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2022 NFL Draft Quarterback Prospects: Red Zone Performance Study

Today I wanted to look at another important element for the 2022 quarterbacks, red zone performance using a variety of 2021 data from Sports Info Solutions. Let’s jump right in with completion percentage and on target percentage, which is defined as the number of catchable throws a quarterback makes divided by the total number of pass attempts excluding spikes, throwaways, QB/WR miscommunications, receiver slips, and batted passes:

On the top right we can see Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan had the highest overall completion percentage along with the fifth ranked on target percentage, highlighting great receiver play out of the 12 players on the graph, but important to note it was on the third fewest attempts.