Sam Darnold

Seattle Seahawks#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 — 2025

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Cover 3	180	1,321	8	+0.05	47.8%
Cover 2	113	763	3	+0.05	52.2%
Cover 1	105	932	9	+0.36	55.2%
Cover 4	69	462	5	+0.15	50.7%
Cover 6	45	409	3	+0.12	46.7%
2-Man	40	204	1	+0.25	62.5%
Cover 9	23	213	0	+0.41	56.5%
Cover 0	19	157	2	-0.16	42.1%
Unknown	5	10	0	+0.06	40.0%
Combo	4	16	0	+0.23	50.0%

Man vs. Zone — 2025

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Zone Coverage	434	3,184	19	+0.10	49.8%
Man Coverage	164	1,293	12	+0.27	55.5%
Unknown	5	10	0	+0.06	40.0%

By Defensive Personnel — 2025

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Nickel	324	2,135	16	+0.09	50.0%
Base (3-4)	106	1,101	8	+0.41	58.5%
Dime	83	539	2	-0.01	49.4%
Base (4-3)	64	545	4	+0.28	53.1%
Base	13	126	0	+0.51	53.8%
Goal Line	9	39	0	-1.25	22.2%
Heavy	4	2	1	+0.15	25.0%

By Box Count — 2025

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
6 in the Box	301	2,051	13	+0.06	49.5%
7 in the Box	179	1,649	13	+0.38	55.9%
Light Box (≤5)	80	471	2	-0.08	47.5%
Stacked Box (8+)	38	306	3	+0.21	52.6%
Unknown	5	10	0	+0.06	40.0%

By Pass Rush — 2025

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
4 Rushers	381	2,959	18	+0.18	52.2%
5 Rushers	140	1,088	9	+0.22	52.9%
6+ Rushers (Blitz)	61	346	4	-0.18	42.6%
3 or Fewer Rushers	14	65	0	-0.38	42.9%
Unknown	7	29	0	+0.29	57.1%