Jacoby Brissett

Arizona Cardinals·#7

Pos QBHt 6'4"Wt 235 lbExp 9 yrCollege N.C. State

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Model Score

63.8 MODEL

2022

65.2

2024

54.1

2025

63.8

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats · 13 games

3,36614th

Pass Yds

2314th

Pass TD

822nd

INT

65.1%20th

Comp %

16823rd

Rush Yds

120th

Rush TD

18.012th

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

-4.628th

Total EPA

-0.01227th

EPA / dropback

2.95s

Time to throw

7.8

Avg air yards

15.9%

Aggressiveness

54 yd20th

Longest comp (air)

STM Take

The 2025 #16 with Arizona is his best STTM finish since 2019's #20 with Indianapolis, driven by a late-season starter stretch covering Kyler Murray. Eight straight Wk 11-18 games above 10 PPR is a real floor, but the underlying skill set has not changed: short and intermediate throws, ball protection, and no boom games to move teams forward. At 34 he is what he has always been, just with a slightly bigger window than usual.

Brissett came out of NC State as New England's 3rd-round pick (91st overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft after backing up Jimmy Garoppolo as a rookie. Indianapolis traded for him in 2017 and he started 30 games over two stints as the Colts' bridge before becoming a journeyman insurance arm: Miami in 2021, Cleveland in 2022, Washington in 2023, back to New England in 2024, and Arizona in 2025. He has started 55+ career games across six teams without ever holding a multi-year starter role. He plays a conservative, ball-control brand of football that has kept him employed deep into his 30s.

Strengths

Eight consecutive games above 10 PPR to close 2025 shows a stable floor when given starter reps. His career interception rate under 2% is the structural reason teams keep calling.
Tier 4 in 2025 is his highest finish since 2019, and the gap between his Indianapolis years and his Patriots/Dolphins stops shows offensive system and supporting cast move his number more than anything else.

Concerns

His 2024 New England rank (#44, tier 8) and 2021 Miami rank (#40, tier 8) show how fast the floor collapses when the play-caller and supporting cast are weaker.
Career yards per attempt in the high 6s caps the ceiling even in a clean situation. Arizona is not building around a 34-year-old bridge.

What to watch: Whether Murray's 2026 status forces another extended Brissett stretch, and whether his late-2025 YPG holds up across a full 17-game starter workload.