Sam Darnold

Overall rank

QB9

2021

Carolina Panthers

ADP

Underdog

183.5

Height

6' 3"
Weight

221
Hand Size

9 3/8" (29th)

Draft Pick

1.03 2018
College

USC
Age

24.3

Overall rank

QB9

2021

ADP

Underdog

183.5

Workout Metrics

4.85 49th

98.9 6th

11.36 64th

28 48th

40-Yard Dash

Burst Score

Agility Score

Throw Velocity

Wonderlic Score

Season Stats

Year Year	Games Played Games	Pass Attempts Atts	Passing Yards Pass Yds	Completion Percentage Comp %	Yards Per Attempt Yds/Att	Rushing Yards Rush Yds	Passing Touchdowns Pass TD	Fantasy Points Per Game FPts/G
2021	5	183	1366	65.6%	7.5	62	6	21.4 (#9)
2020	12	364	2208	59.6%	6.1	217	9	12.1 (#33)
2019	13	441	3024	61.9%	6.9	62	19	15.1 (#26)
2018	13	414	2865	57.7%	6.9	138	17	14.1 (#28)

Start Drafting

College QBR

80.4 (72nd)
College YPA

8.5 (65th)
Breakout Age

19.3 (84th)
SPARQ-x

82.9 (24th)

Multimedia

First Mover (Week 6 DFS) with Special Guest Jakob Sanderson

Oct 12, 2021

What to do with Darnold? #shorts

Oct 05, 2021

Top-10 Takeaways LIVE - Critical Week 4 Observations for Fantasy Football

Oct 04, 2021

BREAKING NEWS #shorts

Sep 10, 2021

Can Carolina Revive Sam Darnold's Career in the NFL?

Apr 17, 2021

Advanced Metrics

Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Game Script Game Script	Attempts Atts	Red Zone Attempts RZ Atts	Deep Ball Attempts Deep Atts	Supporting Cast Efficiency Support Cast	Protection Rate Protect Rate
36.6 (1.67 pace)	+4.38	183 (36.6 p/g)	23 (4.6 p/g)	18 (3.6 p/g)	-6.95	73.1%
#13	#3	#10	#16	#20	#27	#29

Passing Yards Pass yards	Air Yards Att Dist	Completed Air Yards Air Yards	Money Throws Money Throws	Danger Plays Danger Plays	Interceptable Passes Inter-ceptable	Passing TDs Passing TDs
1366 (273.2 p/g)	1428 (285.6 p/g)	688 (137.6 p/g)	5	11	11	6 (3.3% rate)
#11	#13	#16	#23	#14	#7	#21

Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Air Yards Per Attempt Air Yards Per Attempt	Adjusted Yards Per Attempt Adjusted Yards/Attempt	Accuracy Rating Accuracy Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points Added	Fantasy Points Per Dropback Fantasy Points / Dropback	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
7.5	7.8	6.2	7.5	16.2 (3.2 p/g)	0.54	21.4
#21	#23	#25	#18	#8	#16	#9

True Completion % True Comp %	Play-action Completion % Play-action Comp %	Red Zone Completion % Red Zone Comp %	Deep Ball Completion % Deep Ball Comp %	Pressured Completion % Pressured Comp %	Clean Pocket Completion Percentage Clean Comp %	Catchable Pass Rate Catchable Pass Rate
71.0%	62.5%	60.9%	38.9%	56.6%	69.2%	75.4%
#17	#18	#13	#15	#5	#23	#16

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	True Passer Rating True Passer Rating	Total QBR Total QBR	Receiver Target Separation Receiver Tgt Sep	Receiver YAC Per Target Receiver Tgt Sep	Dropped Passes Drops
-15.3	+30.8	79.6	51.5	1.63	3.99	9 (1.80 p/g)
#42	#21	#21	#21	#29	#9	#17

Carries Carries	Carries Per Game Carries/G	Red Zone Carries RZ Carries	Red Zone Carries Per Game RZ Car/G	Rush Yards Rush Yards	Rush Yards/G Rush Yards Per Game	Rush TDS Rush TDS
22	4.4	6	1.2	62	12.4	5
#10	#10	#7	#9	#17	-	#1

Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Game Script Game Script	Attempts Atts	Red Zone Attempts RZ Atts	Deep Ball Attempts Deep Atts	Supporting Cast Efficiency Support Cast	Protection Rate Protect Rate
31.2 (2.05 pace)	-6.81	364 (30.3 p/g)	37 (3.1 p/g)	37 (3.1 p/g)	-3.59	71.7%
#72	#78	#26	#31	#25	#23	#37

