2026
2026 season · QB · #10 · 1st season
Jalon Daniels
Age 24 · 6'0" · 219 lb · Kansas · Undrafted (2026). Listed QB2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 63% across 5 games.
- How goodDaniels's -13.6 EPA is 33rd of 38 quarterbacks.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+39.5, 20th percentile per dropback).
- Fantasy6.8 standard points a game, QB34 of 34.6.9 half-PPR points a game, QB34 of 34.7.0 PPR points a game, QB34 of 34.
- How he's usedHe runs when it breaks down: 13% of his dropbacks end in a scramble (league 4%).
- LatelyDropbacks are steady: 24.7 a game over his last three against 21.4 for the season.
- This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Bears rank 15th vs the pass, allowing +0.01 EPA per dropback.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | -0.19 | 36th of 38 | 7th | |
| CPOEcompletion over expected | -15.6 | 38th of 38 | 1st | |
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 8% | 29th of 38 | 25th | |
| Yards per attempt | 5.1 | 38th of 38 | 1st | |
| TD rateper attempt | 3% | 31st of 38 | 20th | |
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 5% | 38th of 38 | 1st |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | 6.1 | 36th of 38 | 7th | |
| Rush EPA per game | +1.41 | 8th of 38 | 80th | |
| Success rate | 39% | 33rd of 38 | 14th | |
| ANY/A | 2.51 | 38th of 38 | 1st | |
| Total EPA | -13.6 | 33rd of 38 | 14th |
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.
Daniels scores 6.8 standard points a game, QB34 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between -0.5 and 11.9; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 4 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Bears allow the 8th-most standard points to QBs, 19.3 a game.
Daniels scores 6.9 half-PPR points a game, QB34 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between -0.5 and 11.9; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 4 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Bears allow the 8th-most half-PPR points to QBs, 19.3 a game.
Daniels scores 7.0 PPR points a game, QB34 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between -0.5 and 11.9; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 4 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Bears allow the 8th-most PPR points to QBs, 19.3 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
He runs when it breaks down: 13% of his dropbacks end in a scramble (league 4%). The RPO is part of his offense: 4% of his dropbacks (league 1%). He works the sidelines: 12% of his attempts go between the numbers (league 20%).
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.
Daniels's -13.6 EPA is 33rd of 38 quarterbacks. The biggest share comes after the catch (+39.5, 20th percentile per dropback). His incompletions rank in the 91st percentile (-23.4). Air yards cost him more than most (-5.7, 9th percentile).
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 behind right 1.7× as often as the league (15% of his attempts against 9%) but averages -0.22 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
at BearsSoldier Field
CHI −5.5 · O/U 47.5
The defense vs the pass
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Bears rank 15th vs the pass, allowing +0.01 EPA per dropback. He has averaged 0 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CIN L 27-33Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | vs CLE L 19-23Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs MIN L 16-231st D | 1st vs the pass | 6% | 0/3 | 0 | 1 | -0.5 | |
| 4 | vs GB L 14-175th D | 5th vs the pass | 100% | 19/27 | 148 | 1 | 2 | -4.3 |
| 5 | at DAL W 24-1630th D | 30th vs the pass | 100% | 19/25 | 189 | 1 | +5.9 | |
| 6 | vs PIT L 19-268th D | 8th vs the pass | 100% | 22/43 | 164 | 1 | 2 | -21.8 |
| 7 | at CAR W 43-1316th D | 16th vs the pass | 10% | 0/0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | vs ATL W 16-0Did not play | |||||||
| 9 | at CHISun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | at DETSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs CARMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | vs LACSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at BALSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs NOSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at ATLSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NOSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 5 games | 63% | 60/98 | 501 | 3 | 5 | -20.7 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CIN L 27-33Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | vs CLE L 19-23Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs MIN L 16-231st D | 1st vs the pass | -0.15 | -51.4 | 35.3 | 0% | +0.1 | |
| 4 | vs GB L 14-175th D | 5th vs the pass | -0.14 | +1.2 | 4.2 | 3 | 10% | +1.4 |
| 5 | at DAL W 24-1630th D | 30th vs the pass | +0.23 | +2.8 | 4.4 | 1 | 4% | +1.0 |
| 6 | vs PIT L 19-268th D | 8th vs the pass | -0.45 | -15.0 | 6.3 | 5 | 10% | +4.6 |
| 7 | at CAR W 43-1316th D | 16th vs the pass | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 8 | vs ATL W 16-0Did not play | |||||||
| 9 | at CHISun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | at DETSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs CARMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | vs LACSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at BALSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs NOSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at ATLSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NOSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 5 games | -0.19 | -15.6 | 6.1 | 9 | 8% | +7.1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CIN L 27-33Did not play | |||||||||
| 2 | vs CLE L 19-23Did not play | |||||||||
| 3 | vs MIN L 16-231st D | 1st vs the pass | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | vs GB L 14-175th D | 5th vs the pass | 19 | 27 | 70% | 148 | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 65.0 |
| 5 | at DAL W 24-1630th D | 30th vs the pass | 19 | 25 | 76% | 189 | 7.6 | 1 | 110.3 | |
| 6 | vs PIT L 19-268th D | 8th vs the pass | 22 | 43 | 51% | 164 | 3.8 | 1 | 2 | 49.0 |
| 7 | at CAR W 43-1316th D | 16th vs the pass | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | ||
| 8 | vs ATL W 16-0Did not play | |||||||||
| 9 | at CHISun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 11 | at DETSun Nov 22 | |||||||||
| 12 | vs CARMon Nov 30 | |||||||||
| 13 | vs LACSun Dec 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | at BALSun Dec 13 | |||||||||
| 15 | vs NOSun Dec 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | at ATLSun Dec 27 | |||||||||
| 17 | vs LASun Jan 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | at NOSun Jan 10 | |||||||||
| 5 games | 60 | 98 | 61% | 501 | 5.1 | 3 | 5 | 63.4 |
Dropbacks are steady: 24.7 a game over his last three against 21.4 for the season. 5 straight games below a starter's median in pass yards. Week 7 was his season low in yards.
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 2nd-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 12.0 of 32 on average (league middle 16.6). Ahead: 2 of his next 9 are top-10 vs the pass and 3 are bottom-10, starting with the Bears (15th, away) 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 | 24.3 | 104 | -0.33 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 25.0 | 189 | +0.23 |
| All games | 5 | 19.6 | 100 | -0.19 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
How this is measured
His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.40): the schedule has been doing some of the work.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
First season: 5 games in, 501 passing yards, a 17-game pace of 1,703.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Y/A | Rating | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TB | 5 | 60/98 | 61% | 501 | 3 | 5 | 5.1 | 63.4 | -0.19 |
| Career | 1 tm | 5 | 60/98 | 61% | 501 | 3 | 5 | 5.1 | 63.4 | -0.19 |
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
- QB2 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- CPOE
- -15.6 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 8%
- Play action
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- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bucky IrvingRB | 170 | 806 · 6 TD | -4.1 |
 Kenny GainwellRB | 76 | 350 · 1 TD | -5.6 |
 Emeka EgbukaWR | 51 | 251 · 3 TD | -12.3 |
 Chris Godwin Jr.WR | 38 | 261 | +6.6 |
 Cade OttonTE | 30 | 186 | +4.8 |
 Ted Hurst IIIWR | 24 | 168 · 1 TD | -0.4 |
 Tez JohnsonWR | 18 | 198 · 1 TD | +12.2 |
 Baker MayfieldQB | 16 | 80 · 1 TD | +1.1 |