Matt Cassel

Matthew Brennan Cassel

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-4, 225lb (193cm, 102kg)

Born: May 17, 1982 in Northridge, CA

College: USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 47 (1894th overall since 1960)

High School: Chatsworth (CA)

Draft: New England Patriots in the 7th round (230th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.

Pronunciation: \KAS-uhl\

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

107

QBrec

36-45-0

Cmp%

58.8

Yds

17508

Y/A

6.5

104

Int

FantPt

1048.4

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
2005	23	NWE	qb	16	2	0		13	24	54.2	183	2	8.3	1	4.2	8	36	7.6	7.4	14.1	91.5	89.4		1	1	4	7.28	7.08			1
2006	24	NWE	qb	16	6	0		5	8	62.5	32	0	0	0	0	3	10	4.0	4.0	6.4	5.3	70.8	8.5	3	15	27.3	1.55	1.55			0
2007	25	NWE	qb	16	6	0		4	7	57.1	38	0	0	1	14.3	2	21	5.4	-1.0	9.5	6.3	32.7	99.1	0	0	0	5.43	-1.00			0
2008	26	NWE	QB	16	16	15	10-5-0	327	516	63.4	3693	21	4.1	11	2.1	181	76	7.2	7.0	11.3	230.8	89.4	63.4	47	219	8.3	6.17	6.04	2	2	17
2009	27	KAN	QB	7	15	15	4-11-0	271	493	55	2924	16	3.2	16	3.2	129	61	5.9	5.1	10.8	194.9	69.9	29.7	42	243	7.9	5.01	4.26	1	2	7
2010*	28	KAN	QB	7	15	15	10-5-0	262	450	58.2	3116	27	6	7	1.6	164	75	6.9	7.4	11.9	207.7	93.0	55.8	26	182	5.5	6.16	6.64	1	2	13	AP CPoY-4, PB
2011	29	KAN	QB	7	9	9	4-5-0	160	269	59.5	1713	10	3.7	9	3.3	84	52	6.4	5.6	10.7	190.3	76.6	48.4	22	120	7.6	5.47	4.77	1	2	3
2012	30	KAN	QB	7	9	8	1-7-0	161	277	58.1	1796	6	2.2	12	4.3	97	46	6.5	5.0	11.2	199.6	66.7	26.3	19	101	6.4	5.73	4.31	1	1	2
2013	31	MIN	qb	16	9	6	3-3-0	153	254	60.2	1807	11	4.3	9	3.5	83	79	7.1	6.4	11.8	200.8	81.6	52.3	16	85	5.9	6.38	5.69	2	2	6
2014	32	MIN	qb	16	3	3	1-2-0	41	71	57.7	425	3	4.2	4	5.6	21	28	6.0	4.3	10.4	141.7	65.8	47.4	6	39	7.8	5.01	3.45			1
2015	33	2TM			9	8	2-6-0	119	204	58.3	1276	5	2.5	7	3.4		51	6.3	5.2	10.7	141.8	70.6		14	86	6.4	5.46	4.47	1	1	0
		BUF	qb	16	1	1	1-0-0	0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0			0	0						0
		DAL	QB	16	8	7	1-6-0	119	204	58.3	1276	5	2.5	7	3.4	54	51	6.3	5.2	10.7	159.5	70.6		14	86	6.4	5.46	4.47	1	1	0
2016	34	TEN	qb	16	4	1	1-0-0	30	51	58.8	284	2	3.9	2	3.9	16	50	5.6	4.6	9.5	71.0	71.0	66.6	5	23	8.9	4.66	3.77			1
2017	35	TEN	qb	16	2	1	0-1-0	25	42	59.5	162	1	2.4	2	4.8	10	17	3.9	2.2	6.5	81.0	55.9	13.7	8	30	16	2.64	1.24			0
2018	36	DET	qb	8	2	0		7	17	41.2	59	0	0	1	5.9	2	11	3.5	0.8	8.4	29.5	26.3	9.6	1	13	5.6	2.56	0.06			0
Career					107	81	36-45-0	1578	2683	58.8	17508	104	3.9	82	3.1	854	79	6.5	5.9	11.1	163.6	78.5		210	1157	7.3	5.65	5.10	9	12	51
4 yrs		KAN			48	47	19-28-0	854	1489	57.4	9549	59	4	44	3	474	75	6.4	5.9	11.2	198.9	77.5		109	646	6.8	5.57	5.07	4	7	25
4 yrs		NWE			30	15	10-5-0	349	555	62.9	3946	23	4.1	13	2.3	194	76	7.1	6.9	11.3	131.5	88.2		51	235	8.4	6.12	5.92	2	2	18
2 yrs		MIN			12	9	4-5-0	194	325	59.7	2232	14	4.3	13	4	104	79	6.9	5.9	11.5	186.0	78.1		22	124	6.3	6.07	5.20	2	2	7
2 yrs		TEN			6	2	1-1-0	55	93	59.1	446	3	3.2	4	4.3	26	50	4.8	3.5	8.1	74.3	64.2		13	53	12.3	3.71	2.58			1
1 yr		BUF			1	1	1-0-0	0	0		0	0		0		0	0				0.0			0	0						0
1 yr		DAL			8	7	1-6-0	119	204	58.3	1276	5	2.5	7	3.4	54	51	6.3	5.2	10.7	159.5	70.6		14	86	6.4	5.46	4.47	1	1	0
1 yr		DET			2	0		7	17	41.2	59	0	0	1	5.9	2	11	3.5	0.8	8.4	29.5	26.3		1	13	5.6	2.56	0.06			0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
2005	23	NWE	QB	1	0	0-0	0	0		0	0		0		0	0				0.0
2006	24	NWE	QB	3	0	0-0									0
2010*	28	KAN	QB	1	1	0-1	9	18	50	70	0	0	3	16.7	2	22	3.9	-3.6	7.8	70.0	20.4	3	17	14.3	2.52	-3.90
Career				5	1	0-1	9	18	50	70	0	0	3	16.7	2	22	3.9	-3.6	7.8	14.0	20.4	3	17	14.3	2.52	-3.90
2 yrs		NWE		4	0	0-0	0	0		0	0		0		0	0				0.0
1 yr		KAN		1	1	0-1	9	18	50	70	0	0	3	16.7	2	22	3.9	-3.6	7.8	70.0	20.4	3	17	14.3	2.52	-3.90

