Sam Darnold

New York Jets#14QBActive

HT/WT

6' 3", 225 lbs

Birthdate

6/5/1997 (29)

College

USC

Draft

2018: Rd 1, Pk 3 (NYJ)

How Sam Darnold performed against the coverage shell, personnel, box count, and pass rush the defense actually showed — not the offense's own play call. Sourced from nflverse's participation data, which charts a subset of snaps, so samples here run thinner than the Splits tab.

By Coverage Shell — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Cover 1	158	945	6	-0.04	35.4%
Cover 3	122	1,094	4	+0.32	54.9%
Cover 4	49	364	1	+0.46	61.2%
Cover 2	42	302	2	+0.04	47.6%
Unknown	37	-198	0	-1.48	10.8%
Cover 0	34	101	6	-0.57	38.2%
Cover 6	29	177	0	+0.00	34.5%
2-Man	4	32	0	+0.66	75.0%
Prevent	2	1	0	-0.01	50.0%

Man vs. Zone — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Zone Coverage	244	1,938	7	+0.26	52.5%
Man Coverage	196	1,078	12	-0.12	36.7%
Unknown	37	-198	0	-1.48	10.8%

By Defensive Personnel — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Nickel	305	1,849	13	+0.01	45.6%
Dime	128	683	4	-0.19	35.9%
Base (3-4)	17	147	2	+0.48	58.8%
Base (4-3)	14	85	0	+0.07	35.7%
Quarter	9	36	0	-0.45	22.2%
Base	3	9	0	-0.17	33.3%

By Box Count — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
6 in the Box	240	1,323	7	-0.05	43.8%
Light Box (≤5)	118	738	5	+0.07	43.2%
7 in the Box	105	717	4	-0.07	39.0%
Stacked Box (8+)	14	40	3	-0.26	50.0%

By Pass Rush — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
4 Rushers	260	1,741	11	+0.16	46.9%
5 Rushers	107	576	4	-0.16	39.3%
3 or Fewer Rushers	56	390	2	+0.01	42.9%
6+ Rushers (Blitz)	49	105	2	-0.89	22.4%
Unknown	5	6	0	+0.75	100.0%