Sam Darnold is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Darnold in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Darnold's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Sam Darnold

2× Pro BowlTop 25% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 2024 🏆 Clutch · +10% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2024Two-Way Profile

Career Value · VORP

112 career value over replacement — #996 all-time of 4,695. 14/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2018 · -8.3 vs expected KV-H

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63.3 expected · Δ−8.3

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Combined Season Grid

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4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Passing													Rushing								Snap Counts						Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2018	21	NYJ	13	—	8.3	239	414	57.7%	2,865	17	15	4.1	3.6	6.9	6.1	1.1	77.6	30	43	135	1	3.1	2.3	16	37.2	1	810	99.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	22	NYJ	13	—	9.6	273	441	61.9%	3,024	19	13	4.3	2.9	6.9	6.4	1.5	84.3	33	33	62	2	1.9	6.1	6	18.2	0	840	99.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	23	NYJ	12	—	0.0	217	364	59.6%	2,208	9	11	2.5	3.0	6.1	5.2	0.8	72.7	35	37	217	2	5.9	5.4	13	35.1	0	739	99.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	24	CAR	12	—	0.0	243	406	59.9%	2,527	9	13	2.2	3.2	6.2	5.2	0.7	71.9	35	48	222	5	4.6	10.4	21	43.8	2	771	93.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	25	CAR	6	—	5.4	82	140	58.6%	1,143	7	3	5.0	2.1	8.2	8.2	2.3	92.6	10	26	106	2	4.1	7.7	10	38.5	1	377	100.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	26	SF	10	—	0.0	28	46	60.9%	297	2	1	4.3	2.2	6.5	6.3	2.0	85.1	6	21	15	1	0.7	4.8	3	14.3	0	130	20.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	27	MIN	17	—	6.6	361	545	66.2%	4,319	35	12	6.4	2.2	7.9	8.2	2.9	102.5	48	67	212	1	3.2	1.5	23	34.3	2	1,110	99.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	28	SEA	17	—	18.0	323	477	67.7%	4,048	25	14	5.2	2.9	8.5	8.2	1.8	99.1	27	35	95	0	2.7	0.0	10	28.6	1	1,026	96.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2026	29	SEA	5	—	0.0	90	149	60.4%	1,033	7	7	4.7	4.7	6.9	5.8	1.0	77.4	14	7	35	0	5.0	0.0	3	42.9	0	280	82.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	105	—	47.9	1,856	2,982	62.2%	21,464	130	89	4.4	3.0	7.2	6.7	1.5	86.0	238	317	1,099	14	3.5	4.4	105	33.1	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

92ndPassing Touchdowns·130 95thPassing Yards·21,464 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

64thPlayoff Passing Yards·917 yds 64thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·6

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A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 112 · #996 · High-Value

Worth 112 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 22% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.7

Avg surplus

peak +34

6 seasons × ~18.7 surplus ≈