Sam Darnold
2025 Season Outlooks
After reviving his career in Minnesota, Sam Darnold signed a three-year deal to join the Seahawks. We expect a step back for Darnold in 2025 and wouldn't draft him in one-QB leagues despite his QB7 finish in 2024. While Darnold does have a good offensive coordinator in Klint Kubiak and a talented wide receiver duo in Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp, his surroundings are still a step down from 2024. Before last year, Darnold had never thrown 20 pass touchdowns in a season or topped 3,100 yards. Expect him to best those totals in 2025, but regress from his 2024 career highs. In leagues where you start two QBs, you can start considering Darnold in the middle rounds as a borderline QB2.
Darnold signed with Seattle after enjoying a breakout 2024 campaign in Minnesota. Playing with the lead often (league-high 53% of plays) in Kevin O'Connell's QB-friendly scheme, Darnold finished top 10 among QBs in pass attempts, completions, pass yards, pass TDs, INTs, sacks and carries. He had multiple TD passes in 12 games and had a solid fantasy floor with 16-plus points in 12 games. Despite the big box score numbers, Darnold finished "only" 18th in QBR and isn't going to move the needle much with his legs (career high in rush yards is 222), so it's fair to expect a step back in a Klint Kubiak-led offense that swapped out DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett for Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Darnold is best valued as a fringe QB2 with minimal upside.
2025 Fantasy Football Rankings
Standard
#218
PPR
#204
Half-PPR
#197
Superflex
#83
2025 Fantasy Football Draft Projections
| Pass Yds | Pass TD | Pass Int | Rush Yds | Rush TD | 3710.0 | 21.7 | 13.8 | 196.9 | 1.9 |
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2025 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Standard
#176
Pick 15.08
PPR
#217
Pick 19.01
Half-PPR
#182
Pick 16.02
Superflex
#96
Pick 8.12
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