NFL Player Stat Explorer Glossary

Aug 31, 2022

Our new NFL Player Stat Explorer is rife with information that will help you complete your research with a one-stop-shop of information. Below is a glossary of terms for each of the stats listed in the tool.

Passing Stats

Expected Points Added (EPA)
- Total EPA/Play: a player's total EPA (passes and rushes included) per dropback
- Pass EPA/Play: a player's passing-only EPA (includes scrambles) per dropback
- PA EPA/Play: a player's EPA per dropback on play-action plays
- Blitz EPA/Play: a player's EPA per dropback on plays in which the defense blitzed
- Success %: the percent of plays in which EPA was greater than 0
Passing Rates & Averages
- Comp/G: pass completions per game
- Att/G: pass attempts per game
- Pass TDs: total pass touchdowns
- TD %: percent of pass attempts that were a touchdown
- Int: total interceptions
- Int %: percent of pass attempts that were an interception
- Comp %: completion percent
- CPOE: completion percent over expected, as defined by nlffastR
- Pass Yards/G: pass yards per game
- Yards/Att: pass yards per attempt
- Adj. Yards/Att: adjusted yards per attempt calculated as (pass yards + 20*(pass touchdowns) - 45*(interceptions thrown))/(passing attempts)
- Air Yards/G: air yards per game
- Air Yards Comp %: percent of air yards that were completed
- aDOT: average depth of target
Passing Tendencies
- Pocket Time: average time (in seconds) spent in the pocket
- On-Target %: percent of passes that were deemed on target
- Dropped %: percent of passes that were dropped
- Sack %: percent of dropbacks in which the quarterback was sacked
- RB Target %: percent of pass attempts that were targeted at a running back
- WR Target %: percent of pass attempts that were targeted at a wide receiver
- TE Target %: percent of pass attempts that were targeted at a tight end
- Scrambles/G: quarterback scrambles per game
- Yards/Scramble: rushing yards per scramble

Rushing Stats

Rushing Usage
- Carries: total carries
- Carries/G: carries per game
- % Team Carries: percent of a team's total rush attempts (excluding quarterback scrambles)
- Rush Yards/G: rushing yards per game
- Yards/Carry: rushing yards per carry
- Rush TDs: total rushing touchdowns
Efficiency
- x-Yards/Carry: expected yards per carry
- RYOE/Carry: rushing yards over expected (as calculated by 4for4's model) per carry
- Rush EPA/Carry: total rushing EPA per carry
- Broken Tackles: total broken tackles
- Broken Tackle %: broken tackles as a percent of carries
- YBC/Carry: yards before contact per carry
- YAC/Carry: yards after contact per carry
Red Zone & High-Value Usage
- RZ Carries: carries inside the opponent's 20-yard line
- % Team RZ Carries: percent of a team's carries inside the opponent's 20-yard line
- I10 Carries: carries inside the opponent's 10-yard line
- % Team I10 Carries: percent of a team's carries inside the opponent's 10-yard line
- I5 Carries: carries inside the opponent's 5-yard line
- % Team I5 Carries: percent of a team's carries inside the opponent's 5-yard line
- Total Opps: total opportunities (targets plus carries)
- Total Opps/G: total opportunities per game
- HVTs: total high-value touches (carries inside the opponent's 10-yard line plus any receptions), as popularized by Ben Gretch
- HVTs/G: high-value touches per game
- HVT %: high-value touches as a percent of total opportunities

Receiving Stats

Receiving Usage
- Tgts: total targets
- Tgts/G: targets per game
- Tgt Share: percent of a team's targets
- Rec: total receptions
- Rec/G: receptions per game
- Rec TDs: total receiving touchdowns
- EZ Tgts/G: targets when the receiver was in the end zone when targeted, per game
- EZ Tgt Share: percent of a team's end zone targets
- Drops: total dropped targets
- Drop %: percent of targets that were dropped
Air Yards & Routes
- Air Yards/G: air yards per game
- Air Yards Share: percent of a team's air yards
- aDOT: average depth of target
- WOPR: weighted opportunity rating calculated as (0.7*air yards share)+(1.4*target share)
- RACR: receiver air conversion ratio calculated as receiving yards divided by air yards
- YAC: total yards after catch
- YAC/Rec: yards after catch per reception
- Routes/G: routes run per game
- Routes Run %: percent of a team's dropbacks in which the player ran a route
- YPRR: yards per route run
- TPRR: targets per route run