Zay Jones

WR · BUF/LV/JAX/ARI · 2017–2025

Born March 30, 1995 · College East Carolina · Drafted 2017, round 2, pick 37 (BUF) · 6-2, 200 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2018	BUF	16	1	0	0.00	−0.862	0.0	−0.9	−0.00
2019	LV	14	1	3	3.00	−0.291	0.0	−0.3	−0.00
2021	LV	15	2	3	1.50	−0.258	50.0	−0.5	−0.02
2022	JAX	16	4	18	4.50	+0.130	50.0	+0.5	+0.06
Career	ARI	107	8	24	3.00	−0.144	37.5	−1.2	+0.04

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	BUF	14	74	27	316	2	36.5	−0.199	+0.058−0.105 to +0.221	17.3	13.4	−14.8	−0.19
2017 playoffs	BUF	1	4	2	20	0	50.0	+0.143		11.4	13.2	+0.6	+0.00
2018	BUF	16	102	56	652	7	54.9	−0.006	+0.184+0.029 to +0.339	21.3	12.0	−0.6	−0.13
2019	LV	14	45	27	216	0	60.0	−0.338	+0.089−0.084 to +0.262	10.2	10.8	−15.2	−0.20
2020	LV	11	20	14	154	1	70.0	−0.058	+0.122−0.060 to +0.305	5.2	7.1	−1.2	−0.39
2021	LV	15	70	47	546	1	67.1	+0.086	+0.180+0.016 to +0.345	12.9	14.0	+6.0	+0.93
2021 playoffs	LV	1	8	5	61	1	62.5	+0.546		16.3	11.1	+4.4	+0.06
2022	JAX	16	121	82	834	5	67.8	+0.334	+0.288+0.138 to +0.439	22.0	8.4	+40.4	+1.14
2022 playoffs	JAX	2	20	13	157	1	65.0	−0.026		23.8	10.8	−0.5	+0.00
2023	JAX	9	64	34	321	2	53.1	−0.069	+0.122−0.044 to +0.289	18.3	13.6	−4.4	−0.01
2024	ARI	6	11	8	84	0	72.7	−0.043	+0.018−0.169 to +0.205	5.4	10.8	−0.5	+0.03
2025	ARI	6	18	12	183	0	66.7	+0.311	+0.093−0.091 to +0.277	8.6	13.4	+5.6	+0.37
Career	ARI	107	525	307	3,306	18	58.5	+0.029		14.6	11.6	+15.4	+1.54

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
2018	BUF	16	2
2019	LV	14	2
2021	LV	15	4
2021 playoffs	LV	1	1
2023	JAX	9	2
2024	ARI	6	1
Career	ARI	107	11

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
2017	BUF	15	789	80.1	–	–
2017 playoffs	BUF	1	54	70.1	–	–
2018	BUF	16	936	89.1	–	–
2019	BUF/LV	15	624	63.5	–	–
2020	LV	16	279	26.1	–	–
2021	LV	17	631	56.1	–	–
2021 playoffs	LV	1	69	90.8	–	–
2022	JAX	16	916	86.9	–	–
2022 playoffs	JAX	2	128	97.0	–	–
2023	JAX	9	471	73.4	–	–
2024	ARI	11	253	34.8	–	–
2025	ARI	8	270	49.7	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	121	83.5	9	8.9	12	66.7
2023	64	62.5	2	5.0	12	33.3
2024	11	72.7	0	0.0	2	50.0
2025	18	66.7	0	0.0	2	0.0

Game logs

2025 game log (6 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2025-09-07	@ NO	W 20–13	1	1	4	+0.1
3	2025-09-21	@ SF	L 15–16	3	2	25	+1.9
5	2025-10-05	vs TEN	L 21–22	3	2	8	−0.9
6	2025-10-12	@ IND	L 27–31	8	5	79	+0.5
7	2025-10-19	vs GB	L 23–27	2	2	67	+5.0
10	2025-11-09	@ SEA	L 22–44	1	0	0	−1.0

2024 game log (6 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
7	2024-10-21	vs LAC	W 17–15	1	0	0	−0.8	0
8	2024-10-27	@ MIA	W 28–27	1	1	3	+0.5	0
14	2024-12-08	vs SEA	L 18–30	2	1	13	−2.0	0
15	2024-12-15	vs NE	W 30–17	1	1	3	−0.2	0
17	2024-12-28	@ LA	L 9–13	1	1	19	+1.4	1
18	2025-01-05	vs SF	W 47–24	5	4	46	+0.7	0

