Sam Darnold

Minnesota Vikings#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 — 2024

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Cover 1	191	1,341	17	+0.12	44.5%
Cover 2	143	878	6	-0.05	51.0%
Cover 3	118	865	3	-0.12	46.6%
2-Man	69	367	6	+0.07	47.8%
Cover 4	39	302	3	+0.13	56.4%
Cover 6	29	167	0	+0.10	48.3%
Cover 0	22	71	3	-0.19	36.4%
Combo	18	80	0	-0.15	38.9%
Cover 9	13	85	0	-0.04	69.2%
Unknown	2	-9	0	-0.73	0.0%

Man vs. Zone — 2024

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Zone Coverage	360	2,377	12	-0.04	50.0%
Man Coverage	282	1,779	26	+0.08	44.7%
Unknown	2	-9	0	-0.73	0.0%

By Defensive Personnel — 2024

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Nickel	416	2,661	25	+0.05	47.1%
Base (4-3)	91	824	8	+0.19	56.0%
Dime	85	322	1	-0.43	34.1%
Base (3-4)	47	318	3	+0.13	61.7%
Quarter	3	20	0	-0.54	0.0%
Heavy	2	2	1	+0.51	50.0%

By Box Count — 2024

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
6 in the Box	331	2,224	15	+0.01	47.7%
Light Box (≤5)	188	987	9	-0.12	42.0%
7 in the Box	106	812	9	+0.18	52.8%
Stacked Box (8+)	18	124	5	+0.37	72.2%

By Pass Rush — 2024

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
4 Rushers	483	3,013	28	+0.02	49.1%
5 Rushers	104	822	8	+0.02	45.2%
6+ Rushers (Blitz)	34	172	2	-0.13	38.2%
3 or Fewer Rushers	21	147	0	-0.07	42.9%
Unknown	2	-7	0	-1.00	0.0%