Cody Kessler

QB · CLE/JAX · 2016–2018

Born May 11, 1993 · College USC · Drafted 2016, round 3, pick 93 (CLE) · 6-1, 215 lb

EPA per dropback by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	INT	Dropbacks	EPA/db	Stabilised EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2016	CLE	9	128	195	65.6	1,380	6	2	230	+0.119	+0.015−0.095 to +0.125	+0.05	+0.12	+4.7	43.9	5.91	14
2017	CLE	3	11	23	47.8	126	0	1	30	−0.561	−0.168−0.300 to −0.035	−1.96	−0.59	−7.5	26.7	1.14	–
2018	JAX	5	85	131	64.9	709	2	2	176	−0.181	−0.107−0.222 to +0.008	−0.37	−0.65	+2.7	43.8	3.33	–
Career	JAX	17	224	349	64.2	2,215	8	5	436	−0.049		−0.26	−1.12	+3.2	42.7	4.57	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2016	CLE	9	6	7	1.17	−0.057	33.3	−0.3	−0.00
2017	CLE	3	0	0	–	+0.730	100.0	+0.7	+0.02
2018	JAX	5	3	4	1.33	+0.504	66.7	+1.5	+0.07
Career	JAX	17	9	11	1.22	+0.190	50.0	+1.9	+0.09

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2018	JAX	5	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	CLE	9	343	60.0	–	–
2017	CLE	3	47	21.2	–	–
2018	JAX	5	262	83.7	–	–

Pressure and play action

Regular season. Pressure from 2016; play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws (per attempt) from 2022. The sources changed in 2023, so compare a season with its league, not across years. Pressure and time to throw: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on); play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws: FTN Data via nflverse (2022 on). Both CC BY-SA 4.0; aggregated by Red Zone Math, and this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Dropbacks	Pressured %	EPA/db pressured	EPA/db clean	Time to throw (s)	Play action %	EPA/db with play action	Blitzed %	EPA/db vs a blitz	Interception- worthy %
2016	230	28.6	+0.43	+0.23	2.90	–	–	–	–	–
2017	30	30.4	+0.05	−0.35	2.92	–	–	–	–	–
2018	176	35.1	−0.02	+0.13	2.92	–	–	–	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (5 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
7	2018-10-21	vs HOU	L 7–20	21/30	156	1	1	−0.14	−11.9	0	0	0.0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs IND	W 6–0	18/24	150	0	0	+0.01	+16.7	0	0	0.0	0
14	2018-12-06	@ TEN	L 9–30	25/43	240	1	0	−0.18	−3.7	2	2	+0.9	1
15	2018-12-16	vs WAS	L 13–16	9/17	57	0	1	−0.49	−52.4	0	0	0.0	0
16	2018-12-23	@ MIA	W 17–7	12/17	106	0	0	−0.15	−13.5	1	2	+0.6	0

2017 game log (3 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Rush EPA
7	2017-10-22	vs TEN	L 9–12 OT	10/19	121	1	−0.33	−43.9	+0.7
10	2017-11-12	@ DET	L 24–38	1/3	5	0	−1.19	−12.1	0.0
12	2017-11-26	@ CIN	L 16–30	0/1	0	0	−1.20	−3.0	0.0

2016 game log (9 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
3	2016-09-25	@ MIA	L 24–30 OT	21/33	244	0	0	−0.02	−17.6	1	0	−0.6
4	2016-10-02	@ WAS	L 20–31	28/39	223	1	1	+0.16	+18.0	1	0	−0.9
5	2016-10-09	vs NE	L 13–33	5/8	62	1	0	+0.52	+4.5	0	0	0.0
6	2016-10-16	@ TEN	L 26–28	26/41	336	2	0	+0.27	+11.6	1	3	+0.4
7	2016-10-23	@ CIN	L 17–31	9/11	82	0	0	+0.49	+9.6	1	-2	−1.0
9	2016-11-06	vs DAL	L 10–35	19/27	203	1	0	−0.03	+2.4	1	3	+2.0
10	2016-11-10	@ BAL	L 7–28	11/18	91	1	0	−0.04	−1.5	1	3	−0.2
11	2016-11-20	vs PIT	L 9–24	7/14	128	0	1	+0.15	+1.9	0	0	0.0
16	2016-12-24	vs LAC	W 20–17	2/3	11	0	0	−0.55	−17.2	0	0	0.0