2023 game log (9 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ IND	W 31–21	7	5	55	1	+6.1	0
2	2023-09-17	vs KC	L 9–17	6	0	0	0	−5.6	0
5	2023-10-08	@ BUF	W 25–20	5	3	23	1	+1.7	0
11	2023-11-19	vs TEN	W 34–14	4	4	20	0	−0.7	0
12	2023-11-26	@ HOU	W 24–21	3	1	10	0	−0.0	0
13	2023-12-04	vs CIN	L 31–34 OT	8	5	78	0	+3.1	0
14	2023-12-10	@ CLE	L 27–31	14	5	29	0	−6.0	1
15	2023-12-17	vs BAL	L 7–23	8	5	59	0	+1.2	0
18	2024-01-07	@ TEN	L 20–28	9	6	47	0	−4.2	1

2022 game log (18 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	@ WAS	L 22–28	0	0	0.0	9	6	65	0	+2.6
2	2022-09-18	vs IND	W 24–0	0	0	0.0	4	3	23	0	+3.4
3	2022-09-25	@ LAC	W 38–10	1	0	−0.4	11	10	85	1	+4.6
5	2022-10-09	vs HOU	L 6–13	0	0	0.0	8	3	12	0	−8.9
6	2022-10-16	@ IND	L 27–34	0	0	0.0	5	5	53	0	+5.9
7	2022-10-23	vs NYG	L 17–23	1	14	+1.3	10	4	54	0	+4.2
8	2022-10-30	vs DEN	L 17–21	1	7	+0.6	3	3	28	0	+2.6
9	2022-11-06	vs LV	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	5	5	40	0	+1.0
10	2022-11-13	@ KC	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	10	8	68	0	+9.9
12	2022-11-27	vs BAL	W 28–27	0	0	0.0	14	11	145	0	+12.5
13	2022-12-04	@ DET	L 14–40	0	0	0.0	7	2	16	0	−4.2
14	2022-12-11	@ TEN	W 36–22	0	0	0.0	12	8	77	1	+3.9
15	2022-12-18	vs DAL	W 40–34 OT	0	0	0.0	8	6	109	3	+9.9
16	2022-12-22	@ NYJ	W 19–3	1	-3	−1.0	4	1	14	0	−1.3
17	2023-01-01	@ HOU	W 31–3	0	0	0.0	5	3	24	0	−3.2
18	2023-01-07	vs TEN	W 20–16	0	0	0.0	6	4	21	0	−2.5
P19	2023-01-14	vs LAC	W 31–30	0	0	0.0	13	8	74	1	−2.9
P20	2023-01-21	@ KC	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	7	5	83	0	+2.4

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-13	vs BAL	W 33–27 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	46	1	+5.1	0
3	2021-09-26	vs MIA	W 31–28 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	15	0	+3.3	1
4	2021-10-04	@ LAC	L 14–28	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	+0.1	0
5	2021-10-10	vs CHI	L 9–20	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	0	−3.0	0
7	2021-10-24	vs PHI	W 33–22	0	0	0.0	1	1	43	0	+4.5	0
9	2021-11-07	@ NYG	L 16–23	0	0	0.0	4	1	20	0	−2.7	0
10	2021-11-14	vs KC	L 14–41	0	0	0.0	3	1	22	0	−2.1	1
11	2021-11-21	vs CIN	L 13–32	0	0	0.0	2	1	20	0	−0.2	1
12	2021-11-25	@ DAL	W 36–33	1	4	+0.2	7	5	59	0	+2.1	0
13	2021-12-05	vs WAS	L 15–17	0	0	0.0	5	3	21	0	−0.6	0
14	2021-12-12	@ KC	L 9–48	0	0	0.0	7	5	25	0	−5.9	0
15	2021-12-20	@ CLE	W 16–14	0	0	0.0	9	6	67	0	+0.6	0
16	2021-12-26	vs DEN	W 17–13	0	0	0.0	8	6	50	0	+1.2	0
17	2022-01-02	@ IND	W 23–20	1	-1	−0.8	10	8	120	0	+4.5	1
18	2022-01-09	vs LAC	W 35–32 OT	0	0	0.0	8	5	27	0	−0.9	0
P19	2022-01-15	@ CIN	L 19–26	0	0	0.0	8	5	61	1	+4.4	1