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Advanced Passing

Air Yards

Accuracy

Pressure

Play Type

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	IAY	IAY/PA	CAY	CAY/Cmp	CAY/PA	YAC	YAC/Cmp
2018	36	DET	qb	8	2	0	7	17	59	124	7.3	30	4.3	1.8	29	4.1

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Bats	ThAwy	Spikes	Drops	Drop%	BadTh	Bad%	OnTgt	OnTgt%
2018	36	DET	qb	8	2	0	7	17	59	0	1	0	1	6.3%	5	31.3%

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Sk	PktTime	Bltz	Hrry	Hits	Prss	Prss%	Scrm	Yds/Scr
2018	36	DET	qb	8	2	0	7	17	59	1	2.3	3	1	0	2	10.5%	1	14.0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing			RPO						PlayAction
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Plays	Yds	PassAtt	PassYds	RushAtt	RushYds	PassAtt	PassYds
2018	36	DET	qb	8	2	0	7	17	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
2008	26	NWE	QB	16	16	15	10-5-0	516	104	101	107	105	108	100	112	83	108
2009	27	KAN	QB	7	15	15	4-11-0	493	80	79	83	83	80	89	95	86	83
2010*	28	KAN	QB	7	15	15	10-5-0	450	98	99	109	110	92	120	119	106	110
2011	29	KAN	QB	7	9	9	4-5-0	269	85	85	86	86	96	94	91	89	90
2012	30	KAN	QB	7	9	8	1-7-0	277	87	90	77	80	91	76	74	100	77
2013	31	MIN	qb	16	9	6	3-3-0	254	100	102	94	96	95	99	84	104	93
2014	32	MIN	qb	16	3	3	1-2-0	71	71	72	63	64	82	97	48	89	69
2015	33	2TM			9	8	2-6-0	204
		DAL	QB	16	8	7	1-6-0	204	77	79	73	74	82	76	81	97	72
2016	34	TEN	qb	16	4	1	1-0-0	51	64	64	66	66	84	95	72	76	74
Career					107	81	36-45-0	2683

