Sam Darnold Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Sam Darnold
QB
, Minnesota Vikings

Age: 27
Weight: 225 lbs
Height: 6' 3"
College: USC

ADP: 214
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
252.6	3530	29	11	194

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

ESPN

Dec 16 · 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 14 · 11:45 AM EST

MIN QB Sam Darnold - Week 15 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 15 vs. Chicago Bears

In what was touted the Kirk Cousins Bowl, it was Sam Darnold who had the last laugh. 347 yards and five touchdowns in Minnesota's 42-21 win over the Falcons to move to 11-2. Darnold has the Vikings offense rolling well, throwing multiple touchdowns in four straight and six of his last seven. One of those games, plus 330 passing yards, came in Week 12 against the Bears in Chicago. The Bears visit Minnesota Sunday. Darnold is a solid QB1 going into the playoffs, something we didn't think much of going into the fantasy season, but here we are. Darnold has the weapons to make a run in the fantasy playoffs.

2024 Strength of Schedule - MIN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
18 @NYG	4 SF	10 HOU	5 @GB	31 NYJ	BYE	16 DET	14 @LAR	3 IND	28 @JAX	12 @TEN	9 @CHI	7 ARI	30 ATL	9 CHI	17 @SEA	5 GB	16 @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%
Per game			20.57	30.43	252.14	2.07	0.79	8.29	12.26	4.00	13.86	0.07	0.29	3.46	18.04	64.79/65.29	99.24%
Totals			288	426	3530	29	11	8.29	12.26	56	194	1	4	3.46	252.6	907/914	99.24%

Previous Games vs. SEA


Season	Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
2023	14	SEA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	12	@SEA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	14	@SEA	14	24	120	1	0	5.00	8.57	4	30	0	0	7.50	11.8	72/72	100.00%
2020	14	@SEA	14	26	132	0	0	5.08	9.43	1	3	0	0	3.00	5.6	53/53	100.00%
Average					14.00	25.00	126.00	0.50	0.00	5.04	9.00	2.50	16.50	0.00	0.00	5.25	8.69	62.50/62.50	100.00%

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