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Michael Heldman
Chiefs logoKansas City Chiefs

Michael Heldman

LBpos23age6'3"height268lbsRrookie

Central Michigan

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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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Usage

HeldmanPurdy

Percentile chips: vs 50 QBs who played half the games, last 4 games

–Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played98.0%61st
–Total EPA+13.566th

Passing

HeldmanPurdy

Percentile chips: vs 42 QBs who have 12+ dropbacks a week, last 4 games

–Pass yards97370th
–Touchdowns669th
–Interceptions · lower is better418th
–EPA per dropback+0.08058th
–CPOE · completion % over expected+5.280th
–Sack rate · lower is better5.7%62nd

Rushing

HeldmanPurdy

Percentile chips: vs 9 QBs who have 4.5+ carries a week, last 4 games

–Rush yards796th
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Usage

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–Plays with EPA14863rd

Passing

–Completion %68.3%80th
–Yards per attempt7.975th
–Success rate48.6%73rd
–aDOT · average depth of target8.373rd

Rushing

–Carries · official rush attempts1933rd
–Designed runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out861st
–Yards per carry4.26th
–Rush TD144th
–EPA per designed run+0.28372nd
–Success rate87.5%72nd
–10+ yard runs044th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Michael HeldmanBrock 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.