Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
USC paired 4,225 primary output with 62.7 efficiency.
Player Stats
Sam Darnold College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 7,561
- Passing yards
- 7,229
- Rushing yards
- 332
- Touchdowns
- 64
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | USC | 13 | 473 | 453 | 20 | 5 | 62.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 13 | 2,863 | 2,633 | 230 | 28 | 62.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | USC | 14 | 338 | 356 | -18 | 0 | 70.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 14 | 3,887 | 3,787 | 100 | 31 | 70.6 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 62.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with 338 yards of offense and 53.7 efficiency. It landed in the 78.6th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · USC
Games
14
Primary Metric / G
301.8
Efficiency
62.7
Usage
14.8
Consistency
86.9
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 338. Western Michigan: 283. Stanford: 320. Texas: 385. California: 237. Washington State: 189. Oregon State: 298. Utah: 373. Notre Dame: 236. Arizona State: 285. Arizona: 321. Colorado: 360. UCLA: 274. Stanford: 326
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 56 by 53.7. Western Michigan: 38 by 54.6. Stanford: 28 by 67.5. Texas: 55 by 52.1. California: 40 by 69.2. Washington State: 38 by 53.2. Oregon State: 39 by 57.4. Utah: 56 by 59.7. Notre Dame: 37 by 58.3. Arizona State: 39 by 66.3. Arizona: 31 by 70.3. Colorado: 37 by 85.6. UCLA: 33 by 61.3. Stanford: 28 by 68.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins314.7 · Games = 11 · +60.4 vs Losses
Losses254.3 · Games = 3 · -60.4 vs Wins
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