Passing Yards Pass yards	Air Yards Att Dist	Completed Air Yards Air Yards	Money Throws Money Throws	Danger Plays Danger Plays	Interceptable Passes Inter-ceptable	Passing TDs Passing TDs
2208 (184.0 p/g)	2619 (218.3 p/g)	1067 (88.9 p/g)	13	36	29	9 (2.5% rate)
#28	#24	#33	#22	#6	#4	#32

Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Air Yards Per Attempt Air Yards Per Attempt	Adjusted Yards Per Attempt Adjusted Yards/Attempt	Accuracy Rating Accuracy Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points Added	Fantasy Points Per Dropback Fantasy Points / Dropback	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
6.1	7.2	4.7	7.0	3.0 (0.3 p/g)	0.36	12.1
#33	#27	#35	#30	#34	#33	#33

True Completion % True Comp %	Play-action Completion % Play-action Comp %	Red Zone Completion % Red Zone Comp %	Deep Ball Completion % Deep Ball Comp %	Pressured Completion % Pressured Comp %	Clean Pocket Completion Percentage Clean Comp %	Catchable Pass Rate Catchable Pass Rate
66.8%	50.6%	37.8%	27.0%	34.4%	77.5%	69.0%
#33	#37	#32	#33	#-10	#7	#44

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	True Passer Rating True Passer Rating	Total QBR Total QBR	Receiver Target Separation Receiver Tgt Sep	Receiver YAC Per Target Receiver Tgt Sep	Dropped Passes Drops
-11.7	-23.3	58.1	41.1	1.62	3.11	16 (1.33 p/g)
#53	#80	#37	#29	#38	#55	#28

Carries Carries	Carries Per Game Carries/G	Red Zone Carries RZ Carries	Red Zone Carries Per Game RZ Car/G	Rush Yards Rush Yards	Rush Yards/G Rush Yards Per Game	Rush TDS Rush TDS
37	3.1	2	0.2	217	18.1	2
#20	#26	#36	#53	#15	-	#21

Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Game Script Game Script	Attempts Atts	Red Zone Attempts RZ Atts	Deep Ball Attempts Deep Atts	Supporting Cast Efficiency Support Cast	Protection Rate Protect Rate
35.8 (2.22 pace)	-2.82	441 (33.9 p/g)	55 (4.2 p/g)	55 (4.2 p/g)	+0.89	77.5%
#21	#23	#25	#25	#20	#22	#31

Passing Yards Pass yards	Air Yards Att Dist	Completed Air Yards Air Yards	Money Throws Money Throws	Danger Plays Danger Plays	Interceptable Passes Inter-ceptable	Passing TDs Passing TDs
3024 (232.6 p/g)	3748 (288.3 p/g)	1606 (123.5 p/g)	11	27	22	19 (4.3% rate)
#25	#19	#26	#24	#16	#13	#24

Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Air Yards Per Attempt Air Yards Per Attempt	Adjusted Yards Per Attempt Adjusted Yards/Attempt	Accuracy Rating Accuracy Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points Added	Fantasy Points Per Dropback Fantasy Points / Dropback	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
6.9	8.5	5.9	6.8	16.2 (1.2 p/g)	0.39	15.1
#22	#14	#28	#28	#21	#25	#26

True Completion % True Comp %	Play-action Completion % Play-action Comp %	Red Zone Completion % Red Zone Comp %	Deep Ball Completion % Deep Ball Comp %	Pressured Completion % Pressured Comp %	Clean Pocket Completion Percentage Clean Comp %	Catchable Pass Rate Catchable Pass Rate
67.7%	-	50.9%	27.3%	40.3%	72.9%	73.2%
#24	-	#37	#32	#9	#14	#40

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	True Passer Rating True Passer Rating	Total QBR Total QBR	Receiver Target Separation Receiver Tgt Sep	Receiver YAC Per Target Receiver Tgt Sep	Dropped Passes Drops
-2.4	+94.1	82.8	43.5	1.68	3.11	18 (1.38 p/g)
#19	#26	#25	#25	#22	#51	#26

Carries Carries	Carries Per Game Carries/G	Red Zone Carries RZ Carries	Red Zone Carries Per Game RZ Car/G	Rush Yards Rush Yards	Rush Yards/G Rush Yards Per Game	Rush TDS Rush TDS
33	2.5	6	0.5	62	4.8	2
#19	#28	#20	#21	#30	#37	#13

Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Game Script Game Script	Attempts Atts	Red Zone Attempts RZ Atts	Deep Ball Attempts Deep Atts	Supporting Cast Efficiency Support Cast	Protection Rate Protect Rate
35.1 (2.22 pace)	-3.20	414 (31.8 p/g)	46 (3.5 p/g)	56 (4.3 p/g)	-7.75	82.8%
#23	#26	#21	#26	#20	#30	#16

