Sam Darnold
- QB
- SEA (2026)
- USC
- Drafted 2018, round 1, pick 3 by NYJ
2025 regular season
17 games for SEA. Data as of 9 October 2026.
- Pass attempts
- 477
- Completion %
- 67.7%
- Passing yards
- 4,048
- Passing touchdowns
- 25
- Interceptions thrown
- 14
- Yards per attempt
- 8.49
- Adjusted net yards per attempt (ANY/A)
- 8.14
- Passer rating
- 99.1
- EPA per dropback
- +0.153
- Dropback success rate
- 52.3%
- Completion % over expected (CPOE)
- +5.2
- Sack rate
- 5.4%
- Carries
- 35
- Rushing yards
- 95
- Rushing touchdowns
- 0
- EPA per rush
- -0.795
All metrics
| Metric | Value | How it is calculated |
|---|---|---|
| Completions | 323 | completions (season total) |
| Sacks taken | 27 | sacks_suffered (season total) |
| Passing air yards | 3,751 | passing_air_yards (season total) |
| Passing first downs | 178 | passing_first_downs (season total) |
| Total passing EPA | +74.6 | sum of EPA on the player's pass plays (nflverse passing_epa) |
| Touchdown rate | 5.2% | 100 x passing_tds / attempts |
| Interception rate | 2.9% | 100 x passing_interceptions / attempts |
| Passing air conversion ratio (PACR) | 1.079 | passing_yards / passing_air_yards (nflverse pacr) |
| Game-winning drives (QB) | 3 | game-winning drives led by the player: drives that score in the 4th quarter or overtime with the offense tied or trailing by at most 8 at the start and give the eventual winner a lead it never loses; credited to the drive's main dropback passer (the starting QB on run-only drives) |
| 4th-quarter comebacks (QB) | 2 | game-winning drives (see qb_game_winning_drives) in games the team trailed at some point in the 4th quarter or overtime |
| Dropbacks | 514 | plays with qb_dropback = 1 (pass attempts + sacks + scrambles), no-play penalties and two-point attempts excluded |
| Rushing first downs | 10 | rushing_first_downs (season total) |
| Total rushing EPA | -13.0 | sum of EPA on the player's rushes (nflverse rushing_epa) |
| Yards per carry | 2.71 | rushing_yards / carries |
| Rush success rate | 62.5% | 100 x rushes with EPA > 0 / rushes |
| Explosive rush rate | 0.0% | 100 x rushes gaining 10+ yards / rushes |
| Receptions | 0 | receptions (season total) |
| Targets | 0 | targets (season total) |
| Receiving yards | 0 | receiving_yards (season total) |
| Receiving touchdowns | 0 | receiving_tds (season total) |
| Receiving air yards | 0 | receiving_air_yards (season total) |
| Yards after catch | 0 | receiving_yards_after_catch (season total) |
| Receiving first downs | 0 | receiving_first_downs (season total) |
| Total receiving EPA | — | sum of EPA on passes to the player (nflverse receiving_epa) |
| Catch rate | — | 100 x receptions / targets |
| Receiver first-down rate | — | 100 x receiving_first_downs / targets |
| Yards per reception | — | receiving_yards / receptions |
| Yards per target | — | receiving_yards / targets |
| Target share | 0.000 | player targets / team targets (nflverse target_share, 0-1) |
| Air yards share | 0.000 | player receiving air yards / team air yards (nflverse air_yards_share, 0-1) |
| Weighted opportunity rating (WOPR) | 0.000 | 1.5 x target_share + 0.7 x air_yards_share (nflverse wopr) |
| Receiver air conversion ratio (RACR) | — | receiving_yards / receiving_air_yards (nflverse racr) |
| EPA per target | — | sum(epa) / targets, over pass attempts (sacks excluded) where the player is the intended receiver; excludes no-play penalties and two-point attempts |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) at or inside the opponent 20 |
| Red-zone target share | 0.000 | player red-zone targets / team red-zone targets in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Red-zone carries | 0 | rushes (incl. QB scrambles) at or inside the opponent 20 |
| Red-zone carry share | 0.000 | player red-zone carries / team red-zone carries in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Carries inside the 10 | 0 | rushes at or inside the opponent 10 |
| Targets inside the 10 | 0 | targets at or inside the opponent 10 |
| Goal-line carries (inside the 5) | 0 | rushes at or inside the opponent 5 |
| Touchdown opportunity share (inside the 10) | 0.000 | (carries + targets inside the opponent 10) / the team's carries + targets inside the 10 in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Targets behind the line (air yards < 0) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards < 0 |
