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With the 2023 season entirely in the books, it’s time to look back at the rookie class of quarterbacks and see how they stack up against previous freshmen. For a more detailed description of what I mean when I reference a player’s production as a percentile (i.e., Charbonnet finished below the 50th percentile in yards), check out Part One of my running back breakdown. The short story is that it measures players against previous rookie seasons with similar draft capital. Higher numbers are better.
Bryce Young, Panthers
After an offseason of debate and shifting odds, the Panthers took the podium on draft night and made Alabama’s Bryce Young the savior of their franchise. His size disadvantage aside, Young was a prototype quarterback coming out of Bama, working well within structure, hitting throws at all levels, and handling pressure well. When he stopped on the field in Charlotte, Panthers fans saw a different player. Young was held under 250 yards in all but one game and only threw multiple touchdowns twice. He took 62 sacks and led the league in yards lost via sacks. The biggest shock from Young’s rookie season was his poor decision-making. He was one of the best decision-makers in college and turned into Josh Rosen at the next level.
That was Young’s first interception of the season. He would go on to throw a nearly identical pick later in the same game. Young also had the eighth-highest pressure rate and the fourth-highest pressure-to-sack rate, both of which a quarterback has some control over. He finished well below the 20th percentile in ANY/A—this is just yards per attempt with bonuses for touchdowns and penalties for sacks and interceptions—among all drafted quarterbacks since 2000. Among the 30 quarterbacks that attempted at least 300 passes in 2023, Pro Football Focus graded him as their No. 29 passer. Young finished the year ranked 22nd in completion percent over expected.
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Publish date : 2024-02-13 14:04:00
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