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2005	23	NWE	qb	16	2	0	6	12	0	2	9	2.0	6.0	3.0												6	2.0	12	0	2
2006	24	NWE	qb	16	6	0	2	4	0	1	5	2.0	0.7	0.3												2	2.0	4	0	1
2007	25	NWE	qb	16	6	0	4	12	1	1	15	3.0	2.0	0.7												4	3.0	12	1	1
2008	26	NWE	QB	16	16	15	73	270	2	23	19	3.7	16.9	4.6												73	3.7	270	2	7
2009	27	KAN	QB	7	15	15	50	189	0	6	13	3.8	12.6	3.3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	50	3.8	189	0	14
2010*	28	KAN	QB	7	15	15	33	125	0	5	23	3.8	8.3	2.2												33	3.8	125	0	3
2011	29	KAN	QB	7	9	9	25	99	0	5	11	4.0	11.0	2.8	1	1	-4	-4.0	0	0	-4	0.1	-0.4	100.0%	-4.0	26	3.7	95	0	5
2012	30	KAN	QB	7	9	8	27	145	1	12	21	5.4	16.1	3.0												27	5.4	145	1	9
2013	31	MIN	qb	16	9	6	18	57	1	3	13	3.2	6.3	2.0												18	3.2	57	1	3
2014	32	MIN	qb	16	3	3	9	18	0	1	13	2.0	6.0	3.0												9	2.0	18	0	3
2015	33	2TM			9	8	15	78	0		24	5.2	8.7	1.7												15	5.2	78	0	4
		DAL	QB	16	8	7	15	78	0	5	24	5.2	9.8	1.9												15	5.2	78	0	4
2016	34	TEN	qb	16	4	1	4	3	0	0	3	0.8	0.8	1.0												4	0.8	3	0	1
2017	35	TEN	qb	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	2
2018	36	DET	qb	8	2	0	2	13	0	1	14	6.5	6.5	1.0												2	6.5	13	0	0
Career					107	81	268	1025	5	65	24	3.8	9.6	2.5	2	1	-4	-4.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	50.0%	-2.0	269	3.8	1021	5	55
4 yrs		KAN			48	47	135	558	1	28	23	4.1	11.6	2.8	2	1	-4	-4.0	0	0	0	0.0	-0.1	50.0%	-2.0	136	4.1	554	1	31
4 yrs		NWE			30	15	85	298	3	27	19	3.5	9.9	2.8												85	3.5	298	3	11
2 yrs		MIN			12	9	27	75	1	4	13	2.8	6.3	2.3												27	2.8	75	1	6
2 yrs		TEN			6	2	4	3	0	0	3	0.8	0.5	0.7												4	0.8	3	0	3
1 yr		BUF			1	1	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0
1 yr		DAL			8	7	15	78	0	5	24	5.2	9.8	1.9												15	5.2	78	0	4
1 yr		DET			2	0	2	13	0	1	14	6.5	6.5	1.0												2	6.5	13	0	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2005	23	NWE	QB	1	0	1	-1	0	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0												1	-1.0	-1	0	0
2010*	28	KAN	QB	1	1	3	6	0	0	5	2.0	6.0	3.0												3	2.0	6	0	0
Career				5	1	4	5	0	0	5	1.3	1.0	0.8												4	1.3	5	0	0
2 yrs		NWE		4	0	1	-1	0	0	-1	-1.0	-0.3	0.3												1	-1.0	-1	0	0
1 yr		KAN		1	1	3	6	0	0	5	2.0	6.0	3.0												3	2.0	6	0	0

