Kirk Cousins

Kirk Daniel Cousins

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Team: Minnesota Vikings

Born: August 19, 1988 in Barrington, IL

College: Michigan St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 82 (373rd overall since 1960)

High School: Holland Christian (MI)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 4th round (102nd overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Instagram: kirkcousins

SUMMARY

2021

Career

125

QBrec

8-8-0

59-59-2

Cmp%

66.3

66.9

Yds

4221

32593

Y/A

7.5

7.7

223

Int

FantPt

300.3

2159.1

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
2012	24	WAS		12	3	1	1-0-0	33	48	68.8	466	4	8.3	3	6.3	20	77	9.7	8.6	14.1	155.3	101.6	77.7	3	27	5.9	8.61	7.53	1	1	2
2013	25	WAS	qb	12	5	3	0-3-0	81	155	52.3	854	4	2.6	7	4.5	42	62	5.5	4.0	10.5	170.8	58.4	36.5	5	32	3.1	5.14	3.67			-2
2014	26	WAS	qb	8	6	5	1-4-0	126	204	61.8	1710	10	4.9	9	4.4	75	81	8.4	7.4	13.6	285.0	86.4	52.0	8	70	3.8	7.74	6.77			4
2015	27	WAS	QB	8	16	16	9-7-0	379	543	69.8	4166	29	5.3	11	2	205	78	7.7	7.8	11.0	260.4	101.6	67.8	26	186	4.6	6.99	7.14	2	3	12
2016*	28	WAS	QB	8	16	16	8-7-1	406	606	67	4917	25	4.1	12	2	227	80	8.1	8.0	12.1	307.3	97.2	66.5	23	190	3.7	7.52	7.45	4	4	15	PB
2017	29	WAS	QB	8	16	16	7-9-0	347	540	64.3	4093	27	5	13	2.4	194	74	7.6	7.5	11.8	255.8	93.9	56.0	41	342	7.1	6.46	6.38	1	4	12
2018	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	8-7-1	425	606	70.1	4298	30	5	10	1.7	218	75	7.1	7.3	10.1	268.6	99.7	59.5	40	262	6.2	6.25	6.48	1	0	12
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	10-5-0	307	444	69.1	3603	26	5.9	6	1.4	165	66	8.1	8.7	11.7	240.2	107.4	60.4	28	206	5.9	7.20	7.73	1	1	14	PB
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	7-9-0	349	516	67.6	4265	35	6.8	13	2.5	212	71	8.3	8.5	12.2	266.6	105.0	55.8	39	256	7	7.22	7.43	1	3	14
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	8-8-0	372	561	66.3	4221	33	5.9	7	1.2	192	64	7.5	8.1	11.3	263.8	103.1	52.3	28	197	4.8	6.83	7.42	3	4	13	PB
Career					125	120	59-59-2	2825	4223	66.9	32593	223	5.3	91	2.2	1550	81	7.7	7.8	11.5	260.7	98.6		241	1768	5.4	6.91	6.99	14	20	96
6 yrs		WAS			62	57	26-30-1	1372	2096	65.5	16206	99	4.7	55	2.6	763	81	7.7	7.5	11.8	261.4	93.7		106	847	4.8	6.98	6.75	8	12	43
4 yrs		MIN			63	63	33-29-1	1453	2127	68.3	16387	124	5.8	36	1.7	787	75	7.7	8.1	11.3	260.1	103.5		135	921	6	6.84	7.22	6	8	53

