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Sam Darnold

QB • SEA

Sam Darnold

Active

Photo: nflverse / NFL.com
General Value2,950#133 consensus • 60% 2026 league-scored Sleeper projection + 40% active Dynasty ECR • athlete profile +2.5% (career explosive index 91.7 (position #3))
Age29.0
Height6'3"
Weight225 lb
CollegeUSC
Experience8 years
Depth chart#1

Current Sleeper availability

Injury & Availability

No active Sleeper designation
No active Sleeper designationSleeper currently lists no active injury designation for this player.
NFL roster statusActive
Current designationNone
Body areaNot specified
Practice participationNot reported
Designation since
Sleeper record updatedJuly 18, 2026 4:55 pm
FLIQ checkedJuly 28, 2026 7:24 pm

Current availability is supplied by Sleeper’s player directory and is not a complete medical history. Sleeper’s documented player feed supplies status and practice context, not article headlines. No active designation does not mean the player has no prior injuries.

CURRENT NFL CONTRACT

NFL Contract

3 years • $100.5M

Active
TeamSEA
Term3 years
Total value$100.5M
Guaranteed$37.5M
Average / year$33.5M
Signed

Source: User-provided contract data. Contract facts provide roster and dynasty context; they are not included in league-adjusted fantasy value yet.

Position: QB; Avg. guarantee/year: 12500000; Guaranteed: 37.3%

SEA offense

Team Depth Chart

See the selected athlete’s path to touches alongside every fantasy-relevant teammate.

Sleeper directory

Depth order and current team assignments come from the synchronized Sleeper player directory. Re-run “Sync My League” to refresh the selected league and its relevant player records; use the full directory sync in admin for every NFL depth chart.

Complete athlete profile

Evaluation Evidence

Open and authorized data, normalized by position and kept separate from league scoring.

78%profile coverage
Athletic profile37th percentileCompared only with historical QB testing records
Dynasty value effect+2.5% value effectSmall supporting adjustment from athleticism, draft capital, breakout age, and explosive history; it fades with NFL experience
Weekly outlook inputsProjection + roleLeague scoring, expected usage, availability, and matchup drive weekly value—not workout testing
Speed41thBurst12thChange of direction70thShort-area quickness38thExplosion22th37PROFILE

Athletic shape

37th percentile profile

Every axis compares Sam Darnold with historical QB testing records—not with every NFL position.

Signature strengthsChange of direction + Speed
4.85 sec40th percentile

40-yard dash

2018 QB class#6 of 10All-time QB#250 of 414
27 in8th percentile

Vertical jump

2018 QB class#9 of 11All-time QB#334 of 363
105 in19th percentile

Broad jump

2018 QB class#7 of 10All-time QB#295 of 364
6.96 sec78th percentile

3-cone

2018 QB class#4 of 9All-time QB#75 of 334
4.40 sec38th percentile

20-yard shuttle

2018 QB class#6 of 9All-time QB#211 of 340
79.942th percentile

FLIQ speed score

2018 QB class#6 of 10All-time QB#242 of 413
37.08th percentile

FLIQ burst score

2018 QB class#8 of 10All-time QB#328 of 356
11.463th percentile

FLIQ agility time

2018 QB class#5 of 9All-time QB#123 of 331
Compared withQBs at the same position2018 draft class and all synchronized historical testing records

Workout source: nflverse. Percentiles and comparison groups are independent FantasyLeagueIQ calculations; unavailable metrics are omitted rather than estimated.

NFL Draft Capital

Draft year2,018
Draft round1
Overall pick3
Draft teamNYJ
Draft Age21
Draft CollegeUSC

Source: nflverse. Draft capital affects dynasty only through a bounded, experience-decaying modifier.

Big-play ability + league scoring

Explosive Play Profile

Long-play efficiency, volume, repeatability, and the selected league’s bonus opportunities in one view.

91.7NFL Explosive IndexQB #3
Peak season90.6
Recent three-season form90.6
Latest season2025 • QB #3
Selected league bonus overlayNo explicit big-play bonuses
Long gains still earn normal yardage and touchdown points.
Plays behind the ratingHighest-impact imported nflverse evidence
2025 • Week 12 • vs TENTD
63-yard completion

(11:11) (Shotgun) 14-S.Darnold pass deep right to 11-J.Smith-Njigba for 63 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

6.0 impact credits
2025 • Week 6 • vs JAXTD
61-yard completion

(8:42) 14-S.Darnold pass deep middle to 11-J.Smith-Njigba for 61 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

6.0 impact credits
2025 • Week 9 • vs WASTD
60-yard completion

(4:44) (No Huddle) 14-S.Darnold pass deep right to 82-C.White for 60 yards, TOUCHDOWN. ** Injury Update: WAS-23-T.Amos has returned to the game.

