Sam Darnold

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2023 Fantasy Outlook
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Declares for 2018 NFL Draft
QBUSC
January 3, 2018
Darnold has decided to skip his senior season at USC and enter the 2018 NFL Draft.
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Despite being somewhat silenced by the Buckeyes during the Cotton Bowl, Darnold is expected to be one of the top quarterbacks off the board in the draft. He completed 303 of his 480 attempts for 4,143, 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. The redshirt sophomore also completed 63.1 percent of his passes and averaged 8.63 yards per attempt in the campaign.
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2017 Fantasy Outlook
It might seem like a slight to rank Darnold this low when he's the consensus favorite to be the first pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, but it's solely because USC's offense doesn't play with the tempo of other quarterbacks in this range. Indeed, if these rankings were simply about talent, Darnold would be at the top. But he plays in an offense that averaged just 32.2 passes per game in the regular season, and he doesn't run enough to make up for it. At the least, Darnold will be efficient and nearly matchup-proof after throwing 31 touchdowns on 366 passes last year.
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Struggles in Cotton Bowl loss
QBUSC
December 30, 2017
Darnold completed 26 of 45 passes for 356 yards one interception, and no touchdowns in Friday's loss to Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. He also lost a pair of fumbles.
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Masterful against Stanford
QBUSC
December 2, 2017
Darnold went 17 of 24 for 325 yards and two touchdowns in Friday's PAC-12 Championship win over Stanford.
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Decent game vs. UCLA
QBUSC
November 19, 2017
Darnold went 17 of 28 passing for 264 yards and one interception, and rushed for 10 yards and a touchdown on five carries in Saturday's win over UCLA.
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Leads Trojans to win
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November 12, 2017
Darnold went 21-of-34 passing for 329 yards and two touchdowns, while adding 31 yards rushing and a touchdown on three carries Saturday in the win over Colorado.
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Strong performance vs. Arizona
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November 5, 2017
Darnold went 20-of-26 passing for 311 yards, two touchdowns and one interception Saturday in the win over Arizona.
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