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Sam Darnold 2026 Fantasy Football Outlook
Sam Darnold is the 25th-ranked quarterback (by average fantasy draft position) heading into the 2026 season, after picking up 235.4 fantasy points a year ago (14th among all NFL QBs). For lots more stats and projections on the Seattle Seahawks player, continue reading.
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Sam Darnold Key Fantasy Stats
Check out Darnold's fantasy outlook for 2026 based on 2025 numbers and the upcoming season's projections from numberFire:
Total | Overall Rank | Position Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Fantasy Points | 201.0 | 22 | 15 |
| 2026 Projected Fantasy Points | 273.5 | 11 | 11 |
Sam Darnold 2025 Game-by-Game
In his best game of the season, Darnold finished with 27.6 fantasy points -- 28-of-34 (82.4%), 341 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT. That was in Week 5 versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. See the rest of his last-season game log below:
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Sam Darnold and the Seahawks Receiving Corps
Darnold completed 67.7% of his passes to throw for 4,048 yards and 25 touchdowns last season. Below is a glance at how several of Darnold's possible targets for the upcoming slate performed in 2025:
Name | Targets | Catches | Yards | TDs | Red Zone Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba | 163 | 119 | 1793 | 10 | 17 |
| Rashid Shaheed | 92 | 59 | 687 | 2 | 6 |
| Cooper Kupp | 70 | 47 | 593 | 2 | 12 |
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