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MIN Minnesota Vikings · WR· #4 · also kick returner

Myles Price

Age
24
Height
5'9"
Weight
183 lbs
College
Indiana; Texas Tech
Drafted
Not drafted
Experience
2nd NFL season
Compare with another playerPunt returners leaderboard

60

Overall grade

2nd of 34 punt returners

Elite

above average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Myles's best number is yards per return: 15.2 yds, 3rd of 24 among punt returners.

Lately he is playing better. EPA per punt fielded is +0.93 over the last 2 games (6 punts), against −0.14 before that. The change is bigger than what a few plays would produce by chance.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the punt returners in the league.

  • Yards per return15.2 yds3rd of 24
  • EPA per punt fielded+0.249th of 34small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying punt returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among punt returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 14th percentileWeek 3: 9th percentileWeek 4: 59th percentileWeek 5: 76th percentile76th

Season rank climbed: 14th to 76th percentile since Wk 2.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per punt fielded game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamepuntsSeason rank after
1vs GB+0.261–
2vs CHI−0.28314th pct
3vs TB−0.1379th pct
4vs MIA+1.07359th pct
5vs NO+0.79376th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 3 punts can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every punt returner with at least 5 punts fielded. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per punt fielded

Well above typical

+0.24

9th of 34 punt returners · top 27%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for every punt he fields, fair catches included.

The box score: Return average ignores fair catches and the starting field position.

Does it show up in winning? Across 54 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per punt fielded from a punt returner has not lined up much with his team winning (61% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Last 2 games: +0.93 (6) vs −0.14 before+31.4grade points upA clear change

Small sample: could move a lot · 17 punts · true level likely −0.08 to +0.56

Yards per return

Elite

15.2 yds

3rd of 24 punt returners · top 13%

Average yards when he returns the punt (fair catches excluded).

The box score: This is the box score number.

Last 2 games: 21.6 yds (5) vs 8.8 yds before+25.3grade points upA clear change

Sample still growing · 10 returns · true level likely 11.0 yds to 19.4 yds

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the punt returners around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Fair catch rate

Style

41%

Right around the middle of punt returners: a typical one is 41%.

How often he fair catches instead of returning, a choice about risk.

Sample still growing · 17 punts

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Myles Price game by game
GameResultFieldedYdsEPA/puntYds/return
Wk 1 vs GBW 39–22113+0.2613.0 yds
Wk 2 vs CHIW 9–3311−0.2811.0 yds
Wk 3 vs TBW 23–16720−0.136.7 yds
Wk 4 vs MIAW 15–10351+1.0717.0 yds
Wk 5 vs NOW 23–13357+0.7928.5 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among punt returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Myles Price box score totals
StatTotalRank
Punts fielded172nd of 34
Return yards1522nd of 34

Players with a similar profile

The punt returners whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

As a kick returner

Points added and yards gained on kickoff returns.

The read

Myles grades well above average among kick returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the kick returners in the league.

  • Yards per return30.1 yds5th of 53small sample
  • EPA per return+0.4312th of 53small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying kick returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among kick returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 1: 95th percentileWeek 2: 89th percentileWeek 3: 76th percentileWeek 4: 87th percentileWeek 5: 79th percentile79th

Season rank slipped: 95th to 79th percentile since Wk 1.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per return game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamereturnsSeason rank after
1vs GB+0.80595th pct
2vs CHI+0.08289th pct
3vs TB+0.07476th pct
4vs MIA+0.80287th pct
5vs NO+0.27379th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 3 returns can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every kick returner with at least 5 returns. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per return

Well above typical

+0.43

12th of 53 kick returners · top 23%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for each kickoff he returns.

The box score: Return average ignores the starting field position the team would have had anyway.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 54% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on EPA per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: +0.48 (5) vs +0.40 before+1.6grade points upWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 16 returns · true level likely +0.10 to +0.76

Yards per return

Elite

30.1 yds

5th of 53 kick returners · top 10%

Average yards per kickoff return.

The box score: This is the box score number.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 63% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on yards per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 30.6 yds (5) vs 29.8 yds before+4.9grade points upWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 16 returns · true level likely 26.4 yds to 33.8 yds

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Myles Price game by game
GameResultRetYdsEPA/returnYds/return
Wk 1 vs GBW 39–225179+0.8035.8 yds
Wk 2 vs CHIW 9–3242+0.0821.0 yds
Wk 3 vs TBW 23–164107+0.0726.8 yds
Wk 4 vs MIAW 15–10270+0.8035.0 yds
Wk 5 vs NOW 23–13383+0.2727.7 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among kick returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Myles Price box score totals
StatTotalRank
Returns164th of 53
Return yards4812nd of 53

Players with a similar profile

The kick returners whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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