2026
2026 season · QB · #9 · 4th season
Bryce Young
Age 25 · 5'10" · 204 lb · Alabama · Pick 1 overall (2023). Listed QB1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 94% across 7 games.
- How goodYoung's +12.3 EPA is 18th of 38 quarterbacks.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+116.9, 51st percentile per dropback).
- Fantasy18.0 standard points a game, QB13 of 34.18.0 half-PPR points a game, QB13 of 34.18.0 PPR points a game, QB13 of 34.
- How he's usedThe RPO is part of his offense: 6% of his dropbacks (league 1%).
- LatelyDropbacks are steady: 40 a game over his last three against 41.7 for the season.
- This weekA tough matchup: the Broncos rank 6th vs the pass, allowing -0.06 EPA per dropback.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | +0.06 | 17th of 38 | 57th | |
| CPOEcompletion over expected | -0.8 | 21st of 38 | 46th | |
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 8% | 27th of 38 | 30th | |
| Yards per attempt | 7.1 | 17th of 38 | 57th | |
| TD rateper attempt | 5% | 16th of 38 | 59th | |
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 2% | 16th of 38 | 59th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | 8.1 | 12th of 38 | 70th | |
| Rush EPA per game | -0.71 | 32nd of 38 | 17th | |
| Success rate | 43% | 27th of 38 | 30th | |
| ANY/A | 6.23 | 19th of 38 | 51st | |
| Total EPA | +12.3 | 18th of 38 | 54th |
How this is measured
Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.
Young scores 18.0 standard points a game, QB13 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 11.0 and 23.6; 1 boom week (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Broncos allow the 14th-fewest standard points to QBs, 16.4 a game.
Young scores 18.0 half-PPR points a game, QB13 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 11.0 and 23.6; 1 boom week (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Broncos allow the 14th-fewest half-PPR points to QBs, 16.4 a game.
Young scores 18.0 PPR points a game, QB13 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 11.0 and 23.6; 1 boom week (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Broncos allow the 14th-fewest PPR points to QBs, 16.4 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the QB12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
The RPO is part of his offense: 6% of his dropbacks (league 1%). He stays in the pocket: 2% of his dropbacks end in a scramble (league 4%). Play action is a staple: 23% of his attempts come off a fake (league 21%).
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Young's +12.3 EPA is 18th of 38 quarterbacks. The biggest share comes after the catch (+116.9, 51st percentile per dropback). Runs cost him more than most (-8.5, 12th percentile).
career -0.14 over 2023–2025 · the best of his 4 seasons so far
How this is measured
Every dropback and run this season, split by what happened. Completions divide at the catch: the yards in the air, and his credited share of what came after (nflverse's air EPA and QB EPA). Per dropback counts scrambles as dropbacks. The percentile is him among the qualifying quarterbacks, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 50 attempts.
He throws deep middle 1.4× as often as the league (3% of his attempts against 2%) and gains +0.83 EPA a throw there.
How this is measured
Every pass attempt with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three throws show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
vs BroncosBank of America Stadium
DEN −3 · O/U 43.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A tough matchup: the Broncos rank 6th vs the pass, allowing -0.06 EPA per dropback. He has averaged 221 yards a game against top-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs CHI L 37-5915th D | 15th vs the pass | 90% | 23/37 | 361 | 3 | 1 | +15.5 |
| 2 | at ATL W 34-314th D | 14th vs the pass | 94% | 23/36 | 287 | 3 | +11.1 | |
| 3 | at CLE L 18-219th D | 9th vs the pass | 100% | 26/48 | 291 | 1 | 1 | -5.9 |
| 4 | vs DET W 32-2629th D | 29th vs the pass | 100% | 29/41 | 329 | 2 | +20.5 | |
| 5 | Bye week | |||||||
| 6 | at PHI W 25-1426th D | 26th vs the pass | 100% | 20/39 | 281 | 2 | +4.0 | |
| 7 | vs TB L 13-432nd D | 2nd vs the pass | 77% | 14/27 | 163 | 1 | 2 | -20.3 |
| 8 | at GB L 19-275th D | 5th vs the pass | 100% | 23/41 | 209 | 1 | 1 | -7.6 |
| 9 | vs DENSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | at NOSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs BALSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at TBMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | at MINSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs NOSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs CINSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at PITSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs SEASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs ATLSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 94% | 158/269 | 1921 | 13 | 5 | +17.3 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs CHI L 37-5915th D | 15th vs the pass | +0.40 | +6.6 | 9.8 | 2 | 5% | +1.7 |