Passing Yards Pass yards	Air Yards Att Dist	Completed Air Yards Air Yards	Money Throws Money Throws	Danger Plays Danger Plays	Interceptable Passes Inter-ceptable	Passing TDs Passing TDs
2865 (220.4 p/g)	3845 (295.8 p/g)	1615 (124.2 p/g)	13	30	26	17 (4.1% rate)
#23	#19	#23	#23	#9	#6	#24

Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Air Yards Per Attempt Air Yards Per Attempt	Adjusted Yards Per Attempt Adjusted Yards/Attempt	Accuracy Rating Accuracy Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points Added	Fantasy Points Per Dropback Fantasy Points / Dropback	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
6.9	9.3	5.7	6.8	5.2 (0.4 p/g)	0.38	14.1
#28	#7	#32	#29	#57	#26	#28

True Completion % True Comp %	Play-action Completion % Play-action Comp %	Red Zone Completion % Red Zone Comp %	Deep Ball Completion % Deep Ball Comp %	Pressured Completion % Pressured Comp %	Clean Pocket Completion Percentage Clean Comp %	Catchable Pass Rate Catchable Pass Rate
61.6%	-	54.3%	26.8%	29.2%	65.5%	73.4%
#34	-	#34	#30	#28	#34	#45

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	True Passer Rating True Passer Rating	Total QBR Total QBR	Receiver Target Separation Receiver Tgt Sep	Receiver YAC Per Target Receiver Tgt Sep	Dropped Passes Drops
-4.2	+75.2	70.9	48.4	1.30	2.95	18 (1.38 p/g)
#23	#31	#34	#30	#65	#47	#20

Carries Carries	Carries Per Game Carries/G	Red Zone Carries RZ Carries	Red Zone Carries Per Game RZ Car/G	Rush Yards Rush Yards	Rush Yards/G Rush Yards Per Game	Rush TDS Rush TDS
44	3.4	11	0.8	138	10.6	1
#13	#18	#9	#14	#17	#25	#18

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Attempts Attempts	Completion Percentage Completion Percentage	Passing Yards Passing Yards	Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Passing Touchdowns Passing Touchdowns	Rushing Yards Rushing Yards	Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Touchdowns	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	NYJ	35	68.6%	279 (273 air)	8.0	1 (0 int)	-1	1	19.1 (#17)
2	NO	38	68.4%	305 (270 air)	8.0	2 (1 int)	7	0	19.9 (#13)
3	HOU	34	67.6%	304 (269 air)	8.9	0 (0 int)	11	2	25.3 (#5)
4	DAL	39	66.7%	301 (350 air)	7.7	2 (2 int)	35	2	33.5 (#1)
5	PHI	37	56.8%	177 (266 air)	4.8	1 (3 int)	10	0	9.1 (#29)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Attempts Attempts	Completion Percentage Completion Percentage	Passing Yards Passing Yards	Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Passing Touchdowns Passing Touchdowns	Rushing Yards Rushing Yards	Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Touchdowns	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	BUF	35	60.0%	215 (244 air)	6.1	1 (1 int)	6	0	12.2 (#28)
2	SF	32	65.6%	179 (145 air)	5.6	1 (0 int)	7	0	11.9 (#27)
3	IND	29	58.6%	168 (184 air)	5.8	1 (3 int)	20	0	9.7 (#32)
4	DEN	42	54.8%	230 (422 air)	5.5	0 (0 int)	84	1	23.6 (#8)
7	BUF	23	52.2%	120 (114 air)	5.2	0 (2 int)	0	0	2.8 (#29)
8	KC	30	60.0%	133 (195 air)	4.4	0 (0 int)	21	0	7.4 (#27)
12	MIA	27	59.3%	197 (317 air)	7.3	0 (2 int)	9	0	6.8 (#29)
13	LV	23	60.9%	186 (141 air)	8.1	2 (1 int)	26	1	21.0 (#13)
14	SEA	26	53.8%	132 (224 air)	5.1	0 (0 int)	3	0	5.6 (#29)
15	LAR	31	71.0%	207 (124 air)	6.7	1 (0 int)	18	0	14.1 (#26)
16	CLE	32	50.0%	175 (268 air)	5.5	2 (0 int)	20	0	17.0 (#18)
17	NE	34	67.6%	266 (241 air)	7.8	1 (2 int)	3	0	12.9 (#26)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Attempts Attempts	Completion Percentage Completion Percentage	Passing Yards Passing Yards	Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Passing Touchdowns Passing Touchdowns	Rushing Yards Rushing Yards	Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Touchdowns	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	BUF	41	68.3%	175	4.3	1 (0 int)	0	0	11.0 (##24)
6	DAL	32	71.9%	338	10.6	2 (1 int)	1	0	19.6 (##9)
7	NE	32	34.4%	86	2.7	0 (4 int)	-1	0	-6.7 (##34)
8	JAC	30	70.0%	218	7.3	2 (3 int)	-1	0	10.6 (##25)
9	MIA	39	69.2%	260	6.7	1 (1 int)	1	0	12.5 (##21)
10	NYG	30	63.3%	230	7.7	1 (0 int)	25	1	21.7 (##7)
11	WAS	30	63.3%	293	9.8	4 (1 int)	-3	0	25.4 (##7)
12	OAK	29	69.0%	315	10.9	2 (0 int)	16	1	28.2 (##3)
13	CIN	48	58.3%	239	5.0	0 (0 int)	9	0	10.5 (##27)
14	MIA	36	55.6%	270	7.5	2 (1 int)	3	0	17.1 (##16)
15	BAL	32	56.2%	218	6.8	2 (1 int)	11	0	13.8 (##21)
16	PIT	26	61.5%	183	7.0	1 (0 int)	3	0	9.6 (##26)
17	BUF	36	63.9%	199	5.5	1 (1 int)	-2	0	9.8 (##27)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Attempts Attempts	Completion Percentage Completion Percentage	Passing Yards Passing Yards	Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Attempt	Passing Touchdowns Passing Touchdowns	Rushing Yards Rushing Yards	Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Touchdowns	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	DET	21	76.2%	198	9.4	2 (1 int)	-1	0	14.8 (##18)
2	MIA	41	61.0%	334	8.1	1 (2 int)	1	0	15.5 (##22)
3	CLE	31	48.4%	169	5.5	0 (2 int)	0	0	4.8 (##32)
4	JAC	34	50.0%	167	4.9	1 (0 int)	8	0	11.5 (##24)
5	DEN	22	45.5%	198	9.0	3 (1 int)	5	0	19.4 (##13)
6	IND	30	80.0%	280	9.3	2 (1 int)	8	0	19.0 (##14)
7	MIN	42	40.5%	206	4.9	1 (3 int)	18	1	16.0 (##20)
8	CHI	29	48.3%	153	5.3	1 (0 int)	22	0	12.3 (##25)
9	MIA	39	53.8%	229	5.9	0 (4 int)	0	0	1.2 (##27)
14	BUF	24	66.7%	170	7.1	1 (1 int)	10	0	9.8 (##26)
15	HOU	38	63.2%	253	6.7	2 (0 int)	35	0	21.6 (##3)
16	GB	35	68.6%	341	9.7	3 (0 int)	4	0	26.0 (##7)
17	NE	28	57.1%	167	6.0	0 (0 int)	28	0	7.5 (##23)

