Cleveland Browns · QB · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Clemson (2017 Round 1, Pick 12)

Deshaun Watson

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56.6

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #18 of 38 qualified QBs

Completions / Att: 163/24965.5% comp
Passing yards: 1,806225.8 yds/G
TD / INT: 7 / 3Passer rtg 91.2
Rushing: 217 yds51 car · 1 TD
EPA per opportunity: −0.006306 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 45.8%Play-by-play positive EPA

Deshaun Watson among the 38 qualified quarterbacks: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Allen80.6
Maye80.3
Burrow80.2
Prescott79.4
Purdy74.3
Williams69.2
Goff68.9
Stroud68.6
Stafford65.3
Watson#1856.6

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 38 qualified QBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted passing EPA per game15% weight · Raw −0.002 → Shrunk +0.766

33thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted passing EPA per game12% weight · Raw +0.048 → Shrunk +1.756

42thpercentile

Passing yards per game, regressed20% weight · Raw 5.92 → Shrunk 226.60

63thpercentile

Rushing & scramble yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 5.09 → Shrunk 26.01

96thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 7.85 → Shrunk 299.07

58thpercentile

Offensive snaps per team game, regressed12% weight · Raw 1.07 → Shrunk 58.78

79thpercentile

Completion over expected, regressed8% weight · Raw −0.07 pp → Shrunk +0.26 pp

43thpercentile

Sack rate per dropback, regressed7% weight · Raw 10.8% → Shrunk 8.5%

1thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Deshaun Watson. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	CMP/ATT	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush yds	Rush TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ JAX	L 10-34	16/22	205	1	1	38	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ TB	W 23-19	24/30	238	2	0	22	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs CAR	W 21-18	16/30	144	2	0	45	0
Week 4	Oct 1, 2026	vs PIT	W 27-24	24/33	268	1	1	22	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ NYJ	L 12-17	15/33	155	1	0	40	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	vs BAL	W 13-10	16/26	164	0	0	29	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ TEN	W 27-24	25/36	308	0	1	19	1
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ PIT	L 6-27	27/39	324	0	0	2	0

College to the NFL: Clemson to Cleveland Browns

Verified identity bridge linking Deshaun Watson's college regular-season yards at Clemson to official NFL game lines.

Clemson (College yards)

1,4662014

3,5122015

3,9142016

1212th pick
2017 Draft

CLE (NFL yards)

1,6992017

4,1652018

3,8522019

4,8232020

1,1022022

1,1152023

1,1482024

1,8062026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 8 seasons.

Season	Club	G	CMP/ATT	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush yds	Rush TD
2017	HOU	7	126/204	1,699	19	8	269	2
2018	HOU	16	345/505	4,165	26	9	551	5
2019	HOU	15	333/495	3,852	26	12	413	7
2020	HOU	16	382/544	4,823	33	7	444	3
2022	CLE	6	99/170	1,102	7	5	175	1
2023	CLE	6	105/171	1,115	7	4	142	1
2024	CLE	7	137/216	1,148	5	3	148	1
2026 (so far)	CLE	8	163/249	1,806	7	3	217	1

Compare Deshaun Watson with top quarterbacks

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Deshaun Watson vs. Josh Allen (BUF)Score 56.6 vs. 80.6 Deshaun Watson vs. Drake Maye (NE)Score 56.6 vs. 80.3 Deshaun Watson vs. Joe Burrow (CIN)Score 56.6 vs. 80.2 Deshaun Watson vs. Dak Prescott (DAL)Score 56.6 vs. 79.4 Deshaun Watson vs. Brock Purdy (SF)Score 56.6 vs. 74.3 Deshaun Watson vs. Caleb Williams (CHI)Score 56.6 vs. 69.2