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

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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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Patrick Mahomes
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Patrick Mahomes

QBpos#15jersey31age6'2"height225lbs10seasons

Texas Tech · 2017 draft, round 1, pick 10

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

–Total EPA per game+5.82769th

Passing

HowellMahomes

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

–Pass yards per dropback7.0270th
–Touchdowns per dropback0.04873rd
–Interceptions per dropback · lower is better0.01473rd
–EPA per dropback+0.15773rd
–CPOE · completion % over expected+2.273rd
–Sack rate · lower is better3.8%84th

Rushing

HowellMahomes
–Rush yards per carry3.70
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–Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played99.3%74th
–Plays with EPA per game36.543rd

Passing

–Completion %67.3%79th
–Yards per attempt7.773rd
–Success rate50.3%81st
–aDOT · average depth of target5.61st

Rushing

–Carries per game · official rush attempts2.9
–Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out0.3
–Yards per carry3.7
–Rush TD per carry0.043
–EPA per designed run+0.584
–Success rate50.0%
–10+ yard runs per carry0.043

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Sam HowellPatrick Mahomes
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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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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.