| Catch rate behind the line (air yards < 0) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards < 0 |
| Targets short (air yards 0-9) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 0-9 |
| Catch rate short (air yards 0-9) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 0-9 |
| Targets intermediate (air yards 10-19) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 10-19 |
| Catch rate intermediate (air yards 10-19) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 10-19 |
| Targets deep (air yards 20+) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 20+ |
| Catch rate deep (air yards 20+) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 20+ |
| Scrimmage yards | 95 | rushing_yards + receiving_yards |
| Rushing + receiving touchdowns | 0 | rushing_tds + receiving_tds |
| Fumbles lost | 6 | sack_fumbles_lost + rushing_fumbles_lost + receiving_fumbles_lost |
| Punt returns | 0 | punt_returns (season total) |
| Punt return yards | 0 | punt_return_yards (season total) |
| Kickoff returns | 0 | kickoff_returns (season total) |
| Kickoff return yards | 0 | kickoff_return_yards (season total) |
| Yards per punt return | — | punt_return_yards / punt_returns |
| Yards per kickoff return | — | kickoff_return_yards / kickoff_returns |
| Special teams touchdowns | 0 | special_teams_tds (season total) |
Game log
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Completions | Pass attempts | Passing yards | Passing touchdowns | Interceptions thrown | Sacks taken | Total passing EPA | Carries | Rushing yards | Rushing touchdowns | Total rushing EPA | carry share pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SF | L 13-17 | 16 | 23 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6.831 | 2 | 14 | 0 | +1.016 | 7.7 |
| 2 | @ PIT | W 31-17 | 22 | 33 | 295 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +2.854 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 3 | NO | W 44-13 | 14 | 18 | 218 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 4 | @ ARI | W 23-20 | 18 | 26 | 242 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +9.921 | 1 | 24 | 0 | +1.476 | 2.9 |
| 5 | TB | L 35-38 | 28 | 34 | 341 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +23.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 6 | @ JAX | W 20-12 | 16 | 27 | 295 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +10.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -4.868 | 15.4 |
| 7 | HOU | W 27-19 | 17 | 31 | 213 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5.614 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +2.131 | 9.1 |
| 9 | @ WAS | W 38-14 | 21 | 24 | 330 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +22.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 10 | ARI | W 44-22 | 10 | 12 | 178 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +4.095 | 3 | -2 | 0 | -5.206 | 6.5 |
| 11 | @ LA | L 19-21 | 29 | 44 | 279 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -13.1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | +1.057 | 5.7 |
| 12 | @ TEN | W 30-24 | 16 | 26 | 244 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +9.424 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.570 | 5 |
| 13 | MIN | W 26-0 | 14 | 26 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -8.515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 14 | @ ATL | W 37-9 | 20 | 30 | 249 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +10.0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | +1.184 | 11.5 |
| 15 | IND | W 18-16 | 22 | 36 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +4.554 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -0.584 | 18.2 |
| 16 | LA | W 38-37 | 22 | 34 | 270 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2.734 | 3 | 7 | 0 | +0.369 | 12 |
| 17 | @ CAR | W 27-10 | 18 | 27 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7.614 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -5.928 | 8.3 |
| 18 | @ SF | W 13-3 | 20 | 26 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +4.780 | 6 | 9 | 0 | -2.049 | 15.4 |
Weeks without a row: the player recorded no statistics (inactive, injured or bye).