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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Brock PurdyQB · SF
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Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA
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Brock Purdy
49ers logoSan Francisco 49ers

Brock Purdy

QBpos#13jersey26age6'1"height220lbs5seasons

Iowa State · 2022 draft, round 7, pick 262

VS5of 13 shown metrics led8
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Seahawks logoSeattle Seahawks

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

WRpos#11jersey24age6'0"height197lbs4seasons

Ohio State · 2023 draft, round 1, pick 20

Across the 13 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Smith-Njigba leads in 8 and Purdy leads in 5. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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PurdySmith-Njigba

Percentile chips: vs 34 QBs who played half the games, 2026 season

97.1%34thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played84.2%92nd
+10.0096thTotal EPA per game+7.26100th

Passing

PurdySmith-Njigba

Percentile chips: vs 35 QBs who have 12+ dropbacks a week, 2026 season

247.561stPass yards per game1.6
2.190thTouchdowns per game0.0
0.660thInterceptions per game · lower is better0.0
+0.30696thEPA per dropback+0.925
+4.984thCPOE · completion % over expected+45.3
3.1%99thSack rate · lower is better0.0%

Rushing

PurdySmith-Njigba
25.1Rush yards per game3.2

Receiving

PurdySmith-Njigba

Percentile chips: vs 88 WRs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

0.0Targets per game11.097th
0.0Receptions per game7.998th
0.0Receiving yards per game115.199th
0.0Receiving TD per game1.099th
–Target share · of team targets in his games35.5%98th
–EPA per target+0.63494th
–YAC per catch4.971st
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Usage

8Games with stats9
34.631stPlays with EPA per game11.498th

Passing

69.1%90thCompletion %100.0%
8.490thYards per attempt14.0
55.0%96thSuccess rate100.0%
8.161staDOT · average depth of target-7.0

Rushing

4.9Carries per game · official rush attempts0.3
1.9Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out0.3
5.2Yards per carry9.7
0.3Rush TD per game0.0
-0.020EPA per designed run+0.568
73.3%Success rate100.0%
0.010+ yard runs per game0.1

Receiving

–Catch rate71.7%86th
–Air yards share50.8%99th
–aDOT10.132nd

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Brock PurdyJaxon Smith-Njigba
●Wk 1●Wk 2●Wk 3●Wk 4●Wk 5●Wk 6●Wk 7●Wk 8●Wk 9

Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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top passers · most targeted
Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.