Zach Line

FB · MIN/NO · 2013–2019

Born April 26, 1990 · College SMU · Undrafted · 6-1, 233 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)
2015	MIN	10	6	10	2	1.67	−0.182	−0.137−0.201 to −0.073	50.0	−1.1	+0.01
2016	MIN	8	7	15	0	2.14	−0.178	−0.116−0.180 to −0.052	55.6	−1.6	−0.02
2017	NO	8	7	28	0	4.00	+0.206	−0.127−0.192 to −0.063	71.4	+1.4	+0.03
2017 playoffs	NO	1	1	1	1	1.00	+0.751		100.0	+0.8	+0.00
2018	NO	11	9	41	0	4.56	+0.088	−0.110−0.174 to −0.046	55.6	+0.8	−0.00
2018 playoffs	NO	1	1	4	0	4.00	+0.161		100.0	+0.2	+0.01
2019	NO	8	7	20	0	2.86	+0.178	−0.121−0.185 to −0.057	57.1	+1.2	+0.02
Career	NO	48	36	114	2	3.17	+0.020		57.9	+0.8	+0.03

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2013	MIN	3	3	1	8	0	33.3	−0.239	3.1	1.0	−0.7	−0.01
2015	MIN	10	9	6	95	1	66.7	+0.808	3.1	1.2	+7.3	+0.16
2015 playoffs	MIN	1	2	2	7	0	100.0	+0.075	8.3	-3.0	+0.1	+0.01
2016	MIN	8	3	0	0	0	0.0	−1.510	1.0	3.3	−4.5	−0.05
2017	NO	8	5	2	8	1	40.0	−0.141	2.0	4.6	−0.7	+0.08
2017 playoffs	NO	1	1	1	7	0	100.0	+0.319	3.3	2.0	+0.3	+0.01
2018	NO	11	10	5	14	2	50.0	−0.218	2.6	2.5	−2.2	+0.20
2019	NO	8	10	6	36	0	60.0	−0.788	3.6	3.1	−7.9	−0.10
Career	NO	48	40	20	161	4	50.0	−0.219	2.5	2.6	−8.7	+0.27

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
2015	MIN	10	2	0
2015 playoffs	MIN	1	1	0
2016	MIN	8	2	0
2017	NO	8	2	1
2018	NO	11	2	0
Career	NO	48	8	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	MIN	15	196	20.5	1	1.5
2017	NO	12	149	19.7	2	1.6
2017 playoffs	NO	2	19	15.3	–	–
2018	NO	16	202	19.8	–	–
2018 playoffs	NO	2	16	11.7	–	–
2019	NO	12	201	25.4	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (8 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2019-09-15	@ LA	L 9–27	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.6
3	2019-09-22	@ SEA	W 33–27	1	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0
4	2019-09-29	vs DAL	W 12–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.6
7	2019-10-20	@ CHI	W 36–25	1	3	−0.2	3	1	12	−2.2
8	2019-10-27	vs ARI	W 31–9	2	8	+0.7	2	1	11	−3.5
10	2019-11-10	vs ATL	L 9–26	0	0	0.0	2	2	5	−1.1
11	2019-11-17	@ TB	W 34–17	1	5	+0.7	1	1	5	−0.0
15	2019-12-16	vs IND	W 34–7	2	4	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0

2018 game log (12 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs TB	L 40–48	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
2	2018-09-16	vs CLE	W 21–18	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0
3	2018-09-23	@ ATL	W 43–37 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	6	1	+2.1	0
4	2018-09-30	@ NYG	W 33–18	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−1.3	0
9	2018-11-04	vs LA	W 45–35	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	+0.2	1
10	2018-11-11	@ CIN	W 51–14	2	13	+1.6	1	0	0	0	−1.8	0
11	2018-11-18	vs PHI	W 48–7	1	-1	−1.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ TB	W 28–14	1	4	+0.4	1	1	1	1	+0.9	0
15	2018-12-17	@ CAR	W 12–9	2	6	−0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2018-12-30	vs CAR	L 14–33	3	19	−0.1	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
P20	2019-01-20	vs LA	L 23–26 OT	1	4	+0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2017 game log (9 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2017-10-15	vs DET	W 52–38	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2017-10-22	@ GB	W 26–17	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
9	2017-11-05	vs TB	W 30–10	2	4	0	+0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2017-11-12	@ BUF	W 47–10	1	9	0	+0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2017-11-19	vs WAS	W 34–31 OT	1	2	0	+0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	@ LA	L 20–26	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2017-12-17	vs NYJ	W 31–19	2	8	0	−0.4	2	1	5	0	−1.1	0
17	2017-12-31	@ TB	L 24–31	1	5	0	+0.2	1	1	3	1	+1.4	0
P18	2018-01-07	vs CAR	W 31–26	1	1	1	+0.8	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0

2016 game log (8 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-18	vs GB	W 17–14	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1
4	2016-10-03	vs NYG	W 24–10	3	6	+0.1	0	0.0	0
5	2016-10-09	vs HOU	W 31–13	0	0	0.0	1	−2.7	0
7	2016-10-23	@ PHI	L 10–21	2	2	−0.9	0	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	@ WAS	L 20–26	1	5	+0.3	1	−1.0	0
12	2016-11-24	@ DET	L 13–16	1	2	+0.4	0	0.0	0
13	2016-12-01	vs DAL	L 15–17	0	0	−1.6	0	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ JAX	W 25–16	0	0	0.0	1	−0.8	1

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2015-09-20	vs DET	W 26–16	1	1	1	+0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2015-09-27	vs LAC	W 31–14	1	1	1	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ DEN	L 20–23	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
6	2015-10-18	vs KC	W 16–10	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−0.2	1
7	2015-10-25	@ DET	W 28–19	2	2	0	−2.0	1	1	49	0	+2.9	0
11	2015-11-22	vs GB	L 13–30	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	+0.4	0
12	2015-11-29	@ ATL	W 20–10	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	+0.4	0
14	2015-12-10	@ ARI	L 20–23	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	24	0	+1.8	0
15	2015-12-20	vs CHI	W 38–17	1	3	0	+0.1	2	1	4	1	+2.4	0
16	2015-12-27	vs NYG	W 49–17	1	3	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2016-01-10	vs SEA	L 9–10	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	7	0	+0.1	1

2013 game log (3 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2013-09-08	@ DET	L 24–34	1	1	8	+0.2
2	2013-09-15	@ CHI	L 30–31	1	0	0	−0.5
3	2013-09-22	vs CLE	L 27–31	1	0	0	−0.5