QB · Seattle Seahawks · #14

Sam Darnold

QB1

College: USC
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 225 lb
Experience: 9th season

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Season

EPA / play

−0.01▼ 0.14 vs '25

17th of 23 QBs

CPOE

+0.5▼ 4.6 vs '25

13th of 23 QBs

Yards / attempt

7.29▼ 1.20 vs '25

12th of 23 QBs

INT rate

4.5%▲ 1.6 vs '25

23rd of 23 QBs · 8 INT / 177 att

Rushing

52 yds+0.60 EPA/CAR

9 car · 5.78 y/c · 0 td

Ranks compare against the 23 qualifying quarterbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per dropback by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Dropbacks−1.6

Designed runs−3.8

Net−5.4

Best game · Wk 7 vs KC

20/28

Cmp/Att

257

Pass yds

1 / 1

TD / INT

+15.4

Pass EPA

+0.51

EPA/play

Rush yds

2026 game log

	Passing											Rushing
Game	Completions / attemptsCompletions and attempts.	Completion %Completions divided by attempts.	Passing yardsPassing yards (sack yardage not subtracted).	Yards per attemptPassing yards divided by attempts.	Passing touchdownsTouchdown passes.	InterceptionsPasses intercepted.	Sacks takenTimes sacked.	Adjusted net yards per attempt(Passing yards + 20 × TD − 45 × INT − sack yards) ÷ (attempts + sacks). Rewards touchdowns, punishes interceptions and sacks.	Passing EPAExpected points added on dropbacks, including sacks and scrambles.	EPA per dropbackExpected points added per dropback. Zero is an average play; +0.20 is elite.	Completion % over expectedCompletion percentage minus the expected completion percentage for the same throws, given depth, location and pressure. In percentage points.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.
Wk 1 vs NEW	1/2	50.0	13	6.50	0	0	1	2.67	−2.1	−0.69	−24.2	0	0	–	0	–	–
Wk 3 @ WASL	31/45	68.9	379	8.42	4	2	0	8.20	+5.7	+0.12	+5.3	1	5	5.00	0	+1.6	+1.61
Wk 4 vs LACW	13/22	59.1	168	7.64	2	1	3	5.72	−4.3	−0.16	+0.3	3	6	2.00	0	−2.9	−0.95
Wk 5 vs SFL	18/29	62.1	195	6.72	1	2	5	2.71	−10.5	−0.30	+0.1	1	5	5.00	0	+1.6	+1.55
Wk 6 @ DENL	27/51	52.9	278	5.45	0	2	5	2.68	−5.9	−0.10	−4.6	2	19	9.50	0	+1.8	+0.91
Wk 7 vs KCW	20/28	71.4	257	9.18	1	1	0	8.29	+15.4	+0.51	+4.0	2	17	8.50	0	+3.3	+1.64
Season	110/177	62.1	1,290	7.29	8	8	14	5.20	−1.6	−0.01	+0.5	9	52	5.78	0	+5.4	+0.60

How he compares

2026 quarterbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2025 with Seahawks

$101Mover 3 years

Avg. per year: $33.5M
Guaranteed: $37.5M 37%
2026 cap hit: $37.9M 12.1% of the cap
Signed: 2025
Runs through: 2027

2025

2026 · now

2027

Year 2 of 3 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Passing										Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	Completions / attemptsCompletions and attempts.	Completion %Completions divided by attempts.	Yards per attemptPassing yards divided by attempts.	Adjusted net yards per attempt(Passing yards + 20 × TD − 45 × INT − sack yards) ÷ (attempts + sacks). Rewards touchdowns, punishes interceptions and sacks.	Passing touchdownsTouchdown passes.	InterceptionsPasses intercepted.	Sacks takenTimes sacked.	Passing EPAExpected points added on dropbacks, including sacks and scrambles.	EPA per dropbackExpected points added per dropback. Zero is an average play; +0.20 is elite.	Completion % over expectedCompletion percentage minus the expected completion percentage for the same throws, given depth, location and pressure. In percentage points.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.
2026	6	−5.4	110/177	62.1	7.29	5.20	8	8	14	−1.6	−0.01	+0.5	9	5.78	0	+5.4	+0.60
2025	17	+48.0	323/477	67.7	8.49	7.40	25	14	27	+67.1	+0.13	+5.2	35	2.71	0	−13.0	−0.37
2024	17	+34.1	361/545	66.2	7.92	6.99	35	12	48	+53.0	+0.09	+3.9	67	3.16	1	−3.1	−0.05
2023	10	−8.4	28/46	60.9	6.46	4.85	2	1	6	+0.3	+0.01	−1.4	21	0.71	1	−8.3	−0.40
2022	6	+17.8	82/140	58.6	8.16	7.13	7	3	10	+28.0	+0.18	+4.9	26	4.08	2	−4.0	−0.15
2021	12	−79.5	243/406	59.9	6.22	4.35	9	13	35	−70.3	−0.15	−4.9	48	4.63	5	+3.9	+0.08
2020	12	−74.2	217/364	59.6	6.07	4.16	9	11	35	−74.6	−0.18	−1.9	37	5.86	2	+12.6	+0.34
2019	13	−25.8	273/441	61.9	6.86	5.50	19	13	33	−12.3	−0.03	+1.0	33	1.88	2	−7.7	−0.23
2018	13	−35.7	239/414	57.7	6.92	5.24	17	15	30	−22.2	−0.05	−4.6	43	3.14	1	−5.9	−0.14
Career	106	−129.0	1876/3010	62.3	7.22	5.76	131	90	238	−32.7	−0.01	+0.3	319	3.50	14	−20.2	−0.06