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	4QC	GWD
2012	24	WAS	QB	1	0		3	10	30	31	0	0	0	0	2	15	3.1	3.1	10.3	31.0	40.0	0	0	0	3.10	3.10
2015	27	WAS	QB	1	1	0-1	29	46	63	329	1	2.2	0	0	14	38	7.2	7.6	11.3	329.0	91.7	6	59	11.5	5.19	5.58
2019*	31	MIN	QB	2	2	1-1	40	60	66.7	414	2	3.3	1	1.7	17	43	6.9	6.8	10.4	207.0	90.6	8	56	11.8	5.26	5.19	0	1
Career				4	3	1-2	72	116	62.1	774	3	2.6	1	0.9	33	43	6.7	6.8	10.8	193.5	86.6	14	115	10.8	5.07	5.18	0	1
2 yrs		WAS		2	1	0-1	32	56	57.1	360	1	1.8	0	0	16	38	6.4	6.8	11.3	180.0	82.4	6	59	9.7	4.85	5.18
1 yr		MIN		2	2	1-1	40	60	66.7	414	2	3.3	1	1.7	17	43	6.9	6.8	10.4	207.0	90.6	8	56	11.8	5.26	5.19	0	1

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Advanced Passing

Air Yards

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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	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	425	606	4298	4390	7.2	2345	5.5	3.9	1953	4.6
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	307	444	3603	3395	7.6	1818	5.9	4.1	1785	5.8
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	349	516	4265	4103	8.0	2329	6.7	4.5	1936	5.5
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	372	561	4221	4576	8.2	2415	6.5	4.3	1806	4.9

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	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	425	606	4298	0	17	3	25	4.3%	68	11.6%
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	307	444	3603	9	24	0	17	4.0%	65	15.5%	332	79.0%
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	349	516	4265	11	27	3	18	3.7%	67	13.8%	395	81.3%
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	372	561	4221	4	13	5	22	4.1%	93	17.1%	418	77.0%

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	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	425	606	4298	40	2.5	143	97	39	176	26.5%	17	5.6
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	307	444	3603	28	2.7	107	48	30	106	22.0%	9	5.6
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	349	516	4265	39	2.6	181	56	78	173	30.2%	17	8.1
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	372	561	4221	28	2.4	168	68	65	161	26.6%	16	7.8

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	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	425	606	4298	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	307	444	3603	1	46	1	46	0	0	124	1235
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	349	516	4265	4	62	3	60	1	2	127	1286
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	372	561	4221	8	23	7	21	1	2	113	1107

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+
2013	25	WAS	qb	12	5	3	0-3-0	155	61	76	61	69	64	79	67	126	63
2014	26	WAS	qb	8	6	5	1-4-0	204	128	130	106	109	98	105	68	120	97
2015	27	WAS	QB	8	16	16	9-7-0	543	111	114	112	114	128	111	107	112	118
2016*	28	WAS	QB	8	16	16	8-7-1	606	122	126	115	119	117	97	107	120	112
2017	29	WAS	QB	8	16	16	7-9-0	540	108	103	107	103	103	107	99	94	105
2018	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	8-7-1	606	98	99	104	105	125	105	112	103	113
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	10-5-0	444	116	115	120	119	118	112	116	104	120
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	7-9-0	516	121	117	118	115	113	122	95	93	118
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	8-8-0	561	108	110	114	115	106	112	122	110	115
Career					125	120	59-59-2	4223

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
2012	24	WAS		12	3	1	3	22	0	1	17	7.3	7.3	1.0												3	7.3	22	0	1
2013	25	WAS	qb	12	5	3	4	14	0	2	6	3.5	2.8	0.8												4	3.5	14	0	3
2014	26	WAS	qb	8	6	5	7	20	0	3	12	2.9	3.3	1.2												7	2.9	20	0	2
2015	27	WAS	QB	8	16	16	26	48	5	8	13	1.8	3.0	1.6												26	1.8	48	5	9
2016*	28	WAS	QB	8	16	16	34	96	4	14	19	2.8	6.0	2.1												34	2.8	96	4	9
2017	29	WAS	QB	8	16	16	49	179	4	19	18	3.7	11.2	3.1												49	3.7	179	4	13
2018	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	44	123	1	12	19	2.8	7.7	2.8	1	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	100.0%	-1.0	45	2.7	122	1	9
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	31	63	1	8	14	2.0	4.2	2.1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	31	2.0	63	1	10
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	32	156	1	16	16	4.9	9.8	2.0												32	4.9	156	1	9
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	29	115	1	8	29	4.0	7.2	1.8												29	4.0	115	1	12
Career					125	120	259	836	17	91	29	3.2	6.7	2.1	2	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	50.0%	-0.5	260	3.2	835	17	77
6 yrs		WAS			62	57	123	379	13	47	19	3.1	6.1	2.0												123	3.1	379	13	37
4 yrs		MIN			63	63	136	457	4	44	29	3.4	7.3	2.2	2	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	50.0%	-0.5	137	3.3	456	4	40

