Back in January, I shared a Google Doc containing all 2011 targets-and-catches data. Between March Madness and, now, the 124-part 2012 college football preview series, I have neglected Football Study Hall quite a bit more than I anticipated, but here's my "Let me make it up to you" present: the same targets data, only for 2005-11.

In the Google Doc below, you can find the link to a rather large document containing all players targeted at least 10 times in a season for the last seven years. Some notes from last time?

Here are some quick definitions for you:



Targets = receptions plus incompletions targeting a given receiver. (NOTE: there is no target data for passes that were intercepted or for some throwaways. In the end, about 85-90 percent of passes have target data. I thought about adjusting for that in some way, but since it is the same for every team, I did not. Just keep that in mind.) Catches = receptions. Yards = receiving yards Catch Rate = catches / targets Yards Per Target = yards / targets Target % = the percentage of a team's passes targeting a given receiver. Target No. = the rank of a given player in terms of his team's targets. %SD = the percent of a players targets that came on standard downs. As you'll see, this varies greatly from player to player. The possibilities for this data are enormous. Two goals for the offseason are 1) processing previous years of data in this regard (I only have 2010 and 2011), and 2) creating a sort of Adj. POE for receiving data that takes both opponent and, in some way, quarterback into account. But for now, have fun with a load of real data.

Some more notes:

Anyway, here's a link for download. No window for quick perusal this time because the file is large enough that, well, there is no such thing as "quick perusal."