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

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Brock PurdyQB · SF
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Sam HowellQB · DAL
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Brock Purdy
49ers logoSan Francisco 49ers

Brock Purdy

QBpos#13jersey26age6'1"height220lbs5seasons

Iowa State · 2022 draft, round 7, pick 262

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Sam Howell
Cowboys logoDallas Cowboys

Sam Howell

QBpos#16jersey26age6'1"height225lbs5seasons

North Carolina · 2022 draft, round 5, pick 144

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PurdyHowell

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

+80.096thTotal EPA–

Passing

PurdyHowell

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

1,98061stPass yards–
1784thTouchdowns–
551stInterceptions · lower is better–
+0.30696thEPA per dropback–
+4.984thCPOE · completion % over expected–
3.1%99thSack rate · lower is better–

Rushing

PurdyHowell
201Rush yards–
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Usage

8Games with stats0
97.1%34thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played–
27740thPlays with EPA–

Passing

69.1%90thCompletion %–
8.490thYards per attempt–
55.0%96thSuccess rate–
8.161staDOT · average depth of target–

Rushing

39Carries · official rush attempts–
15Designed runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out–
5.2Yards per carry–
2Rush TD–
-0.020EPA per designed run–
73.3%Success rate–
010+ yard runs–

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Brock PurdySam Howell
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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.

Matchups to start with

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.