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

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Jay Ward
Vikings logoMinnesota Vikings

Jay Ward

Spos#24jersey26age6'1"height190lbs4seasons

LSU · 2023 draft, round 4, pick 134

VS2of 11 shown metrics led4
Brock Purdy
49ers logoSan Francisco 49ers

Brock Purdy

QBpos#13jersey26age6'1"height220lbs5seasons

Iowa State · 2022 draft, round 7, pick 262

Across the 11 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Purdy leads in 4 and Ward leads in 2; 5 are level. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

WardPurdy

Percentile chips: vs 112 safeties who played half the games, 2026 season

7.3%5thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played97.1%34th
–Total EPA per game+10.0096th

Passing

WardPurdy

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

0.0Pass yards per game247.561st
0.0Touchdowns per game2.190th
0.0Interceptions per game · lower is better0.660th
–EPA per dropback+0.30696th
–CPOE · completion % over expected+4.984th
–Sack rate · lower is better3.1%99th

Rushing

WardPurdy
0.0Rush yards per game25.1

Defense

WardPurdy
1.3Tackles per game0.0
0.00Sacks per game0.00
0.0Tackles for loss per game0.0
0.0QB hits per game0.0
0.0Passes defended per game0.0
0.0Interceptions per game0.0
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Usage

6Games with stats8
–Plays with EPA per game34.631st

Passing

–Completion %69.1%90th
–Yards per attempt8.490th
–Success rate55.0%96th
–aDOT · average depth of target8.161st

Rushing

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

Defense

0.5Solo tackles per game0.0

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Jay WardBrock Purdy
●Wk 1●Wk 2●Wk 3●Wk 4●Wk 5●Wk 6●Wk 7Wk 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.

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.