2021

Passing Attempts

2021

Completion Percentage

2021

Fantasy Points

2021

Passing Attempts

2021

Completion Percentage

2021

Fantasy Points

Value Over Stream

(VOS)

+2.2

(#72)

Value Over Stream: Valuation scheme calculates a player’s fantasy pts/game over the average waiver wire replacement in standard fantasy league formats during either the current season (or previous year during the offseason) and adjusts for positional bust rates. VOS rank in parenthesis spans all positions, enabling player comparisons across QB's, RB's, WR's, and TE's.

News & Analysis

Popularity Index

#197

Player Popularity Index (PPI) ranks PlayerProfiler page views over the last 30 days. For example, the No. 1 PPI player page is the most frequently visited page in recent weeks.

Injury Tracker

Severity:

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Medium

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Games Missed

Injury Reports

AC joint sprain

Week 4 (2020)

Ligament tear non-throwing hand

Week 8 (2019)

Surgery: Thumb Ligament Repair Surgery (2-4 weeks)

Foot sprain

Week 9 (2018)

ADP

183.50 183.50

Average Draft Position

16.04 Pick

QB26 Rank

College Performance

School School	Age Age	Games Games	Pass Attempts Pass Atts	Passing Yards Pass Yds	Yards Per Attempt Y/Atts	Completion Percentage Comp %	Passing Touchdowns Pass TDs	Rushing Yards Spc Tm Share
USC (2016)	19★	13 (QB)	366	3,086	8.4	67.2%	31 (9 ints)	250
USC (2017)	20	14 (QB)	480	4,143	8.6	63.1%	26 (13 ints)	82

Sam Darnold

Workout Metrics

Best Comparable to Jared Goff

Multimedia

First Mover (Week 6 DFS) with Special Guest Jakob Sanderson

What to do with Darnold? #shorts

Top-10 Takeaways LIVE - Critical Week 4 Observations for Fantasy Football

BREAKING NEWS #shorts

Can Carolina Revive Sam Darnold's Career in the NFL?

Advanced Metrics

Passing Attempts

Completion Percentage

Fantasy Points

Passing Attempts

Completion Percentage

Fantasy Points

Value Over Stream

News & Analysis

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