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QB · 6′2″ 230 lb · Born 1988-02-25 · College: Florida State · Played 2011–2016 · Drafted 2011 round 1, pick 12 by Minnesota Vikings ·

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ESPN=13966, NFLVERSE=00-0027950, NFLVERSE=PON404041, OTC=1769, PFR=PondCh00

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Passing

Year	Team	Pos	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk
2011	MIN	QB	11	158	291	1853	13	13	70.1	30
2012	MIN	QB	16	300	483	2935	18	12	81.2	32
2013	MIN	QB	9	152	239	1648	7	9	77.9	27
2014	MIN	QB	2	22	44	222	0	2	45.8	6
Total			38	632	1057	6658	38	36	75.9	95

Rushing

Year	Team	Pos	G	Rush	Yds	TD	Y/C	Fum	FL
2011	MIN	QB	11	28	219	0	7.8	6	2
2012	MIN	QB	16	60	253	2	4.2	7	5
2013	MIN	QB	9	34	151	4	4.4	7	4
2014	MIN	QB	2	4	16	1	4.0	0	0
Total			38	126	639	7	5.1	20	11

Receiving

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R
2012	MIN	QB	16	1	1	-15	0	-15.0
Total			16	1	1	-15	0	-15.0

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2011	Minnesota Vikings	QB	7
2012	Minnesota Vikings	QB	7
2013	Minnesota Vikings	QB	7
2014	Minnesota Vikings	QB	7
2015	Denver Broncos	QB	2
2016	San Francisco 49ers	QB	15

Total QBR

Year	Team	Rk	QBR	Pts added	Plays	EPA	Pass	Run	Sack	Pen	Exp sack
2011	MIN	30	32.4	-17.9	366	8.8	-11.5	8.5	-12.0	-0.2	0.0
2012	MIN	16	52.6	3.6	597	42.5	17.5	9.9	-11.2	3.9	0.0

ESPN Total QBR (2006 on). Rank is among qualifying quarterbacks that season.

Expected points added

As passer (dropbacks)

Year	Dropbacks	EPA	EPA/db	Success	CPOE
2011	321	-56.4	-0.18	36.8%	-6.9
2012	517	-8.9	-0.02	42.2%	-2.4
2013	266	-23.0	-0.09	42.5%	+1.1
2014	50	-19.1	-0.38	32.0%	-9.6

As rusher

Year	Carries	EPA	EPA/carry	Success
2011	25	17.6	0.70	68.0%
2012	45	0.7	0.02	46.7%
2013	31	8.1	0.26	45.2%
2014	4	2.2	0.55	75.0%

From every play since 1999 (nflfastR EPA model). Success = share of plays with positive EPA.

Snap counts

Year	Team	G	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	MIN	9	511	86%	0	0%	0	0%
2014	MIN	2	89	56%	0	0%	0	0%

Games with a snap count on file (2012 on); percentages are the average share per game.

Depth chart history

Year	Team	Listed at	Weeks as starter	Weeks listed
2011	MIN	QB	11	18
2012	MIN	QB	18	18
2013	MIN	QB	10	18
2014	MIN	QB	0	16
2015	DEN	QB	0	1
2016	SFO	QB	0	18

Regular-season depth charts (2001 on). A starter is a first-string listing that week.

Contracts

Signed	Team	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
2016	San Francisco 49ers	1	$800,000	$800,000	$0	0.5%
2015	Las Vegas Raiders	1	$2.2M	$2.2M	$1.5M	1.6%
2015	Denver Broncos	1	$745,000	$745,000	$0	0.5%
2011	Minnesota Vikings	4	$10.2M	$2.5M	$10.2M	2.1%

Career contract value $14.0M (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is the average per year against that season's salary cap.

Combine

Year	Pos	School	Ht	Wt	40	Bench	Vert	Broad	3-cone	Shuttle
2011	QB	Florida State	6′2″	229	4.63		34.0	116	6.85	4.09

All of the 2011 combine →

Injury reports (18)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2011	11	MIN	left Hand	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	12	MIN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	14	MIN	Hip	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	15	MIN	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	17	MIN	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	4	MIN	Neck	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	5	MIN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	6	MIN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	7	MIN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	8	MIN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	9	MIN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	18 (WC)	MIN	right Elbow	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	4	MIN	Rib	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2013	6	MIN	Rib	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	7	MIN	Rib	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	11	MIN	left Shoulder	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	12	MIN	left Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	14	MIN	Concussion	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice

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