2026
2026 season · QB · #2 · 2nd season
Shedeur Sanders
Age 24 · 6'2" · 215 lb · Colorado; Jackson State University · Pick 144 overall (2025). Listed QB2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 4% across 2 games.
- How goodSanders has -2.0 EPA on 3 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+0.9).
- Fantasy0.0 standard points a game.0.0 half-PPR points a game.0.0 PPR points a game.
- How he's usedShedeur gets a fingerprint once he reaches 50 attempts; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
- LatelyToo few games for a trend yet: 2 played.
- This weekA soft matchup: the Saints rank 23rd vs the pass, allowing +0.09 EPA per dropback.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | -0.67 | |||
| CPOEcompletion over expected | +15.8 | |||
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 0% | |||
| Yards per attempt | 0.7 | |||
| TD rateper attempt | 0% | |||
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 0% |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | -1.7 | |||
| Rush EPA per game | 0.00 | |||
| Success rate | 0% | |||
| ANY/A | 0.67 | |||
| Total EPA | -2.0 |
Graded once he reaches 50 attempts. 38 quarterbacks qualify so far.
Sanders scores 0.0 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Saints allow the 16th-fewest standard points to QBs, 17.2 a game.
Sanders scores 0.0 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Saints allow the 16th-fewest half-PPR points to QBs, 17.2 a game.
Sanders scores 0.0 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (25+) and 2 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Saints allow the 16th-fewest PPR points to QBs, 17.2 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
Shedeur gets a fingerprint once he reaches 50 attempts; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
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.
Sanders has -2.0 EPA on 3 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts. The biggest share comes after the catch (+0.9).
career -0.25 over 2025 · the lowest of his 2 seasons
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.
His throws spread much like the league's: no spot with five or more runs 15% above the league's share.
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 SaintsCaesars Superdome
NO −2.5 · O/U 43.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A soft matchup: the Saints rank 23rd vs the pass, allowing +0.09 EPA per dropback.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-34Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at TB W 23-19Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs CAR W 21-1816th D | 16th vs the pass | 1% | 1/1 | 0 | -0.4 | ||
| 4 | vs PIT W 27-24Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at NYJ L 12-17Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs BAL W 13-10Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | at TEN W 27-24Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | at PIT L 6-278th D | 8th vs the pass | 6% | 2/2 | 2 | -1.6 | ||
| 9 | at NOSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs HOUSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | Bye week | |||||||
| 12 | vs LVSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs CINSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs ATLSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at NYGSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at BALSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs INDSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at CINSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 2 games | 4% | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-34Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at TB W 23-19Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs CAR W 21-1816th D | 16th vs the pass | -0.40 | +13.1 | -4.0 | 0% | 0.0 | |
| 4 | vs PIT W 27-24Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at NYJ L 12-17Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs BAL W 13-10Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | at TEN W 27-24Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | at PIT L 6-278th D | 8th vs the pass | -0.80 | +18.6 | -0.5 | 0% | 0.0 | |
| 9 | at NOSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs HOUSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | Bye week | |||||||
| 12 | vs LVSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs CINSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs ATLSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at NYGSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at BALSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs INDSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at CINSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 2 games | -0.67 | +15.8 | -1.7 | 0 | 0% | 0.0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-34Did not play | |||||||||
| 2 | at TB W 23-19Did not play | |||||||||
| 3 | vs CAR W 21-1816th D | 16th vs the pass | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | ||
| 4 | vs PIT W 27-24Did not play | |||||||||
| 5 | at NYJ L 12-17Did not play | |||||||||
| 6 | vs BAL W 13-10Did not play | |||||||||
| 7 | at TEN W 27-24Did not play | |||||||||
| 8 | at PIT L 6-278th D | 8th vs the pass | 2 | 2 | 100% | 2 | 1.0 | 79.2 | ||
| 9 | at NOSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||||
| 10 | vs HOUSun Nov 15 | |||||||||
| 11 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 12 | vs LVSun Nov 29 | |||||||||
| 13 | vs CINSun Dec 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | vs ATLSun Dec 13 | |||||||||
| 15 | at NYGSun Dec 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | at BALSun Dec 27 | |||||||||
| 17 | vs INDSun Jan 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | at CINSun Jan 10 | |||||||||
| 2 games | 3 | 3 | 100% | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
Too few games for a trend yet: 2 played.
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: 0 of his next 9 are top-10 vs the pass and 2 are bottom-10, starting with the Saints (23rd, 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 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | -0.80 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | -0.40 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | – | – | – | – |
| All games | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | -0.67 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
Too few games to read a pattern yet.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2025, 1,400 passing yards in 8 games. This season's 1.0 a game puts him on pace for 17 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Y/A | Rating | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CLE | 8 | 120/212 | 57% | 1,400 | 7 | 10 | 6.6 | 68.1 | -0.25 |
| 2026 | CLE | 2 | 3/3 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 79.2 | -0.67 |
| Career | 1 tm | 10 | 123/215 | 57% | 1,402 | 7 | 10 | 6.5 | 68.4 | -0.26 |
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
- +15.8 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 0%
- Play action
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- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Quinshon JudkinsRB | 124 | 476 · 3 TD | -18.5 |
 KC ConcepcionWR | 58 | 386 | +6.8 |
 Denzel BostonWR | 53 | 409 · 3 TD | +5.9 |
 Deshaun WatsonQB | 51 | 217 · 1 TD | +2.4 |
 Harold Fannin Jr.TE | 51 | 411 · 3 TD | +13.5 |
 Jerry JeudyWR | 24 | 171 | -0.6 |
 Raheim SandersRB | 21 | 117 | -1.0 |
 Dylan SampsonRB | 18 | 146 | +5.9 |