Zach Zenner

RB · DET/NO · 2015–2019

Born September 13, 1991 · College South Dakota State · Undrafted · 5-11, 224 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	DET	4	17	60	0	3.53	−0.327	−0.142−0.206 to −0.079	26.3	−6.2	−0.11
2016	DET	11	88	334	4	3.80	−0.184	−0.124−0.184 to −0.063	37.8	−16.6	−0.31
2016 playoffs	DET	1	11	34	0	3.09	−0.192		16.7	−2.3	−0.03
2017	DET	7	14	26	1	1.86	−0.665	−0.143−0.207 to −0.079	21.4	−9.3	−0.13
2018	DET	7	55	265	3	4.82	+0.025	−0.100−0.162 to −0.039	46.7	+1.5	+0.19
2019	NO	3	3	-2	0	-0.67	−0.665	−0.127−0.191 to −0.063	0.0	−2.0	−0.01
Career	NO	32	177	683	8	3.86	−0.175		37.6	−32.6	−0.37

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	DET	4	3	2	11	66.7	−0.106	1.8	-2.0	−0.3	+0.01
2016	DET	11	23	18	196	78.3	+0.277	5.8	-0.8	+6.4	+0.14
2016 playoffs	DET	1	6	6	54	100.0	+0.515	18.8	-0.8	+3.1	+0.05
2017	DET	7	1	0	0	0.0	−1.294	0.4	9.0	−1.3	−0.01
2018	DET	7	10	7	56	70.0	−0.020	4.2	0.0	−0.2	−0.08
2019	NO	3	3	2	19	66.7	−0.078	3.3	1.7	−0.2	−0.02
Career	NO	32	40	29	282	72.5	+0.108	3.4	-0.2	+4.3	+0.04

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
2015	DET	4	1
2016	DET	11	4
2017	DET	7	4
2018	DET	7	4
Career	NO	32	13

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	DET	11	291	42.1	–	–
2016 playoffs	DET	1	50	96.2	–	–
2017	DET	8	61	11.5	–	–
2018	DET	8	118	21.9	–	–
2019	NO/ARI	3	27	15.2	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (3 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
7	2019-10-20	@ CHI	W 36–25	1	1	−0.5	2	1	6	−1.0
8	2019-10-27	@ NO	L 9–31	1	0	−0.6	1	1	13	+0.8
9	2019-10-31	vs SF	L 25–28	1	-3	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0

2018 game log (7 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
10	2018-11-11	@ CHI	L 22–34	1	12	0	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2018-11-22	vs CHI	L 16–23	2	9	0	+0.1	1	1	4	−0.2	2
13	2018-12-02	vs LA	L 16–30	1	7	0	+1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ ARI	W 17–3	12	54	1	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2018-12-16	@ BUF	L 13–14	10	45	1	+3.0	4	3	0	−2.9	0
16	2018-12-23	vs MIN	L 9–27	8	45	0	−1.8	3	2	22	+0.4	1
17	2018-12-30	@ GB	W 31–0	21	93	1	−0.9	2	1	30	+2.4	0

2017 game log (7 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2017-09-24	vs ATL	L 26–30	3	5	0	−1.1	0	0.0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ MIN	W 14–7	3	0	0	−1.9	0	0.0	1
5	2017-10-08	vs CAR	L 24–27	3	11	1	−2.3	0	0.0	0
6	2017-10-15	@ NO	L 38–52	1	0	0	−1.7	1	−1.3	1
12	2017-11-23	vs MIN	L 23–30	1	6	0	+0.2	0	0.0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ BAL	L 20–44	1	4	0	−0.3	0	0.0	2
14	2017-12-10	@ TB	W 24–21	2	0	0	−2.1	0	0.0	0

2016 game log (12 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2016-10-02	@ CHI	L 14–17	3	12	0	−2.4	1	1	22	+1.6	0
5	2016-10-09	vs PHI	W 24–23	7	9	0	−3.3	2	2	23	+1.1	0
6	2016-10-16	vs LA	W 31–28	14	58	0	−1.9	2	2	19	+2.0	0
7	2016-10-23	vs WAS	W 20–17	9	29	1	−2.3	2	0	0	−1.1	1
8	2016-10-30	@ HOU	L 13–20	3	2	0	−1.9	1	1	5	+0.0	1
12	2016-11-24	vs MIN	W 16–13	1	0	0	−2.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2016-12-04	@ NO	W 28–13	9	40	0	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	vs CHI	W 20–17	7	36	0	−0.2	2	2	9	−0.6	0
15	2016-12-18	@ NYG	L 6–17	3	12	0	−6.1	5	4	52	−0.0	0
16	2016-12-26	@ DAL	L 21–42	12	67	2	+3.9	3	2	25	+1.8	1
17	2017-01-01	vs GB	L 24–31	20	69	1	−1.0	5	4	41	+1.7	1
P18	2017-01-07	@ SEA	L 6–26	11	34	0	−2.3	6	6	54	+3.1	0

2015 game log (4 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ LAC	L 28–33	2	6	−0.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2015-10-05	@ SEA	L 10–13	2	9	−1.2	1	1	4	−0.1	0
5	2015-10-11	vs ARI	L 17–42	10	30	−4.3	2	1	7	−0.3	0
6	2015-10-18	vs CHI	W 37–34 OT	3	15	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0	1