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

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Bryce YoungQB · CAR
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Bryce Young
Panthers logoCarolina Panthers

Bryce Young

QBpos#9jersey25age5'10"height204lbs4seasons

Alabama · 2023 draft, round 1, pick 1

VS1of 8 shown metrics led7
Brock Purdy
49ers logoSan Francisco 49ers

Brock Purdy

QBpos#13jersey26age6'1"height220lbs5seasons

Iowa State · 2022 draft, round 7, pick 262

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Purdy leads in 7 and Young leads in 1. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

YoungPurdy

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

+2.9360thTotal EPA per game+10.0096th

Passing

YoungPurdy

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

274.690thPass yards per game247.561st
2.081stTouchdowns per game2.190th
0.837thInterceptions per game · lower is better0.660th
+0.06956thEPA per dropback+0.30696th
+1.361stCPOE · completion % over expected+4.984th
7.6%27thSack rate · lower is better3.1%99th

Rushing

YoungPurdy
5.9Rush yards per game25.1
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Usage

8Games with stats8
95.1%25thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played97.1%34th
42.693rdPlays with EPA per game34.631st

Passing

60.4%16thCompletion %69.1%90th
7.156thYards per attempt8.490th
43.7%39thSuccess rate55.0%96th
8.164thaDOT · average depth of target8.161st

Rushing

1.4Carries per game · official rush attempts4.9
0.0Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out1.9
4.3Yards per carry5.2
0.1Rush TD per game0.3
–EPA per designed run-0.020
–Success rate73.3%
0.010+ yard runs per game0.0

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Bryce YoungBrock Purdy
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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.

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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.