Sam Darnold Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Sam Darnold
QB
, Minnesota Vikings

Age: 28
Weight: 225 lbs
Height: 6' 3"
College: USC

ADP: 214
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
308	4319	35	12	212

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Vikings haven't rule out offering QB Sam Darnold contract for next year

ESPN

Dec 16, 2024 · 11:00 AM EST

Sam Darnold has played well enough to leave the Vikings more open-minded about their 2025 plans than many realize, according to sources familiar with the Vikings' thinking. They have not ruled out offering him a contract for next season, despite widespread assumptions they will let him sign elsewhere in free agency and hand the job to J.J. McCarthy, who has spent his rookie season recovering from a torn meniscus in his right knee.

Related players: Daniel Jones

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The story added the Vikings have also prepared to move on from Darnold, especially if he receives a more lucrative offer from another QB-needy team. Darnold agreed to wear a modified camera on his helmet during practices and walk-throughs to help McCarthy during his recovery process, the story said. McCarthy uses the video to simulate practice reps via virtual reality. The Vikings also signed Jones, who was released by the Giants, to their practice squad last month, a move widely viewed as an early look at a potential candidate to replace Darnold next season as the veteran alongside McCarthy.

Scouting report

by Bill Riccette

· Dec 27, 2024 · 7:50 PM EST

MIN QB Sam Darnold - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 vs. Green Bay Packers

It certainly wasn't expected that Sam Darnold would be a top-10 fantasy option heading into Week 17 and championship week, but that's how Darnold's season has gone. Kevin O'Connell has resurrected Darnold's career (and maybe won himself Coach of the Year honors this season). Darnold gets another shot at the Packers, a team he had a very solid outing against in Week 4. Darnold went 20-of-28 for 275 yards and three touchdowns. He has thrown for at least 230 yards in every game since Minnesota's Week 6 bye and has thrown multiple touchdowns in a game in five of the last six weeks. The Vikings have a chance at the No. 1 seed in the NFC and Darnold has been a key reason for that. He's QB7 on our board for championship week.

2024 Strength of Schedule - MIN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
12 @NYG	4 SF	11 HOU	5 @GB	30 NYJ	BYE	32 DET	20 @LAR	16 IND	23 @JAX	17 @TEN	3 @CHI	6 ARI	29 ATL	3 CHI	7 @SEA	5 GB	32 @DET

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	@NYG	19	24	208	2	1	8.67	10.95	3	3	0	0	1.00	14.6	55/55	100.0%
2	SF	17	26	268	2	1	10.31	15.76	5	32	0	0	6.40	19.9	54/54	100.0%
3	HOU	17	28	181	4	0	6.46	10.65	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.2	61/63	96.8%
4	@GB	20	28	275	3	1	9.82	13.75	7	15	0	1	2.14	20.5	68/68	100.0%
5	NYJ	14	31	179	0	1	5.77	12.79	5	11	0	1	2.20	4.3	72/73	98.6%
6	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	DET	22	27	259	1	1	9.59	11.77	4	39	0	0	9.75	16.3	60/60	100.0%
8	@LAR	18	25	240	2	0	9.60	13.33	3	6	0	0	2.00	18.2	50/50	100.0%
9	IND	28	34	290	3	2	8.53	10.36	4	14	0	1	3.50	19.0	73/73	100.0%
10	@JAX	24	38	241	0	3	6.34	10.04	7	28	0	0	4.00	6.4	84/84	100.0%
11	@TEN	20	32	246	2	0	7.69	12.30	8	18	1	1	2.25	23.6	73/73	100.0%
12	@CHI	22	34	330	2	0	9.71	15.00	2	-1	0	0	-0.50	21.1	69/71	97.2%
13	ARI	21	31	235	2	0	7.58	11.19	4	22	0	0	5.50	19.6	53/53	100.0%
14	ATL	22	28	347	5	0	12.39	15.77	4	7	0	0	1.75	34.6	58/60	96.7%
15	CHI	24	40	231	1	1	5.78	9.62	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.2	77/77	100.0%
16	@SEA	22	35	246	3	0	7.03	11.18	5	11	0	0	2.20	22.9	66/66	100.0%
17	GB	33	43	377	3	1	8.77	11.42	3	-3	0	0	-1.00	24.8	72/72	100.0%
18	@DET	18	41	166	0	0	4.05	9.22	3	10	0	0	3.33	7.6	65/65	100.0%
Per game			21.24	32.06	254.06	2.06	0.71	7.92	11.96	3.94	12.47	0.06	0.24	3.16	18.12	65.29/65.71	99.37%
Totals			361	545	4319	35	12	7.92	11.96	67	212	1	4	3.16	307.96	1110/1117	99.37%

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