6.0 impact credits
2025 • Week 10 • vs ARITD
43-yard completion

(11:01) 14-S.Darnold pass deep left to 11-J.Smith-Njigba for 43 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

4.5 impact credits
How the explosive profile and league overlay work

The NFL Explosive Index compares a player only with the same position. Its season model blends impact per opportunity, impact per game, positional share, long-touchdown rate, and longest gain; the career index blends 50% peak season, 30% recent three-season form, and 20% career share percentile. The league overlay reads synchronized Sleeper scoring for long-play and yardage-threshold bonuses. Those rules affect league-scored projections and fantasy value without rewriting the player’s league-neutral NFL explosiveness. Source: nflverse play-by-play and Sleeper league settings.

Availability + repeatability

Dependability Index

Two lenses, because weekly trust and dynasty durability are different questions.

Weekly dependability
75B

75% scoring-floor hit rate • 81% workload stability

Dynasty dependability
90A

86% three-year game availability • 3 seasons of evidence

How dependability is calculated

Weekly dependability blends recorded-game availability, how often the player clears 60% of his median fantasy output, and stability of attempts, carries, and targets. Dynasty dependability emphasizes three-year game availability and repeat seasons, with a small age-context adjustment. Scores use PPR scoring and do not treat ceiling as reliability.

2020 Production & Efficiency

Attempts364#24 of 43 QBs
Completion rate59.6%#35 of 40 QBs
Pass yards2,208#26 of 43 QBs
Yards / attempt6.07#35 of 40 QBs
Pass TD9#30 of 43 QBs
Rush yards217#12 of 43 QBs

NFL production supplied by nflverse. Same-position ranks include qualified players from the selected season. Volume ranks require 50 pass attempts; rate ranks require 100. Fantasy output elsewhere on this page is recalculated with standard PPR scoring.

How this affects value

60% 2026 league-scored Sleeper projection + 40% active Dynasty ECR • athlete profile +2.5% (career explosive index 91.7 (position #3)). Athletic and draft inputs are supporting evidence—not a replacement for current projections, ECR, production, availability, or the selected league’s rules.

2026 Sleeper projection

Season Projection

Projected points250.74
Dynasty ADP174.4
Projected pass/rush yards3,833
Projected TDs28
Standard PPR points134.02
Points per game11.17
Games12
Position rank#30

Standard PPR

Game Logs

WkOppLeague PtsPassingRushingReceivingFum
1BUF11.2021/35 • 215 yd • 1 TD1 att • 6 yd • 0 TD0
2SF11.8621/32 • 179 yd • 1 TD2 att • 7 yd • 0 TD0
3IND6.7217/29 • 168 yd • 1 TD5 att • 20 yd • 0 TD0
4DEN23.6023/42 • 230 yd • 0 TD6 att • 84 yd • 1 TD0
7BUF0.8012/23 • 120 yd • 0 TD0
8KC7.4218/30 • 133 yd • 0 TD4 att • 21 yd • 0 TD0
12MIA4.7816/27 • 197 yd • 0 TD2 att • 9 yd • 0 TD0
13LV20.0414/23 • 186 yd • 2 TD3 att • 26 yd • 1 TD2
14SEA5.5814/26 • 132 yd • 0 TD1 att • 3 yd • 0 TD0
15LA14.0822/31 • 207 yd • 1 TD5 att • 18 yd • 0 TD0
16CLE17.0016/32 • 175 yd • 2 TD7 att • 20 yd • 0 TD0
17NE10.9423/34 • 266 yd • 1 TD1 att • 3 yd • 0 TD0

Fallback statistics supplied by nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Standard PPR points calculated by FantasyLeagueIQ.

Standard PPR

Career by Season

YearGPointsPPGPassingRushingReceiving
202517235.4213.854,048 yd • 25 TD95 yd • 0 TD
202417307.9618.124,319 yd • 35 TD212 yd • 1 TD
20231023.382.34297 yd • 2 TD15 yd • 1 TD
2022686.3214.391,143 yd • 7 TD106 yd • 2 TD
202112157.2813.112,527 yd • 9 TD222 yd • 5 TD
202012134.0211.172,208 yd • 9 TD217 yd • 2 TD

Imported Player Data

Every metric retains its source and effective context.

2018
Draft Age
21
Draft College
USC
Draft Pick
3
Draft Round
1
Draft Team
NYJ
Draft Year
2018
Workoutnflverse
2018
Agility Score
11.36
Broad Jump
105
Burst Score
37
Combine Height
6-3
Combine School
USC
Combine Weight
221
Cone
6.96
Forty
4.85
Shuttle
4.4
Speed Score
79.883174
Vertical
26.5