-12-04	@ CIN	W 23–20	3	1	9	0	−4.8	0
14	2017-12-10	vs BAL	W 39–38	2	0	0	0	−1.1	0
15	2017-12-17	vs NE	L 24–27	1	1	8	0	+1.0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs CLE	W 28–24	1	1	2	0	−0.8	0
P19	2018-01-14	vs JAX	L 42–45	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0

2016 game log (8 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2016-09-18	vs CIN	W 24–16	4	2	26	1	+1.8
4	2016-10-02	vs KC	W 43–14	2	1	19	0	+1.2
5	2016-10-09	vs NYJ	W 31–13	2	2	13	0	+0.3
6	2016-10-16	@ MIA	L 15–30	3	1	11	0	−1.1
7	2016-10-23	vs NE	L 16–27	5	2	14	0	−2.6
9	2016-11-06	@ BAL	L 14–21	1	1	10	0	+0.7
10	2016-11-13	vs DAL	L 30–35	2	1	5	0	−1.0
16	2016-12-25	vs BAL	W 31–27	2	1	20	1	+0.7