Nick Mullens

Nick Mullens

29-Year-Old QuarterbackQB
Minnesota Vikings
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Mullens returns for his third season in Minnesota, backing up Sam Darnold after first-round pick J.J. McCarthy suffered a season-ending knee injury in August. Mullens was his typical mediocre self in five games (three starts) after Kirk Cousins suffered a season-ending injury last year, averaging 8.8 YPA but throwing eight interceptions. Mullens has been better at boosting his receiver's stats than he is at winning games -- dating back to his time in San Francisco -- with his aggressive approach typically producing a lot of yardage and a lot of turnovers. The problem is that the interceptions usually get him benched, and he doesn't add any rushing production (22 career yards, zero TDs) in the meantime. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a two-year, $4 million contract with the Vikings in March of 2023.
Delivers critical completion in win
QBMinnesota Vikings
November 27, 2024
Mullens played two of the Vikings' 71 offensive snaps in Sunday's 30-27 overtime win over the Bears, completing his lone pass attempt for a 14-yard gain.
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For the first time since Week 5, Mullens was summoned from the bench to replace Sam Darnold, who walked off the field slowly after taking a hit on an incomplete pass on 2nd-and-13 with 6:32 remaining in the fourth quarter. Mullens came in on third down and found an open Aaron Jones in the middle of the field to extend the drive, then handed the ball off to Jones on the next play before Darnold was cleared to return to the game. Darnold was able to finish out the game and doesn't appear on the Vikings' Week 13 injury report, so Mullens looks poised to remain in a backup role moving forward. He may not be the top choice if Darnold were to miss time with an injury later on this season, however, as the Vikings signed Daniel Jones to their practice squad Wednesday and presumably view him as an upgrade over Mullens for the No. 2 role.
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    The average number of yards after the catch that receivers gained on passes thrown by this quarterback.
  • Receiver Drop %
    The percentage of passes dropped by receivers on passes thrown by this quarterback. The longer the bar, the more sure-handed his receivers have been.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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The Raiders traded Mullens to the Vikings last August, with the quarterback serving as the primary reserve to Kirk Cousins during the 2022 season. Undrafted back in 2017, Mullens ended up appearing in four games in mop-up duty and completed 21 of 25 passes for 224 yards, one touchdown and one interception. While those are not overly impressive numbers, he demonstrated he's at least a steady hand as the backup.
Mullens has 17 career starts under his belt, but he saw action in just one game with the Browns during his fourth season in the league last year. Now with the Vikings following an August trade, Mullens will have an opportunity to compete for the team's No. 2 QB job behind starter Kirk Cousins. Also currently in the mix on that front are Sean Mannion and Kellen Mond.
Undrafted out of Southern Miss back in 2017, Mullens caught on with the 49ers and ended up making 16 starts over three seasons (2018-2020) as the backup to oft-injured Jimmy Garoppolo. While the Niners won just five of those 16 games, Mullens does have strong career numbers for completion percentage (64.5) and YPA (7.9). On the other hand, he's thrown 22 interceptions on 600 pass attempts, which is why he now finds himself competing with Joe Flacco for a backup QB job in Philadelphia. The uncertainty surrounding starter Jalen Hurts creates a path to playing time, but Mullens will lack upside even if he ends up making starts, as he doesn't offer anything on the ground (minus-16 rushing yards, zero TDs for his career).
Mullens did not attempt a pass during the regular season with Jimmy Garoppolo returning to full strength in 2019. San Francisco unconventionally kept three quarterbacks on its 53-man roster, but the 25-year-old served as the primary backup over C.J. Beathard, with the latter occupying one of the seven inactive slots on game days. Mullens showed that he could air it out a bit (284.6 yards per game) when called upon in 2018, but that came at the expense of ball protection (13 touchdowns to 10 interceptions). Consider the former undrafted free agent a poor man's Jameis Winston if he is asked to step in for Jimmy G at any point during the 2020 campaign.
Mullens quietly had his own coming-out party in the shadows of tight end George Kittle's star turn in 2018. The 23-year-old rookie went from practice squad quarterback, to one of the hottest starters down the stretch after racking up 2,277 passing yards and 13 touchdowns on 64 percent passing over the final eight games of the campaign. Mullen's aggressive downfield approach resulted in 10 interceptions over that span, but that same style earned him 8.3 YPA, which ranked fifth among all qualified NFL quarterbacks last year. As for this season, Jimmy Garoppolo is expected to come back healthy and reclaim his starting job right off the bat, leaving Mullens as the front runner in a competition for the backup job with C.J. Beathard, with the loser potentially being traded or cut before the 2019 season.
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Operating as No. 2 quarterback
QBMinnesota Vikings
September 22, 2024
Mullens is active for Sunday's game against the Texans.
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Tosses TD in Saturday's start
QBMinnesota Vikings
August 17, 2024
Mullens completed 11 of 21 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 27-12 preseason win over the Browns.
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Becomes backup QB
QBMinnesota Vikings
August 14, 2024
Mullens will start Saturday's preseason game at Cleveland, Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Mullens is set to move up to second on the depth chart at quarterback behind starter Sam Darnold after the Vikings announced Wednesday that J.J. McCarthy (knee) underwent season-ending surgery.
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Now backing up Darnold, not Cousins
QBMinnesota Vikings
March 13, 2024
Mullens looks set to work as the top backup in 2024 to Sam Darnold, who agreed to a one-year deal with Minnesota on Monday, Christian Gonzales of NFL.com reports.
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Remarkable numbers in loss
QBMinnesota Vikings
January 7, 2024
Mullens completed 30 of 44 passes for 396 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions and rushed twice for eight yards in the Vikings' 30-20 loss to the Lions on Sunday.
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Keeping No. 2 quarterback job
QBMinnesota Vikings
November 27, 2024
Mullens will not lose his No. 2 quarterback job for the time being despite the Vikings' addition of Daniel Jones on Wednesday, Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Mullens put together some noteworthy performances down the stretch last season after Kirk Cousins went down with a torn Achilles, and he's a reasonably capable veteran with 32 games of NFL experience under his belt. While Jones certainly has more pedigree, Mullens is now in his third year in head coach Kevin O'Connell's offense, giving him quite the edge on Jones, who'll open his Vikings tenure on the practice squad.
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