2020 game log (11 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2020-09-21	vs NO	W 34–24	1	1	15	1	+3.7
3	2020-09-27	@ NE	L 20–36	3	3	32	0	+1.7
4	2020-10-04	vs BUF	L 23–30	7	4	32	0	−0.3
5	2020-10-11	@ KC	W 40–32	1	1	2	0	−0.6
10	2020-11-15	vs DEN	W 37–12	1	1	6	0	−0.0
11	2020-11-22	vs KC	L 31–35	1	1	18	0	+1.0
12	2020-11-29	@ ATL	L 6–43	1	1	3	0	−0.5
13	2020-12-06	@ NYJ	W 31–28	1	0	0	0	−0.9
14	2020-12-13	vs IND	L 27–44	0	0	0	0	0.0
15	2020-12-17	vs LAC	L 27–30 OT	2	1	9	0	−6.7
17	2021-01-03	@ DEN	W 32–31	2	1	37	0	+1.4

2019 game log (14 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ NYJ	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	4	2	18	−3.3	1
2	2019-09-15	@ NYG	W 28–14	0	0	0.0	3	1	14	−0.6	0
3	2019-09-22	vs CIN	W 21–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	33	+4.5	0
4	2019-09-29	vs NE	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	8	2	4	−13.1	1
8	2019-10-27	@ HOU	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	2	2	27	+3.4	0
9	2019-11-03	vs DET	W 31–24	1	3	−0.3	4	3	21	+1.1	0
10	2019-11-07	vs LAC	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	3	1	10	−3.2	0
11	2019-11-17	vs CIN	W 17–10	0	0	0.0	3	3	25	−0.9	0
12	2019-11-24	@ NYJ	L 3–34	0	0	0.0	2	2	5	−1.2	0
13	2019-12-01	@ KC	L 9–40	0	0	0.0	3	2	14	−0.2	0
14	2019-12-08	vs TEN	L 21–42	0	0	0.0	3	1	5	−3.0	0
15	2019-12-15	vs JAX	L 16–20	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	−0.3	0
16	2019-12-22	@ LAC	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	3	3	14	+0.1	0
17	2019-12-29	@ DEN	L 15–16	0	0	0.0	2	2	21	+1.4	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ BAL	L 3–47	0	0.0	6	3	26	0	−2.0	0
2	2018-09-16	vs LAC	L 20–31	0	0.0	3	2	63	0	+3.6	0
3	2018-09-23	@ MIN	W 27–6	0	0.0	1	1	17	0	−0.5	0
4	2018-09-30	@ GB	L 0–22	0	0.0	7	4	38	0	−0.9	0
5	2018-10-07	vs TEN	W 13–12	0	0.0	4	3	20	0	+1.4	1
6	2018-10-14	@ HOU	L 13–20	0	0.0	8	3	35	1	−2.5	0
7	2018-10-21	@ IND	L 5–37	0	0.0	5	3	27	0	−4.6	0
8	2018-10-29	vs NE	L 6–25	0	0.0	8	6	55	0	+2.2	0
9	2018-11-04	vs CHI	L 9–41	1	−0.9	6	4	18	0	−7.8	0
10	2018-11-11	@ NYJ	W 41–10	0	0.0	11	8	93	1	+12.0	0
12	2018-11-25	vs JAX	W 24–21	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.6	0
13	2018-12-02	@ MIA	L 17–21	0	0.0	9	4	67	2	+4.8	0
14	2018-12-09	vs NYJ	L 23–27	0	0.0	9	3	22	0	−8.5	1
15	2018-12-16	vs DET	W 14–13	0	0.0	6	1	11	0	−4.6	0
16	2018-12-23	@ NE	L 12–24	0	0.0	9	5	67	1	+1.7	0
17	2018-12-30	vs MIA	W 42–17	0	0.0	9	6	93	2	+6.9	0

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	vs NYJ	W 21–12	4	1	21	0	−1.1
2	2017-09-17	@ CAR	L 3–9	6	2	18	0	−3.2
3	2017-09-24	vs DEN	W 26–16	2	0	0	0	−1.2
4	2017-10-01	@ ATL	W 23–17	5	1	18	0	−1.2
5	2017-10-08	@ CIN	L 16–20	6	1	9	0	−4.7
7	2017-10-22	vs TB	W 30–27	9	2	17	0	−1.6
8	2017-10-29	vs LV	W 34–14	5	3	32	0	+0.9
9	2017-11-02	@ NYJ	L 21–34	7	6	53	1	+4.6
11	2017-11-19	@ LAC	L 24–54	7	4	68	0	+3.5
12	2017-11-26	@ KC	W 16–10	10	3	33	1	−1.9
13	2017-12-03	vs NE	L 3–23	7	2	22	0	−8.0
15	2017-12-17	vs MIA	W 24–16	2	0	0	0	−2.0
16	2017-12-24	@ NE	L 16–37	1	0	0	0	−0.3
17	2017-12-31	@ MIA	W 22–16	3	2	25	0	+1.5
P18	2018-01-07	@ JAX	L 3–10	4	2	20	0	+0.6