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
2012	24	WAS	QB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0												1	0.0	0	0	1
2015	27	WAS	QB	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	1.0	2.0	2.0												2	1.0	2	1	3
2019*	31	MIN	QB	2	2	2	-1	0	0	0	-0.5	-0.5	1.0												2	-0.5	-1	0	1
Career				4	3	5	1	1	1	3	0.2	0.3	1.3												5	0.2	1	1	5
2 yrs		WAS		2	1	3	2	1	1	3	0.7	1.0	1.5												3	0.7	2	1	4
1 yr		MIN		2	2	2	-1	0	0	0	-0.5	-0.5	1.0												2	-0.5	-1	0	1

Advanced Rushing & Receiving

since 2018

Defense & Fumbles

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Regular Season

Playoffs

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
2012	24	WAS		12	3	1						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2013	25	WAS	qb	12	5	3						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
2014	26	WAS	qb	8	6	5						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2015	27	WAS	QB	8	16	16						0	9	5	-8	0	0.0
2016*	28	WAS	QB	8	16	16						0	9	5	0	0	0.0
2017	29	WAS	QB	8	16	16						0	13	4	-52	0	0.0
2018	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16						0	9	3	-31	0	0.0
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15						0	10	4	-7	0	0.0
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16						0	9	1	-1	0	0.0
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16						0	12	4	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Career					125	120						0	77	27	-99	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
6 yrs		WAS			62	57						0	37	15	-60	0	0.0
4 yrs		MIN			63	63						0	40	12	-39	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2012	24	WAS	QB	1	0						0	1	1	-4	0	0.0
2015	27	WAS	QB	1	1						0	3	2	0	0	0.0
2019*	31	MIN	QB	2	2						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career				4	3						0	5	4	-4	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS		2	1						0	4	3	-4	0	0.0
1 yr		MIN		2	2						0	1	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2012	24	WAS		12	3	1			1		2	0.7
2015	27	WAS	QB	8	16	16	5	5			30	1.9
2016*	28	WAS	QB	8	16	16	4	4			24	1.5
2017	29	WAS	QB	8	16	16	4	4			24	1.5
2018	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	1	1			6	0.4
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	1	1			6	0.4
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	1	1			6	0.4
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	1	1		0	6	0.4
Career					125	120	17	17	1	0	104	.8
6 yrs		WAS			62	57	13	13	1	0	80	1.3
4 yrs		MIN			63	63	4	4		0	24	.4

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
2015	27	WAS	QB	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career				4	3	1	1	6	1.5
2 yrs		WAS		2	1	1	1	6	3.0
1 yr		MIN		2	2			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	24	WAS		12	3	1	95	49%	0	0%	0	0%
2013	25	WAS	qb	12	5	3	238	69%	0	0%	0	0%
2014	26	WAS	qb	8	6	5	357	90%	0	0%	0	0%
2015	27	WAS	QB	8	16	16	1025	96%	0	0%	0	0%
2016*	28	WAS	QB	8	16	16	1060	100%	0	0%	0	0%
2017	29	WAS	QB	8	16	16	1008	100%	0	0%	0	0%
2018	30	MIN	QB	8	16	16	1051	100%	0	0%	0	0%
2019*	31	MIN	QB	8	15	15	966	99%	0	0%	0	0%
2020	32	MIN	QB	8	16	16	1082	100%	0	0%	0	0%
2021*	33	MIN	QB	8	16	16	1087	100%	0	0%	0	0%
Career							7969		0		0
6 yrs		WAS			62	57	3783		0		0
4 yrs		MIN			63	63	4186		0		0

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