| 2 | at ATL W 34-314th D | 14th vs the pass | +0.29 | +11.6 | 8.6 | 2 | 5% | +1.1 |
| 3 | at CLE L 18-219th D | 9th vs the pass | -0.12 | -2.7 | 9.2 | 3 | 6% | 0.0 |
| 4 | vs DET W 32-2629th D | 29th vs the pass | +0.47 | +9.0 | 8.3 | 3 | 7% | -2.5 |
| 5 | Bye week | |||||||
| 6 | at PHI W 25-1426th D | 26th vs the pass | +0.10 | -8.2 | 9.5 | 2 | 5% | -5.4 |
| 7 | vs TB L 13-432nd D | 2nd vs the pass | -0.63 | -15.7 | 6.5 | 5 | 16% | +0.1 |
| 8 | at GB L 19-275th D | 5th vs the pass | -0.16 | -6.0 | 4.1 | 6 | 13% | 0.0 |
| 9 | vs DENSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | at NOSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs BALSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at TBMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | at MINSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs NOSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs CINSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at PITSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs SEASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs ATLSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | +0.06 | -0.8 | 8.1 | 23 | 8% | -5.0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs CHI L 37-5915th D | 15th vs the pass | 23 | 37 | 62% | 361 | 9.8 | 3 | 1 | 110.3 |
| 2 | at ATL W 34-314th D | 14th vs the pass | 23 | 36 | 64% | 287 | 8.0 | 3 | 116.3 | |
| 3 | at CLE L 18-219th D | 9th vs the pass | 26 | 48 | 54% | 291 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 70.7 |
| 4 | vs DET W 32-2629th D | 29th vs the pass | 29 | 41 | 71% | 329 | 8.0 | 2 | 110.7 | |
| 5 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 6 | at PHI W 25-1426th D | 26th vs the pass | 20 | 39 | 51% | 281 | 7.2 | 2 | 91.9 | |
| 7 | vs TB L 13-432nd D | 2nd vs the pass | 14 | 27 | 52% | 163 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 51.9 |
| 8 | at GB L 19-275th D | 5th vs the pass | 23 | 41 | 56% | 209 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 68.0 |
| 9 | vs DENSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||||
| 10 | at NOSun Nov 15 | |||||||||
| 11 | vs BALSun Nov 22 | |||||||||
| 12 | at TBMon Nov 30 | |||||||||
| 13 | at MINSun Dec 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | vs NOSun Dec 13 | |||||||||
| 15 | vs CINSun Dec 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | at PITSun Dec 27 | |||||||||
| 17 | vs SEASun Jan 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | vs ATLSun Jan 10 | |||||||||
| 7 games | 158 | 269 | 59% | 1921 | 7.1 | 13 | 5 | 89.1 |
Dropbacks are steady: 40 a game over his last three against 41.7 for the season. Yards are slipping: 218 a game lately against 274. At or above a starter's median in yards in 5 of 7 games. EPA / dropback is falling too: -0.20 over the last three.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 7th-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 14.3 of 32 on average (league middle 16.6). Ahead: 5 of his next 10 are top-10 vs the pass and 2 are bottom-10, starting with the Broncos (6th) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Att/g | Yds/g | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 3 | 38.7 | 221 | -0.26 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 2 | 36.5 | 324 | +0.35 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 2 | 40.0 | 305 | +0.29 |
| All games | 7 | 38.4 | 274 | +0.06 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
How this is measured
His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.68): the schedule has been doing some of the work.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2025, 3,011 passing yards in 16 games. This season's 274.4 a game puts him on pace for 4,665 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Y/A | Rating | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | CAR | 16 | 315/527 | 60% | 2,877 | 11 | 10 | 5.5 | 73.7 | -0.27 |
| 2024 | CAR | 14 | 234/384 | 61% | 2,403 | 15 | 9 | 6.3 | 82.2 | -0.06 |
| 2025 | CAR | 16 | 304/478 | 64% | 3,011 | 23 | 11 | 6.3 | 87.8 | -0.04 |
| 2026 | CAR | 7 | 158/269 | 59% | 1,921 | 13 | 5 | 7.1 | 89.1 | +0.06 |
| Career | 1 tm | 53 | 1,011/1,658 | 61% | 10,212 | 62 | 35 | 6.2 | 82.2 | -0.11 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- QB1 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- Knee, full participation in practice
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- CPOE
- -0.8 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 8%
- Play action
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- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chuba HubbardRB | 144 | 690 · 7 TD | +19.6 |
 Tetairoa McMillanWR | 65 | 569 · 2 TD | +22.7 |
 Jalen CokerWR | 44 | 364 · 3 TD | +8.5 |
 Darren WallerTE | 25 | 209 · 3 TD | +8.6 |
 Tommy TrembleTE | 24 | 155 · 2 TD | +4.3 |
 John Metchie IIIWR | 20 | 114 · 1 TD | +2.8 |
 AJ DillonRB | 19 | 46 | -11.0 |
 Mitchell EvansTE | 13 | 128 | +5.9 |