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Michael Hoecht
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Michael Hoecht

DEpos#55jersey29age6'4"height264lbs6seasons

Brown

VS2of 11 shown metrics led4
Brock Purdy
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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 (last 4 games): Purdy leads in 4 and Hoecht 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

HoechtPurdy

Percentile chips: vs 245 DL who played half the games, last 4 games

33.0%27thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played98.0%61st
–Total EPA+13.566th

Passing

HoechtPurdy

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

0Pass yards97370th
0Touchdowns669th
0Interceptions · lower is better418th
–EPA per dropback+0.08058th
–CPOE · completion % over expected+5.280th
–Sack rate · lower is better5.7%62nd

Rushing

HoechtPurdy

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

0Rush yards796th

Defense

HoechtPurdy

Percentile chips: vs 238 DL who played half the games, last 4 games

731stTackles0
0.022ndSacks0.0
018thTackles for loss0
012thQB hits0
036thPasses defended0
049thInterceptions0
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Usage

4Games with stats4
–Plays with EPA14863rd

Passing

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

Rushing

0Carries · official rush attempts1933rd
–Designed runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out861st
–Yards per carry4.26th
0Rush TD144th
–EPA per designed run+0.28372nd
–Success rate87.5%72nd
–10+ yard runs044th

Defense

452ndSolo tackles0

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

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.