San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is celebrating his twenty fifth birthday, and he has gone by means of fairly a journey over the previous couple of years.
He was the “Mr. Irrelevant” of the 2022 NFL Draft because the final participant chosen, and was, due to this fact, an afterthought for the Niners as their third-string quarterback when that season started.
However season-ending accidents to starter Trey Lance and backup Jimmy Garoppolo put Purdy underneath heart, and he was glorious from the beginning.
Many have taken pictures at Purdy and accused him of being an overrated recreation supervisor who’s barely higher than common, however a deeper dive into stats and info tells a special story.
David Lombardi of The San Francisco Commonplace posted on X that Purdy’s complete passing yards (fourth) and yards per try (first) by age 25 rank favorably amongst some legendary quarterbacks.
Brock Purdy turns 25 right this moment. He has 9,141 passing yards.
Listed below are some QBs round Purdy on the record of passing yards earlier than Age 25:
Patrick Mahomes: 9,623
Joe Namath: 9,606
Fran Tarkenton: 9,409
Purdy: 9,141
Andrew Luck: 8.566
Ben Roethlisberger: 8,519— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) December 27, 2024
On Brock Purdy’s twenty fifth birthday, yards per try earlier than Age 25 in NFL historical past:
1. Purdy: 8.8
2. Patrick Mahomes: 8.5
3. Ben Roethlisberger: 8.3
4. Deshaun Watson: 8.1
5. Dan Marino: 8.0— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) December 27, 2024
Final season, his first full 12 months as a starter, Purdy was excellent with 4,280 passing yards and 31 passing touchdowns whereas finishing 69.4 % of his cross makes an attempt and main the NFL in passer score, QBR, landing share and yards per try.
His landing share, passing accuracy and passing yards per recreation are down this season, however at the least a few of that’s seemingly because of the huge harm bug that has the Niners for a lot of months.
Maybe with comparatively good well being all through their roster and a little bit of retooling, Purdy will return to his 2023 type subsequent season and show that he’s an elite signal-caller.
After all, the principle factor that issues for him and the franchise is profitable a sixth Tremendous Bowl championship, which might be its first because the 1994 season.
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