Advanced Rushing & Receiving

since 2018

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2005	23	NWE	qb	16	2	0						0	2	1	-1	0	0.0
2006	24	NWE	qb	16	6	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2007	25	NWE	qb	16	6	0						0	1	1	-9	0	0.0
2008	26	NWE	QB	16	16	15						0	7	2	-17	0	0.0
2009	27	KAN	QB	7	15	15						0	14	4	-29	0	0.0
2010*	28	KAN	QB	7	15	15						0	3	0	-2	0	0.0
2011	29	KAN	QB	7	9	9						0	5	0	-3	0	0.0
2012	30	KAN	QB	7	9	8						0	9	1	-8	0	0.0
2013	31	MIN	qb	16	9	6						0	3	1	-3	0	0.0
2014	32	MIN	qb	16	3	3						0	3	2	-29	0	0.0
2015	33	2TM			9	8						0	4	3	0	0	0.0
		DAL	QB	16	8	7						0	4	3	0	0	0.0
2016	34	TEN	qb	16	4	1						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2017	35	TEN	qb	16	2	1						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					107	81						0	55	16	-101	0	0.0
4 yrs		KAN			48	47						0	31	5	-42	0	0.0
4 yrs		NWE			30	15						0	11	4	-27	0	0.0
2 yrs		MIN			12	9						0	6	3	-32	0	0.0
2 yrs		TEN			6	2						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		BUF			1	1											0.0
1 yr		DAL			8	7						0	4	3	0	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			2	0											0.0

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
2008	26	NWE	QB	16	16	15																							1	57	57	0	57.0
Career					107	81																							1	57	57	0	57.0
4 yrs		KAN			48	47
4 yrs		NWE			30	15																							1	57	57	0	57.0
2 yrs		MIN			12	9
2 yrs		TEN			6	2
1 yr		BUF			1	1
1 yr		DAL			8	7
1 yr		DET			2	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2007	25	NWE	qb	16	6	0	1	1		6	1.0
2008	26	NWE	QB	16	16	15	2	2		12	0.8
2012	30	KAN	QB	7	9	8	1	1		6	0.7
2013	31	MIN	qb	16	9	6	1	1		6	0.7
Career					107	81	5	5	0	30	.3
4 yrs		KAN			48	47	1	1	0	6	.1
4 yrs		NWE			30	15	3	3	0	18	.6
2 yrs		MIN			12	9	1	1	0	6	.5
2 yrs		TEN			6	2			0	0	0.0
1 yr		BUF			1	1			0	0	0.0
1 yr		DAL			8	7			0	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			2	0			0	0	0.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	30	KAN	QB	7	9	8	578	92%	0	0%	0	0%
2013	31	MIN	qb	16	9	6	459	80%	0	0%	0	0%
2014	32	MIN	qb	16	3	3	141	78%	0	0%	0	0%
2015	33	BUF	qb	16	1	1	1	2%	0	0%	0	0%
		DAL	QB	16	8	7	417	85%	0	0%	0	0%
2016	34	TEN	qb	16	4	1	98	37%	0	0%	0	0%
2017	35	TEN	qb	16	2	1	77	77%	0	0%	0	0%
2018	36	DET	qb	8	2	0	23	16%	0	0%	0	0%
Career							1376		0		0
2 yrs		MIN			12	9	600		0		0
2 yrs		TEN			6	2	175		0		0
1 yr		BUF			1	1	1		0		0
1 yr		DAL			8	7	417		0		0
1 yr		DET			2	0	23		0		0
1 yr		KAN			9	8	578		0		0

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